After two years of digital conferences and a last-minute rescheduling on account of a rail strike, the fifth annual GGP Convention lastly came about in individual on Wednesday 11 January 2023 on the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG),in London.
We had been welcomed to the RGS by Professor Joe Smith, adopted by a presentation from Thalia Baldwin, Director of the Geospatial Fee who’re our departmental sponsor.
Morning session
In our morning plenary session, we heard from Harriet Knafler and Jonathan Brownett in regards to the revolutionary approaches getting used for environmental monitoring in Pure England. The GenePools venture permits members of the neighborhood to pattern the water of their ponds and discover out in regards to the hidden and invisible life inside their backyard. For bigger scale monitoring, Pure England is utilizing drones and Earth Statement to watch each species and habitats.
Parallel periods
The center a part of the day gave the chance for networking amongst attendees and alternatives to attend parallel periods specializing in particular themes.
These included –
The analysis session which was a possibility to listen to from present and former PhD college students on analysis subjects with direct relevancy to the career and wider authorities. Audio system from Newcastle College and College School London gave an summary of their work and the way the outcomes from their analysis have the potential to affect public sector resolution making and/or coverage path.
The technical session which was a possibility to listen to from skilled geospatial analysts and knowledge scientists on their use of expertise to ship/create necessary outputs and instruments to higher perceive our world.
The skilled growth session with info from the Authorities Evaluation Perform and Royal Geographical Society (with IBG),on assist obtainable for GGP members to assist progress of their profession growth.
The native authorities session, which was chaired by Nick Chapallaz, Managing Director of Geoplace, gave an perception to the work being undertaken in Leeds Metropolis Council and Essex County Hearth and Rescue Service.
Closing periods
Within the last plenary, Claire Edwards, Head of Geography Career in Pure England chaired a abilities panel, the place panel members representing the Affiliation for Geographic Data (AGI), Royal Geographical Society (with IBG),Geospatial Fee and Ordnance Survey (OS), explored the necessity that there’s within the geo sector to draw new expertise, and the way we work with employers and potential staff to fill the talents gaps.
This was adopted by Carly Morris, Head of Geovation – a neighborhood of over 1800 start-ups, traders, company innovators and builders who all perceive the facility of location knowledge, telling us extra in regards to the function of geospatial innovation in powering the financial system, society and surroundings. This message was dropped at life with a case-study presentation from Tom Scrope co-founder and CEO of Soil Benchmark a venture funded by Defra and OS’s Geovation accelerator.
To carry this nice day to an finish, David Wooden, Head of Authorities Geography Career mirrored on the shows from the day and on the work of the career over the past 12 months. He outlined what to anticipate within the subsequent few months together with our new technique, new management construction and new initiatives reminiscent of accreditation, steerage and mentoring. Look out quickly for info on the Geospatial Fee’s new digital and knowledge abilities coaching pilot provide and our upcoming annual awards.