The People Panel at NORTH51 explores the unseen ways geospatial technologies are transforming human behavior and shaping societies worldwide. From advanced aerial detection improving pipeline safety to remote sensing uncovering invisible greenhouse gas emissions, these innovations are influencing how industries operate, communities plan, and individuals interact with their environments. As geospatial data becomes more integrated into decision-making, it is changing how we understand risk, sustainability, and resilience on a global scale. This discussion will highlight the profound yet often unnoticed ways these technologies are reshaping the world and the lives of those within it.
iDays is OGC’s flagship event, attracting top-tier technical experts, influential policymakers, and key stakeholders who converge to drive the future of geospatial innovation and corresponding digital transformation. Executed for the fourth time, OGC iDays will bring the global geoinformation community to Frankfurt, Germany, from December 9 to 12, 2025, under the leading theme “Standardization for a Successful Digital Transformation.”
OGC iDays is a two-part conference. On the first day, OGC will host a unique forum that brings together CEOs, CTOs, and CDOs from various industries alongside leading government experts and representatives from the research community. This network meeting, peppered with keynote speeches from great speakers outside the geospatial community, accelerates digital transformation and provides an opportunity to discuss challenges in a trusting environment.
Days two and three will be more like a conference, with a focus on discussion. Together, we will explore what standardization will look like in the future, how secure and efficient data exchange will be ensured and implemented, and what requirements will arise for different sectors of the economy and for companies of different sizes.
OGC’s 133rd member meeting will be held from October 27 to 30, 2025, at the UCAR Center Green Campus (CG) in Boulder, Colorado. The event will feature several tracks on a variety of topics. Registration will open soon for members and non-members alike.
Sponsorship opportunities are available. To learn more, please click on the ‘SPONSORSHIP‘ tab above.
Join global experts and leaders in the geospatial community
OGC’s 132nd member meeting will take place in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, from June 9-12, 2025. The event will feature several tracks on a variety of topics. Registration will open soon for members and non-members alike.
Sponsorship opportunities are available! Showcase your brand to OGC’s community of leading location experts, organizations, and institutions. Learn more about sponsorship packages.
Geo Connect Asia (GCA) 2025 celebrates its fifth year with an exhibition and an expanded programme of conferences, demonstrating the growing application of geospatial-focused data in transforming decision-making with the impact of autonomy on earth observation, the digital underground, and digital construction.
The co-location of the Digital Construction Asia, Drones & Uncrewed Asia and Marine & Hydro Asia shows creates a complete universe of data-focused solutions for critical decision-making.
The event will be held from April 9-10, 2025, at the Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Singapore.
The 13th International Conference on Agro-Geoinformatics (Agro-Geoinformatics 2025) will be held in Boulder, CO, USA, from July 7-10, 2025. The conference is organized and hosted by the International Society of Agromatics (ISAM), the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), and the Center for Spatial Information Science and Systems (CSISS) of George Mason University.
CNG Conference is where geospatial data users gather to create the future of our industry together. Learn how experts at NOAA, Planet, the World Bank, and others are using geospatial data and AI to solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges. The conference will be held from 30 April to 2 May 2025 at Snowbird in Utah.
3D GeoInfo & SDSC 2025, the co-located conference of the 20th International 3D GeoInfo Conference 2025 and the 9th International Smart Data and Smart Cities Conference, will be held in Kashiwa, Japan on 02-05 September 2025. The conference is hosted by the Center for Spatial Information Science (CSIS), the University of Tokyo and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT).
Advancing Geospatial Technologies in Canada
Join us for a virtual session that will update participants on the activities of OGC’s Canada Forum since our last in-person meetings in Montreal and Calgary. The event will also contain a preview of topics for the upcoming Canada Forum, to be held this May at GeoIgnite Ottawa 2025.
This event is a unique opportunity to connect with key stakeholders from Canada’s geospatial sector, including industry leaders, academics, indigenous communities, government officials, and technology experts. Together, we aim to advance discussions on geospatial technologies and interoperability across the nation.
We welcome all Canadian organizations and those operating within Canada to participate in this session, regardless of OGC membership status. Please register here to secure your spot.
The two-day virtual event will focus on demonstrations of the solutions developed and discoveries made during Testbed-20, including any needs for future research and any potential challenges.
In this event, Participants in Testbed-20 will present the outcomes of 2024’s biggest research and development initiative. Testbed-20 was organized into four main topics (Tasks):
- Integrity, Provenance, and Trust (IPT)
- GEOINT Imagery Media for ISR (GIMI)
- Advancements on GeoDataCubes
- High-Performance Computing Optimized Formats
Register here. The event is no-cost and open to OGC members and non-members alike.
Agenda
Monday Feb 24, 2025:
9:00-9:15 AM EDT: Introduction
9:15-10:45 AM EDT: Integrity, Provenance, and Trust (IPT)
11:00 AM-1:00 PM EDT: GEOINT Imagery Media for ISR (GIMI)
Tuesday Feb 25, 2025:
9:00-9:15 AM EDT: Introduction
9:15-11:00 AM EDT: GeoDataCubes
11:15 AM-12:00 PM EDT: High-Performance Computing Optimized Formats
Mark your calendar for the 2025 Cesium Developer Conference, June 23-25, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Supercharge your apps and integrations with open geospatial technologies and standards for the built and natural environment—and beyond.
The 1st annual Cesium Developer Conference is for developers in the open geospatial community who want to share and learn about work with open technologies such as Cesium, 3D Tiles, OpenUSD, glTF, iTwins, IFC, game & graphic engines, and open data applied to projects in AEC, aerospace, climate tech, and other relevant fields
Register today to supercharge your apps and integrations with open geospatial technologies and standards for the built and natural environment—and beyond.
OGC and the CHEK project are offering a free workshop where participants will learn how to use RDF and SPARQL to design an efficient data completeness checking service, and discover how semantic technologies can enhance data validation and management across various domains.
Target audience: Professionals and students with basic to intermediate knowledge of semantics (RDF and SPARQL) who are interested in data validation and completeness.
- Type: Online and FREE
- Date: February 12th
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM CET
- Teacher: Alejandro Villar, Rob Atkinson
Agenda:
Theoretical
- Introduction to the General Workflow (10 min)
- Overview of the process for implementing a data completeness checking service using semantic technologies.
- Semantic Representation of Data (10 min)
- How data is represented using RDF.
- Benefits of using RDF for validation services.
- Defining a Profile for Data Checking (15 min)
- Building a specific profile for data completeness verification.
- Practical examples and use cases.
- Q&A Session (5 min)
- A quick session to answer questions about the discussed concepts.
Practical
- Practical Case: Rule Implementation (40 min)
- Designing and implementing RDF rules and SPARQL queries.
- Creating a specific rule for each aspect of the completeness service.
- Final Integration (20 min)
- Combining all rules and Q&A
A Code Sprint is a three day virtual or hybrid event, where dozens of developers from around the world come together to code and share their ideas. The main goals of this code sprint are to support the development of OGC (candidate) Standards, as well as software which implements those Standards. In addition, it also aims to create awareness about the Standards and software projects. This code sprint will be virtual and it will take place on the OGC-events Discord server. It is hosted by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), but is open to anyone interested in attending.
Learn more on the March 2025 OGC Open Standards Code Sprint webpage or wiki.
Want to learn more about OGC Standards? Checkout the OGC Developer website.
Sponsorship opportunities are available.
The CityRDF Webinar is a virtual event that brings together international experts in urban data technologies and semantic interoperability. This platform is designed to showcase the latest developments in CityRDF, a key initiative for integrating and transforming urban data, while discussing how to implement FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) in real-world projects.
The main goal is to inspire collaboration among groups such as UD-Graph, 3DCityDB, CityGML, fostering open discussions about shared challenges, best practices, and innovative strategies for managing interoperable data.
Speakers include:
- Rob Atkinson (Senior Research Engineer, OGC)
- Arkadiusz Cadzynski (Consultant at Ontotext)
- Natalya Keberle (Ontologist, Knowledge/Data Engineer at Ontotext)
- Diego Vinasco-Alvarez (UD-Graph)
- Carsten Roensdorf (Chair, OGC 3DIM DWG)
Join global experts and leaders in the geospatial community
OGC’s 131st member meeting will take place at the Auditorium della Tecnica Centro Congressi (Conference Center) in Rome, Italy, from March 3-6, 2025. The event will feature several tracks across topics such as:
- AI and Data Analysis
- 3D, Digital Twins, and the Metaverse
- Foundation Practices
- The Earth and Climate
- Operational Practices
- Integrity, Provenance, and Trust
Click here to learn more and register.
Sponsorship opportunities are available! Showcase your brand to OGC’s community of leading location experts, organizations, and institutions. Learn more about sponsorship packages.
OGC CEO Peter Rabley will attend the 2025 Esri Federal GIS Conference in Washington DC.
About the conference:
Empowering national government with ArcGIS
Join your peers for three days of extensive training and learning. Discover why ArcGIS is an essential decision-making platform, showing government leaders how and where to act. Find out how various agencies are using a geographic approach to enhance planning, support operations, and benefit society.
OGC CEO, Peter Rabley, and OGC COO, Christy Monaco, will both present at DGI 2025.
About DGI 2025:
Rising geopolitical tensions, active military conflicts, and new digital innovations are requiring NATO members and their international allies to rethink their approach to international security.
Find out how to navigate this evolving landscape by joining the World’s leading geospatial intelligence conference. Benchmark with over 50 nations on how they are adapting their geospatial intelligence strategies and capabilities and gain practical insights on:
Investing in capabilities for increased national security space cooperation and integration to best respond to threats from hostile nations.
Improving cybersecurity measures in the space area as new space technologies bring new risks to better respond to cyberattacks.
Using open sources to strengthen operational geospatial intelligence and navigate the new era of disinformation, misinformation, and distrust.
Democratising access to geospatial data to enhance tactical responsiveness whilst bringing down costs.
Leveraging AI to accelerate the production, analysis and dissemination of high-quality imagery that enable more precise decision making faster.
OGC’s Chief Standards Officer, Scott Simmons, will present on a panel entitled “What Open Data Means for Geospatial Professionals” alongside Chris Andrews from Cesium, and Amy Rose for The Overture Maps Foundation.
Information on the panel is as follows:
In a world increasingly reliant on spatial data for decision-making, the movement toward open data has profound implications for geospatial professionals. Join members of the Open Geospatial Consortium and other thought leaders as they discuss the growing need for open data within the industry. This session will explore the benefits of open data, including enhanced collaboration, innovation, and accessibility, as well as the challenges it poses for data governance, quality standards, and privacy. Attendees will gain insights into best practices for utilizing open data, hear real-world examples of its impact on public and private sector projects, and discover how open data can empower professionals to deliver more effective solutions in mapping, urban planning, architecture, construction, environmental monitoring, and beyond.
About Geo Week:
Geo Week is the premier event for increased integration between the built environment, advanced airborne/terrestrial technologies, and commercial 3D technologies. It was created as a response to the changing needs of built world and geospatial professionals, and to acknowledge the convergence of technology taking place currently. New technological innovations, the need for remote workflows, and hardware breakthroughs are redefining expectations across teams, organizations, and entire industries. Geo Week is at the center of it all.
