4th india usa space and geospatial business summit
Geospatial World Chamber of Commerce (GWCC) is organising the 4th edition of India USA Geospatial Business Summit on December 2, 2024 as part of GeoSmart India conference at Hyderabad International Convention Centre in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. The Bilateral Business Summit is supported by Geospatial World (GW) as Knowledge Partner. IN-SPACe, Government of India & Geospatial Data Promotion and Development Committee (GDPDC) has joined the Summit as the Strategic Partner. The Bilateral Business Summits would not only offer platform to commercial sector of the participating countries towards strengthening their business cooperation, but would also provide commercial mechanism to implement provisions and commitments made by political and diplomatic leadership towards including geospatial industries in trade and commerce.
There have been several initiatives going on between India and US that support strengthening of bilateral relations in the field of critical technologies including space and AI. And Geospatial sector is very much aligned and integrated part of these initiatives, and in fact, its geospatial industry that is and would continue to leverage and translate these initiatives real value trade and commerce. Currently, as per estimations, quantum of bilateral trade in geospatial sector between India and USA is estimated to be 2 billion $ and likely to grow to 5 billion $ by 2026. There is potential to grow the same to 10 billion $ by the year 2030 and for that we need to bring in geospatial in mainstream of bilateral discussions and create better environment for cooperation across research institutions, business enterprises, and government agencies.
Historically, India and the United States have had a long-standing commitment to qualitatively transform their strategic business partnership, particularly by investments and commitments, in technology knowledge sharing. The US is India’s most comprehensive strategic partner, and cooperation between the two extends across multiple areas such as space, trade, defence, multilateralism, intelligence, cyberspace, civil nuclear energy, education, and healthcare.
Opening Session: India - USA Space and Geospatial Market: An Overview
Session 1: Collaborative Opportunities for National Mapping
Dean Angelides
International Corporate Director
Esri, USA
Sreeramam G V
Chief Executive Officer
NeoGeoinfo Technologies Pvt.
Ltd.
Session 2: Geospatial Products and Solutions: Trade and Commerce
Siva Ravada
Vice President – Development
Oracle, USA
P V Rai
Managing Director
Pixel Softek Pvt Ltd
Dr Abhay Kimmatkar
Managing Director
Ceinsys Tech Ltd, India
Guest Address
Dr. Pawan Goenka
Chairperson, Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe)
Department of Space
Government of India
Session 3: Space Infrastructure and Downstream Applications
Sanjay Nekkanti
CEO
Dhruva Space, India
Dhruva Rajan
Board Director and Platform Lead
SatSure Analytics
Pranit Mehta
Co Founder & Vice President Business Development,
GalaxEye Space
Session 4: BIM and Digital Twin for Infrastructure
Eric DesRoche
Director Infrastructure Business Strategy
Autodesk, USA
Ryan Bank
Global Managing Director, Geospatial Insurance Consortium (GIC), USA
Bobbie H Kalra
Founder & President, Magnasoft Consulting India
Session 5: Science, Technology, Research, and Education
Dr Nisha Mendiratta
Executive Director
India US Science & Technology Forum (IUSSTF)
John Wilson
USC Professor and Founding Director Spatial Sciences Institute, University of Southern California, USA
Len Kne
Director
U-Spatial, Research Computing, Research & Innovation Office, University of Minnesota
Himanshu (Him) Mistry [B. Arch, MUD, MUP]
Assistant Director & Co-Head, Data Services, Research and Instructional Technology, New York University, USA
Miriam Olivares
GISP, Head-Geospatial Support Services, Computational Methods & Data, University Library and Center for Geospatial Solutions, Yale University, USA
Roshan Srivastav
Associate Professor & Project Director, Technological Innovation Hub, Indian Institute of Technology, Tirupati, India
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
