News in 2023
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Angel Collado, YSN FIG academic affairs representative, attends 2023
EAASI Summit
21-24 November 2023, Lisbon, Portugal
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The European Association of Aerial Surveying Industries (EAASI)
invited our YSN FIG academic affairs representative, Angel Collado, to
its annual meeting in Lisbon, Portugal.
EAASI is a non-profit association that brings together more than 50
European companies from the geospatial industry specialized in aerial
surveys (https://www.eaasi.eu/). The
annual meeting of this association was held in the city of Lisbon from
November 21 to 24 with the aim of sharing the progress and discussing
the challenges of our sector with representatives of the companies, as
well as members of the academy and young students. Four working groups
were established to address the attraction of young talent and increased
collaboration with universities, the review of the state of the art
technology and standards used in the industry, the current situation of
Air Traffic Control (ATC) and Aviation Authorities, as well as the
possibility of new business models in the airborne geomatics industry.
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Angel Collado was invited to participate as a young professor in the
round table "Universities and student's engagement" together with
student Vasil Dimitrov, member of the IGSM Sofia -Bulgaria- 2024 board;
Ada Perello, EEASI Communication and Social Media Manager; and Simon
Musaeus, VP Business Development (GCS) Hexagon's Geosystems division and
head of the Universities and student's engagement working group, who
moderated the panel discussion.
Collado also gave a presentation entitled "The role of FIG YSN and
Commission 2" in which he explained the work being done by FIG at the
international level, as well as YSN and Commission 2. He also spoke
about the in-depth work he has been doing for some years regarding the
scientific, academic and professional redefinition of Geomatics and its
different disciplines, as well as its dissemination at the national and
international level and the global inventory in the form of a
cartographic web viewer of Geomatics studies that is being prepared.
Other presentations on instrumental technology, artificial intelligence,
international standards and case studies in public administration
complemented these days of knowledge exchange and establishment of
connections and contacts between industry, academia and other
international organizations.
Some of the conclusions, to be applied from the academic field, that
were obtained from the event are the need to reformulate and update the
academic curriculum of European universities regarding the contents of
aerial geomatics in relation to geometric and interpretive
photogrammetry or 3D surveys with LIDAR taking into account the advances
of the geospatial industry to attract more recent graduates with better
preparation and knowledge to this industry. Similarly, the introduction,
use and impact of artificial intelligence in our sector should be
studied and analyzed, as well as research and increase the applications
of aerial geomatics beyond the traditional mapping of the territory. The
design and implementation of a European-level university master's degree
in aerial geomatics combined with business administration and management
(MBA) was one of the proposals made and will be discussed in the coming
months.
I would like to thank EAASI President Florian Romanowski, Vice-President
Roland Stengele and Secretary General Marcos Martinez for their
invitation. We have noted a good harmony between EAASI and FIG and we
are committed to increase our collaboration in the coming times for the
defence, promotion, improvement and strengthening of our discipline at
European and international level.
Angel Collado
December 2023
