Geospatial Knowledge Infrastructure Summit

Theme: Mapping our way to 4IR

24 – 25 February 2021 | 0700 – 1100 (EST)

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About the Event

A two-day intensive “Geospatial Knowledge Infrastructure Summit” will uncover the concept of Geospatial Knowledge Infrastructure (GKI) - next-gen infrastructure and the evolving role of all stakeholders in powering the future of ‘knowledge services on demand’. It will delve upon the key questions that arise today:

What is the growth trajectory of Geospatial Knowledge and future of geospatial infrastructure?
Are governments and businesses ready to scale up their geospatial adoption?
How does the geospatial community reach into new partnerships across the growing digital world?

How does 4th IR influence Geospatial industry and its adoption across user segments?
What are the partnership models to deliver the data and geospatial knowledge?
What are the paradigm shifts required to enmesh within the wider digital infrastructure?

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Objective

Understand the global directions of the Geospatial Industry and growing need for transformation

Discuss innovative approaches to solving global challenges

Recognize fresh approach to multi-stakeholder partnership models that foster innovation and building better infrastructure together

Gain your thoughts on the Geospatial Knowledge Infrastructure

Who to Attend

Digital businesses

4IR technology companies

National Mapping and Spatial Data Infrastructure Agencies

Cadastre, hydrographic, geological agencies

Earth Observation/Space companies and agencies

Government geospatial and digital policy makers

Global Development Organizations

Research and Education sector

Civil Society organisations

Representatives from Key Economic Sectors

Geospatial Industries

Agenda

0700 - 0800 Opening Session: Why GKI? Setting the context

Conversation between:

Stefan Schweinfest

Director, United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), Department of Economic and Social Affairs

Sanjay Kumar

CEO
Geospatial Media and Communications

Panelists

Moderator Rob van de Velde

Director
Geonovum
The Netherlands

John Kedar

Advisor – Geospatial Infrastructure
Geospatial Media and Communications

Greg Scott

Inter-regional Advisor
UN-GGIM

Albert H. Anoubon Momo

Vice President & Executive Director, Emerging Market and Funded Projects, Trimble, USA

Paloma Merodio Gomez

Vice President, National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), Mexico

Maree Wilson

Branch Head, National Earth and Marine Observations, Geoscience Australia

PETER RABLEY

Co-founder and Partner
PlaceFund

0800 - 0805 Break

0805 - 0900 Panel 1: 4IReady Geospatial platforms and services

Moderator Carl D Shapiro

Ph.D., Director
Science and Decisions Center
USGS

Mark Korver

Worldwide Tech Leader – Geospatial
Amazon Web Services

Huang Zhongwen

Director, Digital Planning Lab
Urban Redevelopment Authority
Singapore

Cathrine Armour

Director of Customer Division, The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO)

Tyler Dahlberg

Geo Data Scientist
Booking.com

0900 - 0905 Break

0905 - 1000 Panel 2: Data Partnership and Sharing Key to GKI

Moderator Michael Lutz

Digital Economy Unit
Joint Research Centre

Barbara Ryan

Executive Director, World Geospatial Industry Council (WGIC)

Joseph Seppi

CMS, PMP, Senior Vice President
Geospatial Sector, Woolpert, USA

Yana Gevorgyan

Senior International Relations Specialist
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

Carrie Stokes

Chief Geographer and Director – GeoCentre
USAID

Roberto Gigotti

Director e-Geos
Italy

1000 - 1005 Break

1005 - 1055 Panel 3: Integrated Policy Framework

Moderator Ivan DeLoatch

Executive Director at FGDC

Thalia Baldwin

Director
Geospatial Commission
UK

Mark Reichardt

Member
National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC)

Dr. Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed-Ghouse FRGS FSSSI

Executive Director – Strategic Consulting & International Relations, Spatial Vision, Australia

1055 - 1100 Closing Remark of the Day

Jointly Organized by

Partners

About the Event

The Fourth Industrial Revolution is the cusp of data, analytics and real-time presentation to allow human and machine customers to make decisions and improve the efficiency of their processes. It is changing the world and the geospatial sector must change with it. New technologies, varied data sources and divergent user demand will require a next-generation geospatial infrastructure that embraces automation, dynamicity and real-time delivery of knowledge. The next-gen infrastructure, The Geospatial Knowledge Infrastructure (GKI), along with digital developments and industry innovations will enable governments to make decisions at scale and determine the type of interventions required for different programs, it will help businesses make strategic decisions and plan resource allocation intelligently.

We are starting to open up geospatial data in nations and the globally endorsed United Nations Integrated Geospatial Information Framework aims to help all nations prosper from geospatial information. And it is being used globally. However, it is a framework not an infrastructure and we need to build on the benefits it brings to build the next generation geospatial infrastructure.

The question arises:

What is the growth trajectory of Geospatial Knowledge?
How does 4th Industrial Revolution technology, including connectivity, AI, Big Data analytics, cloud computing, Web 3.0, robotics and automation, space, enhanced positioning, ubiquitous sensors, and drones influence Geospatial adoption across user segments?
Are governments and businesses ready to scale up their geospatial adoption for supporting diversified programs, business outcomes and development goals?
How can geospatial agencies able to take up the opportunities of 4th Industrial Revolution technologies, and with partnerships deliver the data and geospatial knowledge to fuel our innate desire to ‘know’ and to do so ‘now’.
What are the paradigm shifts required to enable this critical element of the knowledge infrastructure and how do we enmesh it within the wider digital infrastructure?
And thus, what is the geospatial infrastructure of the future?

Geospatial Media along with the like-minded organization presents a two-day intensive “GKI Summit” with the theme “Mapping our way to 4IR”. It will uncover the concept of Geospatial Knowledge Infrastructure (GKI) and the evolving role of all stakeholders in powering the future of ‘knowledge on demand’.

Join our Geospatial Knowledge Infrastructure Summit, a two-day online event with progressive ideas from global changemakers and the most inspiring thinkers considering what the geospatial knowledge infrastructure comprises and the challenges in delivering it.