Registrations are open for the 1Spatial World Tour 2026 featuring FME.

The global event series returns for 2026 under the theme of ‘Got You Covered,’ bringing together geospatial professionals, innovators, and industry leaders for a day of insights and connection.

This year’s 1Spatial World Tour will explore how users can achieve complete confidence in their geospatial ecosystem, from data quality and compliance to automation, integration and emerging technologies.

• Hobart – 18 May
• Melbourne – 19 May
• Canberra – 20 May
• Sydney – 21 May
• Brisbane – 22 May
• Adelaide – 25 May
• Perth – 26 May
• Darwin – 28 May
• Singapore – 4 June (TBA)

The event will feature expert presentations, live demonstrations of FME 2026’s newest capabilities, customer success stories and real-world applications, deep dive sessions, Q&A sessions with the 1Spatial technical team, and networking opportunities with peers and product specialists.

There’ll also be giveaways, swag, training vouchers, and a chance to win tickets to LOCATE26 and The Peak of Data & AI 2027 in London!

A major focus of the 2026 tour will be showcasing the latest improvements already released in FME 2026.1, along with a look at what’s coming next under Safe Software’s new quarterly release model.

Recent updates include expanded format support, such as for Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse, PMTiles, HDF5 Raster, Esri File Geodatabase (OpenFile Geodb), and the technology preview of CityGML 3 — enhancements that strengthen enterprise integration, cloud workflows and 3D capabilities.

Members of the geospatial community, from first-time users to FME gurus, are invited to present a project, workflow or creative use of FME. Abstract submissions can be made here.

The ‘What’s next for Pozi: Meet the team leading the way’ webinar will bring current and potential users up to date with Pozi’s new team and its vision for what’s next.

The webinar will outline the Pozi product roadmap and where its heading and will include a ‘guided tour’ of Site Manager, a new self-service admin tool that enables GIS administrators to manage users, build custom maps, and configure data sources from one place.

The presenters will be Matt Robinson, Technical Director with Chartis Technology; Chris Scott, General Manager Innovation, Technology & Development with MNG Survey; Andrew Jeffrey, Spatial Technology Consultant with Chartis Technology; and Dave Bullen, Business Development Manager with MNG Survey.

The Geoscience Australia Distinguished Lecture, “Putting the ‘Geo’ into Geospatial: Shaping the future of Positioning Australia,” will cover future direction of the program, reflecting on its past achievements and how it will meet future positioning demands.

As it moves beyond the establishment phase, the Positioning Australia program will strengthen its capability for continued future relevance. The program builds on opportunities arising from Australia’s geographic location, its technological capabilities, strong partnerships and internationally significant positioning infrastructure.

The adoption of PNT-based technologies is changing requirements for the systems delivering it. There is increasing awareness that society’s increasing reliance on modern technologies brings potential risks from vulnerabilities in PNT systems. This lecture will highlight how Positioning Australia will address these issues, including an often invisible risk: the reliance of PNT systems on a global geodesy supply chain that is increasing vulnerable.

Presented by Dr Martine Woolf, (Branch Head Positioning Australia), Ryan Ruddick (Director GNSS Informatics and infrastructure), Dr Anna Riddell (Director GNSS Analysis), Dr Lisa Hall (Director National Geodesy) and Phil Shears (Director PMO), the lecture will outline how Geoscience Australia aims to continue maximising return on Commonwealth investment in reliable positioning, modernising infrastructure, enhancing access and efficiency, and supporting national resilience and economic growth.

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The 10th International Colloquium on Scientific and Fundamental Aspects of GNSS will bring together members of the European scientific community and international partners involved in the use of Galileo and other GNSS in their research.

The colloquium will address several major areas of research:

• Scientific applications in meteorology, geodesy, geodynamics, geophysics, space physics, oceanography, land surface and ecosystem studies;
• Scientific developments in physics with a potential impact on future GNSS, particularly in testing fundamental laws of physics;
• Aspects of metrology such as reference frames, on board and ground clocks, precise orbit determination and time and frequency transfer; and
• Scientific aspects of satellite navigation, positioning and its applications, such as signal propagation, precise positioning;

The conference will be organised as a series of plenary talks, parallel half day sessions and poster presentations.