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The OGC Stakeholder Community Coordination Group, which brings together members of the Climate and Disaster Resilience communities, has lined up an exciting program of speakers and panels for the first part of 2024. The talks will showcase geospatial technologies and data (especially those leveraging OGC Standards) across a range of applications used in Climate and Disaster Resilience. The talks are free and open to the public. Anyone interested in how spatial data and technology can help us to improve climate and disaster resilience is encouraged to attend. Seminars are held monthly on the third Wednesday at 11:00-12:30 US Eastern. Each presentation/panel will run for around 30 minutes + time for Q&A. This will be followed by short updates on what's happening in relevant OGC Pilots and Working Groups, as well as any upcoming opportunities. Preliminary Program for Winter/Spring 2024 datespeakertopic17 JanPaul English (Tracking California, Public Health Institute)Geospatial Environmental Health Products from the Public Health Institute21 FebAnna Liljedahl (Woodwell Climate Research Center)Permafrost Discovery Gateway - enabling big data creation and knowledge-generation to support Arctic communities20 MarchGrey Nearing and Avichai Tendler (Google)Google's Global Flood Forecasting Model and Fire Products17 AprilClimate Science + Open Science crossover panel - OSPD participantsHow can open science (geospatial) tools enable climate and disaster resilience?15 MayAllan Jamieson (Ordnance Survey)Can location create trust in supply chains?JuneNo seminar in JuneOGC Member Meeting - informal meetup17 JulyTee Barr (Verisk)Kate Vavra-Musser (University of Minnesota / iGuide)Title TBC21 AugustRyan Berkheimer (NOAA)Title TBC - update on NOAA's Open Information Stewardship Service (OISS) How to join the seminars: Link to use from your computer, tablet or smartphone: https://meet.goto.com/809299333 US Participants can also dial in using a phone:United States: +1 (224) 501-3412Access Code: 809-299-333 To join from a video-conferencing room or system:Dial in or type: 67.217.95.2 or inroomlink.goto.comMeeting ID: 809 299 333Or dial directly: 809299333@67.217.95.2 or 67.217.95.2##809299333 Members can also access the info using the OGC Portal Calendar.

The OGC UK & Ireland Forum is an informal group of people and organizations in UK and Ireland that are interested in OGC Standards and geospatial innovation. It is open to any organisation located wholly or in part in the UK & Ireland. There will be talks on Digital Twin technologies, OGC APIs, Compliance Testing, and more. The meeting will be held at the Geovation Hub in London on Friday June 7th, at 14:00 - 16:00 BST. Virtual participation will be offered via GoTo Meeting. Click here for registration details. AGENDA 14:00 - 14:10 Introductions from the Forum Chairs. Samantha Lavender (Pixalytics), Chris Newlands (Space Aye) 14:10 - 14:15 Welcome remarks from the OGC Board of Directors. Ed Parsons (Google) 14:15 - 14:35 OGC Urban Digital Twin DWG drafted a position paper on Urban Digital Twins. Carsten Rönsdorf (Ordnance Survey) 14:35 - 14:55 Recent advances in OGC API - Environmental Data Retrieval. Chris Little and Guy Collins (Met Office) 14:55 - 15:05 OGC API Standards - Recent Case Studies. Gobe Hobona (OGC) 15:05 - 15:15 Break 15:15 - 15:55 Panel on the increasing role of AI in the processing of geospatial data - Anneley Hadland (Helyx SIS), Tim Just (UKRI), Sheikh Fakhar Khalid (Sensat), Stephen Thorp (Geospatial Commission)15:55 - 16:00 Closing remarks from the Forum Chairs. Samantha Lavender (Pixalytics), Chris Newlands (Space Aye)

OGC’s 129th Member Meeting is scheduled. Join us in Montreal, where we will continue to connect location, show why standards matter, and share how interoperable technologies are crucial to sharing geospatial information. This one-week event, filled with technology showcases, dozens of Working Group meetings to improve standards and domains, special sessions, workshops, and keynotes, will show the value of the consortium's community of experts. The OGC Collaborative Innovations and Solutions program will also be in attendance sharing the latest concepts in climate, space, aviation, and more: all powered by our community. Registration is open now at ogcmeet.org Strategic Member Support: Dinner Sponsor: General Sponsor:

The OGC Canada Forum is back! Scheduled as part of the 129th OGC Member Meeting in Montreal, join us in person or remotely to contribute to the Canadian Geospatial Community. All Canadian organizations and those operating in Canada are welcome to participate, whether members or non-members of OGC. Canada Forum sessions will be held on June 17 and 18, 2024. The Forum aims to boost collaboration among stakeholders to address Canada's geospatial needs by focusing on capacity building, innovation, standards and economic growth. Attendees can expect discussions on current and future geospatial issues potentially affecting the overall community and assisting in planning ways to overcome issues. The meeting will be held at the Centre Mont-Royal in Montreal. Virtual participation will be offered via GoToMeeting. Registration is open now. For any inquiries, please contact us at membership@ogc.org. Register here Preliminary Agenda: Eastern TimeMonday, June 17Speakers11:00 - 11:30Opening and the Forum OverviewAn overview of the 2024 Canada Forum agenda and then delve into the history, progress, future priorities of the forum, and key issues that are important for the Canadian community moving forward.Cameron Wilson, Project Manager, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)11:30 - 12:30National Geospatial Strategy in a Time of Rapid Change and Growing Challenges PanelThis panel will explore how national geospatial strategies and spatial data infrastructure needs to mature and evolve to ensure that geospatial data and information in Canada continues to drive economic growth across sectors, provide vital insights to respond to challenges (e.g., emergencies, climate change) and inform policy priorities. With massive research and industry driven technological change, and social imperatives (e.g., Indigenous data sovereignty), how do we grow a rich collaborative environment to evolve Canada’s SDI? What are the roles/contributions of the range of partners that comprise Canada’s spatial data infrastructure? What are the prospects for SDI modernization? Panelists will be asked to provide their perspectives on the many opportunities and challenges on the horizon.Eric Loubier, Director General - Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)Bradford Dean, GIS Manager - Mohawk Council of KahnawakeLinda van den Brink, Geo-Information Standardization Advisor, Geonovum12:30 - 13:30Networking LuncheonEastern TimeTuesday, June 18Speakers11:00 - 11:30Do Standards Organizations Help the Industry Respond to Global Challenges DebateThis debate will explore the role of standards organization in helping the industry address global challenges. Debaters will discuss the value that standards organizations bring to the industry, including what is working well and what could be improved upon. Climate indicators will also be a key focus of the debate as they explore how standards organizations can help address environmental issues.Moderator: Scott Simmons, Chief Standards Officer - OGCDebaters:Ed Parsons, Geospatial Technologist - GoogleSteve Liang, Founder and CTO - SensorUP 11:30 - 12:30 The Transformative Role of Industry in National Geospatial Strategy and Spatial Sata Infrastructure PanelIn this panel, speakers will provide perspectives on the transformative role of industry in contributing to and leading technological advancement of geospatial data, geospatial information management, GeoAI, analytics, and related services, and discuss how the private sector is leveraging and contributing to Canada’s spatial data infrastructure to support public and private sector missions and civil society needs. The panel will also explore how the industry can better enable SDI by fostering innovation, promoting data interoperability, and building partnerships across different sectors.Andy Hoggarth, Vice President, Teledyne GeospatialDean Hintz, Senior Analyst - Safe SoftwareTom Landry, Business Analyst Specialist - IntactTom Kralidis, Senior Geospatial Architect - Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)12:30 - 13:30Networking Luncheon13:30 - 15:00Coming Back Together in Partnership and ClosingThe discussion will focus on "Coming Back Together in Partnership," addressing key points from the read-ahead survey and crafting an action plan for the year ahead.Trevor Taylor, Senior Director - OGCRyan Ahola, Environmental Scientist - Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