The meeting of the Bureau of the Committee of Experts and its expanded bureau together with the fifth plenary meeting of the High-level Group of the Integrated Geospatial Information Framework (HLG-IGIF) will be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from 2-4 February 2025, hosted by OGC Principal Member Geospatial Authority for Survey and Geospatial Information of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (GEOSA). The meetings will bring together members of the Bureau and its expanded bureau and the High-level Group to consider strategic directions and priorities in enhancing global geospatial information management arrangements and accelerating the implementation of the UN-IGIF and the SDGs.
Areas to be considered include the strategic framework for the Committee of Experts, , strengthening effective governance and coordination of United Nations Global Geospatial Information Centres of Excellence, supporting a global programme of national capacity development aligned with the Committee’s focused operations, the regional committees, functional groups and thematic networks and their activities, the agenda item on ‘climate, environment and resilience,’, the third World Geospatial Information Congress, and priorities for the successful uptake and wider adoption of the UN-IGIF to ensure its continued effectiveness and benefits to all Member States.
We are thrilled to invite you to an inspiring webinar “Geospatial meets AI: The power of a self-conscious location” where the worlds of geospatial technology and artificial intelligence converge! Leaders from business, NGO, and academia will take you along in a thoughtful journey of potential opportunities and challenges in a changing geospatial world. Discover how AI will change the power and use of location intelligence.
Whether you are a tech enthusiast, a business leader or have a governmental concern, this event offers valuable insights and opportunities to drive the power of location intelligence forward.
Program Highlights:
Introduction by Bart de Lathouwer (Geonovum)
Vision on Geospatial and AI by Ed Parsons (Google)
Showcasing Geospatial and AI with Simon Scheider (Universiteit Utrecht), Hari Subhash (Kinetica), and Bart Adams (xyzt.ai)
Geospatial Community, Standardization, and Governance by Kyoungsook Kim (AIRC) and Ashraf Abushady (UNIDO)
Panel Discussion on maximizing the potential of AI in geospatial intelligence
Don’t miss this opportunity to be at the forefront of technological advancements.
The event is organised by Geonovum and it is part of the international webinar series Location and AI: Mapping the Future with Artificial Intelligence hosted by international geospatial expert organisations Geovation UK, Geonovum and Location Innovation Hub, with partners including Eurogeographics and the Open Geospatial Consortium.
OGC Chief Standards Office, Scott Simmons, will be presenting during the following event:
Join Koniag Government Services for our session in our Emerging technology series on “Modernizing GIS for Enhanced Decision-Making and Efficiency.” This session will explore the latest trends in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) modernization, including cloud computing, artificial intelligence, big data analytics, and real-time data integration. Our expert panel will discuss how these advancements are revolutionizing spatial analysis, data management, and visualization across industries. Through case studies and practical examples, attendees will learn about the challenges and opportunities in modernizing legacy GIS systems, as well as strategies for developing an effective implementation roadmap. Whether you’re a GIS professional, IT manager, or decision-maker, this webinar will provide valuable insights into leveraging cutting-edge geospatial capabilities to improve operational efficiency and drive informed decision-making in your organization.
See the event webpage for more information, including agenda and registration.
The FOSS4GE conference, a European extension of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) annual event, connects professionals in the geoinformation software realm. OSGeo, as an international association, emphasizes geoinformatics, cartography, and open standards, fostering data sharing, collaboration, and innovative problem-solving across various domains.
This conference series, initially known as FOSS/GRASS User Conference and later as FOSS4G, arrives in Estonia, offering local professionals and students access to world-class education and insights from global experts, all while facilitating networking and knowledge exchange.
Connecting technology with policy to unlock impact on Climate and Disaster Resilience, One Health and Data Spaces.
View the agenda below.
Co-organized with FOSS4G Europe: 1-7 July, 2024.
In-person registration closes June 20, but is possible in-person during the event.
On-site attendance is highly recommended for full engagement, but free online observation is possible through GoToMeeting here.
OGC Innovation Days Europe aims to bridge between advanced digital collaborative solutions and practical applications for policymakers. The event is rolling out the international visions on how to realise digital transformation co-designed by software and data experts, environmental scientists and policy makers – fostering an enriching exchange of knowledge. Attendees will explore in-depth stakeholder needs and interact with the latest digital collaborative solutions.
Target audience and approach
If you are a policymaker, scientist, technical expert or stakeholder involved in geospatial technologies, public policy and/or disaster risk management, and are looking to deepen your expertise and impact in integrating data solutions for climate resilience, health and sustainability, this event is specially designed for you. While the event will be driven by high-level interventions, all on-site participants will be actively engaged in the discussions and their input will be integrated in the summary report.
The Agenda 2030 and Sustainable Development Goals as common language
OGC Innovation Days Europe provides a platform to discuss how current technical efforts can be combined effectively with the necessary governance and policy aspects. What decision processes do we need? What agreements are required for efficient decision processes or homogeneous reporting models for, for example, Climate Change or Land Degradation Neutrality? These discussions will underscore the alignment with Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which serve as guiding threads for the event. Specifically, attendees will explore how digital solutions and data management can help meet SDG targets, such as Climate Action (SDG 13) and Life on Land (SDG 15). By leveraging these frameworks, participants can identify actionable strategies to align their work with the global goals for sustainable development, thus enabling a cohesive, collaborative approach to bridging technology and policy.
Thematic focus: Climate and Disaster Resilience and One Health, and Data Spaces
Achieving climate and disaster resilience and sustainable development goals requires reliable location information on the environment, plants, animals, soil, land, and climate change impact among other disciplines. Generating this information dedicated to the users’ needs is challenging, and requires highly optimized spatial data infrastructures and climate resilience information systems. These systems should be integrated within clearly defined policy strategies and climate actions, propelled by efficient policy frameworks, ensuring that data pipelines and data spaces are interoperable and well-structured. This integration facilitates the effective use of analysis, visualization, and reporting tools, critical for informing and implementing climate strategies.
