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Public Service Is Hard Yet Rewarding And Fulfilling

37:47

Data Sovereignty Is An Overwhelmingly Complex Problem

32:08

Focusing On Profit Allowed Us To Grow Organically

35:56

AI Is An Important Muscle And Skillset For Students To Flex

25:42

Data Sovereignty Isn’t A Goal, But A Means To Manage Risk

35:42

No One Company Is Going To Resolve The Skills Gap

38:47

John Renard: Geospatial Data is Increasingly Being Inferred Rather than Measured

18:39

"If You Are Playing With AI Today, You Experienced Its Bias”

23:55

Zubran Solaiman, President, WGIC: Geospatial Market Moved Into a New Phase With Big Tech Entry

24:07

Commercial Organizations Also Responsible For Defining Safe, Ethical Use Of AI

32:34

Lean Methodologies Enabled Cape Town To Improve Fairness And Equity

35:31

The Diversity Of Ideas Coming From Geovation Startups Is Brilliant

35:52

“AI, Can You Make A Topographical Map Of Michigan?”

30:28

AI Tools Are Evolving Faster Than Humans Can Respond To Them

35:53

Investors Are Looking At Risks Of Non-operationalization Of Geospatial Investments

28:51

Eve Psalti, Microsoft: As AI Advances Rapidly, We Need The Right Guardrails

48:17

Geospatial Landscape Changed From ‘Can I Get Data’ To ‘What Data Should I Use?’

24:04

Matthew Pennells & Simon Musäus: “Subscription Models Will Shape the Future of Geospatial Funding”

43:17

MEMBERS SPOTLIGHT

Member Spotlight

Babs Dumont, Merkator: Every Location Has A Story. We Bring It To Life

13:39

Andres Abeyta, Bootcamp GIS: I Strongly Advise Students To Learn GeoAI. Everybody Needs That

29:49

Rod Milicevic, Glass Aftercare: Insight and Foresight for Future Planning of Buildings

26:46

Jeroen Zanen, AI-InfraSolutions: We Manage And Improve Outdoor Spaces With AI-driven Solutions

20:47

Willy Govender, Vastpoint: We Are An Impact Company, Aligned With UN-SDGs

16:15

GeoSAS Into Productive Partnerships To Develop Local Capacities In Africa

26:54

Andrea Krupa, PhotoSat: Every Single Project We Do Uses Deep Learning

20:11

Juan Tomás Hernani, SATLANTIS:Earth Observation Has Created Incredible Interest In Capital Investors

28:39

Alexander Wiechert, Vexcel: The Philosophy Of UltraMap Is To Offer The Highest Degree Of Automation

36:42

Zaffar Mohamed-Ghouse, Woolpert: WGIC Mainstreaming Policy Discussion to Global Geospatial Community

22:55

Siva Ravada, Oracle: Our Low-Code, No-Code Tools Support Location Needs Of All Developers

30:29

Kathleen Martin, MBS: We Emphasize Long-Term Relationships With Customers Over Short-Term Gains

17:23

Larry Fox, Bad Elf: Transforming GNSS Solutions: Accessibility and Versatility in Every Receiver

17:45

Nadine Alameh, Taylor Geospatial: We Need to Inspire the NextGen To Be Curious About Geospatial

28:00

Theo Agelopoulos, Autodesk: We Are On the Cusp of Massive Increase in Efficiency Through AI

23:01

Andrew Coote, ConsultingWhere: We Need to Bring More People into the Geospatial Funnel

27:34

Joe Seppi, Woolpert: We are Committed to Survey the Earth from Space to the Sea Floor

22:14

Agendra Kumar, Esri India: We Aim to Train 100,000 Students Each Year in GIS

30:19

Enes Jahic: GeoBiro is one of the largest Scan-to-BIM and Scan-to-CAD productions in Europe

10:52

Jae-Pil Park, Nara Space: Satellite Data Can Reveal Earth's Secrets – Our Vision to Uncover Them

13:34

Elshan Musayev, EKM Global: Our Technology Partnerships Developing Azerbaijan Economy

18:49

Rahul Kushwah, Deepspatial: Our GeoAI Models Have Accuracy Over 95%, With Some Approaching Over 99%

