GeoMundus 2023

The GeoMundus Conference is an international Geoinformatics and Geospatial Technologies conference organized by students for students. It is hosted by the students of the Erasmus Mundus Master's program in Geospatial Technologies, https://mastergeotech.info. Since 2009, the GeoMundus conference has been hosted annually - alternating between the program’s organizing universities- NOVA IMS (Lisbon, Portugal), WWU (Münster, Germany) and UJI (Castellón de la Plana, Spain). This year, the 15th edition of the conference will be held at the Universitat Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana, Spain. This conference is free of charge.

The approach of students organizing a conference for students is quite unique. However, the participants include experts, researchers, professionals, policymakers, and the general public. Anyone who is curious or enthusiastic about geospatial technologies and their applications can participate in this conference! It is a fantastic opportunity to engage with this exciting and fast-growing field and to network with a diverse group of people at the cutting edge.

As students and members of the geospatial community, we want to bring together a multi-disciplinary group of experts, students, researchers, policymakers and professionals to critically discuss the crucial role of the increasingly abundant and improved geospatial data and rapidly advancing geospatial technologies in accelerating the efforts towards a sustainable future.

The 15th edition will be in-person attendance.

This year’s conference will feature keynote speakers, workshops, paper and poster presentations, career development, and networking events. Past keynotes have included illustrious names from Geospatial space such as Dr. Michael Goodchild, Dr. Werner Kuhn, and John Nelson.

Apart from the general theme of Geoinformatics and Geospatial Technologies, each new conference edition additionally highlights a specific focus topic in dedicated conference slots. This year's conference will focus on Geospatial Intelligence for a Sustainable Future. As the world is gradually approaching the deadline for achieving the 17 sets of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) defined by the United Nations (UN) to guide countries to sustainable futures, we are keen to know how geospatial data and technologies have been contributing to achieving and monitoring the progress of these global goals. This conference will allow researchers, academics, students, policymakers, and professionals to share their latest research, activities and perspectives on the roles that geospatial information and technologies are playing in the efforts to accomplish these SDGs. Also, it will provoke discussions on how we can speed up the progress of fulfilling the SDGs by leveraging big Earth observation (EO) data and the rapidly advancing geospatial technologies to address several challenges, such as climate change, disasters, food insecurity, and conflicts, which are hindering the realization of the SDGs. This will promote multi-disciplinary insights from participants on topics that cover Geoinformatics and Geospatial Technologies and various aspects of sustainable development such as (but not limited to):

• Environmental monitoring and modelling
• Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture
• Climate Resilience and Disaster Management
• Land Tenure Security and Land Economy
• Conflict management
• Urban Management, Smart Cities and Renewable Energy
• Ecosystem Management and Biodiversity Conservation
• Geo-health

Organizing Team, Sponsors and some of the participants in the 2023 edition.

The registration for the GeoMundus Conference 2023 is now open, you can register using the form below:

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Experts and specialists in the geospatial field and other related fields from the academia, industry, and NGOs will give insightful keynote speeches on emerging topics in Geoinformatics, Geospatial Technologies and GI Applications, with a keynote speech dedicated to “Geospatial Intelligence for a Sustainable Future”. Information about the keynote speakers and the keynote topics will be updated soon!

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Prof. Andy Nelson

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The role of Earth observation in improving food systems.

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Aida Monfort Muriach

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Gender equity in the GI/EO sector initiatives: Women in Copernicus and Women+ in Geospatial

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Maria Arias de Reyna Dominguez

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The Future of the Developer Tooling for Geospatial

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Dr Qiusheng Wu

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Interactive Geospatial Analysis with Cloud Computing and Open Source Software

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Spatial decision-making for sustainability

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Dr. Michael F. Goodchild

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The God’s eye view? Geospatial data, power and politics

Since the 2010s there has been a shift in the nature and quantity of digital data on social processes flowing into both research and policy. Much of this data stems from sensing and monitoring through GIS and related technologies, whether using people themselves as sensors (as with mobile phone location data) or using classic forms of sensing in new ways (such as satellite data for migration monitoring, or social media data for development policy). New forms of data such as those stemming from fintech, from ID systems around the world, and other sources promise to broaden the uses and potential abuses of people’s digital traces. The new data provides what Pentland (2012) has termed ‘the god’s eye view’ – but to whose benefit, and in whose interests? There are two views on this in the world of research. First, do the new sources provide better-quality data, do they add something to the analysis of social phenomena, can they enable policy and research to do a better job of serving society? The second view asks how these data sources become available, whose interests they serve, and what this means for their legitimacy, and the legitimacy of research and policy based on them. This presentation will explore the tensions between these two views, and ask how these new sources of geospatial data interact with questions of rights, ethics and politics.

