The global geospatial industry is estimated at US$ 500 Billion and delivers an even more significant impact on society, with derived economic benefits estimated to be multifold. These benefits, however, are still not fully understood by key stakeholders and policy and decision-makers, ultimately hindering the global uptake of geospatial information. With decades of national spatial data infrastructure efforts around the world, how can this be? Focusing on the importance of...

Barbara Ryan

Keynote speaker

The applications of GeoAI are as wide and diverse as our imaginations. Many applications like remote sensing, image classification and object detection using computer vision, improve visual clarity and allow higher zoom levels using super-resolution networks, extract geospatial information from unstructured data using natural language processing, deep learning application for large 3D geospatial datasets etc. and have shown positive trends in GeoAI.With the increasing focus on damage p...

Peter Srajer

Keynote speaker

What is industry doing to implement a "zero strike policy"Divide and ConquerMake Ready PlanActive LocatesPrivate locators"Ground Disturbance Permitting Policy" What is in a permitArea of Permit Time Frame/ Duration of Permit Where in information stored Do we allow personnel to use cell phones? Who can accessManagement enforcement

Paul Newman

Speaker