Global and regional trade professionals will convene on 1 and 2 June at Geo Connect Asia 2022 to accelerate sustainable geospatial solutions for multiple industry verticals.
Singapore – International events organiser Montgomery Asia announced that Geo Connect Asia (GCA), the highly anticipated flagship geospatial and location intelligence industry trade show and conference for Southeast Asia, returns to the physical sphere this June to explore fast-developing solutions in the geospatial community. GCA 2022 is expected to host more than 50 leading companies from around the world and attract 2,500 professional visitors and delegates.
Themed “Geospatial & Location Intelligence Solutions for Asia – Underground, Land & Sea to Sky”, GCA 2022 will run on 1 and 2 June 2022 at the Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre in Singapore. The Conference will address key issues of data collection, storage, interoperability and utilisation. With the application of artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics a Geospatial 4.0 world advances one step closer to becoming a reality.
Visitors can look forward to a comprehensive showcase of the latest technologies and solutions for government and non-for-profit markets and multiple industry verticals.
The event will be held alongside its two complementary industry profiles – Digital Construction Asia (DCA) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Asia – and will comprise a virtual component on www.GeoConnectAsia.com where participants can schedule meetings, meet exhibitors and watch the live streaming conference online for virtual delegates.
GCA 2022 will be graced by Guest of Honour Edwin Tong SC, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Second Minister for Law, who will deliver the opening address. Also in attendance will be Colin Low, Chief Executive of the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) who will deliver the industry address. The opening panel discussion, “Stepping into the metaverse – meanings, myths & opportunities”, will be led by Keith B. Carter, Director of NUS Ripple FinTech Lab & Co-Director of CRYSTAL Centre, Information Systems & Analytics Department, School of Computing of National University of Singapore, Pavel Bains, Co-founder and Executive Producer of MixMob, Richard Koh, Chief Technology & Security Officer of Microsoft Singapore and Zurina Moktar, Head of Science & Technology Division of The ASEAN Secretariat.
Rupert Owen, Co-Founder of Geo Connect Asia, said, “Montgomery Asia is delighted to run the second edition of GCA with a more exciting programme line-up and in doing so meet the growing demand for geospatial, digital construction and drone solutions in a solutions-focused marketplace of overlapping technologies. We look forward to our continued collaboration with SLA as we collectively facilitate the knowledge transfer and sharing of key issues and best practices in these arenas.”
Geo Connect Asia Conference
With the theme “Imagination meets reality: placing geospatial solutions at the heart of decision-making”, the Geo Connect Asia Conference 2022 will facilitate knowledge and insights sharing among industry players to address some of the world’s leading challenges in the geospatial and location intelligence community. Packed into two full days, the conference will comprise over ten fireside chats featuring over 60 prominent industry speakers, panellists and moderators including Tim Stonor, Architect & Urban Planner of Space Syntax, Nina Yang, Vice President of Singapore Institute of Planners, John Whitehead, Senior Director of Sales and Distribution, APAC of Trimble Inc, Kevin Weil, President of Product and Business at Planet, and Faheem Khan, President Asia of Hexagon Geosystems, among many others.
The main conference themes range from the possible impact of the metaverse through to the use of drones for good and goods:
- Stepping into the metaverse – meanings, myths & opportunities
- Fresh starts through innovative thinking: how urban planning in Asia can meet challenges, set new standards and deliver thriving places
- Managing the future of urban data – how to address the key issues of structure and sovereignty
- Recycle, renew, refresh: the repurposing of the urban landscape
- Biodiversity and the greening of communities
- Building in climate resilience – connecting data and digital twins for sustainable communities
- Accessing multiple sources of mapping information for sustainable information exchange
- Geospatial innovations for sustainable transportation and customer satisfaction
- Earth observations & satellite innovations
- Stepping into the metaverse – challenges & opportunities for the geospatial community
- Geo AI & robotics: pathways to improving performance using tracking, location and automation solutions
- Drones for good and goods: building excellence across ASEAN
- Innovative Drone-based solutions – Revolutionising business applications
GCA 2022 is also curating three expert stage programmes, namely Digital Construction Asia Masterclass, UAV Asia, and Digital Underground Connect. These programmes, with limited seating capacity, will act as deep-dive classes for participants to expand their knowledge on the latest geospatial challenges and solutions.