OGC Innovation Days Europe will foster a dialogue between technical experts, decision-makers, and policy experts. The focus will be on enhancing Climate & Disaster Resilience, advancing One Health initiatives, and exploring the challenges to optimise European Common Data Spaces. The event will spotlight ongoing initiatives for modernized knowledge exchange and analysis environments to support these goals.
| Climate and Disaster Resilience. This pillar will focus on enhancing resilience to climate-related hazards and natural disasters, closely aligned with the guiding principles of the UN climate policy frameworks related to Disaster Risk Reduction. It will discuss how innovative geospatial solutions can develop robust strategies that mitigate atmospheric pollution, adapt to the impacts of climate change and enhance disaster preparedness. Emphasizing a multi-hazard approach, the pillar calls for inclusive decision-making based on the open exchange of information and knowledge. |
One Health. The One Health pillar will explore the interconnected health of people, animals, plants and their shared environment, emphasizing the critical role of climate change, loss of biodiversity and land degradation. It will highlight integrated approaches to health risks at the human-animal-ecosystem interface, discussing how the environment acts both as an enabler and an indicator of holistic health. |
Data Spaces. Data Spaces are dedicated to advancing the architecture of digital data governance, focusing on the creation and management of interoperable data ecosystems. The pillar will introduce the need for streamlining data sharing and utilization across various sectors to support decision-making. |
Each thematic area will directly align with Sustainable Development Goals, such as SDG 13 Climate Action, SDG14 Live below water, SDG 15 Life on Land, and others, ensuring that the discussions are grounded in the global agenda for sustainable development.
Agenda:
Monday 1st July, 2024
| Title | Speaker | Abstract | |
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| 09:00-10:30 | Opening Session | Future visions pushing transition. | |
| Europe’s vision on data sharing to push the green transition (30min + 15 Discussion) | Marco Minghini European Commission Joint Research Centre Directorate T. Digital Transformation and Data T.1 Digital Economy Unit |
With the current European Commission (2019-2024), the EU has embarked on an ambitious pathway towards a twin green and digital transition. Interoperable, trustworthy and sovereign data sharing practices are at the foundation of this vision. The talk will explore the main milestones of this journey, highlight the main results achieved and present the ongoing work, which will continue under the next European Commission (2024-2029). | |
| Todays Innovation Tomorrows Technology (30min + 15 Discussion) | Marie-Francoise Voidrot Europe Director, Innovation Program | Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) |
Opening the stage with a discussion led by OGC about how open standards, innovations in geospatial technologies, and location information is becoming more Findable Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR). | |
| 10:30-11:00 | Break | ||
| 11:00-12:30 | Climate and Biodiversity | The challenge of organizing very heterogeneous data. | |
| Digital Empowerment in Agriculture: Fostering Climate Resilience and Restoration with Smart Solutions for Smallholder Farmers | Anton Eitzinger Thematic Leader, Digital Climate Action Alliance of Diversity International and CIAT The Americas Hub – Cali, Colombia |
Digital technology has the potential to empower farmers by integrating them into information flow and data ecosystems. This not only enhances their autonomy with access to tailored agricultural advice and knowledge, but also tackles climate change and biodiversity loss through actionable resilience and restoration strategies. However, challenges for the ongoing digital transformation in agriculture remain for the near future, including limited connectivity in many areas, digital literacy issues, and the need for more farmer-centered designs and interoperability of digital innovations. We will showcase successful initiatives like digital climate advisory services in Africa and Latin America, a community-led digital platform for on-farm tree restoration MyFarmTrees, and Croppie as a AI-supported coffee yield estimation approach, among others. | |
| Data for nature conservation and restoration: new tools and opportunities. | Aveliina Helm Professor of Restoration Ecology, University of Tartu, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences |
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| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00-15:30 | Climate and Disaster Resilience | Regulations, Recommendations, Good Practice Guidance, needs and barriers. How do the policy frames push towards sustainability and resilience? | |
| UN SDG 14.1.1b Plastic Debris in the Ocean: Understanding the Sources and Abundance through Remote Sensing | Samantha Lavender EO Scientist and Director Pixalytics Ltd |
This SDG indicator focuses on floating plastic debris as a surrogate for the broader size distribution of plastics in the ocean, including microplastics. The floating plastic is difficult to detect as there are multiple sources of floating material, and it is often sub-pixel in size. Also, multiple input satellite data sources need to be combined to achieve a global view. | |
| From Typhoon activity forecast to large landslide early warning systems | Gérald Fenoy CEO at GeoLabs PostGis Zoo-Project |
The nexus from typhoon activity related to heavy rain events leading to a high risk of large landslides will be rolled out in this intervention. The data pipeline in place following FAIR principles is required and interoperable application packages ensure a reliable transformation from raw data to information and knowledge. A Taiwanese use case will be shown on how emergency management systems can reduce disaster risks. | |
| 30 min Discussion | Moderation: Marie-Françoise Voidrot | ||
| 15:30-16:00 | Break | ||
| 16:00-17:30 | Climate and Health | The bumpy road of data pipelines in the health domain. How are the medical and climate services linked? | |
| Climate Monitoring and Decision Support Framework for Sand Fly-borne Diseases Detection and Mitigation | Danyang Wang PhD Candidate in Wageningen University Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Group |
Due to climate change, environmental conditions are spatially shifting risks of vector-borne disease transmission. This requires policy strategies and the implementation of special applications for dedicated information like early warning systems. Here we are discussing the use case of Climate Monitoring and Decision Support Framework for Sand Fly-borne Diseases Detection and Mitigation (CLIMOS-Project). The challenges and difficulties of merging data from different data sources for the data pipeline from raw data to information as well as the options for sustainable usage of the applications in free or commercial ways within the EU digital dataspaces. | |
