- World-renowned speakers
- Diversity of voices
- 4000+ unique gathering
- 2000 sqm+ exhibition space
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(Inaugural Address on 17th January) DR HARSH VARDHAN Hon'ble Minister of Science & Technology
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Ministry of Earth Science, India
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(Guest Address on 17th January) Dr Jitendra Singh Hon’ble Minister of State (Independent Charge)
Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, Prime Minister Office
Department of Atomic Energy & Department of Space, India
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(Guest Address on 18th January) Hardeep Singh Puri Hon’ble Minister of State (Independent Charge)
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, India
Meet Our Speakers
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Chairman
Indian Space Research Organisation
India
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Vice President – Geospatial
Trimble
USA
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President
NASSCOM
India
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Corporate Director
International/Alliances/Partners, Esri
USA
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VP, BIM/CIM and Product Design
FARO
Germany
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Chief Product Officer
Bentley Systems
USA
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Vice President & Head – Digital
L&T Construction
India
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Global Head of Delivery
AECOM
USA
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Chief Executive Officer
AAM Group
Australia
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Director General
Natural Resources Canada
Canada
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Chief Executive Officer
Deimos Imaging
Spain
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Vice President – Server Technologies
Oracle
USA
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Head of Intelligence
Airbus Defence and Space
France
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Chief Executive Officer
Ordnance Survey
UK
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Member
National Disaster Management Authority
India
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Chief Scientist
Geological Survey
United State
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Secretary
Ministry of Earth Sciences
India
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Director
UN Statistics Division
United Nations
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Chair of the Executive Board
Cadastre, Land Registry and Mapping Agency
The Netherlands
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Founder
OpenStreetMap
USA
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Director & Leader – Digital Transformation
CISCO
India & SAARC
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VP, Weather Business Solutions and Head of Government Affairs
IBM Watson Content & IoT Platform
USA
OVERVIEW
15th-16th January 2018: Pre Conference; 17th-19th January 2018: Main Conference
Geospatial World Forum (GWF) is a mega geospatial business event, which highlights the value and power of geospatial technology as an enabler in addressing global economic and socio-economic issues. It is one of the 'must-attend' events for geospatial professionals, featuring large-scale conference and exhibition, top-ranked keynote speakers, major industry segments, high-level discussion programmes and various social networking events.
Theme
GEO4IR: Geo - enabling fourth industrial revolution is a global voice for geospatial technologies to connect location technology with Internet of Things, big data, and artificial intelligence. GEO4IR, with the help of traditional metrics, unlocks the power of geospatial data by converting raw data...
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GEO4IR: Geo - enabling fourth industrial revolution is a global voice for geospatial technologies to connect location technology with Internet of Things, big data, and artificial intelligence. GEO4IR, with the help of traditional metrics, unlocks the power of geospatial data by converting raw data as per location specific into valuable insights, through a more visual approach. It will provide businesses and enterprises an edge for informed decision-making.
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TESTIMONIALS
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We in the UN-GGIM Secretariat were very honored and proud to be a supporting organization to the event. With more than 2800 participants in attendance, this is an extraordinary achievement. It reflects well your standing in the international professional community and your considerable and outstanding efforts to bring all parts of "geospatial" together around the world.
Greg Scott, Inter-Regional Advisor, United Nation Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) -
Thank you very much for inviting me to this workshop. I found it very engaging and useful even from a social organization’s perspective. It was well organized.
Pratima Joshi, Executive Director, Shelter Associates, India -
Congratulations on hosting a very successful GWF in Hyderabad. I thought the event was most impressive! The numbers, the content, the organization, the venue, the number of societal sectors that you managed to engage at the event was truly impressive.
Fernando R. Echavarria, Foreign Affairs Officer, US Department of State -
The conference was top level and a wonderful experience. I hope to attend a future event.
Mike Klonsinski, Executive Vice President, Berntsen International, USA -
You pooled good number of experts and I could meet there many familiar faces around, indeed a fruitful visit.
André Laperrière, Executive Director, GODAN, UK -
It was a great initiative. Congratulations on a great achievement. The candidates of the meet were from a wide range of topics. It was a great learning experience.
Dr. Meeta Punjabi, Managing Director, Creative Agrisolutions, India
ACTION IS
HERE!
The stairway to everything geospatial and more!
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![Geospatial world forum 2018 - Plenary-talk](images/plenary-talk.jpg)
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Geospatial World Forum in Pictures
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