The Association for Geographic Information has announced a first-of-its-kind event in the UK geo calendar.
It can also reveal that Ed Parsons, Geospatial Technology Advisor and Google’s first ever Geospatial Technologist, will present a keynote presentation at the AGI Foresight Conference 2025, and will be joined on stage by representatives from Amazon Web Services, AtkinsRéalis, Idox Geospatial, and 1Spatial.
The AGI Foresight Conference will take place on 13 November 2025, at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) in London. The culmination of a 12-month project exploring the opportunities and challenges for the geospatial sector over the next five years, the event will feature other high-profile presentations from leading figures across government departments, international agencies, and global tech companies.
“We are really excited at the calibre and standing of the speakers that are already confirmed and those we hope to be announcing in the forthcoming weeks as we finalise both the AGI Foresight 2030 report and conference programme,” commented Peter ter Haar, Co-Chair of the Association for Geographic Information. “We are also extremely grateful to the geospatial community for the support we have received for this project so far.”
Referencing previous Foresight Projects, the current work started with a wide-reaching survey aimed at identifying the biggest themes, influences, and developments, that will impact geospatial development through to 2030. Additional input has also been sourced from stakeholders working in government, commerce, academia, and research, in the form of one-to-one interviews. These results will be published in an independent report which will be launched at the conference on 13 November.
“Foresight projects take big, cross-cutting issues, summarise the evidence, and explore future opportunities, and we have seen common themes, both from within the geospatial sector, and in other areas such as health, insurance, and big tech,” he continued. “These include, but aren’t limited to: collaboration, artificial intelligence, digital twins, earth systems, and data, and it is fascinating to hear how these resonate across different applications and locations.”