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May
27
Fri
Directions LIVE 2016 – Townsville @ Rydges Southbank
May 27 @ 9:00 am – 3:30 pm

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Learn how to ‘geo-enlighten your organisation’ at Directions LIVE 2016.

This year’s roadshow will highlight how you can extend the benefits of geospatial technology throughout your entire business – to streamline workflows and maximise your return on investment.

Discover how to further leverage the ArcGIS platform’s spatial analysis capabilities and see how this technology gives your organisation the competitive edge.

At Directions LIVE 2016, you will learn the benefits of working with 3D and 4D data, how to select the perfect app to tackle any challenge, and how ArcGIS Pro complements ArcMap functionality.

We will also be showcasing the innovative ways local organisations are improving operational efficiency with GIS technology.

Directions LIVE is free for Esri users – with light lunch provided.

Register today to join our team of ArcGIS experts and your local GIS user community, and learn how to unlock the full potential of the platform – the market’s only complete GIS solution.

Apr
16
Thu
The Outcome: SSSI National Bushfire Recovery Map-a-thon Webinar
Apr 16 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
The Outcome: SSSI National Bushfire Recovery Map-a-thon Webinar

Held on Sunday, 9th February, 2020, the SSSI National Bushfire Recovery Map-a-thon was a way for the national and international community to work together to map a total of 2,793,879 hectares affected by recent Australian bushfires with the focus being on burnt infrastructure. Join us for this Webinar to hear more about the initiative.

Speakers:

Dr Lesley Arnold (SSSI National Board Director) will give an overview of the Map-a-thon initiative and discuss overall logistics of planning; industry, government and NGO engagement; the challenges and overall execution of the event.

Nathan Eaton, Executive Director, NGIS Australia will give an overview of the technical set-up of this mammoth Map-a-thon and highlight some of the challenges and triumphs experienced.

This is a free event open to those who participated in the Map-a-thon or are involved in the surveying and spatial community.

Details about how to join the Webinar will be emailed to you prior to the event.

To read more about the SSSI National Bushfire Recovery Map-a-thon see the news item here

Aug
23
Mon
36th Space Symposium @ The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Aug 23 @ 9:00 am – Aug 26 @ 5:00 pm
36th Space Symposium @ The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, Colorado

The Space Symposium attracts thousands of representatives of the space industry, governments, militaries, research agencies and more. The event brings  all these groups together in one place to provide an opportunity to examine space issues from multiple perspectives, to promote dialog and to focus attention on critical space issues.

This year, the Space Symposium will be a hybrid in-person/virtual event, with the in-person sessions taking place in Boulder, Colorado, along with a vast exhibition display space which, this year, has been increased by 8,300 square metres.

Aug
22
Mon
Advancing Earth Observation Forum 2022 @ Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
Aug 22 @ 9:00 am – Aug 25 @ 5:00 pm
Advancing Earth Observation Forum 2022 @ Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre

Advancing Earth Observation Forum 2022 will be a face-to-face, fully interactive forum. It will host user, industry, government, research and technical focused plenaries and interactive panels, poster and workshop sessions to interest and engage end-users, industry, researchers, government, analysts, start-up companies, educators and students.

Oct
12
Thu
SmartSat CRC Conference 2023 @ National Wine Centre, Adelaide
Oct 12 – Oct 13 all-day
SmartSat CRC Conference 2023 @ National Wine Centre, Adelaide

SmartSat partners, participants, students and staff are invited to come together to share their research outcomes and network with industry colleagues at the SmartSat CRC Conference 2023.

The SmartSat CRC is a consortium of universities and other research organisations, partnered with industry that has been funded by the Australian Government to develop know-how and technologies in advanced telecommunications and IoT connectivity, intelligent satellite systems and Earth observation next generation data services.

Landsat image courtesy NASA/GSFC

Dec
6
Wed
16th Australian Space Forum @ International Convention & Exhibition Centre, Sydney
Dec 6 all-day
16th Australian Space Forum @ International Convention & Exhibition Centre, Sydney

The Andy Thomas Space Foundation is looking forward to welcoming a global audience to the 16th edition of the Australian Space Forum, to be held in Sydney on 6 December 2023.

This will be the first time the Forum will have been held in a city other than Adelaide; the organisers announced at the 15th Forum in May 2023 that from then on, every second Forum will be held in a city other than Adelaide.

The Forum provides an ideal opportunity to stimulate ideas, share information about emerging technologies and network with influential space sector leaders and the broader community.

Feb
7
Wed
IGNSS 2024 conference @ UNSW Sydney
Feb 7 – Feb 9 all-day
IGNSS 2024 conference @ UNSW Sydney

The IGNSS Association’s biennial international GNSS conference will return to UNSW Sydney from 7 to 9 February, 2024, where it will celebrate the first half-century of GNSS and look ahead to the next 50 years.

IGNSS 2024 will bring together experts, policy makers and emerging leaders from across the globe to examine the latest advances, present cutting edge research and discuss policy, market development and infrastructure.

The conference will also showcase Australia and New Zealand’s Southern Positioning Augmentation Network (SouthPAN), along with developments by other countries across the Asia-Pacific.

Topics to be covered at the conference will include:

  • Autonomy on land, air, sea and in space
  • Aviation and avionics
  • Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems
  • Machine guidance applications in agriculture, construction and mining
  • Maritime applications
  • Uncrewed aerial systems
  • Space applications of PNT in Earth orbit and for lunar and Martian exploration
  • Positioning infrastructure
  • GNSS vulnerability, resilience and risk
  • Interference detection and mitigation
  • Policies and standards
  • SBAS and other augmentations
  • Datums and geodesy
  • National and international GNSS developments
  • Emerging application areas for GNSS
  • Key industries and their reliance on GNSS
  • The multi-GNSS era
  • Cyber security in PNT applications and infrastructure
  • Alternative PNT
  • State of the art in PNT algorithms and software development
  • GNSS aiding and sensor fusion
  • Positioning in GNSS denied environments
  • Development of GNSS receiver hardware and firmware
  • Precise position using smartphones

The organisers are encouraging early career researchers and industry representatives to present their work. The abstract submission process will open soon — keep an eye on the IGNSS website for announcements.

Image courtesy Lockheed-Martin

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