The show floor will also incorporate a theatre to facilitate a non-stop and free-to-attend series of Tech Talks on geospatial, digital construction and drone industry developments.
Meanwhile, industry professionals who are unable to attend GCA 2022 in person may attend a series of webinars, schedule online matchmade meetings or utilise event quick chat functions via the virtual event page.
Ng Siau Yong, Director, Geospatial & Data Division and Chief Data Officer at SLA, who is this year’s strategic partner said, “Geospatial technology such as locational data and 3D mapping has tremendous potential to address climate challenges. It could also play an integral role for next stage of the Metaverse development. To this, SLA is pleased to work alongside Montgomery Asia to provide the geospatial community with an avenue for deeper industry collaboration to accelerate the region’s geospatial capabilities and tap on these emerging opportunities. At this edition of GCA, we also look forward to exchanging insights with the community in the areas of 2D and 3D geospatial data collection, development, utilisation and management.
Sponsors
As GCA 2022 stages a larger comeback this year, it presents a prestigious panel of industry partners as sponsors, notably Trimble, who returns to GCA 2022 as a Platinum Sponsor. Other returning sponsors include Planet Labs as a Silver Sponsor, AECOM and Synspective as event sponsors. In addition to the sponsors line-up, the event also welcomes the new sponsors IBM and Screening Eagle Technologies.
John Whitehead, Senior Director of Sales and Distribution, APAC of Trimble Inc, said, “We are proud to once again support GCA as a Platinum Sponsor. GCA’s well-established networks with industry leaders and trade associations make it a showcase for current and future needs, and sharing and exchanging of ideas, along with the presentation of new and upcoming technologies by key industrial experts at GCA, will definitely be the driving force for the progress of geospatial and location intelligence technologies.”
The Geo Market Place
Stellar line-up of leading solution providers
GCA 2022 gathers a wide spectrum of advanced technologies for the industries, meeting a growing demand to source and enable the business processes in this space. Covering over 1,200 sqm, the Geo Market Place will feature Geospatial Technologies (such as Leica Geosystems part of Hexagon, Riegl, Trimble, 3D Target, Planet and more), Digital Construction (such as Mogul, Screening Eagle, Vizzio, Omnidots, SoftwareONE and more) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (such as Wingtra, AECA, masterscan, MF Academy, Viscoy and more).
Partners
GCA is proud to be well-supported by over 60 trade organisations, associations and government agencies including the Construction Industry Joint Committee (CIJC), GovTech Singapore (GovTech), Economic Development Board (EDB), Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), National Parks Board (NParks) and Singapore Tourism Board (STB). Strategic Partners include the Singapore Land Authority (SLA), SLA’s Geospatial Industry Centre, GeoWorks, and SGTech as the association lead for the Singapore Pavilion at GCA 2022. Joining them this year is a host of local and regional Supporting Partners, which include the Association of Aerospace Industries Singapore (AAIS), Association of Consulting Engineers Singapore (ACES), the Container Depot Association (Singapore) [CDAS Logistics Alliance (Ltd)], the Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE), the Malaysia UAV Development Association (MUDA), the Micro Builders Association Singapore (MBAS), the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), the Project Management Association Singapore (PMAS), the Real Estate Developers’ Association of Singapore (REDAS), the Singapore Institute of Building Limited (SIBL), the Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers (SISV), the SMU Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship (SMU IIE), the Specialists Trade Alliance of Singapore (STAS), National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC), Nordic Innovation House, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), Smart Cities Network and the World UAV Federation – Malaysia Chapter (WUAVF), among others.
Leading geospatial minds as Industry Ambassadors
Thought leaders and industry experts from the geospatial sector will be sharing insights, trends and challenges from around the region. These Industry Ambassadors include Argoon Chuang, Digital Consulting Lead, Asia, at AECOM; Farizan d’Avezac de Moran, Founding Partner at GreenA Consultants; Gerry Ong, President of the ASEAN Federation of Land Surveying & Geomatics; Jan Schoderer, Sales Director, APAC at Vexcel Imaging; John Whitehead, Senior Director of Sales and Distribution, APAC, at Trimble Inc; Lanita Idrus, Publisher at The Asia Miner; Marcus Lim, Head of Strategic Partnerships (APAC), Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS); Matt Benson, Senior Director of Think City; and Ng Siau Yong, Director, Geospatial Data Division and Chief Data Officer at Singapore Land Authority.
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