Overview
The 4th Industrial Revolution is leading to an explosion in the volume of geospatially referenced data linked to value-chains which will help in providing a new understanding of how society behaves and the processes we have created. But data is not the endpoint, and the true value of data lies in its use to derive knowledge and meeting needs. Geospatial knowledge is crucial for solving the world’s greatest challenges, and it is important to place geospatial knowledge at the heart of tomorrow’s sustainable digital society. The complexity of the knowledge ecosystem and the range of use-cases are such that no one organization or company will deliver end-to-end solutions. Partnerships and collaborations across sectors are increasingly becoming commonplace, with a greater need for rewards to be shared across the value-chain. The geospatial ecosystem is growing and evolving, and is more expansive than ever, encompassing the digital ecosystem’s modelling and applications communities, and most industry sectors.
The evolving user demand and the dynamic business environment necessitates a cognitive approach in the logistics and supply chain workflow, through integration of frontier technology including IoT, AI, ML, 5G etc. with geospatial data and technology. The cognitive approach will help in promoting visibility, tracking, and forecasting of products, thereby placing geospatial knowledge at the heart of logistics and supply chain workflow. It is crucial to identify the current state of adoption and integration of geospatial and frontier technology in the Logistics and Supply Chain workflow, along with the challenges and gap areas in order to project the value proposition of a collaborative workflow for geospatial knowledge. The 4th industrial revolution and the dynamic business environment is contributing to the evolving role of all stakeholders in the value chain, and the existing supply-demand relationships should make way for new business and partnership models to leverage the capabilities of all stakeholders for collaborative knowledge creation.
Agenda
AGENDA
Opening remarks: Setting the context
Geospatial Knowledge Infrastructure and relevance for Logistics and Supply Chain industry
John Kedar
Strategic Advisor - Geospatial Infrastructure, Geospatial World
Guest Address: Connections between geospatial issues and mineral commodity supply chain
Dr. Nedal Nassar
Section Chief, USGS National Minerals Information Centre
Session 1: Adoption and integration of geospatial and 4IR technology in Logistics and Supply Chain sector
- Current state of adoption of geospatial and 4IR technology (cloud, sensors, IoT, AI&ML, PNT, 5G)
- Integration of geospatial knowledge platforms and 4IR technology for data analysis and knowledge creation
- Where are there further opportunities for the use of geospatial knowledge within the sector?
Justin Goldston, PhD
TedX Speaker | Professor of Project and Supply Chain Management, Penn State University
Gideon van Dijk
Co-Founder and CEO, ChargeTrip
Aditi Sinha
Co-Founder, Locale.ai
Break
Session 2: Evolving roles and business models in Logistics and Supply Chain sector
- Evolving value chain of geospatial knowledge in sectoral data ecosystem
- Need for new business models accounting for evolving role
- Geospatial Knowledge Partnerships
- Benefits and challenges to user industry
Javier de la Torre
CEO, Carto
Kati Packalén
Head of Customer Experience, PostNord Oy
Exclusive talk on Partnerships & collaboration in Logistics and Supply Chain sector
Siva Ravada
Vice President of Development, Oracle
Closing remarks