View the preliminary agenda below. Co-organized with FOSS4G Europe: 1-7 July, 2024. Register here OGC Innovation Days Europe seeks to address stakeholders’ and policymakers’ need for digital solutions that can meet their requirements efficiently and in a user-friendly way. To this end, the event will bring internationally leading software development and data management experts together with non-technical experts - such as urban planners, policy makers, economists, and other beneficiaries of geospatial information - to exchange information and learn from each other. The stakeholders’ needs will be discussed and understood in depth while newly developed prototypes will be presented. OGC is co-organizing Innovation Days Europe with FOSS4G-Europe. The European IT landscape is changing rapidly. Several initiatives are underway, such as developing Data Spaces and Digital Twins, supporting the Green Deal, or otherwise trying to integrate the largely heterogeneous IT landscape. What do these mean for the leading challenges of our century? How can these predominantly technologically oriented efforts help with climate change and disaster resilience? Do they support Land Degradation Neutrality? OGC Innovation Days Europe provides a platform to discuss how current technical efforts can be combined effectively with the necessary governance and policy aspects. What decision processes do we need? What agreements are required for efficient decision processes or homogeneous reporting models for, for example, Climate Change or Land Degradation Neutrality? Thematic focus: Climate and Disaster Resilience, One Health, and Data Spaces Achieving climate and disaster resilience and sustainability requires reliable location information on the environment, land, and climate. Generating this information dedicated to the users’ needs is challenging. It needs highly optimized spatial data infrastructures and climate resilience information systems operated within a targeted policy framework and driven by an efficient policy model. Interoperable data pipelines and well-organized data spaces with their data assessment applications, combined with analysis, visualization, and reporting tools, are required to gain the knowledge to enroll climate strategies and actions. OGC Innovation Days Europe will foster a dialogue between technical experts, decision-makers, and policy experts, with a focus on climate & disaster resilience, one health, the role of data spaces, and the need for modernized knowledge exchange and analysis environments: The public increasingly requires a collaborative, multi-sectoral, and transdisciplinary local-to-global perspective. The EU climate-health cluster actively engages in promoting dialogue on diverse climate-induced health issues, encompassing challenges such as the transmission of zoonotic and vector-borne pathogens, coastal water pathogens, heat-related impacts, and pollution. Its objective is to formulate impactful mitigation and adaptation strategies through innovative research. Emphasis is placed on heightening awareness, facilitating the dissemination of research findings, and supporting evidence-based decision-making. The cluster aims to build capacity, foster resilience, and collaborate with stakeholders to provide scientific evidence and policy advice for stronger EU and global policies. The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) will emphasize geospatial reporting Indicators, especially the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 15.3.1 Land Degradation Neutrality. The Global Stocktake is in focus for the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and the European Space Agency (ESA).  The value of National Spatial Infrastructures is the focus of the Location Innovation Hub. The hub will introduce the role of modernized SDIs and the requirements for future systems.  Expected Outcomes of OGC Innovation Days Europe The workshop will compile the findings of the set of sessions. It will refine the identified requirements for the dataspaces to enhance the information and knowledge exchange on scientific, technical, and policy levels.  OGC Innovation Days Europe supports the shift in IT solutions from being purely technology-oriented to a more holistic approach that better accounts for the various needs of the stakeholders. The event will identify these needs and thus make an essential contribution to improving the direction of future technological developments, supporting operational setups that are driven by efficient governance models and that operate within a solution-oriented policy framework. Preliminary Agenda: Register here Monday 1st July Tuesday 2nd July 09:00 - 10:30Opening Ceremony & KeynotesTools, Gaps, and challenges10:30 - 11:00Break11:00 - 12:30Global Policy FramesClimate and Health12:30 - 14:00Lunch14:00 - 15:30Climate and Disaster ResilienceKeynotes & Discussions15:30 - 16:00Break16:00 - 17:30Spatial Data Infrastructures / Data spacesClosing Ceremony17:30 - TBASocial Program  This event is sponsored by OGC and the European Commission through the Horizon projects CLINT (GA-101003876), AD4GD (GA-101061001), USAGE (GA-101059950), Iliad (GA-101037643), EuroGEOSec (GA-101134335), CLIMOS (GA-101057690) and other projects of the Climate-Health Cluster.

