The year 2018 was quite memorable for the international geospatial industry with the number of significant conferences, events, and expos of the latest innovations. 2019 is also expected to be remarkable for the industry as geospatial experts will discuss new trends, strategies and share their vision towards further advancement of geospatial technology. So, let’s take a look at the geospatial conferences that will occur this year.
January
January 8-11, 2019: CES 2019
CES showcases more than 4,500 exhibiting companies, including manufacturers, developers, and suppliers of consumer technology hardware, content, technology delivery systems and a conference program with more than 250 conference sessions as well as more than 180K attendees from 150 countries. CES conference sessions touch nearly every topic including key trends and emerging technologies for deeper understanding. It is going on in Las Vegas, US.
January 14-15: GeoBuiz Summit 2019
GeoBuiz Summit has been taking place in US and India since 2015 and is regarded as a thought leadership B2B conference. GeoBuiz Summit will be attended by over 200 C suite executives and other senior management from geospatial industry, technology companies, AEC industry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Automation Enterprises, national geospatial organizations and multilateral agencies. Panel discussions on key topics like Space Industry Innovations, Location empowering Business Intelligence, Geospatial Policies for extending value chain, Disruptive Technologies etc. will be the main highlight of this event. This year the event will take place in San Francisco, USA.
January 25-31: Geo Week
Geo Week 2019 will be taking place in Denver, USA. This year the International Lidar Mapping Forum (ILMF), ASPRS Annual Conference, and MAPPS Winter Conference will come together under one roof for the first time. Previously, these three events took place separately throughout the year. The purpose of their collaboration is to bring industry members together for a powerful combination of education, technology innovation, and commercial exchange.
January 28-30: DGI 2019
DGI is the only European large-scale annual meeting place for military and civilian geospatial intelligence agency leaders. 650+ geospatial intelligence experts will gather together to discuss new policy developments and breakthroughs in technology. It will take place at Royal Lancaster, London.
January 29-30: Esri Federal GIS Conference
This two-day conference taking place in Washington, D.C., focuses on how GIS technology is being used by GIS innovators and successful thought leaders to build a better future. Professional development workshops will further help many young minds to seek guidance from leading visionaries to solve real-world problem.
February
February 10-14, 2019: International Geoinformatics Conference
The conference will take place at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Basically, this conference aims to highlight and cover some specific areas like geoinformatics in safety and national security, geoinformatics in the smart city, geoinformatics in geospatial intelligence, geoinformatics in water, geoinformatics in an environment, and much more.
February 13-15: 53rd Annual Alaska Surveying and Mapping Conference
This conference has been compressed from five to three days for 2019 with an optional day of pre-conference workshops with a viewpoint to offer content, professional development and the opportunity to learn and expand GIS skills within a short period of time. The conference will be held in Anchorage, Alaska.
Feb 22: Los Angeles Geospatial Summit
The conference will mainly focus on how to solve major issues that we face in almost every discipline like environmental climate change, designing more livable cities, ending poverty and hunger and much more, with a spatial dimension.
February 25-28: Mobile World Congress
The GSMA Mobile World Congress (MWC) is the world’s largest exhibition for the mobile industry that features prominent executives representing mobile operators, device manufacturers, technology providers, vendors and content owners from across the world. For 2019, the event will focus beyond just mobile technology and will be named as MWC Barcelona. This year the organizers expect more than 107,000 trade visitors and 2400 exhibitors to attend the event in Barcelona, Spain.
March
March 14-15, 2019: EUROGEO 2019 Annual Meeting and Conference – “Teaching Geography in challenging times”
The conference which will be held in Paris, France provide opportunities to discuss the role and potential of Geography to solve today and future issues as well as to respond to needs of society and the world through various sessions.
April
April 2-4, 2019: Geospatial World Forum, 2019
This year with the theme of #geospatialbydefault- Empowering billions! The conference will lay its emphasis on the usage of geospatial technology and expanding its reach to larger masses of society.
Geospatial World Forum is a collaborative and interactive platform, which demonstrates collective and shared vision of the global geospatial community. The event comprises of public policies, national mapping agencies, private sector enterprises, multilateral and development organizations, scientific and academic institutions and also users from government, businesses, and citizen services. It will going to take place in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
April 8-10: CalGIS 2019 (California GIS Conference)
The URISA in California and the California Geographic Information Association, come together every year with a view to organise CalGIS. The event which will take place in Fresno, California will highlight key problems related to Water, Irrigation, Regulation, and Agriculture and try to find their solutions with GIS technology.
April 8-11: 35th Space Symposium
It is the leading event for the space industry this year. Thousands of delegates from multiple countries will come together in one place to examine space issues from multiple perspectives and to focus attention to critical space issues. The Space Symposium is acclaimed as the premier U.S. space policy and program forum and will take place in Colorado, USA.
April 9: Geographic Information Sharing Special Interest Group (GIS/SIG) Annual Conference
The event which will be held at Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C., will analyze the use of maps and GIS on display that provides the opportunity to educate the public on a variety of themes such as oceanography, biogeography, physical geography and geology, environment, history and ancient cultures. The Conference also features geospatial industry expert presentations as well as technical workshops.
May
May 3-5, 2019: GISTAM 2019: 5th International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management
The International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management aims to address new challenges in geo-spatial data sensing, observation, representation, processing, visualization, sharing and managing, in all aspects concerning both information communication and technologies (ICT) as well as management information systems and knowledge-based systems. It will be held in Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
May 7-8: International Conference on Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing
The event aims to provide a platform for researchers, practitioners, and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges and solutions adopted in the fields of Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing. It will take place in Istanbul, Turkey.
