![ROTORTECH 2020 @ Royal International Convention Centre (Royal ICC)](https://www.spatialsource.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/rotortech.jpg?w=280)
THE HELICOPTER AND UNMANNED FLIGHT EXPOSITION
FOR AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND THE REGION
With a comprehensive three-day FREE to attend industry conference program, ROTORTECH 2020 is the region’s premier helicopter and unmanned flight systems showcase and forum, featuring more than 100 participating companies and key speakers from industry and government.
Join Australia’s helicopter and unmanned aerial flight communities including the Australian Helicopter Industry Association (AHIA), Australian Association for Unmanned Systems (AAUS) and the Aviation Maintenance Repair and Overhaul Business Association (AMROBA) at the industry’s own signature event.
Join the FREE conference program and engage with:
- Keynote address from the Hon. Michael McCormack MP, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, Federal Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development
- Aerial firefighting: lessons learned and the way ahead
- Heli-Mustering: beefing up the helicopter industry
- Rotary wing tourism: the bird’s eye view
- Financial forum: question the experts
- Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) in fire and emergency management, agriculture, infrastructure inspection and aerial survey
- Helicopter technical workshops from Airbus, Bell, Boeing and Robinson
- The future rotary wing regulatory landscape
Walk the exhibition floor:
- More than 100 participating companies
- Helicopter static displays
- Unmanned Aerial System demonstrations
- STEM and careers program
Network and socialise:
- Networking events on the exhibition floor
- Australian Helicopter Industry Association Gala Dinner and Industry Awards night
ROTORTECH 2018 was an unprecedented success, attracting 95 exhibitors, including three days of conferences with 30 speakers across some 22 sessions on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.
Dramatic growth in demand for the event has prompted a move to the Royal International Convention Centre at Brisbane Showgrounds as a larger, more easily accessible venue with world class facilities, helicopter access and external flying demonstrations and networking.
![ROTORTECH 2021 @ Royal International Convention Centre, Brisbane](https://www.spatialsource.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/1-Rotortech-1.jpg?w=280)
THE HELICOPTER AND UNMANNED FLIGHT EXPOSITION
FOR AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND THE REGION
With a comprehensive three-day FREE to attend industry conference program, ROTORTECH is the region’s premier helicopter and unmanned flight systems showcase and forum, featuring more than 100 participating companies and key speakers from industry and government.
Join Australia’s helicopter and unmanned aerial flight communities including the Australian Helicopter Industry Association (AHIA), Australian Association for Unmanned Systems (AAUS) and the Aviation Maintenance Repair and Overhaul Business Association (AMROBA) at the industry’s own signature event.
Join the FREE conference program and engage with:
- Keynote address from the Hon. Michael McCormack MP, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, Federal Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development
- Aerial firefighting: lessons learned and the way ahead
- Heli-Mustering: beefing up the helicopter industry
- Rotary wing tourism: the bird’s eye view
- Financial forum: question the experts
- Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) in fire and emergency management, agriculture, infrastructure inspection and aerial survey
- Helicopter technical workshops from Airbus, Bell, Boeing and Robinson
- The future rotary wing regulatory landscape
Walk the exhibition floor:
- More than 100 participating companies
- Helicopter static displays
- Unmanned Aerial System demonstrations
Network and socialise:
- Networking events on the exhibition floor
ROTORTECH 2018 was an unprecedented success, attracting 95 exhibitors, including three days of conferences with 30 speakers across some 22 sessions on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.
Dramatic growth in demand for the event has prompted a move to the Royal International Convention Centre, Brisbane as a larger, more easily accessible venue with world class facilities, helicopter access and external flying demonstrations and networking.
![FOSS4G 2021 @ Buenos Aires, Argentina](https://www.spatialsource.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/FOSS4G.jpg?w=280)
Organised by OSGeo, this international annual gathering of location enthusiasts is the largest global gathering for geospatial software. Now in its 15th year, FOSS4G (ie. Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial) brings together developers, users, decision-makers and observers from a broad spectrum of organisations and fields of operation.
Through six days of workshops, presentations, discussions, and cooperation, FOSS4G participants create effective and relevant geospatial products, standards, and protocols. The 2021 event will be focused for the first time on South America and will be held with the close collaboration of the GeoLibres Association in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
![Spatial in Crisis Management & 2021 APSEA-NSW @ Online seminar](https://www.spatialsource.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/SSSI-logo_300.jpg?w=280)
Unable to hold its scheduled 2021 NSW Regional Conference earlier in 2022, SSSI is now inviting the spatial community to join it for a special online seminar featuring some of the speakers from the original program, along with the announcement of the NSW winners of the 2021 Asia-Pacific Spatial Excellence Awards.
This seminar will focus on the importance, efficiency and innovation spatial data can provide in crisis management situations and will feature presentations on:
- Finding your Friendship Island amongst a sea of COVID restrictions — presented by Stella Blake-Kelly, Founder/Director, Cartisan
- Geospatial Intelligence: Providing real-time insights supporting NSW State Emergency Service’s emergency management response — presented by Melissa Daley, Manager, Geospatial Intelligence Systems, NSW State Emergency Service
- COVID-19 Near Me: Trials and tribulations — presented by Kenneth Tsang, Director, jxeeno
![2022 Disaster & Emergency Management Conference @ RACV Royal Pines Resort, Gold Coast](https://www.spatialsource.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Disaster-and-Emergency-Conference.jpg?w=215)
As Australasia’s premier annual industry event, the Disaster & Emergency Management Conference attracts a passionate crowd of leaders and change-makers from government, private, and volunteer agencies working in disaster and emergency management.
Over two days, you will connect with emergency management professionals and subject matter experts offering insight, reflection, understanding and motivation across a wide range of topics and emergency management incidents.
Enjoy an impressive line-up of keynote speakers, presenters, and panel discussions, and leave with practical tools and techniques to ensure your team is best supported to better plan, prepare, and respond to emergencies, disasters, and rescue operations.
- Connect with emergency management personnel from state and local government, NGOs, and other recovery agencies.
- Explore and engage with exhibitor displays featuring the latest equipment, technologies, and agency services.
- Discover what is happening across multi-sectors via a program of renowned keynote speakers, sector representatives and lived-experience presenters.
- Gain practical tips, techniques, and strategies to incorporate into your organisation to improve the way you approach disaster and emergency planning, response & prevention.
![FOSS4G 2022 @ Florence, Italy](https://www.spatialsource.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/FOSS4G-1.jpg?w=280)
The 16th annual congress of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation, the non-profit organisation that supports and promotes the collaborative development of free and open source geographic technologies and open geospatial data, will be held in Florence, Italy, at the Palazzo dei Congressi, Palazzo degli Affari and the University of Florence.
FOSS4G (ie. Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial) brings together developers, users, decision-makers and observers from a broad spectrum of organisations and fields of operation.
![2022 SSSI Tasmania Surveying & Spatial Conference @ Wrest Point, Sandy Bay, Tasmania](https://www.spatialsource.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/AdobeStock_283717668_625x442.jpg?w=280)
The 2022 Tasmania Surveying & Spatial Conference will be held on Friday, 2 September at Wrest Point in Hobart, and promises to be a fantastic opportunity to learn and network with SSSI members and the broader surveying and spatial community.
This year’s event will include a gala dinner, held in partnership with the University of Tasmania, to celebrate that institution’s 50 years in the field of surveying and spatial teaching.
In addition, the event will include the presentation of the 2022 Tasmanian Asia-Pacific Spatial Excellence Awards.
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![2022 SSSI Queensland Regional Conference @ Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Australia](https://www.spatialsource.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/AdobeStock_190368545_625x442.jpg?w=280)
The 2022 SSSI Queensland Regional Conference will be held on Friday, 14 October at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre. It promises to once again be a fantastic opportunity to learn and connect with SSSI members and the broader surveying and spatial community.
The Queensland Asia-Pacific Spatial Excellence Awards dinner will also be held in conjunction with the conference, celebrating the outstanding work being undertaken across the region.
Image credit: ©stock.adobe.com/au/rudi1976
![Disaster & Emergency Management Conference 2023 @ RACV Royal Pines Resort, Gold Coast](https://www.spatialsource.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/DEMC.jpg?w=280)
The 2023 Disaster & Emergency Management Conference (DEMC) will be held from 11 to 12 July 2023 at the RACV Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast.
The DEMC brings together a cross sector mix of Australian & New Zealand defence, emergency services, business and community services at a leadership level to zone in on the current challenges and trends of the sector, in order to promote inter-agency collaboration and unity.
Over two full days, the DEMC will explore topics such as:
- Resilient Communities – Engagement, participation, partnering and capacity building.
- Applying the learnings from the past to create meaningful change for the future.
- Inter-agency and volunteer cooperation and knowledge sharing.
- Thriving leadership, employees wellbeing and engagement.
- Risks of Disasters – Mitigation, reduction, management.
- First Nations cultural perspectives in disaster and emergency management.
- Beyond 2030: A climate challenged world.
Delegates will hear the leaders in the field discuss these topics plus learn the latest innovations, research findings, current challenges and future predictions so that prevention, preparedness, response and recovery strategies are as strong as they need to be.
![WA Digital Twin Symposium & Awards Reception @ Perth, Western Australia](https://www.spatialsource.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/AdobeStock_335996832_625x442.jpg?w=280)
The Geospatial Council of Australia’s Western Australia Digital Twin Summit will be held on 15 November 2023.
The event will focus on Spatial Digital Twins, and attendees will hear the latest developments in this rapidly developing space from government, academia and private industry presenters.
The WA Asia-Pacific Spatial Excellence Awards dinner will also be held in conjunction with the conference, celebrating the outstanding work being undertaken across the region.
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