BeGeo 2026 - Congres

Het congres van BeGeo 2026 zal zich toespitsen op het centrale thema van Geo-intelligentie voor een veerkrachtige toekomst.

Belangrijke thema’s verdeeld over verschillende parallelle tracks: Van publiek beleid tot wetenschappelijk onderzoek, van de strijd tegen klimaatverandering tot crisisbeheer en van duurzame ontwikkeling tot economie en innovatie: geo-intelligentie draagt bij aan veiligheid, meer veerkrachtige samenleving en beter voorbereide burgers.

Keynotes

Ingrid Vanden Berghe, administrateur-generaal van het NGI

Plenaire opening 10u00 - 11u00

(Welkomstwoord)

Nicholas Brown, Head of Office – United Nations Global Geodetic Centre of Excellence (UN-GGCE)

Plenaire opening 10u00 - 11u00

“You, me and geodesy”

(Presentatie in het Engels)

Modern society is dependent on satellites, and satellites are dependent on geodesy. In many countries, satellite information is essential for economic growth, the operation of critical infrastructure, and is a cornerstone of national defence forces. For satellites to operate accurately and reliably, their ‘place in space’ and Earth’s ‘place in space’ need to be observed and analysed constantly. This information is provided through the global geodesy supply chain.

The global geodesy supply chain is the collection of ground observing stations, data centres, analysis centres and highly qualified experts who observe the Earth and convert these observations into geodetic products which are essential to communicate accurately and reliably with satellites. This presentation will describe the weaknesses in the global geodesy supply chain and explore the actions of Member States and partners to strengthen it.