Convened by the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management and hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through its General Authority for Survey and Geospatial Information (GEOSA), the 3rd UNWGIC will bring together the global geospatial community to navigate towards the next frontier. Embracing a digital renaissance, the Congress will reimagine humanity’s application of integrated geospatial information, knowledge, and insights for the collective good, and foster a future-ready geospatial ecosystem.
The Third United Nations World Geospatial Information Congress convenes under the theme “Navigating the Next Frontier: Embracing the Digital Renaissance and a New Geospatial Paradigm,” bringing together the global geospatial community to collectively explore and shape the future of geospatial information management. The Congress provides a global and strategic platform to navigate this next frontier by embracing a digital geospatial renaissance, reimagining the application of integrated geospatial insights, information and infrastructure for the collective good, and fostering a future-ready geospatial ecosystem.
Responding to the profound transformations driven by digitalization, the emerging artificial intelligence models and technologies, and the urgent demand for planetary sustainability and resilience, the 3rd UNWGIC seeks to advance a future-ready responsibly governed global geospatial ecosystem.
Establishing geospatial information as foundational digital public infrastructure and a global public good for effective and responsible governance
Reimagining geospatial information as a stimulus for People, Prosperity, Planet, and Peace
Vision, values, and national and global priorities
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Ms. Bermet Tashybekova
United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management Section, Statistics Division, Department of Economics and Social Affairs
Ms. Aigerim Mussayeva
United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management Section, Statistics Division, Department of Economics and Social Affairs
Email: [email protected]
Eng. Mohammad Almabrook
Office of the President, General Authority for Survey and Geospatial Information, Saudi Arabia
Email: [email protected]
Ms. Vilma Frani
United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management Section, Statistics Division, Department of Economics and Social Affairs
Ms. Aigerim Mussayeva
United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management Section, Statistics Division, Department of Economics and Social Affairs
Email: [email protected]
The Congress convenes under the theme “Navigating the Next Frontier: Embracing the Digital Renaissance and a New Geospatial Paradigm,” bringing together the global geospatial community to collectively explore and shape the future of geospatial information management.
16-19 November 2026
