Following the cancellation of Geo Connect Asia 2020 due to concerns over the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, organisers Montgomery Asia have announced that the inaugural geospatial event will now be held in Singapore on 24-25 March in 2021.
Geo Connect Asia 2020 had garnered a positive reception from businesses and stakeholders in the ASEAN geospatial space and received strong support from industry trade associations and various media partners. The event was set to bring together over 50 regional and international exhibitors and poised to attract 2,500 attendees from across the region with a high-level thought leadership-focused conference. These numbers are expected to grow in 2021.
“We remain committed to successfully delivering Southeast Asia’s inaugural globally focused geospatial exhibition and conference in 2021,” said event director Rupert Owen. “With this in view, I would like to thank all our partners, sponsors, exhibitors, delegates, media partners, venue operators and contractors for their unwavering support.
“The geospatial space in Southeast Asia remains a hugely exciting one, and we will return with a bigger and even more exciting programme next March, the preferred month for the global industry events calendar,” he said.
The inaugural event originally scheduled for 18-19 March this year had attracted an impressive array of regional and international industry powerhouses as sponsors and exhibitors, including Airbus, Hexagon, Trimble and Orbital Insight.
“Given the seriousness of the Covid-19 outbreak, not only in Asia but around the world, we fully understand and concur with the organiser’s decision to relaunch Geo Connect Asia at a later date,” said Trimble APAC director of sales and distribution John Whitehead. “As the Platinum Sponsor, we continue to support Geo Connect Asia, and we are confident that the 2021 edition will be a great success.”
Organisers say they are already getting a lot of interest for the rescheduled Geo Connect Asia 2021, to be held on 24-25 March at the Suntec Convention & Exhibition Centre in Singapore.
