ISDE Hosted a Special Session at the Geospatial World Forum 2022

For the first time ever, the International Society for Digital Earth (ISDE) attended and obtained a high presence at the Geospatial World Forum (GWF) 2022 that took place in Zaandam, Netherlands from May 10 to 12. The Geospatial World Forum (GWF) is the premium geospatial industry platform that connects professionals and leaders representing the entire geospatial ecosystem. Its collaborative and interactive nature has made GWF a ‘conference of conferences’, offering unique, unmissable experience to geospatial professionals worldwide. For this year, the main theme of the gathering was to motivate discussions around the interaction between geography and humanity concerning sustainability of, not only the ecosystems, but the interdependent society and economy as well. Represented by those ISDE Bureau, Council and Working Group (WG) members that were present at Zaandam, the ISDE met and interacted with various stakeholders, industry sectors and individuals that shape the geospatial community. In this participation, the ISDE members showcased the organization’s mission and vision towards the Digital Earth. With a partnership forged with GWF, the ISDE also had the opportunity to organize a special event during the in-person gathering through a dedicated session entitled “The Platform Economy: Digital Earth as the Billion Dollar Code”. Such a theme, based on a German movie, illustrates perfectly the high-economic value that a Digital Earth Platform will have in the near future. The Geospatial World Forum brings together hundreds of participants from private sector enterprises, multilateral and development organizations, scientific and academic institutions, etc. This session was an extremely important action for ISDE since having a dedicated session during the GWF-2022 enables the ISDE to obtain high visibility within the geospatial industrial and governmental sectors.Those ISDE council and working group members present at the ISDE session during GWF2022. (L-R) Stephanie Tumampos (Young Ambassador), Mario Hernandez (Vice President), Caroline Gevaert (ISDE WG-3 co-chair for “Governance and Ethics”), Josef Strobl (ISDE WG-5 co-chair for “Education and Capacity Building”), Barbara Ryan (ISDE WG-2 co-chair for “Industry engagement for Digital Earth”), Alessandro Annoni (ISDE President), and Stefano Nativi (ISDE WG-1 co-chair for “Science and Technology for Digital Earth). *Not in photo: Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed-Ghouse (ISDE Vice-President). Photo by: Harsha Vardhan Madiraju.The ISDE session was successfully chaired and moderated by Stephanie Tumampos, ISDE Young Ambassador. Stephanie introduced ISDE to the audience and animated the final overall discussion, question and answers.The speakers present at the session were:- Alessandro Annoni, ISDE President- Stefano Nativi, ISDE WG-1 co-chair “Science and Technology for Digital Earth” - Barbara Ryan, ISDE WG-2 co-chair “Industry engagement for Digital Earth”- Josef Strobl, ISDE WG-5 co-chair “ISDE Education and Capacity Building”- Caroline Gevaert, ISDE WG-3 co-chair “Governance and Ethics”- Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed-Ghouse, ISDE Vice-PresidentAlesandro started the discussion with an overall vision of the current status of ISDE, and indicated how the concept of ISDE has evolved – initially considered as a single platform and today, being foreseen as a system of platforms working in