Events

14th GeoMundus Conference 2022 in Lisbon (Portugal)

14th GeoMundus Conference 2022 in Lisbon (Portugal) The 14th GeoMundus Conference, was held at NOVA IMS Information Management School, in Lisbon on the last October 21st and 22nd. With more than 75 attendees on site, and around 100 online, this year’s edition was called: “GI & AI: It’s a match!”. Nevertheless, the conference won’t focus exclusively on AI-related themes, but it will also include more broad discussion and presentations on other relevant topics on GIS.   The conference focused primarily on discussing main GIS concepts and the importance of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence algorithms for Big Data processing and …

Jornades de SIG Libre 2022 in Girona (Spain)

Under the motto “where free culture meets geospatial technologies”, the Jornadas de SIG Libre – or Spanish FOSS4GSIG Conference- brought together nearly 200 professionals from all over Spain to share the most outstanding technological solutions in the geospatial sector. The conference, organized by Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing Service (SIGTE) of the University of Girona, was held on June 8-9 in Girona. This 15th edition, the topic of the plenary sessions was Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.  Karina Gibert, director of the Intelligent Data science and Artificial intelligence Research Center of the UPC opened the conference with a more …

GI_Week 2021 in Salzburg

Last week, the Department of Geoinformatics – Z_GIS at the University of Salzburg was hosting a week full of knowledge exchange, networking and inspiration. The GI_Week in Salzburg has been a unique opportunity to meet experts in the field, to discuss the latest research in and outside many different sessions, or start a new project over a cup of coffee or during a walk on the premises of the University of Salzburg’s Faculty of Natural Sciences. While the organizers decided to hold the GI_Forum2021 once again as a virtual conference, the German-language AGIT was realized as a hybrid-event. Additionally, the …

UNIGIS International Association @EsriUC 2021

Like in the past year, the Esri User Conference 2021 (Esri UC) is again a fully virtual experience, enabling users and students from allover the world an interactive online experience with Esri and the GIS community. Also UNIGIS International Association will be part of the Esri UC as exhibitor. So take the chance and visit UNIGIS International Association and our UNIGIS Institutions at our virtual booth during one of the leading GIS events of the year. We are looking forward to meet current UNIGIS students, alumni and all of you interested in Geoinformatics and distance learning. Our team will be …

GEOBIA Virtual Summer School

  This year´s UNIGIS Summer School was planned to take place in early July, embedded in the GEOBIA 2020 event during the Salzburg GI Week, jointly organized by UNIGIS Salzburg and within the public outreach and education activities of the CopHub.AC project. However, due to the worldwide exceptional situation regarding the COVID-19 virus and severe travel restrictions, our team decided to adapt the Summer School into a remote event. Based on many years of experience in distance learning and with great support of our UNIGIS lecturer Barbara Riedler, who is also leading the CopHub.AC project, the outline of the summer …

UNIGIS at the first virtual Esri UC

      The 2020 Esri User Conference (Esri UC) is a completely virtual event designed to give users and students an interactive, online experience with Esri and the GIS community. As every year, UNIGIS International Association will be part of the Esri UC Expo. So take the chance and visit UNIGIS International Association and our UNIGIS Institutions at our virtual booth during one of the leading GIS events this year. We are looking forward to meet current UNIGIS students, alumni and all of you interested in Geoinformatics and distance learning. Our team will be available during Expo hours, beside …

u_Lecture webinar summer semester 2020

Starting from March, we are looking forward to an exciting roster of outstanding speakers on a range of topics covering themes of current interest for UNIGIS alumni, students, and everyone else. The open u_Lecture webinar series offers a LifeLongLearning opportunity to graduates and everyone keen to follow developments across the exciting field of Geoinformatics. See below for details on upcoming talks, and preview further speakers we keenly anticipate this term: >> Make sure you mark your calendars not to miss these unique opportunities to learn from and interact with these outstanding individuals! >> You can watch the recording of past …

u_Lecture webinars winter semester 2019

Starting from October, we are looking forward to an exciting roster of outstanding speakers on a range of topics covering themes of current interest for UNIGIS alumni, students, and everyone else. The open u_Lecture webinar series offers a LifeLongLearning opportunity to graduates and everyone keen to follow developments across the exciting field of Geoinformatics. See below for details on upcoming talks, and preview further speakers we keenly anticipate this term: >> Make sure you mark your calendars not to miss these unique opportunities to learn from and interact with these outstanding individuals! >> You can watch the recording of past …

u_Lecture webinars summer semester 2019

Starting from May, we are looking forward to an exciting roster of outstanding speakers on a range of topics covering themes of current interest for UNIGIS alumni, students, and everyone else. The open u_Lecture webinar series offers a LifeLongLearning opportunity to graduates and everyone keen to follow developments across the exciting field of Geoinformatics. See below for details on upcoming talks, and preview further speakers we keenly anticipate this term: >> Make sure you mark your calendars not to miss these unique opportunities to learn from and interact with these outstanding individuals! >> You can watch the recording of past …

UNIGIS Connect 2019

Celebrating 40 Years of GI Science & Technologies @ Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam This annual event at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is connecting UNIGIS students (current and eternal), alumni, staff and anyone interested in UNIGIS. It will provide an excellent opportunity for networking within the Geospatial community, gaining new knowledge and obtaining inside information about the various study programmes offered through UNIGIS Amsterdam. During this year´s UNIGIS Connect event we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Prof. Henk Scholten at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Date: Tuesday June 11th 2019, 12:45-17:15 Location: Main Building VU Amsterdam, Lecture Hall KC-07, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV …