Morocco to Host Digital Earth Summit 2018

摘要

The 7~(th) Digital Earth Summit (DES-2018) on Digital Earth for Sustainable Development in Africa will be held at the Faculty of Science of Chouaib Douakkali University in El Jadida, Morocco, from 17-19 April 2018. This conference will be one of the major events in the international community of Earth observation and geospatial information science in 2018. The conference will be organised by International Society for Digital Earth (ISDE) and the Chouaib Douakkali University (UCD) in partnership with the African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment (AARSE) and the Moroccan Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment (MARSE). The main objective of DES-2018 is to bring together scientists and professionals from the international and African communities to present the latest achievements, discuss challenges and share experiences. The conference programme will feature keynote speeches delivered by leading experts, technical sessions presenting reports of the latest research outcomes, discussion sessions on operational topics such as capacity building, spatial data infrastructure (SDI), big data, space policy, programmes and projects, as well as a commercial exhibition showing the latest products and services related to digital Earth and geospatial information technologies.