Innovation Days DC is the premier annual Open Geospatial Consortium meeting in Washington, DC. The theme of the 2024 meeting is Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) Futures. Through as series of presentations, panel discussions, and collaborative activities, participants will have the opportunity to: Gain insights into OGC Standards-driven geospatial technologies for performant, scalable SDIs Collaborate with a diverse community geospatial experts Network with leaders and technologists from government, industry, and academia Innovation Days DC will begin with an opening keynote by Josh Delmonico, Executive Director for the Federal Geographic Data Committee. This talk will set the stage for a panel discussion of the future of SDIs. Next, a series of lightning talks will cover critical uses of geospatial data, including climate impact, smart cities, and open science. The first day will conclude with a roundtable collaboration, giving participants the opportunity to identify challenges and opportunities associated with migrating spatial data to the cloud. The second day will begin with a keynote, followed by a panel exploring how AI can enhance the reliability and usability of spatial data through integrity, provenance, and trust. A dedicated roundtable on GeoAI applications and outcomes offers practical insights into applying AI within SDIs. The third day is reserved for an invite-only meeting of the OGC Strategic Member Advisory Committee. Each Innovation Days DC session advances the OGC vision of building the future of location with community and technology for the good of society. Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) is a critical component for pushing this vision forward. .stk-4548720{align-items:center !important;display:flex !important}Save the Date Agenda Tuesday Dec 3rd 09:00 - 10:30Opening Ceremony & Keynote - Josh Delmonico10:30 - 11:00Break11:00 - 12:00Panel Discussion: A shared vision for SDI futures12:00 - 13:30Lunch13:30 - 14:30Expert Lightning Talks: Climate and Disasters, Marine, Open Science, Smart Cities14:30 - 15:00Break15:00 - 17:00Roundtable Collaboration: Cloud Migration - Opportunities and Challenges17:00 - 19:00Wrap up & Networking Event Wednesday Dec 4th 09:00 - 09:15Day 1 Recap9:15 - 10:30Keynote10:30 - 11:00Break11:00 - 12:00Panel Discussion: Artificial Intelligence, Integrity, Provenance, and Trust 12:00 - 13:30Lunch13:30 - 15:30Roundtable Collaboration: GeoAI - Applications and Outcomes15:30 - 16:00Break16:00 - 17:00Innovation Days Outcomes and Future Directions Thursday Dec 5th 09:00 - 12:00Strategic Member Advisory Committee Meeting (Invite only)12:00 - 13:30Lunch Registration Opens Soon

The European Project DIS4SME will offer high-quality training courses that aim to upskill employees of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) in the design and deployment of effective Digital Transformation strategies. SME owners, managers, and employees face several knowledge gaps in responding to the digital challenges related to data policies and technologies. Participants in the workshop will learn more about the DIS4SME project and the training that it will offer. The workshop will also show how SMEs can benefit from acquiring the right skills to cope with the challenges of location data interoperability. Data & time: May 24, 11:00 - 13:00 (CET) The DIS4SME Project, co-funded under the Digital Europe Programme, aims to implement courses on location data interoperability that can be applied in real work environments and the broader geospatial domain. The courses aspire to develop skills that can boost the entrepreneurial potential of European SMEs, help businesses grow, support the development of new products & services, and open new markets. DIS4SME delivers three types of courses (on-line and in-person): Short - term courses (max 2 days) for SME owners and managers Short - term courses (max 2 days) for SME employees and job seekers Intensive seminars and workshops (max 1 day) focused on Business Cases Register now for the InfoDay to learn more about the DIS4SME project, the training that it will offer, and how SMEs can benefit from acquiring the right skills to cope with the challenges of location data interoperability. Register here

OGC is pleased to partner with ISC 2024. ISRO, NSIL, and IN-SPACe are the lead supporting organizations for the event.

