The award ceremony will take place on June 19 in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Curitiba, May 15, 2013 -- On June 19, the ceremony of MundoGEO#Connect 2013 Awards will take place in Sao Paulo (SP), Brazil. The award presentation recognizes professionals, companies, institutions and brands of the geospatial industry. The five finalists list is available of each category.

“In the preliminary stage, we evaluated the relevance of the categories from previous years (2011 and 2012) and asked the community suggestions for new categories for this year’s awards, which brought us pleasant surprises, such as the best Facebook page,” says Eduardo Freitas, coordinator of the prize. “In the first stage, with all categories defined, once again we asked the geospatial community to indicate who the finalists should be,” he concludes.

Check out the finalists in some categories

Person of the Year – Universities
João Francisco Galera Monico (Unesp Presidente Prudente)
Joel Gripp (UFV)
José Augusto Sapienza Ramos (Labgis UERJ)
José Quintanilha (USP)
Vandemberg Salvador (IFBaiano)

Best Maps Provider
Digibase
Google
Imagem
MapLink
Nokia

Best Facebook Page about Geospatial Technologies
Abec-SP
Alezi Teodolini
ClickGeo
CPE Tecnologia
Embratop

Best SDI Initiative in Latin America
IDE Colômbia
Idera Argentina
Inde Brasil
SNIT Chile
Idemex México

Most Memorable Brand: Satellite Images
Alos
Astrium
Deimos
DigitalGlobe
RapidEye

The second voting stage is already open for MundoGEO#Connect Award 2013, which has 24 categories and is brought you by Garmin. To elect the winner, visit http://mundogeoconnect.com/2013/en/mundogeoconnect-2013-awards/second-round/.

About MundoGEO #Connect LatinAmerica

MundoGEO#Connect LatinAmerica - Conference and Trade Fair on Geomatics and Geospatial Solutions - is the largest and most important event in Latin America in the geoinformation sector. The third edition will be held from June 18 to 20 of 2013 in the Frei Caneca Convention Center, in Sao Paulo (SP), Brazil, with the main purpose to provide a new type of interactive experience between experts, researchers, end-users and industry operators using innovative models of dynamic models of debates and lectures, which favors the exchange of ideas and interaction among participants and panelists.

About MundoGEO

MundoGEO, founded in 1998, is leader in Latin America in integrated solutions for media and communication for the geospatial and LBS sectors. The connection platform generates content in portuguese, spanish and english for more than 100,000 professionals registered in the magazine, web portal, social nets, webinars and events, such as MundoGEO#Connect LatinAmerica. This annual event is held in Sao Paulo, and in the previous edition gathered together more than 3,350 attendees, from 27 countries, and 70 global brands in the trade fair.


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