| Geospatial modelling of vector-borne diseases: data challenges | Luigi Sedda Lancaster Medical School |
Public health interventions for vector-borne diseases (but extendable to any disease) requires the identification of fine and accurate spatial and temporal risks scales. Ecological modelling can provide this information only if the geospatial data (outcome and predictors) are provided at a resolution coherent with the area heterogeneity (in terms of environmental conditions) and disease transmission. | |
| 30 min Discussion | Moderation: Marie-Françoise Voidrot | ||
| 18:00-20:00 | Social Event | Vint Veinibaar & Tapas Ülikooli 7, 51003, Tartu. Fingerfood and a greeting drink provided. |
Tuesday, 2 July, 2024
| Title | Speaker | Abstract | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00-10:30 | Spatial Data Infrastructures and Data Spaces | Technical Solutions – Are they answering the requirements? | |
| Location Europe – Linking National Spatial Data Infrastructures to EU Dataspaces | Antti Jakobsson Chief Engineer at Maanmittauslaitos |
How national data infrastructures could be linked to European Data Spaces. Locationeurope.eu shows how this could be done. Location Innovation Hub host this platform supported by the European Core Data Provider network which is open for all national data providers. | |
| The Green Deal Data Space Journey | Nevena Raczko EU Projects Manager @ IDC Policy, Sustainability & Green Growth |
This presentation will focus on the transformative potential of the Green Deal Data Space (GDDS) within the context of the European Union’s ambitious climate agenda. By harnessing the power of digital innovation and sustainable practices, the GDDS serves as a cornerstone in the EU’s journey towards climate neutrality by 2050. Through a comprehensive outline of its objectives, key components, and implementation strategy, attendees will explore how the GDDS fosters collaboration, empowers decision-making, and drives impactful action across sectors. The presentation navigates through the roadmap towards an operational GDDS, paving the way for a greener, more resilient future for Europe and beyond. | |
| 30 min Discussion | Moderator: Mayte Toscano | ||
| 10:30-11:00 | Break | ||
| 11:00-12:30 | Tools, Gaps, and Challenges | Addressing the gaps between stakeholder requirements and technical solutions – Where do we need to find new or better recipes? | |
| Data Spaces Technical Building Blocks | Jari Reini National Land Survey of Finland, and ISO/TC211–AHG10 |
European Common Data Spaces will be based on International Data Space Association (IDS) building blocks. This session reveals technical building blocks and potential standards to be used for geospatially enabled European Data Spaces. |
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| DGGS for Climate Resilence planning | Alexander Kmoch Researcher Landscape Geoinformatics, University of Tartu, and OGC DGGS Europe co-chair |
This session will discuss how Discrete Global Grid Systems (DGGS) can improve climate resilence planning and policy through better geospatial data handling. DGGS provides a uniform, scalable framework that can seamlessly integrate various data sources, improve interoperability, selective data sharing and reuse, mult-resolution (areal, gridded, tabluar) statistics and quick operational views alike a data warehouse. We will give an overview of the state of available technology and show examples on DGGS has been employed in climate adaptation, emergency and disaster management. | |
| 30 min Discussion | Moderator: Mayte Toscano | ||
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00-15:30 | Climate Services | How can the current climate services be improved? | |
| New Climate Data Store (CDS)-Engine powering the Copernicus Health Hub | Angel Lopez Alos CDS Team Manager en European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts |
CDS-Engine is a modern and versatile framework infrastructure fostered by FAIR principles powering Copernicus services (C3S,CAMS, CEMS), platforms (WEkEO, Climate Adapt) and innitiatives as the Thematic Hubs for Health and Energy. | |
| ESA Climate Change Initiative (CCI) in support of the Paris Agreement and the Global Stocktake | Clement Albergel Climate Applications Scientist Climate and Long-Term Action Division European Space Agency – ESA |
ESA’s Climate Change Initiative is a major research and development effort that generates global, decades-long satellite data records to track and understand key aspects of the Earth climate system, and known as Essential Climate Variables. The Programme enables a community of over 500 experts from across Europe to exploit the Earth observation archive and data from operating satellite missions to craft high-quality data products that strengthen scientific understanding climate and underpin the models and climate services used to inform support ESA Member States to take climate action and report progress towards the Paris Agreement goals. These data records support the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to monitor, assess and address changes to Earth’s climate system. |
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| 30 min Discussion | Moderator: Joana Simoes | ||
| 15:30-16:00 | Break | ||
| 16:00-17:30 | Climate and Land | Deep dive into the UN policy framework for land degradation neutrality, lesson learned and challenges. | |
| Digital infrastructures, tools and data standards for UNCCD national reporting on SDG 15.3.1 | Brian O’Connor Programme Officer Geospatial Information Officer Science, Technology and Innovation Unit (Brian remote, Presented by Nils Hempelmann in person) |
Five United Nations Convention Combat Desertification (UNCCD) strategic objectives underpin the 2018-2030 UNCCD Strategic Framework. Strategic objective 1 (SO 1) aims at improving the condition of affected ecosystems, combating desertification/land degradation, promoting sustainable land management and contributing to land degradation neutrality (LDN). SDG Indicator 15.3.1, and its three sub-indicators, form a monitoring framework for SO1. The four-year national reporting cycle of UNCCD gathers national data on SDG Indicator 15.3.1 and catalyses action on monitoring and reporting. In order to facilitate national reporting, the pipeline from raw data to infromation and knowlede requires standardisation and optimised infrastructures. The pointed out bottlenecks will be discussed. | |
| Quo vadis? Where to go? | Future priorities to enhance, improve and realize climate services. | ||
| Panel Discussion | Evert Van Bever Marco Minghini Marie-Françoise Voidrot Stefanie Lumnitz Milvari Alieva |
Moderation: PlanAdapt | |
| Closing Words | OGC |
In-person registration closes June 20, but is possible in-person during the event.
