The Smart Geospatial Expo 2015 wrapped up a three-day run at the The-K Hotel in Yangjae-dong, Seoul, on Sept. 17.
It was the eight rendition and the nation’s biggest geospatial information exposition.
Renowned global geospatial information experts, industry people and working-level government officials from some 20 countries participated in the expo, which also coincided with an exhibition to display the latest technology and products as well as other events to support geospatial information companies to explore their markets.
“More ideas and aggressive cooperation are essential for the development of utilization of geospatial information technology, which will emerge as a key infrastructure of the future culture, and the government will actively provide support to Korean geospatial information companies to continuously develop technologies and conduct dramatic innovations based on the competitiveness of ICT the nation has accumulated,” Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Yoo Il-ho said in an interview.
The Smart Geospatial Expo 2015 was divided into an international convention and an exhibition, so each can be held biennially. Like previous years, the Smart Geospatial Expo 2015 invited Korean and foreign renowned geospatial information experts and industry people to present the latest information and research. In particular, foreign administrator and director-general and other working-level government officials in charge of geospatial information participated in the Working-Level Forum to flesh out details on the implementation of tasks contained in a joint statement agreed at the High-Level Forum in 2014.
The Working-Level Forum was an opportunity for Korean and other participating countries to discuss ways of promoting cooperation. Promising Korean companies may be invited to attend the forum.
Countries were invited in the Working-Level Forum to help Korean companies seize opportunities to enter them. They were selected among the counties in which Korean companies have launched projects, want to make inroads, or generally have much interest. Cooperation with the invited countries will eventually pave the way for Korean companies to participate in official development assistance (ODA)-initiated projects.
Some 30 booths, including those of the MOLIT, Korea Land and Geospatial Informatix (LX), Korea Land and Housing (LH) and major Korean companies were operated so the general public could get a glimpse and a better understanding of geospatial information at the expo. In particular, spectators were given a chance to experience unmanned aerial vehicle drones, comparison of virtual reality gadgets, 3D geospatial information convergence technologies, and the latest geospatial information trends.
Individuals who have ideas on using geospatial information in daily life were invited to participate in a geospatial information utilization contest. It is part of efforts to make the expo a space in which people consider the geospatial information industry as an industry in which he or she can create businesses.
Career Fair Zone was operated to recruit geospatial information manpower and help youth land jobs. The Zone will introduce the national competency standards (NCS), a new public entity recruit method departing from the conventional ones, and it will be a space for lending a helping hand to youth.
The Digital Geospatial Expo made its debut in 2008. In 2012, the name was changed to the Smart Geospatial Expo to create new value in the wake of the evolution of geospatial information, thanks to the development of science technology and ICT.
The Smart Geospatial Expo, marking the 8th expo, has moved from strength to strength, growing into an exhibition-cum-international conference event that attracts geospatial information experts from countries around the world as well as some 30,000 spectators.
The exposition was essential for the direct and indirect development of Korean industries and technologies.
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