full interoperability. Stefano, the next speaker, indicated that the digital transformation of society is feeding a “digital tornado effect”. He emphasized the fact that we are currently moving from a previous “internet of data” into a “platform economy” and this will require new forms of business and governance schemes. Stefano foresees “Digital Twins” as a system of systems that continuously learns and updates itself and, must be seen as a living digital simulation model that modifies and changes itself as its physical counterpart changes.The next talk initiated by Barbara indicated the important role the industry has. She also emphasized the importance of starting to orchestrate all current efforts towards a more sustainable and clearer goal not only for their consumers but also, for the whole of the geospatial community. Moreover, her emphasis on the 3-I’s which meant Inclusivity, Innovation and Integration provides a platform for opportunity for industries and stakeholdersThe advent of high technology and user data collection have also created a societal issue - ethics. Caroline discussed the topic of ethics and good governance in implementing Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the geospatial perspective. She recalled that, in ethics, actors do have a responsibility. She indicated the importance of inclusiveness, fairness and non-discrimination. From her point of view, fairness implies sharing benefits of AI technologies at local, national and international levels, while taking into consideration the specific needs of different groups. Additionally, she illustrated this particular concept with a striking satellite image showing a side-by-side view of a wealthy and well-developed human settlement area beside a poor and undeveloped one. Caroline concluded by indicating that with education. tools are being identified in order to support ISDE, and in particular, the area of Ethics and Governance.Education plays another important part in creating a “Digital Earth”. This is the message Josef, who is the ISDE co-chair for WG5 - Education and Capability Building for Digital Earth, highlighted in the session. He also underscored the importance citizen science has: “connecting by location”. Joseph also presented the Copernicus Master in Digital Earth, which is an Erasmus+ mobility programme designed for students to use data from the Copernicus satellite program and translate it into information broadening the Digital Earth vision. Lastly, Zaffar presented the application of Digital Earth in support of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and indicated the societal transformation that will be required. Zaffar showed the tremendous amount of data that is available indicating that society is absolutely not lacking data but that we are lacking the coordination to generate the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions and to help the UN SDG initiatives. He summarized that utilizing Digital Earth as a concept to communicate UN SDG development will be a way forward for the community to think. After the presentations, an overall discussion session was initiated. The attendees indicated their appreciation to be informed about the International Society for Digital Earth, an organization that was unknown to some of participants before this GWF event. One major topic discussed during the Q&A session was the issue of data quality as an essential component for the success of Digital Earth. It was indicated that quality