![Geospatial World Forum 2024 @ Rotterdam, The Netherlands](https://www.spatialsource.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GWF-2024.jpg?w=280)
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.
![Disaster & Emergency Management Conference @ RACV Royal Pines Resort, Gold Coast](https://www.spatialsource.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/DEMC.jpg?w=280)
The Disaster & Emergency Management Conference brings together some of Australia and New Zealand’s most dedicated sector leaders, professionals and service providers for two days of learning, listening, strategising and conceptualising the future of the sector.
Participants come from many sectors of the community, including:
- Defence
- Federal and state government heads of departments, directors and coordinators
- General managers and managers of emergency response and emergency services
- Assistant directors and assistant commissioners
- CEOs and business owners and leaders (technology, communication, insurance)
- Directors, coordinators and unit managers of disaster management teams and offices
- Clinical psychologists, mental health or allied health care workers
- Area controllers, disaster response coordinators
- Community engagement officers, recovery managers and community development professionals
- Economists, futurists and environmental scientists
The 2024 conference will tackle themes such as:
- How to navigate current climate challenges in order to enhance resilience
- How to introduce innovative approaches to community risk reduction
- Interagency collaboration and communication
- How to recruit and retain team members
![ISPRS TC V Symposium @ Manila, Philippines](https://www.spatialsource.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AdobeStock_468677472_625x442.jpg?w=280)
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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![FOSS4G Perth @ Fremantle, Western Australia](https://www.spatialsource.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/FOSS4G_Perth_logo_black_400x200.jpg?w=280)
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
![FOSS4G 2024 @ Belém, Brazil](https://www.spatialsource.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/foss4g-2024_740x412_acf_cropped-370x206-1.jpg?w=280)
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.
![FIG Working Week 2025 @ Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Australia](https://www.spatialsource.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/SSSi-FIG2025-Banner_cropped.jpg?w=280)
The International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) Working Week 2025 will be held at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre from Sunday, 1 June to Thursday, 5 June 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.