Innovation is the essence of the geospatial ecosystem and a key driver for long-term growth. Innovation formulates and implements new ideas such as inventing, improving, or replacing company processes, products and services. We want to hear from organizations developing such an innovative landscape of geospatial technologies.

This award recognizes and is open to all organizations that provide geospatial product-, solution-, or service-based innovation in work-based environments, from logistics, security, data management, construction & infrastructure, smart factories, and so on.

This title is given to an individual that has made an outstanding contribution to business and industry through years of dedication. The one who inspires others to perform at the highest level they can. The sheer persistence and passion of the business leader pave the way for new opportunities and greater ventures.

Providing the spotlight to those who dare to dream big and shape the way our future will look—this award aims to find the best startup from around the globe that built new business, broken technology barriers, and is well on its way in making positive and lasting contributions to the geospatial community and beyond.

The award recognizes a company that strives to provide exemplary and comprehensive solutions for diverse business needs. While providing hassle-free, convenient & user-friendly solutions, it also addresses the critical challenges of making client businesses profitable.

This award will celebrate the achievements and learn best practices from the national government geospatial agency that has gone beyond the technology to improve the government's experience radically, push the boundaries of how geospatial services are delivered, and increase benefits to citizens. The award competition is open to all public agencies at the national/federal, state/provincial, regional and local levels.

In the journey of ‘making a difference through geospatial knowledge in the world economy and society’, we are responsible for ensuring no one is left behind. Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (DE&I) brings value to all organizations and should be embedded into the DNA of the workplace.

This award celebrates individuals and organizations who champion DE&I every day within the geospatial ecosystem and beyond. They have a strong ethos of addressing imbalance and bringing the underrepresented into the conversation, free from prejudice and discrimination.

The award aims to recognize public policymakers and enablers that significantly influenced the formation or execution of public policy affecting geospatial or the geospatial ecosystem. This can be for service, training, or leadership in a technology position; for establishing a program in policy education or advice; for building the resources in technology policy; or other notable policy activity.

Experts from intergovernmental organizations, parliamentary networks, and government agencies are invited to nominate outstanding public policies.

The prestige of the Research, Science & Technology Institution of the Year award underpins education and research institute’s efforts to raise the level of excellence in geospatial technology and research and strengthen the growing community of scientific talent across the globe.

The award aims to vigilantly reach out globally and identify the best institutions playing a crucial role in geospatial technology and its applications.

Making a difference is never easy. Not only does it take years of hard work and persistence, but also a great deal of passion for a specific cause. While the entire world has recognized the importance of geospatial data and technology, the contributions of the people who have been promoting the technology and the industry for years deserve acknowledgment.

Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes an individual who has exhibited outstanding, innovative, and visionary leadership in geospatial technology and industry growth. Past recipients include some of the industry’s most brilliant entrepreneurs, stalwarts, engineers, and leaders.