Tor Gunnar Øverli

Mr Øverli is a former coordinator of international activities in Asplan Viak and currently Director of the Digital Services division of Asplan Viak. He has previously been head of Urban Planning and Development of NORPLAN and a member of the Asplan Viak Ethical Board.

He has extensive experience within information technology, focusing on geomatics from projects worldwide, including all phases from defining requirements, guiding processes, executing tender strategies, training, and management.

Mr Øverli has participated in various projects related to simplifying and making the processes of land use planning and building permits more efficient by ICT technology. He has played a vital role in designing and implementing a new street addressing system in Abu Dhabi.

He has also worked within SDI (Spatial Data Infrastructure) initiatives in the Middle East and Europe. He participated in the European standardisation work of Inspire as a member of one of the thematic working groups. He is now a senior advisor and project manager for revising land-use planning principles in Norway to meet the needs for land use in 3 dimensions.

He has participated in multiple EU funded research and development projects as a work package- and task leader. Mr Øverli acted as an independent appraisal and monitoring agent for the Norwegian / EEA grant.