3rd India Japan Space and Geospatial Business Summit

The 3rd edition of India-Japan Geospatial Business Summit, is being organised by the Geospatial World Chamber of Commerce (GWCC), on December 3, 2024, as part of the GeoSmart India conference at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre. The summit, supported by Geospatial World as Knowledge Partner and IN-SPACe & the Geospatial Data Promotion and Development Committee (GDPDC) as Strategic Partners, aims to strengthen business cooperation between India and Japan in the geospatial sector. It will also provide a platform for advancing bilateral commitments on geospatial trade and technology, with the potential to grow the India-Japan geospatial trade to $10 billion by 2030. This event aligns with broader initiatives to enhance India-Japan relations in critical technologies like space, AI, and geospatial data, fostering collaboration across government, business, and research sectors.

 

Introductory Session: India -Japan Space and Geospatial Market: An Overview

Sanjay Kumar

CEO and Founder
Geospatial World & Geospatial World Chamber of Commerce

Opening Keynote Session: India-Japan Space and Geospatial Cooperation

Dr Rajeev Jyoti

Director
Technical Directorate, Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Center (IN-SPACe), Department of Space, Government of India

Srikant Sastri

Chairman
Geospatial Data Promotion & Development Committee (GDPDC), Government of India

Koji Ina

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Manager, Strategic Planning Division, Space Strategy Fund Department

Masayasu Ishida

Co-Founder, President & CEO, SpaceTide Foundation, Japan

Watanabe Makoto

First Secretary (Science & Technology), Embassy of Japan in India, Government of Japan

Taku Hiroki

Deputy Director General, JETRO India, Japan

Major General Harsh Chhibber

Commandant, College of Defence Management, Secunderabad, India

Session 1: Collaborative Opportunities for Geospatial and Space towards Digital Transformation

Lt Gen Girish Kumar

Advisor, Government of Haryana, India

Eiichi Sakata

Executive Managing Director, Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan (RESTEC), Japan

Ramesh Ananthakrishnan

CEO, DSM Soft Pvt Ltd, India

Amit Seymour

CEO, Satpalda | Satellite Imagery & Geospatial Services, India

Takayuki Odawara

Executive Officer, GM of Business Department, Synspective, Japan

Amit Kumar

COO, Suhora Technologies, India

Session 2: Geospatial Products, Solutions & Services: Trade and Commerce

Dr Rajeshree Dutta Kumar

Vice President
Programmes and Partnerships, GWCC

Javed Shaikh

CEO
QuantaSIP Geomatic Informative Solutions Pvt Ltd, India

Hiroyuki Miyazaki

Founder & CEO
Glodal, Inc., Japan

Dr VSS Kiran

CEO
Garudalytics Pvt Ltd, India

Akshay Loya

CEO
GIS Kernel Technologies, India

Vatsal Dave

Senior Vice President - Enterprise Solutions
Ceinsys Tech Ltd, India

Session 3: Space Infrastructure and Downstream Applications

Dr Chandra Prakash Singh

Deputy Director
Technical Directorate, Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Center (IN-SPACe), Department of Space, Government of India

Tsugito Nagano

Japan Lead
Aerospace & Satellite, Amazon Web Services Japan G.K., Japan

Ankit Bhateja

CEO
Xovian Aerospace, India

Kazuya Higuchi

Whole Time Director
Air Water India Private Limited, Japan

Naruo Kanemoto

CEO
Space Shift, Inc., Japan

Soumya Misra

CEO
Sisir Radar, India

Naveen Reddy SN

India Sales Manager
Axelspace Corporation, Japan

Session 4: In Conversation - BIM and Digital Twin for Infrastructure

Col Gaurav Singh

Vice President
Adani Group

Anurudh Singh

DM - High-End Solutions
Topcon Sokkia India Private Ltd

Co-Organiser

Strategic partners

SUPPORTING PARTNERs

SUPPORTING AGENCY

KNOWLEDGE PARTNER

ORGANISER

CORE OBJECTIVES

To deliberate on the various policy reforms pertaining to Geospatial and Space technologies towards strengthening the existing bilateral relations between the two countries

To demonstrate combined value of geospatial and space technology in overall development of the two countries through business dialogue

To showcase latest technology innovations across space, geospatial, AI/ML, Cloud, Autonomy and their combined integration with geospatial and EO capabilities to develop national geospatial knowledge infrastructure and its applications

To share and exchange the best practices of the Geospatial technologies embedded with future generation technologies and applications

To facilitate an actionable agenda for capacity building of the key stakeholders by leveraging of each other’s capabilities

To draw a roadmap for the next five years with Geospatial and Space technologies and applications at the nucleus

WHO WILL ATTEND?

Industry Leaders

Government Functionaries

Thought Leaders

Business Users

Implementing Agencies

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PROGRAMME

  • Dialogue forums consisting of participation from Government, Industry and Civil Society leaders
  • High Level Networking Reception

PROGRAMME SCHEDULE

INDIA -USA GEOSPATIAL AND SPACE BUSINESS SUMMIT

November 15, 2022

14:00 -17:00

Programme Agenda | Hall 2.5

Topic 1 – Policy Impact and Ease of Doing Business: An Indian Perspective

Topic 2 – India-USA Geospatial & Space Technology Collaboration: Opportunities for Industry

Topic 3 – Technology Transfer and Make in India: Opportunities and Potentials