News & Events

Symbiosis Institute of Geoinformatics in collaboration with Indian Society of Geomatics, Indian Society of Remote Sensing  and CDAC organising National Seminar on ‘Exploring Geospatial Ecosystem Trend and Innovation‘ from November 28 to 30 2023, first circular for your information is… Read More

The UN-GGIM Academic Network has partticipated at the Thirtheenth UN-GGIM Session in UN Headquarters in New York organized 2 to 4 August 2023 – our interventions can be found here. As usual, side-events were scheduled two days before the main… Read More

As part of ITU’s GeoAI for Good series, the UN-GGIM Academic Network organized a webnar on GeoAI Education on 14 June 2023. This webinar featured several expert presentations and a thought-provoking panel discussion to examine the challenges and opportunities in… Read More

UN-GGIM Academic Network organized jointly with UN-GGIM Private and Public sector a side-event at the 2nd UN-GGIM WGIC on the topic of ‘Bridging Academia and Industry in Geospatial Research, Education and Training’. The event will be held on 10 October… Read More

UN GGIM Academic Network has been informed that a one-week workshop (18 – 23 July, 2022) on “Remote Sensing & GIS for Sustainable Development” was inaugurated on 18th July, 2022 in the Interdisciplinary Department of Remote Sensing & GIS Applications,… Read More

UN-GGIM Academic Network is organizing a side-event on “Trustful and Ethical Use of Geospatial Data: the Role of Academics” at the upcoming 12th UN-GGIM Session. This side event will get together the Academic Network members, key people from UN-GGIM regional… Read More

The UN GGIM Academic Network invites you to participate in a UN Mappers mapathon on 30 March 2022. The aim is to raise awareness of UN missions and how they use open data sources for them, and to inspire students… Read More

Dear all, here is a video message from our current Chair: Professor Maria Antonia Brovelli – in this video, you will receive great introduction to the UN-GGIM Academic Network together with the 2021 highlights. This can serve when you’d like… Read More

Dear members of the UN GGIM Academic Network, The UN GGIM Academic Network invites you and your students to participate in a UN Mappers mapathon on 30 March 2022. UN Mappers is a community of mapping enthusiasts collaborating to collect,… Read More

Call for participation International GeoInformatics Summer School offers motivated university students and graduates an international and strongly academic summer session where outstanding lecturers and young talents meet to explore new ideas. 2021 International GeoInformatics Summer School (Online) will be organized… Read More

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

We are excited to announce that UN-GGIM Academic Network’s second annual forum will be held at the Eighth Session UN-GGIM at the UN Headquarters on Monday July 30, 2018 in CR3 from 14:00-18:00. The forum will focus on urban settlements,… Read More

The 2017 United Nations-Global Geospatial Information Management Academic Network (UN-GGIM) Forum with the theme “Secure Land Rights and Smart Cities – Making it Work for Sustainable Development” was successfully held on 31 July 2017 at UN Headquarter in New York as part… Read More

UN-GGIM Academic Network Forum Seventh Session of the Committee of Experts on UN-GGIM UN-GGIM Academic Network Forum Secure Land Rights and Smart Cities – Making It Work for Sustainable Development Monday, 31 July 2017 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Venue: Conference… Read More