The FOSS4GE conference, a European extension of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) annual event, connects professionals in the geoinformation software realm. OSGeo, as an international association, emphasizes geoinformatics, cartography, and open standards, fostering data sharing, collaboration, and innovative problem-solving across various domains. This conference series, initially known as FOSS/GRASS User Conference and later as FOSS4G, arrives in Estonia, offering local professionals and students access to world-class education and insights from global experts, all while facilitating networking and knowledge exchange.

The 12th International Conference on Agro-Geoinformatics is organized and hosted by the International Society of Agromatics and BioSense Insitute with technical and financial sponsorships from IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, Food and Agriculture Organization, Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), Agricultural and Environmental Informatics Application and Research Center (TARBİL), and Center for Spatial Information Science and Systems (CSISS) of George Mason University. Agro-geoinformation is critical for the agricultural sustainability, food security, environmental research, bioenergy, natural resource conservation, land use management, carbon accounting, global climate change, health research, agricultural industry, commodity trading, economy research, education, agricultural decision-making and policy formulation, etc. The Agro-Geoinformatics conferences were successfully held in Shanghai, China (Agro-Geoinformatics 2012), Washington DC, USA(Agro-Geoinformatics 2013), Beijing, China (Agro-Geoinformatics 2014), Istanbul Turkey (Agro-Geoinformatics 2015), Tianjin, China (Agro-Geoinformatics 2016), Washington DC, USA (Agro-Geoinformatics 2017), Hangzhou, China (Agro-Geoinformatics 2018), Istanbul, Turkey (Agro-Geoinformatics 2019), Virtual, (Agro-Geoinformatics 2021), Quebec City, Canada (Agro-Geoinformatics 2022), and Wuhan, China (Agro-Geoinformatics 2023). The Agro-Geoinformatics conferences have provided and will continue to provide an ideal venue for professionals and students to exchange their ideas, research results, professional experiences, the latest developments and future vision of agro-geoinformatics. The Agro-Geoinformatics 2024 conference will continue covering the recent advances in the life cycle of Agro-geoinformatics, from data collection (including field surveys and remote sensing), processing, storing, archiving, preservation, retrieving, transmitting, accessing, visualization, analyzing, synthesizing, presenting, disseminating to decision making.

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The 12th International FIG Workshop on the Land Administration Domain Model & 3D Land Administration will take place in Kuching, Malaysia, 24-26 September 2024. It will be a joint event together with Geoinformation Week 2024 (including Exhibition from vendors), FIG Commission 5 (Positioning and Measurement) Annual Meeting, FIG Commission 7 (Cadastre and Land Management) Annual Meeting, UN Habitat Social Tenure Doman Model (STDM) FIG Workshop on the Land Administration Domain Model & 3D Land Administration The team of local organizers consists of the University of Technology Malaysia (UTM), the Sarawak Land and Survey Deptartment (JTS), and the Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (RISM) Sarawak Branch. More information and registration for the joint event on https://www.geoinfo.utm.my/geoweek/ (Announcement Letter). Workshop purpose: The workshop aims to bring together experts from the industry, government, and academia, to present and discuss LADM and/or 3D LA related developments including live demonstrations of LADM implementations (operational systems, pilots, prototypes). The workshop will also cover informal or customary rights (, restrictions, resposibilities) as exiting in many countries, next to the more formal rights that are being registered. UN-Habitat is using the LADM specialization STDM (Social Tenure Domain Model) in 17 countries to register these informal/customary rights. Also, UN-FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization)'s SOLA (Solutions for Open Land Administration)/Open Tenure and USAID's MAST (Mobile Applications to Secure Tenure) infomation models are all based on LADM. Speakers who want to share their experiences on implementation are cordially invited to participate. This workshop will provide solid input to the "Implementation" part of Edition II of LADM, to be developed in collaboration with OGC. The workshop should enable making important choices, such as the technical encodings. Deadline for the submission of a 500 -1000 words extended abstracts is 1 June 2024 (and when accepted a full paper by 15 August 2024). Event website: https://gdmc.nl/3DCadastres/workshop2024