should not only be at the level of data in its raw form but, it is necessary to assure quality in the whole process which is from data to information and then, to knowledge. Towards the end, it was recommended that such an ISDE session should be done at a wider audience at GWF, mainly to be considered as a plenary session. After the special dedicated ISDE session at GWF-2022, a private ISDE meeting was held in order to advance the discussion towards a vision for Digital Earth. The meeting was extremely productive and it illustrated that much progress is obtained through in-person meetings, as compared to being connected through teleconferences. This indicates that, in all issues related with Digital Earth, the human component is an essential element. The Digital Earth Vision should highlight this aspect since at the end it will be the society the one interacting with the Digital Earth system of systems. istarshine_translate: ISDE在2022年世界地理空间论坛上主办了一次特别会议 国际数字地球学会（ISDE）首次出席了5月10日至12日在荷兰Zaandam举行的2022年地理空间世界论坛（GWF），并获得了高度关注。地理空间世界论坛（GWF）是连接代表整个地理空间生态系统的专业人士和领导者的优质地理空间行业平台。它的协作性和互动性使GWF成为一个“会议的会议”，为世界各地的地理空间专业人员提供了独特、不可错过的体验。今年，会议的主题是围绕地理和人类之间的相互作用展开讨论，不仅涉及生态系统的可持续性，而且涉及相互依存的社会和经济。ISDE由出席Zaandam的ISDE局、理事会和工作组成员代表，与形成地理空间社区的各种利益相关者、行业部门和个人进行了会面和互动。在这次参与中，ISDE成员展示了该组织对数字地球的使命和愿景。在与GWF结成伙伴关系的情况下，ISDE还通过题为“平台经济：作为十亿美元代码的数字地球”的专门会议，在亲自聚会期间组织了一次特别活动。这样一个基于德国电影的主题完美地说明了数字地球平台在不久的将来将具有很高的经济价值。地球空间世界论坛汇集了来自私营部门企业、多边和发展组织、科学和学术机构的数百名与会者，该会议对ISDE来说是一项极其重要的行动，因为在GWF-2022期间举行一次专门的会议，使ISDE能够在地理空间工业和政府部门内获得高知名度。在GWF2022期间出席ISDE会议的ISDE理事会和工作组成员。（L-R）Stephanie Tumampos（年轻大使）、Mario Hernandez（副总裁）、Caroline Gevaert（ISDE WG-3“治理和道德”联席主席）、Josef Strobl（ISDE WG-5“教育和能力建设”联席主席）、Barbara Ryan（ISDE WG-2“数字地球行业参与”联席主席）、Alessandro Annoni（ISDE总裁），和Stefano Nativi（ISDE WG-1“数字地球科学技术”联合主席）。*不在照片中：Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed Ghouse（ISDE副总裁）. 摄影：哈沙·瓦尔丹·马迪拉朱。ISDE会议由ISDE青年大使Stephanie Tumampos成功主持和主持。Stephanie向观众介绍了ISDE，并为最终的整体讨论、问答制作了动画。出席会议的发言者包括：-ISDE总裁亚历山德罗·安诺尼-斯特凡诺·纳蒂维，ISDE WG-1联合主席“数字地球的科学和技术”-芭芭拉·瑞安，ISDE WG-2联合主席“数字地球的行业参与”-约瑟夫·斯特罗布，ISDE WG-5联合主席“ISDE教育和能力建设”-卡罗琳·格瓦特，ISDE WG-3“治理和道德”联合主席——ISDE副主席扎法尔·萨迪克·穆罕默德·古斯（Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed Ghouse）以ISDE现状的总体愿景开始了讨论，并指出了ISDE的概念是如何演变的——最初被视为一个单一平台，而今天，被视为一个完全互操作的平台系统。下一位发言人斯特凡诺表示，社会的数字化转型正在催生“数字龙卷风效应”。他强调，我们目前正从以前的“数据互联网”转向“平台经济”，这将需要新形式的业务和治理方案。Stefano预见“数字双胞胎”是一个不断学习和更新自身的系统系统，必须被视为一个活的数字仿真模型，随着物理对应物的变化而修改和改变自身。芭芭拉发起的下一次谈话表明了该行业的重要作用。她还强调，必须开始协调目前的所有努力，不仅为消费者，而且为整个地理空间社区制定更可持续和更明确的目标。此外，她对3-I的强调意味着包容性、创新和整合，为行业和利益相关者提供了一个机会平台。高科技和用户数据收集的出现也创造了一个社会问题——道德。Caroline从地理空间的角度讨论了在实施人工智能时的道德和善政主题。她回顾说，在道德方面，演员确实有责任。她指出包容、公平和不歧视的重要性。在她看来，公平意味着在地方、国家和国际各级分享人工智能技术的利益，同时考虑到不同群体的具体需求。此外，她用str说明了这个特殊的概念iking卫星图像显示了一个富裕且发达的人类定居区旁边的卫星图像。卡罗琳（Caroline）结束了教育。正在确定工具以支持ISDE，尤其是道德和治理领域。教育在创建“数字地球”方面起着另一个重要的作用。这是约瑟夫（Josef）的信息，约瑟夫（Josef）是ISDE的联合主席，用于WG5 - 数字地球的教育和能力建设，并在会议上强调了。他还强调了公民科学的重要性：“按位置建立联系”。约瑟夫（Joseph）还介绍了数字地球上的哥白尼大师，这是一项伊拉斯mus+移动计划，旨在学生使用哥白尼卫星计划中的数据，并将其转化为扩大数字地球视觉的信息。最后，Zaffar介绍了数字地球在支持联合国（联合国）可持续发展目标（SDG）中的应用，并指出了将需要的社会转型。扎法尔（Zaffar）展示了可用的大量数据，表明社会绝对没有数据，但我们缺乏协调来产生必要的知识来做出明智的决定并帮助联合国可持续发展目标倡议。他总结说，利用数字地球作为一个概念来传达可持续发展目标的开发将是社区思考的前进道路。演讲结束后，开始了整体讨论会议。与会者表示，他们感谢国际数字地球协会的了解，该组织在此GWF活动之前对某些参与者来说是未知的。在问答环节期间讨论的一个主要主题是数据质量问题是数字地球成功的重要组成部分。据表明，质量不仅应处于其原始形式的数据级别，而且有必要确保从数据到信息再到知识的整个过程中的质量。最后，建议在GWF的更广泛的听众中进行这样的ISDE会议，主要是被视为全体会议。在GWF-2022举行了特别的ISDE会议之后，举行了一次私人ISD会议，以推动讨论数字地球的愿景。这次会议非常有生产力，它表明，与通过电视会议建立联系相比，通过面对面的会议取得了很大的进步。这表明，在与数字地球有关的所有问题中，人类组成部分是必不可少的要素。数字地球视觉应强调这一方面，因为最终将是一个与数字地球系统互动的社会。