Regional Geospatial Youth Forum 2021

The Regional Geospatial Youth Forum (RGYF), held in conjunction with the Singapore Geospatial Festival 2021 #SgGeoFest, aims to build interest, awareness and a community around geospatial professionals among youths in Singapore and ASEAN. Focusing on three key principles - Innovate, Inspire and Collaborate - the RGYF brings youths together to learn from one another and share their geospatial experiences. The ASEAN Geospatial Challenge (AGC) 2022 was launched during the event.

GeoEducation

GeoInnovation

GeoInspire

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Agenda

* Please note that all times are in GMT +8

11 am to 12 pm

Regional Geospatial Youth Forum: GeoInspire I

Immerse into the career journey of young geospatial professionals from various backgrounds & hear their personal experiences in applying geospatial to real world challenges.


Moderator Asst Prof Perrine Hamel Assistant Professor Asian School of the Environment Nanyang Technological University	Jinal Foflia Lead Program Manager, Geo Grab	Kristine Juvel Zayco Senior Sales Engineer Leica Geosystems Pte. Ltd	Wang Songyu Executive Data Scientist Design and Planning Lab Urban Redevelopment Authority	Jamie Simpson Pursuing Doctor of Philosophy (Science) University of Sydney

12 pm to 1 pm

Regional Geospatial Youth Forum: GeoInspire II

ASEAN Geospatial Challenge 2021 winners' presentation

Watch the winning teams from the ASEAN Geospatial Challenge 2021 share their experiences participating at the challenge. The ASEAN Geospatial Challenge 2021: Geospatial Youth Edition (AGC 21) brought youth in the ASEAN region together to use geospatial technology and information to support nations in achieving their Sustainable Development Goals. Targeted at students from Institutes of Higher Learning (IHLs) in the ASEAN region, the challenge aimed to:

Cultivate good relationships and collaborations among the youth in ASEAN

Elevate geospatial competencies and facilitate knowledge sharing

Raise interest in the geospatial field

Winning Teams

Distinction Award

Team: MapBeks from UP Diliman and Polytechnic University of the Philippines - San Juan (Philippines)

Project: MapBeks’ HIV and Support Facilities Mapping project aims to augment the country’s HIV and AIDS programme by creating an up-to-date, validated map consolidating all government and private facilities that offer HIV services.

Excellence Awards

SusCo Tech from SUTD

(Singapore)
GEO-AID from University of the Philippines Los Baños
(Philippines)
SYT² from
SMU, SIT, SIM and SUSS
(Singapore)

SusCo Tech’s solution tackles the challenges of harnessing renewable energy in different communities, defined by geographical zones.

Project GEO-AID is a Geospatial Database Crowdfunding Application Development that aims to address SDG 1 (end poverty in all its forms everywhere) with an interactive map system.

This project aims to empower wheelchair users to live independently and confidently and is aligned with SDG11 to foster the integration of an inclusive society within cities and communities.

2 pm to 3 pm

Regional Geospatial Youth Forum: GeoEducation I

Interact with academics to learn about geospatial education in ASEAN institutions, career opportunities and how the fourth industrial revolution has transformed geospatial.


Moderator Josef Tan Lead Specialist Geography, Curriculum Planning and Development Division Ministry of Education Singapore	Professor Chalermchon Satirapod Professor & Head Department of Survey Engineering Faculty of Engineering Chulalongkorn University Thailand	Dr Wang Yi-Chen Associate Professor National University of Singapore	Suelynn Choy Professor of Geospatial Science and Satellite Navigation Director, RMIT Satellite Positioning for Atmosphere, Climate and Environment (SPACE) Research Centre Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Australia	Saibal D. Chowdhury CEO and Co-Founder Urbanetic

3 pm to 4 pm

Regional Geospatial Youth Forum: GeoEducation II

Geospatial data analysis using open source tools

The use of QGIS, Python and R for geoanalytics.

Li Hengshan

Technical Manager

Singapore Land Authority

Lee Kim Haw

Technical Manager

Singapore Land Authority

Dr Kam Tin Seong

Associate Professor of Information Systems (Practice)

School of Computing and Information Systems

Singapore Management University

4 pm to 5 pm

Regional Geospatial Youth Forum: GeoInnovation

How innovative geospatial solutions are used by tech start-ups and government agencies to tackle different types of challenges today


Moderator Jiin Joo Ong Chief Technology Officer and co-founder Garuda Robotics	Bell Beh Co Founder & CEO Buzz ARVR Pte. Ltd. ("Buzz AR")	Lim Yohnny Geospatialist Landmark Integrated Pte Ltd	Abhijit Sarkar Manager, Geospatial Development / IT (Corporate Services) National Parks Board	Abdullah Maruf Platform Development Manager Synspective Inc.

The RGYF is held in conjunction with the Singapore Geospatial Festival 2021. Learn more here: https://go.gov.sg/sggeofest

Learn about previous editions of the Regional Geospatial Youth Forum:

Regional Geospatial Youth Forum 2021
Regional Geospatial Youth Forum 2020

Regional Geospatial Youth Forum 2019

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