WGIC Welcomes Nominations for DEI Trailblazer Awards 2023
WGIC continues to celebrate and honor exceptional DEI leadership in the geospatial industry with the DEI Trailblazer Awards 2023.
WGIC’s strength is its ability to connect different organizations without duplicating their efforts: Bryn Fosburgh
WGIC’s new President and Senior Vice President at Trimble, Bryn Fosburgh, aims to leverage its position as a global industry body to drive positive change, foster collaboration, and promote the value of geospatial technology in creating a more sustainable and interconnected world.
WGIC Announces Executive Board, Office Bearers for 2023-25
WGIC has constituted its Board for 2023-25. Bryn Fosburgh (Trimble) and Brian Nicholls (Woolpert) have been elected as President and Treasurer of WGIC, respectively, for the same period.
Panelists highlight the importance of making geospatial data broadly and openly available, particularly as taxpayers often fund its collection
Industry experts claim that earth observations and geospatial technologies can help us tackle climate change and achieve the UN SDGs.
Co-creating an enabling ecosystem – Mapping WGIC Research with IGIF Pathways
UN-GGIM IGIF pathways and WGIC research complement each other to unlock the full potential of geospatial data for inclusive development.
“Geospatial and location technologies are at the focal point of technology transformation”
ITU’s Reinhard Scholl and Andrea Manara emphasize the value geospatial brings to imminent challenges of the planet, even as WGIC and ITU’s AI for Good collaboration makes substantial progress.
WGIC Amplifies Private Sector Impact at GeoBuiz 2023
WGIC seized every opportunity to expand the contours and value proposition of the private geospatial sector at GeoBuiz 2023.
The geospatial aspect of metaverse has been missing from discussions, making a discourse on this topic crucial: Jayant Sharma
Jayant Sharma, Senior Director of Product Management at Oracle and recently appointed Chair of WGIC’s Policy Development and Advocacy Committee, shares valuable insights into the criticality of the committee’s work and its 2023 plans.
Powering the Geospatial Industry Forward at Geo Week 2023
With leading industry sessions, an exhibit, quarterly board meeting, and networking, WGIC brought momentum to the geospatial industry at Geo Week 2023
‘Internships are more like dating’
WGIC and academia uncover the power of collaborative strategies to make geospatial workforce future-ready during “Geospatial Education and Market Needs” session at Geo Week 2023