This event is sponsored by OGC and the European Commission through the Horizon projects CLINT (GA-101003876), AD4GD (GA-101061001), USAGE (GA-101059950), Iliad (GA-101037643), EuroGEOSec (GA-101134335), CLIMOS (GA-101057690) and other projects of the Climate-Health Cluster.
Use code SAVE100 for a $100 discount. Commercial UAV Expo is the premier event for the commercial drone industry focusing on the integration/operation of commercial UAS and showcasing Drones In Action.
The event will feature exhibits and demonstrations by UAS solutions providers, keynotes, panel discussions, outdoor demos, AI-powered networking; and more. The show covers all vertical industries with a special focus in 2024 on construction, energy, infrastructure and transportation; PLUS two co-located events showcasing security and hydrogen aviation solutions.
Use code SAVE100 for a $100 discount and/or FREE expo admission with LOTS of new benefits included. 4,000+ attendees from 75 nations.
The 12th International FIG Workshop on the Land Administration Domain Model & 3D Land Administration will take place in Kuching, Malaysia, 24-26 September 2024.
It will be a joint event together with
- Geoinformation Week 2024 (including Exhibition from vendors),
- FIG Commission 5 (Positioning and Measurement) Annual Meeting,
- FIG Commission 7 (Cadastre and Land Management) Annual Meeting,
- UN Habitat Social Tenure Doman Model (STDM)
- FIG Workshop on the Land Administration Domain Model & 3D Land Administration
The team of local organizers consists of the University of Technology Malaysia (UTM), the Sarawak Land and Survey Deptartment (JTS), and the Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (RISM) Sarawak Branch. More information and registration for the joint event on https://www.geoinfo.utm.my/geoweek/ (Announcement Letter).
Workshop purpose: The workshop aims to bring together experts from the industry, government, and academia, to present and discuss LADM and/or 3D LA related developments including live demonstrations of LADM implementations (operational systems, pilots, prototypes). The workshop will also cover informal or customary rights (, restrictions, resposibilities) as exiting in many countries, next to the more formal rights that are being registered. UN-Habitat is using the LADM specialization STDM (Social Tenure Domain Model) in 17 countries to register these informal/customary rights. Also, UN-FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization)’s SOLA (Solutions for Open Land Administration)/Open Tenure and USAID’s MAST (Mobile Applications to Secure Tenure) infomation models are all based on LADM. Speakers who want to share their experiences on implementation are cordially invited to participate. This workshop will provide solid input to the “Implementation” part of Edition II of LADM, to be developed in collaboration with OGC. The workshop should enable making important choices, such as the technical encodings.
Deadline for the submission of a 500 -1000 words extended abstracts is 1 June 2024 (and when accepted a full paper by 15 August 2024).
Event website: https://gdmc.nl/3DCadastres/workshop2024
This will be a collaborative and inclusive event to support the development of open Standards and applications that implement those Standards. All OGC Standards are in scope for this Code Sprint, including OGC API Standards. The Sprint will feature three special tracks on Data Quality & Artificial Intelligence, Validators, and the Map Markup Language (MapML).
Join us for an exciting opportunity to meet OGC’s new CEO, Peter Rabley, at the Esri User Conference! The Meet & Greet is scheduled for July 16 from 3 – 4 PM Pacific Time in Aqua Salon E at the Hilton.
This event is a perfect chance to connect with fellow members and contribute to a shared vision for the next 30 years of OGC. Let Peter know what you like, what you don’t, and what you want to see changed. Peter is eager to hear from you and values your input as we shape the future of the consortium. Your feedback is crucial in helping us deliver practical and implementable solutions that meet the needs of our community.
After the session, join us for an informal gathering at the Odysea Waterfront Lounge for a drink on OGC.
Space is limited, so if you are interested in joining us please RSVP to Micah Brachman. Thanks, and we hope to see you in San Diego!
About Peter
Peter Rabley brings a wealth of experience from the private, governmental, and not-for-profit sectors, including venture financing and developing scale-up strategies for international not-for-profits. His appointment as CEO is timely, coinciding with OGC’s 30th anniversary—a period of reflection and modernization to address the growing use of geospatial technologies across various domains and applications. Under Peter’s leadership, OGC aims to collaborate with new and existing partners to deliver accelerated, practical, and implementable solutions for our community.
Since 2008, K-GEO Festa has been one of Asia’s premier geospatial industry events, attracting around 13,000 participants, including distinguished guests from approximately 20 nations. Under the slogan “Digital Earth: Better Life for All,” this event highlights advancements and fosters collaboration in the geospatial sector.
In response to the European Digital Transformation Act, the existing European digital infrastructures are being enhanced and optimised to be harnessed for sustainable development. In particular, climate action can be underpinned by applications that provide scientific processing methods for enabling information generation from raw data to useful information.
This is a hybrid event. The in-person portion will take place at The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) in Bonn, Germany. Online participation will take place over Slack. Participation is free for everyone. OGC Members and non-Members alike are encouraged to attend.
See the agenda below. Options for nearby hotels can be found below the agenda.
Registration for in-person attendance closes September 15.
