The Conference heard a presentation by Mr. Bas Kok , President of the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure ( GSDI ) Association , on the paper entitled `` Role of the SDIs to support intra and inter governmental data sharing '' , as contained in document E/CONF.99/IP.9 . The Conference heard a presentation by Mr. Greg Scott , President of the Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure for Asia & the Pacific ( PC-GIAP ) , on the paper entitled `` Geo-information for mitigating large scale disasters in Asia-Pacific region '' as contained in document E/CONF.99/IP.10 .