1. Final Conference
Spatial Planning in Europe in
terms of INSPIRE
Solutions in the framework
of the Europe 2020 Strategy
A Conference for public and private actors
active in the field of spatial planning in Europe
Brussels, 13. October 2011, 14:00 – 17:30
Diamant Congress Centre
Boulevard A. Reyers, 80 - 1030 Brussels
Co-funded by the Community Programme Side Event of the Open Days
eContentplus 2011

2. Draft Program Final Conference
14:00 Welcome by the Plan4all Conference
14:10 Introduction to the Plan4all Conference - Tomas Mildorf, Lead Partner
Plan4all Consortium
14:20 The INSPIRE Evolution of the Environmental Acquis and the
implementation in the Member States - Hugo De Groof, European
Commission DG Environment, Chief Scientist and Researcher
14:40 INSPIRE - a concrete contribution to spatial planning - Vanda Lima,
European Commission, JRC
15:00 Urban Atlas and GMES: the spatial dimension in Europe – Lewis
Dijkstra, European Commission, DG Regio
15:20 Coffee Break
15:40 Land Use implementation on national level - François Salgé, TWG Land
Use
16:00 Land Use Management, Key Challenges - Bruce Mc Cormack, EUROGI
16:20 Achievements of Plan4all - Plan4all Consortium
16:40 Geoportals as a European vision - Karel Chavat, Plan4all
17:00 Discussion and Conclusions
17:30 Farewell Drink

3. Practical Information
Final Conference of the Plan4all Project
According to the EC Directive 2007, the Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European
Community (INSPIRE) has to be established in a near future in Europe.
It will assist policy-making in relation to policies and activities that have a direct or indirect
impact on the environment; it is based on spatial information created by the Member States.
For public and private actors, this new pan-European Spatial Data Infrastructure will have
crucial consequences on procedures and methodologies for spatial data sharing, new spatial
planning standards, regional planning and land-use planning in Europe.
The first part of the Conference consists in three keynote speeches from the DG
Environment, the Joint Research Centre and the DG Regio, and the second part will present
the results of the EU Project funded by the eContent+ Program, which was focussing on the
harmonisation of spatial planning data based on the existing best practices in EU regions
and municipalities. It involved detailed description of the current description, and proposes,
tests and implements spatial planning metadata profile, common data model and
harmonisation procedures on the topics of e.g. land cover, land use, utility and government
services, agricultural facilities, area management and risk zones.
Final Conference location
Diamant Congress Centre
Boulevard A. Reyers 80
B – 1030 Brussels
www.diamant.be
Plan4all Project
Department of Mathematics – Section of Geomatics
Faculty of Applied Sciences University of West Bohemia
Tomas Mildorf: mildorf@plan4all.eu
www.plan4all.eu

4. Access and Accommodation – further details
Access:
The Diamant Congress Centre is located near the Metro Station “Diamant”, tramway lines
and important motorways:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Boulevard+a+reyers+80+Brussels&hl=de&sll=53.800651,-
4.064941&sspn=13.888082,33.837891&vpsrc=0&z=16
To get there:
By Plane, from Brussels Airport:
Train from Brussels Airport to Brussels Central Station - Change to Metro Line 1 Direction
“Stockel”, change at Metro Station “Montgomery” in the Tramway Line Direction North Heysel
until Station “Diamant” – 5 min walk to the Congress Centre
Or
Airport Bus (STIB) from Brussels Airport (station located Level -1 in Airport Building) direct to
Station Diamant – 5 min walk to the Congress Centre
By Metro, from Railway Central Station
Metro Line 1 Direction “Stockel”, change at Metro Station “Montgomery” in the Tramway Line
Direction North Heysel until Station “Diamant” – 5 min walk to the Congress Centre
More information: http://www.stib.be/index.htm?l=en
By car:
See Local Map – parking place in the building
Accommodation recommendations:
Hotel Derby - http://www.hotel-derby.be/EN/welcome.asp
Crowne Plaza Brussels Europe - http://www.crowneplazabrussels.be/online_booking.html
Newhotel Charlemagne - http://www.new-hotel.be/hotel-brussels/index.asp
Martin's Central Park - http://www.martins-hotels.com/en/hotel/martins-central-park/
Chelton Hotel - http://www.chelton.be/
Hotel IBIS Grand Place - http://www.ibishotel.com/gb/home/index.shtml
Or:
http://www.booking.com/city/be/brussels.en.html?aid=301584;label=brussels-
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