Geospatial industry members are being given the opportunity to present their work to the world.
The combined LOCATE26 and 10th Digital Earth Summit will be held in Melbourne from 24 to 26 November this year, bringing a combined national and international audience of 700-plus professionals.
The conference organisers have now issued the call for abstracts and set a deadline of 1 June for submissions.
Industry members are being encouraged to put forward their best ideas to showcase how advances within the spatial, surveying and digital Earth communities can be used for the benefit of society.
Twin streams
Being a combined event, naturally there will be two streams.
The LOCATE stream will cover:
- Land surveying
- Engineering surveying
- Hydrography
- GIS and data
- Remote sensing and photogrammetry
- Positioning/geodesy
- Business matters
There will also be a strong focus on contributions from the Australasian Spatial Information Education and Research Association (ASIERA), including:
- Geospatial foundations and data systems: GIS, remote sensing, geodesy, surveying, data models, standards, interoperability, spatial analytics and data quality.
- Emerging technologies: GeoAI and machine learning, digital twins and smart cities, IoT-integrated geospatial systems, cloud, big data and automation workflows.
- Environment, climate and resilience: Climate adaptation and mitigation, nature-based solutions, disaster risk (bushfires, floods, landslides), and environmental monitoring and modelling.
- Urban futures: Analytics and spatial planning, infrastructure and mobility systems, land use dynamics, microclimates and liveability indicators.
- Society, governance and geospatial education: Spatial justice and equity, indigenous- and community-led mapping, governance, ethics and data sovereignty, education, and curriculum and capacity building.
The stream for the Digital Earth Summit will cover many of the same broad topics, plus:
- Digital earth theories and platforms
- 3D/4D mapping, modelling and visualisation
- Applied digital Earth systems in society
- Geospatial big data
- Disaster risk reduction
- BIM–GIS integration
- Interoperability standards
- Earth system modelling
- Spatial-temporal analysis and modelling
- Geospatial governance
- Citizen science, global geospatial ecosystems and Big Earth Data for SDGs.
Submissions and sponsorships
Abstract submissions can be made via the event website, with the closing date set as Monday, 1 June.
Queries can be answered by sending an to info@locateconference.com.au or by phoning 02 4319 8519.
Sponsorship opportunities are also available; interested parties should send an email to sponsorship@locateconfererence.com.au.
