The IT Commission invites to an open meeting on the use of technology in orienteering. The meeting will take place online on 9 November 19.00-21.30 CET (UTC +1).
The format will be short presentations on different topics related to technology. The focus will be on the technology related considerations and challenges that face developers of technology for orienteering, and how these challenges are solved. If time permits there will be a Q&A window after each presentation.
The meeting will be held on Microsoft Teams.
Please register in advance by using this link
Once registered, you will receive an e-mail with a link to the on-line meeting.
Find the full programme with presentation abstracts here:
ITC Open Meeting 2025 programme
The finalised programme is as follows:
The technology behind broadcast and streaming from IOF major events
Per Frost, Event Presentation Manager, IOF, Sweden
From zero to the big screen – How to DIY orienteering broadcast.
William Hollowell, OK Tyr, Sweden
Double Diamond approach to orienteering product development – user research in practice
Fryderyk Pryjma, CEO effde, Poland
A holistic approach to event organisation
Burkhard Ritter, Managing Director, SPORTtIdent, Germany
The IOF Data Standard – upcoming revision project
Edoardo Tona, IOF IT Commission
Short break
Lessons from the Forest: 25 Years of Radio Control Deployment in Orienteering
Ian Marsden, Director GPProjects, CTO Eseye, United Kingdom
A new punching system
Chuan Lian, HuiChang, China
A Sub-GHz Mesh Radio System for Reliable Orienteering Punching and Tracking: Technical Challenges and Design Decisions
Tate Needham, CEO meshO, Australia
What does it take to make a multi-platform mapping app?
Alistair Landels, OCAD, Switzerland
Training with Virtual Checkpoints in Forest
Guntis Šmaukstelis, Latvia