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Congratulations to Dr Jinsoo You on this excellent achievement. Jinsoo was one of the first staff of CGS , University of Nottingham from 2005-2007 and did excellent work to help establish the University of Nottingham as the research leader in Geospatial Interoperability and Standards in the UK. Best wishes, Suchith -----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of OGC Sent: 06 March 2012 13:49 To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask] Subject: [Tc] The OGC Names Dr. Jinsoo You Director of Asian Services OGC PRESS RELEASE Contact: [log in to unmask] The OGC Names Dr. Jinsoo You Director of Asian Services 6 March 2012. The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC(r)) announced that Dr. Jinsoo You has become the first Director of Asian Services for the OGC. In this new role, Dr. You will represent the interests of OGC in the region. He will promote awareness and adoption of OGC standards, help OGC members optimize their engagement in the OGC process, assist with recruitment, and represent OGC in dealing with OGC alliance partners. As the Asian Services Director, Dr. You will support the OGC Asia Forum <http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/regions/AsiaForum>, which was approved by the OGC membership in 2011 as a mechanism to represent and coordinate the interests of the Asian region in the OGC's international process. Dr. You has a distinguished record of professional contributions in the field of geospatial information beginning in the early 1990s. His work with organizations in industry, research, academia, and government has reflected his belief that the successful use of geospatial information comes from organizations working together for mutual benefit. He has been involved in OGC activities in his previous work and has helped his organizations better accomplish their missions by aligning with OGC standards. Dr. You has participated in standardization projects for both OGC and ISO/TC 211 Geographic information/Geomatics during the last decade. He has also been involved in the development of urban information systems and geospatial web services. He served as a Co-Chair of the OGC-ISO/TC 211 Joint Advisory Group (JAG) for harmonization of standards from the two organizations. In 2009 he became the Chair of the OGC Korea Forum to seek interoperability and create synergy between the various Korean producers and users of geospatial products and services. As the Chair of OGC Korea Forum, Dr. You has focused on developing a geospatial services network in Korea based on international standards. Before joining the OGC, Dr. You worked at Yonsei University, Korea as a research professor and at the University of Nottingham, UK as a research fellow for geospatial interoperability research. He also worked as a CTO and a CIO of leading geospatial information technology firms based in Seoul, Korea. Dr. You earned his Ph.D. in GIS for Transportation from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, receiving the Outstanding Ph.D. Award in 2000. The OGC(r) is an international consortium of more than 435 companies, government agencies, research organizations, and universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available geospatial standards. OGC Standards support interoperable solutions that "geo-enable" the Web, wireless and location-based services, and mainstream IT. Visit the OGC website at http://www.opengeospatial.org/. See our recent "What is the OGC?" video <http://www.youtube.com/ogcvideo>. _______________________________________________ Tc mailing list [log in to unmask] https://lists.opengeospatial.org/mailman/listinfo/tc All OGC members are strongly encouraged to maintain a subscription to this list. This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system: you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation.