The International GEO-Innovation Center recently concluded the Third International Quantitative Remote Sensing Summer School, which ran from July 9 to July 17, 2024. This annual summer school is co-organized by the GEO Center in collaboration with the School of Remote Sensing and Information Engineering at Wuhan University, the Quantitative Remote Sensing Research Center of Wuhan University, and the Department of Geography at the University of Hong Kong.

The International GEO-Innovation Center is organizing the 3rd International Quantitative Remote Sensing Summer School from July 10th - July 17th, 2024, in cooperation with the School of Remote Sensing and Information Engineering of Wuhan University, the Quantitative Remote Sensing Research Center of Wuhan University, and the Department of Geography at the University of Hong Kong.

Meghavi Prashnani, a senior faculty specialist at GEOG, participated in the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) Summit 2023 held from Dec. 12 to 14, in New Delhi, India.

The summit convened experts from diverse sectors to deliberate on the advancement and application of AI, grounded in shared principles. Discussions revolved around pivotal topics such as responsible AI, data governance, the evolving landscape of work, and fostering innovation and commercialization.

Assistant Professor Yiqun Xie and his group hosted the Imazon research group for an academic visit as part of the Google AI for Social Good project to foster collaboration and share ideas about monitoring and combating deforestation in the Amazon Forest via new AI advances. 

Delegates from the Department of Geographical Sciences (GEOG) at the Universtity of Maryland played a key role at the meeting fostering collaboration among 65 participants from nine countries.

On Dec. 18, 2023, the International Center for Innovation in Geospatial Analytics and Earth Observation (Geo Center), on behalf of the Department of Geographical Sciences (GEOG), hosted a delegation from the Vietnam National University of Engineering and Technology (VNUET) to strengthen their ongoing collaboration in education and research.

As part of the USAID CARPE program and with the support of the World Bank, the Global Land Analysis and Discovery

Associate Professor Sergii Skakun and faculty specialist Erik Duncan recently visited the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) to participate in GICHD Innovation Conference 2023, November 14 -16 2023. The GIHCD "works towards reducing risk to commu­nities caused by explosive ordnance, with a focus on landmines, cluster munitions and ammunition stockpiles."

GEO Week Ministerial Summit 2023, held from November 6-10 in Cape Town, South Africa, was a pivotal gathering for 115 member governments, and 152 participating organizations including participants from the International GEO Center. The summit highlighted the collaborative ethos that defines the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), uniting more than 100 national governments and numerous organizations.