May 21-22: Geo Business
To be held in London, UK, Geo-Business this year will be expected to attract more than 3,000 visitors from more than 50 countries. The event will be packed with an international trade exhibition, industry-focused seminars and live commercial workshops, all delivering geospatial information.
May 22-24: The 9th International Symposium Information Fusion and Intelligent Geographic Information Systems
The 9th International Symposium IF&IGIS’19 will take place at St. Petersburg, Russia, from 22 to 24 May 2019. Its main purpose is to discuss new approaches to solve major problems in fields such as artificial intelligence and intelligent geoinformation systems (IGIS). Leading world experts in the related field will be there to exchange research ideas and experiences, to discuss perspectives on the fast-paced development of information theory, to demonstrate the latest achievements in IGIS and to discover new ways of collaboration.
June
June 2-5, 2019: The GEOINT Symposium
The GEOINT Symposium is a four-day event presented by the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) with an aim to bring together geospatial intelligence professionals from the private, public, and academic sectors. In the previous year, the General Services Administration (GSA) and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) combine to help NGA purchase geospatial intelligence data, products, and services through the GSA Information Technology (IT) Schedule 70 Contract. The event will be held in San Antonio, Texas.
June 11-14: HxGN LIVE
This four-day, annual event which will take place in Las Vegas, welcomes thousands of business leaders from around the world who join together to experience digital solutions that improve productivity and quality across manufacturing, infrastructure, safety, and mobility applications. HxGN LIVE is basically organized to transform one’s industry, business and career through smart digital solutions.
July
July 8-12, 2019: Esri User Conference
With more than 1000+ sessions of leading GIS professionals the event will target on discovering new insights, sharing innovative best practices, and learning about the geospatial technology to bring change in the industry and help better the world. The event will be taking place in San Diego, USA.
August
August 15-18, 2019: 15TH SOUTH EAST ASIA SURVEY CONGRESS
The conference will focus on how surveying remains relevant to the needs of society through working collaboratively to meet the future technical, social and environmental challenges in digitally connected surroundings. Over 500 surveyors across Asia Pacific region will attend this international event and this will include surveyors from across SE Asia, The Pacific, Australia, and New Zealand. The event will be held at Darwin Convention Centre in Darwin, Australia. This is the first time since Fremantle in 1999, that Australia will be hosting a joint international congress with the ASEAN Flag Surveying nations.
September
September 9-13, 2019: World Satellite Business Week
The World Satellite Business Week will bring together one thousand of the most influential representatives including Presidents, CEOs and senior government officials to debate, discuss and make strategies to grow the industry in today’s political and economic environment. This high- profile conference will be held in Paris.
September 15-18: in.sight user conference + expo (Trimble)
Trimble will present in.sight user conference + expo which will demonstrate various innovations related to locating and messaging during driving vehicle and also to manage safety, compliance and management costs. The event will take place in Houston, Texas.
September 17-19: INTERGEO 2019
INTERGEO 2019 will run between the 17th to 19th of September at Messe Stuttgart. This event serves as a leading platform for the sectors of geodesy, land management, and geoinformation. In previous year nearly 18,000 international visitors and 600 exhibitors have gathered which makes it a world known platform for geospatial technologies.
The main focus of the event are the new technologies and software systems plus sectors that have significant growth over past years.
September 19-20: 5th International Conference on GIS and Remote Sensing
The two-day conference will be held in Rome, Italy. This year the conference will focus on the implementation and advancement of GIS and remote sensing techniques. Also, all the discussions will revolve around the major topics like Geographic Information System, GIS techniques and technology, GIS in renewable sources, GIS and natural resource management, Global navigation system and much more.
September 28 to October 2: GIS-Pro, 2019
This event will bring together GIS professionals to present, discuss, analyze, and share their experiences, insights, and solutions regarding geospatial technology. It will be going to take place in New Orleans, LA.
October
October 1-31, 2019: Bentley Year in Infrastructure 2019 Conference
A whole month is booked for Bentley Year in Infrastructure Conference which will take place at the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Singapore. Presented by Bentley Institute, the conference is a global gathering of leading industry executives and prominent thought leaders in the design, construction, and operations of the world’s infrastructure.
October 28-30: Commercial UAV Expo AMERICAS
Commercial UAV Expo Americas is North America’s leading trade show and conference focusing on the integration and operation of commercial UAS. More than 3,000 professionals will address topics such as the regulatory landscape, safe integration of UAS into the airspace, and disruptive UAS technologies. The event will take place in Las Vegas, US.
November
November 4-8, 2019: 4th COSPAR Symposium
The program, taking place in Herzliya, Israel will include invited lectures, as well as poster presentations, which will cover a wide spectrum of topics and also discuss the problems that may affect space research. The main purpose of the event is the promotion of scientific research in space on an international level.
November 7-9: International Symposium on Applied Geoinformatics (ISAG2019)
The main objective of the event is to bring researchers to share knowledge and their experience in the field of Geoinformatics as well as to discuss the latest developments, opportunities, and challenges that can help the Geoinformatics community to solve many real-world challenges. The event will be held in Istanbul, Turkey.
December 3-5: GeoSmart India 2019
The 20th edition of GeoSmart India will bring together the evolving world of geospatial and emerging technologies — a revolution that is set to transform every aspect of our lives. GeoSmart India has found its place at the heart of the Indian geospatial scene and through our past 19 editions we have emerged as India’s largest geospatial event. Global technology giants, decision makers, thought leaders, venture capitalists, start-ups and the Indian geospatial diaspora— the entire landscape of New India will come together on the 3-5 December 2019 in Hyderabad. The theme of the event will be IGNITE – INNOVATE – INTEGRATE.
Note: We will keep on updating it as dates of new Geospatial conferences are released