- Enhancing Climate Resilience Application packages
The EU H2020 CLINT Project, of which OGC was a partner, developed Climate Resilience Application Packages, as well as related applications around the birdhouse collection of OGC WPS focussing on Climate data processing services. Enhancement will be e.g. transition from OGC WPS to OGC API – Processes or options to include Common Workflow Language (CWL). Interoperability to Zoo-Project, the GEO-LDN toolbox and their applications on desertification and land slides risk projection could be explored. - Deployment into digital infrastructures
The coding sprint will also focus on interoperability of the climate resilience application packages into the EU digital infrastructures like Climate Data Store of Copernicus Climate Change (C3S), Copernicus Land Monitoring (CLMS), Copernicus Emergency Management (CEMS) or WekEO, the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC), or individual Climate Service Information Systems. Interoperability to the UNCCD reporting portal PRAIS4 can be explored. - Enhancing Documentation and training material
Streamlining and fine tuning the existing material for easier access to open knowledge around the usage of the Climate Resilience Application Packages is going to be the third focus area to be enhanced and decided within the coding sprint. Beside online documentation, a good set of Jupyter Notebooks and DEMO portals as persistent demonstrators should be in place, ready to explore.
Preliminary Agenda
| Monday 07.Oct | Tuesday 08.Oct | Wednesday 09.Oct | |
| Morning | Welcome and introduction FAIR Climate Services Digital Infrastructures |
CODING | CODING |
| CLINT Application Packages Packages focussing on droughts, floods, cyclones, landslides, etc. |
CODING | CODING | |
| Lunch Break | |||
| Afternoon | Interoperability with Copernicus Climate and Atmosphere Data Store (CADS) / Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) WekEO European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Others |
CODING | Demo of implemented packages |
| OGC Standards Web Processing Service (WPS) OGC API – Processes EO Application Packages Common Workflow Language (CWL) OGC API – Maps |
CODING | Wrap up, steps forward | |
| Dinner | |||
Registration for in-person attendance closes September 15.
Hotel options
The following hotels in the center of Bonn are near the central railway station and walking distance from the main square. The ECMWF office can be reached by metro line 66 from the underground station, direction Ramersdorf. Exit at Robert-Schuman-Platz.
- Hotels Bonn Motel One | cheap budget design hotel Bonn (motel-one.com)
- IntercityHotel Bonn (online-reservations.com)
- Hotel Kurfürstenhof Bonn (kurfuerstenhof-bonn.de)
For visitors wishing to stay walking distance from the ECMWF office, the closest hotels are:
- Maritim Hotel Bonn (online-reservations.com)
- Das Hotel Gustav Stresemann Institut (gsi-bonn.de). Please note that only meeting rooms have air conditioning, not bedrooms. Therefore, please consider this detail before booking bedrooms in summer.
A luxury half-way alternative is the Bonn Marriott Hotel, which is located nearby the UN Campus and at walking distance from the well-served metro stop Heussallee/Museumsmeile:
Registration for in-person attendance closes September 15.
The GoGeomatics Expo is planned by GoGeomatics Canada in consultation with our industry, academia, association, and media partners. This Geomatics Technology Exposition is distinctive to the North American Geo sector.
OGC@30 is an invitation-only 30th-anniversary celebration event taking place on Monday, 2 December 2024, and preceding our Innovation Days DC event. The event provides an unmissable opportunity for guests to hear keynotes and panels from forward-looking leaders within and beyond the geospatial industry as they discuss some of today’s most pressing issues.
The event will also feature a presentation of our Lifetime Achievement Award to a key figure from OGC’s history as well as awards recognizing members and organizations that are raising the profile of geospatial technologies and standards.
Sponsorship opportunities are available.
Digital building logbooks and permit processes have the potential to make the building permit application process in municipalities more efficient, faster and more transparent. They also allow for more accurate planning and efficient use of resources, reducing waste and improving energy management in buildings. On the other hand, there are several challenges. The initial set-up costs of digital building permits and logbooks, including software development, hardware installation and staff training, can be significant. Concerns about data security and privacy can arise from storing sensitive building data in digital format. Resistance to change and lack of familiarity with digital tools among building control, permit applicants and management staff can also hinder user adoption.
This workshop aims to create a common understanding of how digital building permit and logbook processes can contribute to economic, environmental and social sustainability. The workshop will bring together stakeholders to share knowledge and co-create a common understanding of the challenges and opportunities of digital building permits and logbook processes for sustainability. The workshop will be divided into two parts. The first part will include presentations from the ACCORD, DigiChecks, CHEK, Demo Blog projects, the European Network for Digital Building Permits (EUnet4DBP) and MSCA-DRF projects with an opportunity for questions from the audience. The second part will be an interactive workshop on the challenges and opportunities of digital building logbooks and building permit processes, addressing user perspectives on their contribution to sustainability and the use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) for Life Cycle Assessment.
Practical information
The Symposium will be a half-day event held Nov 2, 2024, and followed by GIS.FCU’s 30th Anniversary Celebration and Banquet.
Learn more, including registration and agenda, at: www.gis.tw/30th-en/
International Symposium on Geo-Intelligent and Digital Twins Interoperability
Date: November 2, 2024, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Location: Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan
GIS.FCU 30th Anniversary Ceremony and Banquet
Date: November 2, 2024, 5:00 – 9:00 pm
Location: Polygram Wedding Garden 3F, Taichung, Taiwan
In collaboration with the OGC Member Meeting (Seoul, November), we are pleased to announce a series of events to be held in Tokyo on October 29th and 30th, leading up to the inaugural OGC Japan Forum, scheduled for January 2025. Join us for a welcome reception and return report on October 29th, followed by a lecture on GeoBIM at the Hongo campus on October 30th. We warmly invite anyone interested in OGC activities to participate.
