4th Digital Earth Summit 2012

Source: Photo: Event Webpage

With a vision to harness the world's data and information resources through international cooperation, the International Society for Digital Earth (ISDE) aims to establish a digital replication of our planet which will allow us to monitor, measure, and forecast natural and human activity on the planet.

The 4th bi-annual Digital Earth Summit will see participants from around the world gathering to discuss how we respond effectively to the global environment and social changes in an increasingly populated world.

Participants

• Archaeologists
• Architects, Landscape Architects
• Artists (including musicians, new media, smart lighting etc)
• Business leaders
• City Planners
• Community leaders
• Educators (especially geography)
• Geoscientists
• Hardware and software vendors (GPS, Sensors, computer etc.)
• Indigenous peoples
• Meteorologists
• Policy makers (local, regional and central)
• Politicians (local, regional and central)
• Resource Managers
• Scientists, Academics & Researchers from multiple disciplines
• Software and Web Developers
• Students
• Teachers
• Technologists
• Urban Designers
• Venture Capitalists, Investors
  

Topics of interest are wide and varied, including (and certainly not limited to):

• Aerospace
• Agriculture and Horticulture
• Computer sciences
• Environment
• Fisheries
• Forestry
• Infrastructure and Transport
• Insurance
• Marine
• Mining
• Natural Resources
• Societies
• Square Kilometre Array (SKA)
• Telecommunications (esp. broadband and wireless)
• Tourism
• Utilities – electric, gas, water