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 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.

The Australian Space Summit & Exhibition is returning for its fourth consecutive year to throw a spotlight on the increasing strength of the nation’s space sector.

Coming at a critical time for the Australia’s space community, the summit will unite the sector’s most influential decision makers from across the public and private spheres over two days of presentations, discussions and displays.

The diverse agenda will feature more than 70 frontline presentations from leaders in the space and defence sectors, while presenting established and emerging industry players the opportunity for networking and discovery.

The International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) is the flagship conference of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS).

The theme of IGARSS 2025 is One Earth, reflecting the focus the event will have on addressing the threats our Earth faces, and how collaborative global use of remote sensing technology can offer solutions.

The International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) is the flagship conference of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society. The 45th IGARSS will be held in Brisbane from 3 to 8 August 2025.

The theme of IGARSS 2025 is ‘One Earth,’ and the symposium will address threats to our Earth and promote collaborative global solutions that use remote sensing technology. The event will have strong technical and social programs, and present opportunities for regional and global collaboration.

Topics to be covered include:

• The contribution of international standards for land cover and land use and guidelines for SDG reporting
• Advanced satellite remote sensing techniques for coastal hazard monitoring and risk prediction
• Advanced signal processing methods for geoscience and remote sensing applications
• Applications of remote sensing in urban climate and sustainability
• Calibration and validation of space-based imaging spectrometers during a growth era of hyperspectral data sources
• Close-range sensing of the environment
• Deep learning and remote sensing for rapid disaster response
• Earth observation foundation models
• Hyperspectral geoscience mapping in developing countries
• New satellite laser data for terrain modelling
• Quantum technology for remote sensing
• Space LiDAR: Missions, technologies, and observations

GIScience 2025, the 13th International Conference on Geographic Information Science, will be hosted by the University of Canterbury in collaboration with the GIScience academic research community across New Zealand.

The GIScience conference regularly attracts more than 250 international participants from academia, industry and government to discuss and advance the state-of-the-art in geographic information science.

The first day of the 2025 conference will be dedicated to workshops and tutorials, while the main conference program will run on the second and third days; it will include a single refereed paper track and an abstract track for posters and demo submissions.

GIScience 2025 welcomes papers, posters and demos covering emerging topics and fundamental research findings across all sectors of geographic information science, including (but not limited to) the role of geographic information in geography, computer science, engineering, information science, linguistics, mathematics, cognitive science, philosophy, psychology, social science and geostatistics.

Deadlines:

• Proceedings papers: 31 January 2025
• Workshop proposals: 14 February 2025
• Abstracts: 4 April 2025
• Demos: 4 April 2025

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The Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) conference series, hosted in partnership with OSGeo, brings together open source geospatial users, software developers, decision makers and researchers from around the world.

The FOSS4G 2025 conference in Auckland, New Zealand, will be a vibrant gathering that fosters collaboration and celebrates innovation in the exciting world of free and open source software for geospatial.

The event will feature workshops, technical sessions, keynote addresses, ‘lightning talks,’ code sprints and community events, social events and a ‘women in geospatial’ breakfast.

It is expected that the full program will be made available in August 2025.