News & Events

A group of experts from across different sectors and industries will launch the dialogue and share the current state of affairs in terms of research and innovation in geospatial science, technology, and integration on May 18th. On May 19th, AGS… Read More

See announcement of an interesting, free of charge (sufficient to register) workshop coming up: https://aiforgood.itu.int/events/workshop-satellite-data-analysis-and-machine-learning-classification-with-qgis-part-1/  

Dear colleagues of the global UN-GGIM community, On behalf of the UN-GGIM Subcommittee on Geodesy, we would like to announce this important Global Geodesy Forum which will, appropriately, be convened virtually on Earth Day, 22 April 2021. More information, including… Read More

We are very pleased to share that our Open Access book, Sustainable Development Goals Connectivity Dilemma: Land and Geospatial Information for Urban and Rural Resilience has been Shortlisted a “2019 Taylor & Francis Outstanding Book and Digital Product Award in… Read More

Prof Abbas Rajabifard as the Chair of the UNGGIM Academic Network and the member of the joint Reference Committee of the UNGGIM and World Bank for the Integrated Geospatial Information Framework-IGIF has participated in the First Expert Consultation and Meeting… Read More

On the 21 November 2018, the UN-GGIM Academic Network chaired by Abbas Rajabifard chaired and concluded a successful session at the first United Nations World Geospatial Information Congress (UNWGIC) 2018 in China on the theme of ‘A Sustainable and Resilient… Read More

We are delighted to invite you to join us and participate in the International Symposium and Workshops on ‘A Smart Sustainable Future for All 2018‘ from 24–26 September 2018. This event is hosted by the University of Melbourne’s Centre for… Read More

The Academic Network meeting will be held on 2 August 2018 to discuss the Network’s Work Plan and our research agenda. The meeting will be help in Conference Room 12 (CR-12) between 8:00-10:00. You may find more information about side… Read More

Applications are being accepted through July 6, 2018 at 11:59 PM EDT for the Spring 2018 competition of the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP). For more information, visit their website. [:ar]Applications are being accepted through July 6, 2018 at… Read More

Professor Josef Strobl, member of the Academic Network Advisory Board (Head of Department of GeoInformatics, University of Salzburg), and Professor Abbas Rajabifard, Chair of the Academic Network, met in Melbourne, Australia. During Professor Strobl’s visit, the 2018 Work Plan and… Read More