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Dr. Werner Kuhn

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Satellite Image Time Series Analysis for Big Earth Observation Data

This presentation describes sits, an open-source R package for satellite image time series analysis using machine learning. It supports the complete cycle of data analysis for land classification. Its API provides a simple but powerful set of functions. The software works in different cloud computing environments. Satellite image time series are input to machine learning classifiers, and the results are post-processed using spatial smoothing. Since machine learning methods need accurate training data, \sits includes methods for quality assessment of training samples. The software also provides methods for validation and accuracy measurement. The package thus comprises a production environment for big EO data analysis.

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Dr. Iris Kramer

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Geographic Information Systems in the Humanitarian and Global Development Communities

Geographic information technology has evolved rapidly in recent years but challenges in designing systems and solutions that meet the increasingly complex needs of humanitarian and development organizations persist. In this keynote he will discuss trends and challenges that face the United Nations System and international NGOs in effectively making use of the latest developments in geospatial technology. Brendan will also present solutions that despite these challenges have succeeded in positively impacting outcomes in areas such as food security, mine action, disaster response, and climate change resilience.

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The Workshop Session has long been a vital component of the Geomundus conference, and this year's edition is anticipated to be truly remarkable. This year, we have on board: Nyi Nyi Nyan Lin (Photogrammetry, computer vision, image processing, WebGIS); Onyeukwu Nnadozie Uzoma (AUVSI-certified drone pilot and expertise in Unmanned Aircraft Systems and GIS); Itza Hernandez-Sequeira (Specialist in GIS, RS and AI applications); Babatunde Aremu (Geospatial professional, founder of Geospatial Hub). There is more to learn and know about the expertise of our workshop leaders and the interesting topics, please check the workshop page to learn more. To receive the latest updates on the workshop sessions at GeoMundus 2023, make sure to check the program schedule and follow us on social media.

Itza Hernandez-Sequeira

Nyi Nyi Nyan Lin

Onyeukwu Nnadozie Uzoma

Babatunde David Aremu

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WORKSHOP:
Environmental Citizen Science with senseBox and openSenseMap

In this workshop participants will learn about environmental citizen science using the modular sensor platform senseBox and the open citizen science data infrastructure openSenseMap. The senseBox is a DIY Citizen Science toolkit for local and mobile measurement of environmental data such as temperature, humidity, air pressure, illuminance, UV light or air quality. It can be connected to the internet via WiFi, Ethernet or LoRa to enable Internet of Things capabilities in a sensor network. Local workshop participants will build and code measurement devices on several environmental phenomena and collect data around the campus. Remote participants will learn to access and analyze data from the openSenseMap through its APIs and other external tools. At the end environmental geodata from the local experiment will be analyzed by the whole group. We will round up with a discussion on the potential of the senseBox and openSenseMap in research projects and for educational purposes in secondary and higher education, while focusing on the data and computational, scientific and spatial literacy.

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WORKSHOP:
Environmental Citizen Science with senseBox and openSenseMap

In this workshop participants will learn about environmental citizen science using the modular sensor platform senseBox and the open citizen science data infrastructure openSenseMap. The senseBox is a DIY Citizen Science toolkit for local and mobile measurement of environmental data such as temperature, humidity, air pressure, illuminance, UV light or air quality. It can be connected to the internet via WiFi, Ethernet or LoRa to enable Internet of Things capabilities in a sensor network. Local workshop participants will build and code measurement devices on several environmental phenomena and collect data around the campus. Remote participants will learn to access and analyze data from the openSenseMap through its APIs and other external tools. At the end environmental geodata from the local experiment will be analyzed by the whole group. We will round up with a discussion on the potential of the senseBox and openSenseMap in research projects and for educational purposes in secondary and higher education, while focusing on the data and computational, scientific and spatial literacy.

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WORKSHOP:
Open data and models for mapping ecosystem services

Ecosystem services (ES) are the benefits provided to humans by the natural environment, such as clean air, natural pollination, drought regulation, food from agriculture, climate regulation, etc. Providing Information about ES for decision-making is essential to preserve their supply and, consequently, their benefits to society. Making these services visible through the mapping of biophysical, social and economic indicators enables understanding of potential trade-offs and the design of conservation strategies. The provision of ES is influenced by land cover changes (LCC) and efficient land use planning is required for maintaining ES flow. Land use planning can be supported by ES-based modelling tools to estimate ES supply based on land cover. In this workshop we explore available open data and models which can be used for ES modelling and mapping. A hands-on exercise using an InVEST model will be carried out.

GeoMundus is seeking partners from both the public and private sector including but not limited to the spatial, technological, scientific, governmental, academic fields. We will be thrilled to have your support and participation in this international event.

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