
The Geospatial World Forum is an annual gathering of geospatial professionals and leaders representing the entire ecosystem of public policies, national mapping agencies, private sector enterprises, multilateral and development organisations, scientific and academic institutions, and large end-users from government businesses and citizen services.
Geospatial World Forum 2024 will be held from 13 to 16 May in Rotterdam. Having its theme as ‘Geospatial Transition: Powering the World Economy,’ the event will showcase various facets of the ongoing transition of the geospatial industry and its existing and potential value in the world economy.

The Philippines will host the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) Technical Commission V (TC V) Symposium with the theme, ‘Insight to Foresight via Geospatial Technologies,’ from 6 to 8 August 2024 in Manila.
The three-day event will feature plenary and parallel sessions, exhibits, poster presentations and business meetings, and aims to inspire new methods of teaching/learning, collaboration, and promotion of accessible and easy-to-use geospatial data among engage professionals, educators and tertiary students.
ISPRS TC V focuses on the capacity building of professionals, educators and students, and in developing cost-effective teaching methods. These include distance learning programs, international collaborations on sharing web-based resources, and curricula development that meets regional needs.
- Deadline for submission of full papers for annals & abstracts for archives: 15 March 2024
- Notification of paper acceptance: 15 April 2024
- Early registration: 15 May 2024
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The 17th South East Asia Survey Congress (SEASC 2024) is a premier gathering of geodetic engineers, professionals and experts from across Southeast Asia. This year’s event will be held in the Philippines, a nation rich in geographical diversity and a hub for geospatial and geomatics advancements.
Themed ‘Global Excellence in the Geospatial Profession for the Next Industrial Revolution,’ SEASC 2024 promises to be an intellectually stimulating and enriching experience, bringing together experts to share their knowledge, insights, and innovations in the wide-ranging fields of geodesy, geospatial science and geomatics.
In recognition of the needs of the global community, SEASC 2024 will be conducted in a hybrid format to ensure inclusivity and accessibility, allowing both in-person and online attendees to participate fully.

FOSS4G Perth is a local, community-driven gathering of the Perth open geospatial community, focused on sharing news of developments in free and open-source software for geospatial applications.
The event will be an opportunity to share ideas about open-source tools, such as QGIS, PostGIS, OpenStreetMap, Sentinel-2 satellite imagery, Python-based Earth observation libraries and frameworks, GDAL, and many others.
This year’s event will be held in conjunction with the ISPRS Technical Commission IV Symposium.
The 2024 FOSS4G Perth organising committee comprises:
- Bryan Boruff – University of Western Australia
- Cholena Smart – Mammoth Geospatial
- Grant Boxer – Consultant Geologist
- Ivana Ivanova – Curtin University
- John Bryant (Chair) – Mammoth Geospatial
- John Duncan – University of Western Australia
- John Lang – Consultant
- Keith Moss – WA Government
- Michel Nzikou – DMN Solutions
- Nimalika Fernando
- Petra Helmholz – Curtin University
- Piers Higgs – Gaia Resources
- Renee Manser
- Stafford Smith
- Tracey Cousens – Mineral Resources Limited
- Vincent Dinh – GIS Pro

The 2024 Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial Conference (FOSS4G) will be held in Belém, Brazil, located in the heart of the Amazon.
FOSS4G, an annual event organised by the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) since 2006, is one of the largest global meetings on geospatial software of the year.
The local organising committee will be comprised of passionate Brazilians experienced in OSGeo technologies, along with the Geoinquietos Argentina team.

The Geo Week exhibition and conference is described by its organisers as being “the learning and networking nexus of the geospatial and built worlds,” attracting professionals from a wide variety of industries and disciplines.
The 2024 event had 3,400-plus registrants and hosted a record 2,976 delegates onsite from more than 45 nations.
Geo Week 2025 will convene 3,000-plus attendees from six continents, and will include collocated user meetings (ASPRS, MAPPS, USIDB and more to be announced).
Use the code SAVE100 when registering for a US$100 discount and/or FREE expo admission with lots of valuable benefits included.

GISTAM 2025, the 11th International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management will be a meeting point of researchers and practitioners that address new challenges in geospatial data sensing, observation, representation, processing, visualisation, sharing and management.
This includes all aspects of information communication and technologies as well as management information systems and knowledge-based systems.
The conference will present original contributions of either practical or theoretical nature, including research and applications of specialised or interdisciplinary natures, addressing different aspects of geographic information systems and technologies.
Topics to be covered include:
- Data acquisition and processing
- Remote sensing
- Interaction with spatial-temporal information
- Spatial data mining
- Managing spatial data
- Modelling, representation and visualisation
- GIS and climate change
- Domain applications
Deadlines:
- Regular Paper Submission: 13 December 2024
- Abstracts Track Submission: 30 January 2025

The International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) Working Week 2025 will be held at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre from Sunday, 6 to 10 April 2025.
The theme for the event will be: Collaboration, Innovation and Resilience: Championing a Digital Generation.
The Convenor for FIG Working Week 2025 is Steve Jacoby, Executive Director, Spatial Information at Department of Resources (Queensland) who has 23 years’ experience as a Senior Executive with the Queensland and Victorian Governments, leading their Spatial Information businesses. Steve has a keen interest in information management and seeing the use of spatial information reach its potential within government, business and the public.
The Program Chair is surveyor, Peter James who is the Business Development Manager, Cohga an Australian company with a focus on the development of IT products, and the provision of associated professional services. Peter is also the son of Earl James, Australia’s first and only FIG President.
FIG Working Week 2025 is a great opportunity for Australia’s geospatial community to showcase their technical expertise, strong research capability and warm hospitality.

The Geo Connect Asia Show and Conference has scaled up from its launch in 2020 to become the regional meeting place for the fast expanding geospatial, positioning, digital construction and remote sensing markets.
With the growing application of geospatial based knowhow in decision-making across government, enterprise and non-profit the annual event comprises a show with a mix of thought leadership and technical platforms.
Last year’s event attracted more than 100 leading companies and 2494 visitors. Its co-location with Drones & Uncrewed Asia both presents the global UAV industries, but also addresses the importance of data acquisition and analytics in critical and emerging vertical markets.
Digital Construction Asia adds particular focus on the development of one of the region’s largest industries.
The addition of Marine & Hydro Asia expands the reach into the region’s hydro-marine data markets, which are so critical to the economy and security of Southeast Asia.

Geospatial World Forum (GWF) is a collaborative and interactive event that demonstrates the collective and shared vision of the global geospatial community.
This annual gathering brings together geospatial professionals and leaders representing national mapping agencies, private sector enterprises, multilateral and development organisations, scientific and academic institutions, and large end-users from government agencies and private businesses.
This, the 16th edition of the Forum, will be held in Madrid, Spain.