Program (October 2024) October 29th (Tue)
- 7:00 PM: Greetings
- 7:20 PM: Open Geospatial Consortium Chief Standard Officer Scott Simmons
- 7:40 PM: Participation report from buildingSmart International (Morocco) by Dr. Masaki Muto, Senior Researcher, Building Production Research Group, Building Research Institute, National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management
- 8:00 PM: Reception (Networking and announcements)
- 8:45 PM: Closing
October 30th (Wed)
- 4:00 PM: Opening announcement
- 4:05 PM: Lecture 1: OGC Chief Standard Officer Scott Simmons
- 4:25 PM: Lecture 2: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Technical Research Division, Ministerial Secretariat
- 4:45 PM: Lecture 3: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Housing Bureau, Building Guidance Division
- Break
- 5:15 PM: Short presentations from various companies on DX and smart cities (15 minutes x 4 companies)
- 6:15 PM: Q&A and other
- 6:30 PM: Closing
We are excited to announce that the next Canada Forum will be held during the GoGeomatics Expo on October 28. This event will bring together key stakeholders from across Canada’s geospatial sector, including industry leaders, academics, indigenous communities, government representatives, and technologists, to continue vital discussions on advancing geospatial technologies and interoperability in Canada.
All Canadian organizations, or any operating in Canada, are welcome to participate, whether members or non-members of OGC. This event will be held at the BMO Centre – Room 233 in Calgary. For online attendees, sessions will be streamed. The event is free of charge, but registration is required. Limited seats are available for in-person attendees. For any inquiries, please contact us at membership@ogc.org.
Attendance is possible online and in-person.
In person meeting details:
BMO centre – Room 208
The Big Four Roadhouse
1801 Big Four Trail SE, Calgary, AB T2G 2W1
Preliminary agenda:
| Mountain Time | October 28, 2024 |
| 13:00 – 13:10 | Welcome and Introduction |
| 13:10 – 14:00 | Panel: Opportunities and Challenges of Integrating Canadian Built Environment and Geospatial Technologies |
| 14:00 – 14:50 | Fireside Chat: Pathway to Success vs. Aligning Stakeholder Efforts |
| 14:50 – 15:00 | Coming Back Together in Partnership and Closing |
TASTI 2024 is an event organized by the Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) that aims to bring together experts from various fields in the space industry. As a unique hub for expertise exchange, TASTI 2024 offers a platform for academia, governments, and industries to collaborate and share insights.
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) invites developers to the hybrid in-person and online 2024 OGC Metadata Code Sprint, to be held November 18-19, 2024. The code sprint, sponsored by AURIN (the Australian Urban Research Information Network), and SURROUND Australia (catering), is organized by the GeoDCAT Standards Working Group (SWG) and Metadata & Catalogues Domain Working Group (DWG). This code sprint will coincide with the ISO TC211 Plenary meetings in Sydney and focus on implementations of various OGC and ISO metadata standards using the OGC API family of Standards, as well as the GeoDCAT semantic model for dataset descriptions.
Where & when:
The code sprint will take place in-person and on the virtual platforms, GoToMeeting and Discord. The in-person event will run from 8:00am to 6:00pm Australian Eastern Time each day from November 18-19, 2024. Our venue will be the University of New South Wales in in Sydney, Australia (map) and is sponsored by our host, AURIN in the Anita B. Lawrence Centre, Lv4, room 4035.
The online event will have more flexible hours to suit the needs of participants location. A final virtual meeting is proposed for the third day of the event to summarize findings.
Anyone who has an interest in geospatial metadata is encouraged to attend. Beyond developers, we welcome data managers, standards experts, and others who understand the need for effective metadata and its exchange. Interested participants are encouraged to submit Proposals and Use Cases via the OGC Metadata Codesprint 2024 GitHub repo.
A pre-event webinar will be held on 24 October 2024 at 7:00pm Australian Eastern Time (08:00 UTC) to review proposals and use cases. Please attend, share your ideas and build teams to work on these during the Code Sprint.
Participation in the code sprint and pre-event webinar is free.
More Details:
The Metadata Code Sprint will have a primary focus on the following group of tools, APIs and encodings:
- OGC GeoDCAT – (under development) a spatio-temporal profile of the W3C DCAT Recommendation DCAT, and provide guidance about its use and further specialization. OGC GeoDCAT is inspired by the GeoDCAT-AP specification but defines just the internationally relevant concepts to allow wider application. The key areas to consider are around the expression of place and time, such as GeoDCAT-AP properties-for-location
- OGC API – Records provides a way to browse or search a curated collection of records of geospatial resources, known as a catalog. A record makes a resource discoverable by providing summary information (e.g. metadata) about the geospatial resource.
- ISO 19115 Standards define the schema required for describing geographic information and services by means of metadata. Of particular interest will be recent developments on JSON encodings provided by ISO 19115-4.
- STAC provides a common structure for describing and cataloging spatiotemporal assets. A spatiotemporal asset is any file that represents information about the earth captured in a certain space and time.
- Other metadata standards, such as CDIF, EML, and Local Context may be included where the use of these have important implications on the utility of geospatial metadata.
- Particular focus will be placed on use of OGC modular “building blocks for location” that address both simple and the most complex use-cases.
Before and during the code sprint, there will be an opportunity for joint discussion with all participants on the goals and objectives of the event, as well as the final briefing of findings and opinions of the participants. However, the majority of the time will be spent in collaboration between participants in active coding.
For more information on the Sprint, including objectives, agenda, and registration, visit the November 2024 OGC Metadata Code Sprint wiki page on GitHub. Information on other OGC Sprints or events for developers can be found on the OGC Developer Events wiki on GitHub.
For more technical information about OGC Standards, including how to get started, links to each Standards’ GitHub page, official Standards documents, compliance, and more, visit developer.ogc.org