Conferences Geospatial Media and Communications Pvt. Ltd. (Formerly GIS Development Pvt. Ltd.) organizes regional and international conferences and exhibitions in the field of geospatial sciences, technologies and applications every year. Each of these conferences is a regional hotspot for technical discussions, deliberations and consensus building. The conferences function as a means of convergence of various stakeholders of the geospatial community with end users of geospatial information. Each of the Conference is designed to address the various challenges and highlights opportunity available at various levels along with displaying the technological advancements through the exhibition. Mark Your Calendar ! 13 - 14 June, 2013, JW Marriot, Aerocity, New Delhi, India GeoIntelligenceIndia 2013, the seventh edition of the annual defence and internal security conference, is dedicated to the highest level of information exchange and networking within the Asian defence and security sector. It will focus on the perspectives and requirements of the decision makers who directly influence national security policy and procedures. The conference aims to bring together some of the most influential speakers and delegates from India and international defence and security establishment and industry. The conference will offer adequate opportunity for information sharing along with ample time for networking. http://geointelligenceindia.org/ 10 June, 2013,Cinnamon Grand Colombo, Sri lanka Sri Lanka Geospatial Forum is an endeavour from Geospatial Media & Communications exclusively for the Sri Lankan geospatial industry. Sri Lanka offers a huge potential to be an emerging nation and is equally focussed on adoption of newer technologies like geospatial which is contributing to its growth in varied fields. Sri Lanka Geospatial Forum aims to connect the stakeholders in Sri Lanka geospatial community and help them to work in co-ordination for the overall growth and development of the Nation http://www.slgeospatialforum.org/ 27 - 28 June, 2013,Santiago, Chile http://chilegeospatialforum.org/ 13 – 14 August, 2013, Cape Town, South Africa From the year 2006, Africa Geospatial Forum (Formerly known as Map Africa) conference has evolved tremendously with time, encompassing and deliberating on various application areas and emerging geospatial technologies for serving the same. The conference aims to look into many aspects of the geospatial technology in building the continent and highlight the significant role that geospatial hold in serving the various building blocks of a nation/continent. The conference intends to provide a unique forum for like-minded people to discuss on the latest offerings of geospatial technologies and how it contributes for social, economic and political development of Africa. http://www.africageospatialforum.org 11 – 13 September, 2013, Sul America, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil The Latin America Geospatial Forum is the Annual Latin American Conference and Exhibition on Geospatial Information, Technology and Applications. The conference would highlight the need for firmly placing 'geospatial knowledge' at the heart of economic and development agenda of the nation. Latin America Geospatial Forum is an initiative that would provide a well-needed regional forum in Latin America for geospatial cooperation within Latin America and beyond the region. http://lagf.org 12 – 13 September, 2013 , Sul America, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil GeoIntelligence Latin America is an initiative that aims to examine the programmes and systems that are transforming military and homeland security strategies throughout Latin America. It will focus on how GIS, GPS, imagery, 3D visualization, and spatial data contribute to mission success. The conference offers an unparalleled balance of substantive information with ample time for networking and socialising. It constitutes of interactive sessions bringing military, security officials, government, industry and consultants together to a platform to discuss and deliberate on significant and vibrant role of GIS in field of defence and homeland security and put their thinking caps together in order to discover numerous advanced ways to protect and maintain the nation's security with existing and upcoming geospatial technologies. http://geointla.org/ 24-26 September 2013, Putra World Trade Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Asia Geospatial Forum (Formerly known as Map Asia) had revealed effective solutions on various concerns of Geospatial Technology in the Asia Pacific region; it has matured as a conference and is now widely recognised as one of the most important geospatial industry event in Asia Pacific. Geospatial Media and Communications (Formerly GIS Development) is resolute to take Asia Geospatial Forum to a privileged level in order to have its recognition as one of the largest Asian Geospatial Industry Event and the conference is in its way forward to achieve the desired objective. http://www.asiageospatialforum.org Middle East Geospatial Forum (Formerly known as Map Middle East) is an international platform designed for building networks to enable g-lateral ties in the Middle East region for geospatial community which aims to look into many aspects of this technology by bringing in the geospatial experts from across the length and breadth of the region. www.megf.org Over the years, Geospatial World Forum has matured as a conference and is now widely recognised as one of the most important geospatial industry event worldwide. The conference attracts key leaders from industry, academia and policy making organisations. There is no better place to learn about the latest industry developments and policy trends than Geospatial World Forum. http://www.geospatialworldforum.org Following the encouraging response and successful execution of Map Africa series conferences since 2006, Geospatial Media and Communications (Formerly GIS development) founded another endeavour exclusively for the South African geospatial industry 'South Africa Geospatial Forum'. Well equipped with world class infrastructure, cutting edge technologies and progressive economy, the country has always focussed on adoption of newer technologies like geospatial which is contributing to its growth in varied fields. Therefore, South Africa Geospatial Forum aims to touch upon each and every aspect of technology development and exploitation in the country. http://www.sageospatialforum.org India Geospatial Forum ( Formerly known as Map India), one of the oldest geospatial conferences in India has seen diversified technology update, knowledge transfers, resource investigations, policy advocacy, achievements and successes. Since the year 1998, India Geospatial Conference has seen new dimensions and great heights to achieve the role of pioneers in circulating geospatial advocacy and knowledge in the country. www.indiageospatialforum.org