Brisbane is one step closer to becoming the global capital of the world’s $250 billion spatial industry today with the launch of a global summit tackling global issues with big data and spatial technologies. The city will host the inaugural PIVOTAL 2015 International Executive Summit 28 June – 1 July, a spatial industry think-tank which will connect some of the world’s brightest spatial experts and top political minds.

Led by the Spatial Industries Business Association (SIBA), PIVOTAL will show government and business leaders how to harness location data to tackle everything from land-use patterns and emergency support to governance models and open data frameworks.

The summer of 2015 marks the twenty-year anniversary of the International Early-Career Scholars Institutes in GIScience. The organizers and participants in those previous Institutes in co-sponsorship with the Vespucci Initiative invite a new generation of early-career GIScience scholars to with join us to explore Advancing Geographic Information Science: The Past and Next Twenty Years.

The University of Salzburg hosts again the international GI community from July 7 – 10, 2015: The GI_Forum 2015 provides a platform for dialogue among technologists and critical thinkers, GIScientists and educationalists in an ongoing effort to support the creation of an informed GISociety. Prominent keynote speakers will highlight new developments, offer insights into trends and visions, and at the same time were available for our Young Researchers’ Corner for more individualised interaction with young researchers.

Call for Papers: December 1, 2014 – February 1, 2015

The 27th International Cartographic Conference will take place in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil in 2015!
This is a unique opportunity to meet colleagues, present your work,exchange ideas, display your cartographic products, get connected with the global community of cartography and GI science and have a good time in one of the most famous cities of the world. Why is this a great opportunity? Simply because the fields of Cartography and Geoinformation Science are becoming more relevant than ever. Modern Cartography is a key to mankind. Without maps we would be “spatially blind”. Knowledge about spatial relations and location of objects is extremely important for enabling economic development, managing and administering land, handling disasters and crisis situations or simply to show individuals the best way to get to a specific place. Cartography is also the most contemporary. New and innovative technologies have an important impact into what cartographers are doing. Maps can be derived automatically from geodata acquisition methods such as laser scanning, remote sensing or sensor-networks. Smart models of geodata can be built, allowing an in-depth analysis of structures and patterns. A whole range of presentation forms is available nowadays, from maps on mobile phones all the way to geoinformation in the form of Augmented Reality presentations.

You are cordially invited to the 2015 International Conference on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Geomatics UAV-g 2015. This is the third event of the series of UAV-g Conferences following the very successful meetings in 2011 in Zurich, Switzerland and in 2013 in Rostock, Germany.

In just five weeks the who’s who in GIS will descend on Melbourne as part of the Australian Esri User Conference – Ozri 2015. Held from 2 – 4 September, Ozri gives delegates the chance to learn from local and international GIS specialists, and embrace their inner geo-nerd with hands-on sessions on the latest advancements across the ArcGIS platform.

INTERGEO is the world’s leading conference trade fair for geodesy, geoinformation and land management. With over half a million event website users and over 16,000 visitors from 92 countries at INTERGEO itself, it is one of the key platforms for industry dialogue around the world.

INTERGEO covers a wide variety of fields, ranging from surveying, geoinformation, remote sensing and photogrammetry to complementary solutions and technologies. Processing, using and analysing geodata on the Internet or in the field is an extremely interesting and dynamic area. And the associated solutions are presented and discussed by experts at INTERGEO. What’s more, INTERGEO is the ideal platform for areas of innovation that are enjoying dynamic growth. Suppliers of these future technologies showcase themselves at venues such as the Open Source Park and the Innovation Park for young, innovative companies.

Don’t miss this chance to share knowledge and expertise with other specialists. The parallel events and specialist conferences are notable highlights, offering you tremendous scope to enter into discussions and develop your know-how in the industry’s key disciplines. The INTERGEO conference, presentations and forums give you the opportunity to find out about the latest technologies and discuss them with experts.