Geospatial Frontier Announcement
OVERVIEW
I am announcing that Project Geospatial will be hosting the Geospatial Frontier Virtual Tradeshow. This will be an immersive, 30-day geospatial experience with the goal of bringing together industry and government during these turbulent times. Why am I doing this? The current crisis has caused the cancellation of multiple tradeshows. Sure, our industry can likely hold out until the worst has passed but these tradeshows benefit smaller companies who thrive more on the exposure for their emerging technologies and government who especially in recent years championed innovation that is showcased at these events. Project Geospatial has always been committed to increasing awareness of industry technology, best practices, and education resources. Our effort for nearly 10 years has thrived in a purely virtual outreach effort and I want to leverage that experience to create a virtual technology fair for the industry. We have several goals for this event:
Make this conference a 30-day interactive experience; meaning that the schedule will have periodic keynote speakers with live broadcasts scheduled on a weekly basis throughout the month of May from industry and government alike.
Give analysts, tactical mission personnel, and geospatial hobbyists a chance to see the industry’s latest technologies, which is often a privilege for the select few who get to attend such tradeshows.
Give industry a chance to receive insights from government personnel, gaining unique perspectives of their workflows and current technology requirements without traditional acquisitional barriers.
Foster collaboration between industry and government personnel through new creative mediums.
The Geospatial Frontier virtual fair will be a dynamic living web gallery that creates an innovative and evolving digital experience staging updates of industry companies’ products and services. My goal is to have key industry leaders to provide mission updates, present unique projects and partnerships, and moderate virtual discussions on the latest in geospatial industry trends in a revolving schedule throughout the month of May. New content will be added constantly to drive return during the active duration of the conference and after the conference, the content will persist but transform into a digital industry library of best practices and industry technology demos. In addition, all content will be pushed through Project Geospatial’s distribution network and air on our podcasting streams.
Event website: www.geospatialfrontier.com
The event itself will consist of the following:
SCHEDULED KEYNOTES
LIVE DEMO SESSIONS
GALLERY OF INDUSTRY PRODUCT/SERVICE VIDEOS
LIVE CHAT ROOMS THAT ENCOURAGE BREAKOUT DISCUSSIONS
DEDICATED COMPANY PAGES FOR FURTHER INSIGHT
PERSISTENT VIDEO CHANNELS THAT WILL PLAY PARTICIPANT CONTENT CONTINUOUSLY
REGISTRATION
The conference will be free to attend for all interested, including the government. We still ask that you register as we can keep track of numbers, provide feedback to the company’s participated, and send you important information as requested concerning events within the conference.
Government
With that said, if you are part of a Government organization on any level, Federal, State, City we would like to encourage you to participate in the fair too. How do you do that? Through pre-recorded videos or we can schedule a live demo during the conference. Government and Individual projects will remain free but will be vetted. Reach out to us through the Sponsor email button too and we can discuss getting you into the schedule or supporting your needs in some way. Once again, this is FREE for Government.to attend and/or participate.
Industry Participation
This conference will not be free for the industry. We have several event sponsor packages reasonably priced. Those packages include items such as company banners in strategically located areas of the technology fair and opportunities to showcase more products and services that your company offers. If you interested in participating and sponsoring the conference please email using the link below and we will forward you the sponsor package options.
If you are a struggling small business in this industry talk to us. You are precisely the type of business we want to help in this crisis and therefore we will figure out the best way to support you through this event.
Non-Profit or Individuals who want to participate
There are many non-profits in our community and individual with a unique project to showcase or training material around open-source projects. I want to invite you all to not just attend but participate too. Send us pre-recorded training material or volunteer to host a live session to discuss your project or material. Just like government organizations, this is FREE for you to attend and contribute.
IN SUMMARY…
The website for the event is already complete, it just needs the people and content to fill it. Some who I have already contacted have called me ambitious for doing this but those who know my roots might say, it’s about time I did something like this. And I agree. It fits the mission statement of Project Geospatial. The way I see it there isn’t much to lose and everything to gain from all of us bringing this event together. So I ask everyone to bring your passion for the industry that I have and let’s show off how amazing being apart of the Geospatial Frontier really is.
Everyone is welcome to register now at the link below which also happens to be the launch page for the conference too. Sponsor package information, questions, or concerns, please email me using the next button.
