WSIS TalkX: International Women’s Day
Ms. Valrie Grant, Founding Member – Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), WGIC will be talking at this event.
Advancing the geospatial ecosystem
ITU
Where ethics and geospatial AI meet
March 1, 2022
A joint AI for Good panel discussion by WGIC and the ITU (in partnership with Politecnico Milano) explored how the geospatial industry could become a leading force in the discussions on ethics and AI.
GeoAI Discovery Series – Where ethics and geospatial AI meet
WGIC, in cooperation with ITU, OGC, and UN-GGIM Academic network, is organizing a year-round GeoAI Discovery Series (virtual events). This session will be on Ethics and GeoAI.
GeoAI Events: What it will take for AI to work with geospatial data?
ITU AI for Good, WGIC, OGC, and UN-GGIM Academia network together are pleased to launch its new GeoAI Discovery Series (GeoAI Events) on the applications of geospatial AI and the relevance of GeoAI to the Sustainable Development Goals.
AI key to make future roads safer
October 21, 2021
The AI for Road Safety initiative brings together the UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety and Envoy on Technology offices in a new partnership for global action with WGIC Partner ITU, the International Telecommunication Union.
ITU report: need for people-centred solutions to achieve universal connectivity
September 29, 2021
More than a year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic, amid global demand for broadband services, the ITU’s Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development has reaffirmed its call for digital cooperation, innovation with information and communication technologies, and collaborative approaches to secure universal connectivity and access to digital skills.
ITU: a message to the 21st Century for 50 years now
July 15, 2021
ITU Telecom World started out life in Geneva in 1971, with “a message to the 21st century”. In 1971 ICT was all about telecoms; voice over a fixed infrastructure, run by national operators out of government departments.
ITU points to AI for human-centric disaster risk reduction (VIDEO)
July 12, 2021
International cooperation will be vital to reduce global disaster risks, agreed the participants at a recent workshop on Artificial Intelligence (AI) for natural disaster management convened by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and UN Environment (UNEP).
Register + Win: ITU Digital World SME Awards 2021
April 19, 2021
Within ITU’s Digital World Awards 2021, there will be a special category for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Deadline for applications: 3 September 2021.
Virtual Launch of WGIC Report on GeoAI
April 15, 2021
The official launch of WGIC’s latest report, “Geospatial AI/ML (GeoAI) Applications and Policies – A Global Perspective”, took place on April 13th, 2021, during AI for Good, an event organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).