Geospatial Technology in Times of Global Challenges

The conference will take place in hybrid or online mode November 24 – 26 (plus optional excursion), 2021, at Katmandu University organized by the Department of Geomatics Engineering, School of Engineering, Kathmandu University and the Geospatial Department of Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences, Stuttgart, Germany, co-organized by the Laboratory for interoperable, and open-source Geospatial Software, Data and Standards (HFT ICA-OSGeo-Lab).

Potential contributions are welcome in fields like Agriculture and Food Security, Geospatial IT, Land Use, Land Management, Public Health, Support for Economics using Spatial IT, Development of infrastructure, Urban Planning, ...

The prelimanary program is under development for download until end of Setember 2021.

As for previous conferences we plan to offer an interesting portfolio about current topics.

• Hamidreza Ostadabbas: Data acquisition with help of QField and open source GIS software (QGIS) (full-day)
• Christine Brönner: t.b.a.

You can register through our online conference system, https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=agse2021

Let us know about your intended contribution

AGSE 2021 will take place November 24 – 26 plus excursion, 2021, at Kathmandu University, Kathmandu, Neopal.

Kathmandu University

• Dr. Subash Ghimire, Acting Head of Department and Assistant Professor, Department of Geomatics Engineering, School of Engineering
• Dr. Reshma Shrestha, Department of Geomatics Engineering, School of Engineering
• Dr. Uma Shankar Panday, Department of Geomatics Engineering, School of Engineering
• Dr.-Ing. Ramesh Kumar Maskey, Professor of Civil Engineering (Water & Energy), Kathmandu University

Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences

• Dietrich Schröder, Faculty of Geomatics, Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Applied Sciences Stuttgart
• Franz-Josef Behr, Faculty of Geomatics, Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Applied Sciences Stuttgart
• Anja Ernst, Research Coordinator, Faculty of Geomatics, Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Applied Sciences Stuttgart

• Prof. Dr. Matthias Möller, Beuth University
• Prof. Dr. Jaishanker Nair, IIITM-K, Trivandrum, India
• Dr. Murimi Ngigi, Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, Kenya

The AGSE 2021 Committee plans to create a variety of sponsorship opportunities for this year's event. Sponsoring AGSE, unlike other conferences, is not just about marketing – it is also a meaningful opportunity to contribute to the meaningful dissemination of knowledge on behalf of our communities and the environment we are living in. Our specific focus ist to support education, training and scientific education in the realm of geospatial technologies, science and data. Contact agse@hft-stuttgart.de for further information.