Dennis Devriendt
Technical Director
4CGrid
Belgium

Biography
Dennis Devriendt was trained as a land surveyor at the end of the 20th century. In that era the evolution of desktop photogrammetry and very high resolution satellite images lead to new opportunities in geographical data gathering. After a short adventure in architectural photogrammetry , Dennis started as a researcher on Belgian Science Policy funded projects in the STEREO programme. He was an active participant in the symposiums and special interest groups of the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories. After ten years in academia, Dennis became a member of the support and training team of Couderé. At 4CGrid Dennis is responsible for the technical business development of training-solutions.

Abstract
Geo ICT Technology Incubation – Luxury or Essentials?

Emerging technologies can be challenging for companies, both matured, well established, and start-ups. With Geo ICT becoming more and more applicable in non-geo industries (s.s.) the challenges are found on conceptual, managerial and operational levels. The process of incubation is an efficient way to let a company grow into a new technology without completely overthrowing its initial business model. The new activities are grown within a separate unit and when proven mature enough, are being released and integrated in the corporate structure. 4CGrid has been applying this incubation process successfully since 2012 in companies in Western Europe. The following case studies will be presented:Integration of RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aircraft System) in a service company for the surveying industry; Rapid e-learning for remote employees. In both cases the proposed solution helped achieving a faster ROI and accelerated the implementation of Geo ICT in the companies.