The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)

Innovation Days DC is next week! Don't miss Day 2's Panel Discussion on "Artificial Intelligence, Integrity, Provenance, and Trust" where cross-sectoral leaders in #Geospatial will explore explore critical questions surrounding the ethical operation of AI systems, focusing on challenges like bias and data manipulation. Panelists will examine how technologies like blockchain can ensure data authenticity and how transparency and accountability can establish trust in AI. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eRpRcQxB Moderated by Ingo Simonis of OGC, the panel will include Lucio Colaiacomo of EU SatCen, Dave Cook of The Training Data Project, Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed-Ghouse of Woolpert Asia-Pacific, Anna Rubinstein of National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (following her keynote on "AI and Human Security"), and Shayna Solis (formerly Skolnik) of Navteca. The discussion will also address global governance, policy measures, and the evolving impact of #AI on human security, calling for proactive steps to ensure AI remains secure, ethical, and beneficial for society. The event is no-cost to OGC Members and Government Employees.

Innovation Days DC is next week! Don't miss Day 2's Panel Discussion on "Artificial Intelligence, Integrity, Provenance, and Trust" where cross-sectoral leaders in #Geospatial will explore explore critical questions surrounding the ethical operation of AI systems, focusing on challenges like bias and data manipulation. Panelists will examine how technologies like blockchain can ensure data authenticity and how transparency and accountability can establish trust in AI. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eRpRcQxB Moderated by Ingo Simonis of OGC, the panel will include Lucio Colaiacomo of EU SatCen, Dave Cook of The Training Data Project, Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed-Ghouse of Woolpert Asia-Pacific, Anna Rubinstein of National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (following her keynote on "AI and Human Security"), and Shayna Solis (formerly Skolnik) of Navteca. The discussion will also address global governance, policy measures, and the evolving impact of #AI on human security, calling for proactive steps to ensure AI remains secure, ethical, and beneficial for society. The event is no-cost to OGC Members and Government Employees.

We're getting excited for Innovation Days DC next week, and I hope you are too. https://lnkd.in/eRpRcQxB Don't miss Joshua Delmonico's keynote "Advancing a National Geospatial Ecosystem" which will outline the Federal Geographic Data Committee's NSDI Strategic Plan 2025-2035, with a focus on the essential role of OGC #Standards and #Innovation in enabling its success. The #NSDI represents a coordinated national effort involving all levels of government, as well as the private sector, academia, and nonprofit organizations. It aims to create a seamlessly interconnected data ecosystem that supports solutions to critical local, national, and global challenges across environmental, social, and economic domains.

We are excited to announce the next big step in developing geospatial ecosystems: the launch of the EC-funded FOCAL EU Project. FOCAL unites city planners, forestry experts, and climate researchers to develop an open platform and customized applications aimed at strengthening climate adaptation and mitigation in urban and forest environments. The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) helps design the integration platform and will connect FOCAL to the latest geospatial ecosystem research and development. Key features of FOCAL: ? Localized insights: Leveraging high-resolution urban and forestry datasets with cutting-edge climate projection data. ? AI-powered workflows: Incorporating Artificial Intelligence to enhance data resolution, paving the way for groundbreaking insights. FOCAL will collaborate closely with the OGC Climate Resilience Domain Working Group to establish best practices for data integration and processing. The outcomes will be widely accessible, with results shared through the OGC Academy to benefit a broader community. #ClimateResilience #Geospatial #Urban #Forestry #OGCFOCAL

A nice overview of the recent OGC Stack Winter School jointly organised with Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, OGC India, and OpenGeo.

Only two weeks remain until Innovation Days DC! Don't miss the Panel Discussion on "A shared vision for SDI futures" where cross-sectoral leaders in #Geospatial will explore how future Spatial Data Infrastructure #SDI can meet evolving user expectations while leveraging cutting-edge technologies, including #AI. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eRpRcQxB Moderated by Joshua Delmonico of the Federal Geographic Data Committee (who is also Keynoting the event), the panel will include Deirdre Dalpiaz Bishop of the U.S. Census Bureau, Marc Prioleau of the Overture Maps Foundation, Ghermay A. of New Light Technologies, and Maree Wilson GAICD of Geoscience Australia. The conversation will also discuss integrating new technological advancements, global interoperability through standards, and organizational frameworks to foster interoperable geospatial ecosystems that connect users with data. The event is no-cost to OGC Members and Government Employees.

OGC is seeking feedback on the candidate OGC API - DGGS - Part 1: Core Standard before voting on its adoption. The candidate Standard enables compliant APIs to retrieve geospatial data for a specific area, time, and resolution, based on a specific Discrete Global Grid Reference System, and also inquire which zones of interest correspond to a particular query. Lean more and provide your feedback at https://zurl.co/fDOb

The next OGC Climate & Disaster Resilience Seminar is this Wednesday (Nov 20) at 11:00-12:30 US Eastern. Hear Maria Carmen Llasat (University of Barcelona) and Nathalie Hilmi (Centre Scientifique de Monaco) discuss Climate and Disaster resilience in the Mediterranean Region. Very important given the recent floods in Valencia. The event is open for anyone to attend. Connection details here: https://lnkd.in/e9kqXyfz

The OGC Stack Winter School and TechSprint 2024 brought together a celebration of #womeningeospatial and #womenwhocode. We are proud of our women participants as well as our speakers. Gratitude to Department of Science & Technology, Government of India and The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) but we need to do more. Thanks Joana Simoes and also thanks to Wo-Men Geospatial Coterie, Megha Datta, Nadine Alameh not in the picture but contributing in many ways!!! #OGCStack, #WinterSchool

Exciting developments are underway with just two weeks until Innovation Days DC, a strategic partnership forming in Madinah, and the approval of OGC API – Environmental Data Retrieval – Part 2: Publish-Subscribe.