AGSE 2021: Geospatial Technology in Times of Global Challenges Kathamandu University Kathamandu, Nepal, November 24-26, 2021

AGSE – Applied Geoinformatics for Society and Environment- was initiated in 2009 by Prof. Franz-Josef Behr. Taking place on a yearly basis, the conference is being hold in different places all over the world.The overall scope of this conferences is to offer an interdisciplinary, international forum for sharing knowledge about the science and application of Geoinformatics with focus on developing countries.Besides invited keynotes the conference invites presentations to a variety of topics. There will as well professional training and workshops about current topics in the fields of Geoinformatics and Photogrammetry.

AGSE 2021 - Geospatial Technology in Times of Global Challenges will take place in online mode November 24 – 26 (plus workshops), 2021, at Katmandu University organized by the Department of Geomatics Engineering, School of Engineering, Kathmandu University and the Geospatial Department of Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences, Stuttgart, Germany, co-organized by the Laboratory for interoperable, and open-source Geospatial Software, Data and Standards (HFT ICA-OSGeo-Lab).

Potential contributions are welcome in fields like Agriculture and Food Security, Geospatial IT, Land Use, Land Management, Public Health, Support for Economics using Spatial IT, Development of infrastructure, Urban Planning, ...

This event is supported and sponsored by German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) by means of Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), by Kathmandu University and Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences. Hence registration is required, but it will be a free and open conference.

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:

• Full papers
• Extended Abstracts

List of Topics

• Geospatial Science and Technology
• Agriculture and Food Security
• Land use
• Regional planning
• Support for Economics using Spatial IT
• Development of infrastructure
• Public Health
• Open Source and Open Data
• Recent Developments in Geospatial IT, Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing

Committees

Program Committee

• see http://applied-geoinformatics.org/

Organizing committee

• see http://applied-geoinformatics.org/

Invited Speakers

• Janak Raj Joshi, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation
• Prof. Dr. Matthias Möller (University of Bamberg and Beuth University, Berlin)
• Christine Brönner (International Consultant)
• Matthias Ruchser (Crop Trust)

Publication

AGSE 2021 proceedings will be published by AGSE Publishing (as for previous conferences, see http://applied-geoinformatics.org/proceedings/).

Venue

The conference will be held in online mode at Kathmandu University, Kathmandu, Nepal and Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences, Stuttgart, Germany.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to agse@hft-stuttgart.de

Sponsors

• German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) by means of Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
• Kathmandu University
• Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences