News & Events

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 2022 – all participants at WGIC are welcome to join. Unfortunately, due to technical limitations,… 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, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). This workshop was part of a professional development of senior secondary… 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 committees and working groups, and other interested participants to explore gaps, challenges and opportunities facing… 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 to contribute to these efforts. Apart from learning how to contribute to data for UN… 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 to explain what our UN-GGIM Academic Network does, so feel free to share widely.  

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, validate and disseminate geospatial open data in areas where the United Nations carry field operations… 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 on August 23th-31st with courses covering fundamental concepts, methodologies, and technologies in Multi-temporal SAR Interferometry… 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 and NSF are asking all “geo” stakeholders – including researchers, companies and organizations (including startups,… Read More

See announcement of an interesting, free of charge (sufficient to register) workshop coming up: 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 a detailed Concept Note – check this space for updates regularly. Titled “The Power of… Read More