It is only one week until the INSPIRE community heads to Istanbul, Turkey for the annual INSPIRE Conference – 23-27 June – and once again Snowflake will be there ready to talk about transforming, harmonising and exchanging INSPIRE data.

As if a week in sunny Turkey is not enough to entice you we’ve got some great  workshops and presentations lined up so you might want to get your diaries out now and earmark these opportunities:

Saturday 23 June

Workshop: ”Are SMEs ready to capitalize the INSPIRE benefits?”, Giacomo Martirano (Epsilon Italia) feat. Richard Rombouts and others
16:00 Emirgan Hall 1

Sunday 24th June

Workshop: ”INSPIRE Essentials – Back to basics”, Debbie Wilson
This interactive workshop, taken from our accredited training course – INSPIRE Essentials – offers a comprehensive introduction to INSPIRE and provides a level of understanding that sets delegates up for the rest of the conference
11:00 Beylerbeyi Hall 1

Workshop: ”Demonstrating how to implement INSPIRE Download Services”, Debbie Wilson
2012 represents another important INSPIRE milestone through the implementation of Download Services providing online access to data. To support implementation, this workshop shall demonstrate how to set up download services based on the INSPIRE Download Services Technical Guidance.
16:00 Beylerbeyi Hall 1

Wednesday 27th June

Presentation: ”Annex I Data Transformation – Sharing practical experiences”, Richard Rombouts
The presentation will give an in-depth analysis of our experiences with transforming data from source data models that have quite different structures from the INSPIRE data models to which the data has to be transformed.
14:00 Emirgan Hall 2

You’ll also be able to find us in the Exhibition Hall where you can talk to us about transforming and harmonising your data, implementing INSPIRE Download Services, upcoming INSPIRE deadlines and how to meet them, and INSPIRE training.

Not going out to Turkey for INSPIRE 2012?

Don’t worry! We’ll be making all our workshops and presentations available as whitepapers or posting them up on slideshare after the event. Don’t forget to keep checking the website, our Facebook or Twitter feeds for the links and all the news from INSPIRE 2012.