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London & Singapore, The 6th edition of the two-day Geo Connect Asia opens on 31st March in Singapore, with a record attendance expected from leading Singaporean and regional government agencies, enterprise decision-makers and global experts.
Co-located with Digital Construction Asia, Drones & Uncrewed Asia and Ocean Connect Asia, the event is set to attract more than 3,000 attendees.
Under the theme Transforming technology into solutions: underground, land & sea to sky, Geo Connect Asia 2026 will host more than 150 speakers across seven conference stages, alongside over 100 exhibitors.
The conferences include the Geo Autonomy Summit, themed Transforming the power of geospatial knowledge, data, AI and autonomy into actionable insights; Ocean Connect Asia, themed AI, autonomy, robotics & uncrewed solutions as drivers of a sustainable blue economy; Digital Underground Connect 2026; Digital Construction Asia, themed Construction in the age of AI: innovation & sustainability shaping tomorrow’s built environment; Geo Smart Mining 2026; Indoor Mapping Forum 2026; and the GNSS Asia Executive Circle 2026.
Speakers include:
- Ed Parsons, Digital Geographer and Geospatial Consultant; former Geospatial Technologist at Google.
- Dr Victor Khoo, Chief Surveyor / Director of Survey & Geomatics at Singapore Land Authority.
- Dr Francisco Castillo, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Maynilad Water Services, inc.
- David Foo, Deputy Chief Executive (Operations and Technology), Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore.
- Alain Waha, Chief Technology Officer, Buro Happold.
The exhibition welcomes industry-leading companies including Trimble, Leica Geosystems and GrabMaps, alongside emerging players in the robotics and uncrewed segments such as Autel Robotics, AI and Robotics Ventures (ARV), Fixposition and OXTS.
Supported by the Singapore Land Authority, Geo Connect Asia serves as a meeting point for the Southeast Asian region, representing a population of more than 700 million and a combined economy ranked as the world’s fourth largest.
