Latin American Geospatial Forum
The date of an event that was announced a few months ago and on which we are betting significant achievements is very close. We refer to the first Latin America Geospatial Forum, to be held in Brazil under the theme “Bringing Global Perspectives to Local Actions".
A great sign of what we all expect from this country as an emerging power with whom we share a fairly similar context. Although we differ idiomatically, we are aware that the global position that Brazil is taking in its take-off makes it a development pole with an almost immediate impact on the Latin American sector, and this event is precisely due to an obligatory need for Brazil to make its increase.
The event seeks to make visible the efforts that each of us make in our environments, be they academic focus, public application or private context but as joint actions should be contributing to the global challenges of our legacy to future generations.
We hope that as a result of this event, we can see beyond the contextual initiatives of Hispanic creativity, the general state of geospatial issue as a dynamic that has ceased to be seen as painted maps and is gradually being adopted as an instrument for the decision making. It is also expected that the confluence of different sectors of the continent will help to promote the sustainability of the environment from which we all benefit, both the companies that provide tools and the manufacturers of products, service providers and institutions linked to academia and government.
The event will take place in Rio de Janeiro, from August 17 to 19, 2011, we assume and hope that it will be held annually, as well as a growing participation in organizational aspects. The event is being promoted by GIS Development, organization that publishes GeoIntelligence and Geospatial World and that almost leads 10 events like this one in different regions of the world, in accompaniment in this case of the Brazilian Institutes of Geography / Statistic and Pereira Passos.
Additionally companies are supporting the event as sponsors, among them AutoDesk, Bentley, Trimble, Digital Globe, Hexagon, among others.
As expected, the forum includes a series of seminars, plenaries, symposia, technical sessions, and exhibition spaces. Some of the exhibitors and participants of the different spaces of the event are presented on the website, which includes people with significant participation from both American and European countries.
We have not seen the definitive agenda, but it leaves us intrigued by the role that OpenSource initiatives will play, which have a lot to say. If it is an event without bias and with openness among public-private participation, we will surely see experiences with mixtures worth appreciating. Also if it is considered that organizations such as gita, OGC y CP-IDEA.
We are also aware that as a first exercise, it will establish guidelines born from the presentations, suggestions and trends that are reflected after the event. As an effect of a readaptation, we will surely see the need for greater dissemination in the Hispanic sector, prevention of possible biases to different business models and of course a version in Spanish considering that it is the native language of a large portion of the audience it is aimed at. .
Awards for geospatial excellence
Additionally, the event includes the award to the best initiatives in innovation, readjustment or implementation of technologies in the geospatial area with the greatest significance in Latin America. Although no categories or evaluation criteria are given for now, we can assume that we will see very valuable proposals in areas such as Agriculture, Business Intelligence, Transportation, Mining, Energy, Government, IDEs, Natural Resources and land use planning.
For now, you can nominate this link. We suggest that all companies and government institutions propose their efforts, as their systematization and dissemination guarantee the sustainability of the geospatial business model in our context, which we are sure has much to show the world.
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