21:24

Uday Patil, TechG-X: There is a Growing Demand for Climate Modeling and Climate Risk Profiling

18:27

Albert Momo: Diversity Enhances Creativity and Innovation, Improves Decision-making

25:46

Simone Giannecchini: Hybrid and interoperable solutions key to global challenges

17:00

Alain De Taeye: TomTom’s Orbis Maps Paving the Way for Smarter Mobility and AI-Enhanced Navigation

24:10

Dr Minda Suchan:You Don’t Need To Be a SAR Expert To Use Or Gain Value From SAR Data

21:42

Kai Duebbert: Kompass BMS Caters Specifically to the Unique Needs of the Geospatial Industry

19:08

Digital Transformation With Inovaantage Solutions

29:22

Trimble's Premise Was, Is, and Continues to Be Reliable Geospatial Information

33:44

GeoTechVision – The GIS Consultant Of The Caribbean

19:07

TopoDOT Brings the Right Balance of Automation and Quality Assurance

34:19

From Data to Complete Solutions: Collaboration is Key to Mena3D's Success

18:05

Redefining Mobile Mapping with AI Technology - DataDEV

11:27

AI Classifies, Space Aye Identifies: Chris Newlands on Integrating Satellite Imagery, AI & IoT Data

21:37

Will Cadell, Sparkgeo: Sometimes The Word Geospatial Gets In The Way Of A Deeper Value Story

24:42

ReOrbit leading Space Revolution with Software-First Approach: Sethu Suvanam

19:45

Bayanat Turnaround - From Traditional Surveying & Mapping to AI-powered Geospatial Analytics

26:41

Enhancing Urban Solutions with AI & Geospatial Technology: Narendra Babu, iSpatial Techno Solutions

19:13

Attorney, Williams Mullen: Keeping Up With The Evolving AI Laws Is Important For Geospatial Sector

26:22

Julia Wagemann, Women+ in Geospatial: Systemic Biases Exist, Be Aware of Them

27:59

James Van Rens Introduces Horizons 2025: WGIC's Landmark Event in Denver!

0:52

Marius Swanepoel Steps in as WGIC's New Secretary General After John Renard

1:12

Cities Need More Data to Support Their Climate Action Plans: Andy Deacon, GCoM

23:58

BLOGS

WGIC at INTERGEO 2026 in Munich, featuring panel discussions, member meetings, networking and new reports.

News & Media

WGIC Brings Conversations on Data Trust, Policy Readiness and Industry Priorities to INTERGEO 2026

September 25, 2026 No Comments

WGIC-Policy-Scan-2026-Q3

News & Media

Geospatial Policy Has Stopped Waiting for Us

August 24, 2026 No Comments

WGIC Horizons 2026

News & Media

WGIC Horizons 2026: Geospatial as Critical Digital Infrastructure

June 21, 2026 No Comments

News & Media

Policy Scan

April 28, 2026 No Comments

HORIZONS NEWSLETTER

JULY 2026

WGIC UPDATES

Policy Moves Into Action: Explore the WGIC Policy Scan Q3 2026

JUNE 2026

WGIC UPDATES

WGIC Horizons 2026: Geospatial as Critical Digital Infrastructure

MAY 2026

WGIC UPDATES

Horizons 2026 is Over-Subscribed! See Who’s Checking In

APRIL 2026

WGIC UPDATES

Explore the Horizons 2026 Agenda

PRESS RELEASES

WGIC RELEASES DATA TO DECISIONS

WGIC Unveils New Report: “Data to Decisions: Rebuilding Trust in Decision-Grade Geospatial Data”

WGIC Secretariat September 11, 2026

First Geospatial Doctorat Program

WGIC and University Partners Announce World’s First Professional Doctorate in Geospatial Leadership

WGIC Secretariat June 3, 2026

WGIC Executive Board 2025-2027

WGIC Constitutes Executive Board, Elects Office Bearers for 2025-2027

WGIC Secretariat May 6, 2025

WGIC Horizons 2025 Press Release

WGIC’s Inaugural Industry Event – Horizons 2025 – Moving Beyond Boundaries

WGIC Secretariat February 6, 2025

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