[SDI-Africa] Presentation of the Excellence Awards at Geospatial World Forum 2012

[Gordon Ojwang]

Presentation of the Excellence Awards at Geospatial World Forum 2012
In order to recognize and encourage innovations and excellence brought 
forward by geospatial technology developers, professionals, end users and 
policy makers, the Geospatial World Magazine will confer awards and 
recognitions for exemplary innovations and practices in the global 
geospatial industry during Geospatial World Forum 2012 in Amsterdam on 24th 
April 2012.
The awards will be presented to the winners selected by an international 
panel of judges, who will shortlist candidates from nominations sent from 
across the globe. Nominations for these prestigious awards are encouraged 
from all geospatial and allied projects for the following categories:
·      Geospatial Excellence Awards - For exemplary usage of geospatial 
tools in various fields (Governance, Infrastructure, Public safety, 
Utilities, Design and Engineering, Environment, Agriculture, Mining and 
Exploration, Transportation management, Business Intelligence, Insurance, 
Disaster Management),
·      Geospatial Technology Innovation Awards - For innovations and 
developments in geospatial technology e.g. Remote Sensing, Photogrammetry, 
LiDAR, 3D Modeling, Cartography, Web GIS, Mobile mapping, Enterprise GIS, 
Topographic surveying instruments, GIS ready imagery etc.
·      Geospatial Policies and Programs Awards - Policy makers and 
implementers whose work directly impacts in development of geospatial 
science, technology and business may submit their nominations for this 
category.
On the occasion of the announcement of Geospatial World Awards, Sanjay 
Kumar, Chief Executive Officer of Geospatial Media and Communications said, 
“The global geospatial industry has become an important contributing 
factor to the world economy. Such growth in the global geospatial industry 
is driven by innovations by the technology users. These awards are a medium 
to facilitate the pioneers and encourage newer innovations and best 
practices in the industry that would lead to further growth of geospatial 
technologies.” Nominations are invited in the above categories and can be 
submitted by 15 January, 2012. Submissions can also be done online at 
http://awards.geospatialmedia.net/.
 
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