The event Emphasizes Transformative & Collaborative Synergy of Geospatial
Berlin: INTERGEO needs no introduction as the premier geospatial industry exhibition cum conference. It offers not just networking opportunities, but a first-look at state-of-the-art products and solutions. It is among the most anticipated event of the year. 2023’s gathering of geospatial professionals, industry leaders, service providers, and product developers in Berlin was thrilling just like always.
With over 17.000 trade visitors from 100+ countries, and 500+ exhibitors from more than 40 countries, INTERGEO 2023 stood up to its name. The event also saw insightful conferences on themes as varied as BIM integration, cartography, and sustainable development.
It goes without saying that geospatial is at the core of achieving a sustainable, inclusive world, and realizing the ambitious SDG targets. Be it poverty alleviation, disaster mitigation, or food security, geospatial is more relevant than ever before.
Pinpointing Targets
A close look at the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals shows that 80 percent of the 17 goals and 231 indicators, are spatial related, such as the fight against poverty, clean water, clean energy, sustainable cities, climate protection and life on land and under water. Global Earth Observation technologies such as COPERNICUS and GALILEO serve as information providers for local action.
“Sustainability begins with geography because it provides a deep understanding of holistic events. GIS as the foundation for Digital Twins enables us to understand impacts, model scenarios, and derive necessary decisions. We must act because we are living beyond our means. Geospatial data is the foundation for generations to come”, says Jack Dangermond, President & CEO, Esri.
Local governments, urban planners, climate researchers, mobility experts, marketeers, farmers and foresters, oceanographers and many others depend on the performance of the geospatial community as user industries.
“Cloud solutions, artificial intelligence, digital twins, BIM, UAV, GIS, Big Data – at INTERGEO we showed what’s possible,” says Dr. Rudolf Staiger, President, DVW e.V (German Association for Geodesy, GeoInformation, and Land Information), which is the organizer of INTERGEO.
BIM Integration & Cartography Congress
The business sectors of design and construction also benefit greatly from the innovations of the geospatial industry. The integration of “BIM-Days Germany” as a platform for the digital construction and building industry shows how the sectors are growing together.
“Geodesy is the natural partner of the construction industry and architecture. It is an integral part of the planning and construction processes and elementary for sustainable, CO2-neutral construction,” says Dr. Josef Kauer, initiator of BIM-Days Germany.
On the BIM stage and in the BIM cinema, visitors to INTERGEO were updated on topics such as how LIDAR technologies optimize the BIM process and how BIM is becoming the standard in infrastructure construction.
The 71st German Cartography Congress (DKK), which was integrated into INTERGEO, added additional highlights with topics such as generalization with machine learning and artificial intelligence, maps for mobile use and hazard maps.
“Cartography is the extended arm of the geospatial industry. We bring the results of earth observation and data acquisition to a broad audience,” said Prof. Dr. Jochen Schiewe, president of the organizer, the German Cartographic Society.
Stuttgart Next
“We are very satisfied with the result of INTERGEO. The response from exhibitors, EXPO visitors and CONFERENCE participants was overwhelming”, adds Dr. Staiger.
Dr. Felix Reinshagen CEO, NavVis, praised the remarkable post Covid resilience of INTERGEO.
INTERGEO 2024 would be held in Stuttgart from September 24-26. “I am already looking forward to Stuttgart”, says Scott Crozier, Vice President, Survey and Mapping, Trimble.
