August 21, 2018 -- The world-focused United Nations World Geospatial Information Conference(UNWGIC) will be held in Deqing, Zhejiang Province in another 100 days. August 11, the 100-day countdown to the Congress, marks a milestone moment for China to present a world splendor to promote the common prosperity and development in the field of global geospatial information.
The congress, covering from November 19 to 21, 2018, is hosted by the United Nations, undertaken by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Zhejiang Provincial Government. It serves as a window for geospatial information related enterprises to fully display their brands and technological achievements to the world.
With the overarching theme "the Geospatial Way to a Better World", the Congress aims to anticipate future trends in geospatial information, to promote better services of national geospatial information and technologies in the implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Agenda 2030, and to jointly address the development challenges facing all countries and the world. The Congress will bring together all stakeholders at the highest level, including governments, non-governmental organizations, academic and research institutions, and the private sector.
The UNWGIC will have four plenary sessions, seven themes and 35 parallel sessions, covering wide range of fields and aspects, including digital economy, sustainable development, geospatial information capacity building and intelligent society.
Meanwhile, the UNWGIC Technology and Application Exhibition will be held from November 19 to 23. The exhibition hall covers an area of 12400m2 and is expected to receive 30,000 visitors during the five-day period. The exhibition will focus on four major themes: intelligent equipment, intelligent applications, location based services and future life. It will showcase the state-of-the-art technologies, products and application solutions in geospatial information, satellite navigation, aerospace remote sensing, location services, artificial intelligence, big data and Internet of things from the world leading companies, academic and research institutions, as well as other related organizations from across the globe.
Bringing together global business elites, hundreds of manufacturers actively sign up
As an important platform for enterprises to show their development strength and technological capability to the world, once the news of the signing up of UNWGIC is out, it was strongly supported by enterprises around the world. With actively participating in the preparations for the Congress and working together with the Local Organizing Committee of UNWGIC, they all believe that the 2018 World Geospatial Information Congress will deliver a uniquely impressive splendor to the world!
Up to now, the Exhibition has received registrations from hundreds of outstanding global manufacturers, which cover many fields, including Internet, IT technology, geospatial information, intelligent city and so on. And within the elites, Alibaba, SAIC Group, Baidu, Zhengyuan Geography, DiDi, JD.com, NavInfo, South, CHCNAV, Zhenshan Technology, Esri, Mobileye, Bentley, Topcon, EV-IMAGE, DigitalGlobe, MDA, Supermapping software and TOPRS have confirmed to be as joint partners of the Congress.
100 days, the glory and dream of 430000 Deqing people
Since being selected as the venue of the Congress in August, 2017, Deqing has embarked on a journey of glory and dreams for the people of Deqing and even for China's geospatial information industry.
Since then, thousands of urban builders have swarm into Deqing from all over the country. They work together with endless efforts. In more than 360 days and nights, they were fighting on all fronts. With their efforts, the Deqing International Convention Center, the international Exhibition Center, the Auto-drive Testing Area, the Deqing Surveying and Geospatial Information Technology Museum and other new landmarks are about to be completed, and the city image is being constantly refreshed. Everyone is getting ready to be a qualified host.
As a significant milestone, 100 days has an important significance! We are ready! Deqing is ready! Let’s meet in Zhejiang and gather in Deqing to witness the world’s geospatial information festival in 100 days!