Seminar

Utilities Networks

Theme: Building Intelligent, Interoperable and Future-Ready Utility Networks through Geospatial Intelligence
◷ 18 December 2026

Overview

India is accelerating the transition to next generation utility infrastructure by transforming power, telecommunications and water networks into integrated, knowledge-driven ecosystems. This transformation is enabling interoperable utility operations, intelligent infrastructure management and data-driven decision-making while accelerating innovation, commercial adoption and globally competitive utility ecosystems.

Program Agenda

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Target Audience

Ministry of Environment, NDMA, MoES, NITI Aayog, State Disaster Authorities
Space and geospatial companies and startups
UNDP, UNEP, GIZ, World Bank, and multilateral agencies
Planners, architects, engineers, and smart city officials
ESG officers, financial institutions, and CSR leaders
Panchayat leaders, NGOs, and citizen groups

Objectives

  • Explore how smart technologies and geospatial intelligence are improvising and enhancing the planning, operation and management of urban and rural utility infrastructure across power, telecommunications and water.
  • Engage with DISCOMs, telecom operators, water authorities, regulators, system integrators, investors and technology providers to advance efficient, reliable and future-ready utility networks.
  • Learn from pioneering projects leveraging GIS, Digital Twins, IoT and AI to optimise infrastructure planning, asset management and data-driven utility operations.
  • Discover commercialisation pathways through shared platforms, common standards and public-private partnerships that transform utility modernisation into a globally competitive industry.

Seminar Objectives

  • Strengthen digital agriculture: Explore how national digital infrastructure, Earth observation and geospatial intelligence can improve agricultural planning, governance and service delivery.
  • Advance intelligent farming: Showcase scalable applications of AI, GeoAI, satellite intelligence, drones, sensors and precision technologies to improve farm productivity and resource efficiency.
  • Build agricultural resilience: Examine technology-enabled solutions for climate adaptation, water and soil management, crop monitoring and agricultural risk reduction.
  • Connect farms to markets: Identify opportunities to improve agricultural finance, insurance, procurement, storage, traceability, logistics and market access through better data and intelligence.
  • Accelerate adoption and partnerships: Promote proven implementation models, public-private collaboration, investment and commercialisation to scale technology adoption and deliver measurable benefits to farmers.