WGIC announces the 2024 DEI Trailblazer Award recipients, recognizing exceptional contributions to advancing DEI in the geospatial industry.
Nomination for WGIC’s DEI Trailblazer Awards 2024 is open, honoring leaders and organizations championing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the geospatial community.
WGIC continues to celebrate and honor exceptional DEI leadership in the geospatial industry with the DEI Trailblazer Awards 2023.
WGIC announced the winners of the inaugural DEI Trailblazer 2022 Awards during INTERGEO 2022 in Essen, Germany. Esri India won the WGIC DEI Trailblazer – Corporate Impact Award, and Clinton Johnson, Racial Equity and Social Justice Solutions Lead, Esri, won WGIC DEI Trailblazer – Individual Champion Award.
The first edition of WGIC Trailblazer Awards will celebrate exemplary leadership in advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the geospatial ecosystem.
WGIC registered a 30% growth in 2024, reflecting our expanding influence and vibrant engagement within the communities we serve. Together with its members, WGIC embodies the spirit of ubuntu, co-creating the global geospatial industry landscape.
We anticipate that the geospatial industry will double over the next six years. To prepare for this growth, WGIC hosted a series of activities at INTERGEO 2024, fostering discussions and collaboration around the opportunities and challenges ahead.
Discover Jack Dangermond’s 2023 message in the Annual Report, highlighting achievements, praising WGIC members, and emphasizing geospatial thinking’s role in sustainable problem-solving.
WGIC will engage in Geo Week 2024 as an event partner, facilitating industry sessions, showcasing at the exhibition, and hosting WGIC board and member meetings.
Diversity within an organization is only half the opportunity without diverse leadership. Embracing and celebrating a range of human experiences at all levels in the rapidly evolving geospatial sector is crucial for maximizing and sustaining growth potential.
