Find the answers to these 5 questions at Geo Week 2025
With Geo Week 2025 just around the corner, what can attendees expect? For one thing, they can find the answers to five highly topical questions through the conference’s dynamic sessions and expert-led discussions.
Geospatial experts, asset managers, AEC professionals and more are gearing up to converge in Denver from 10-12 February for Geo Week 2025. The event will feature top companies and influential industry leaders, offering a prime opportunity for networking and gaining cutting-edge insights.
With its expansive programme, Geo Week spans three action-packed days, blending high-level education with in-depth case studies. With so much on offer, it’s tough to sum up everything in a few lines – but attendees can count on one thing: the conference’s dynamic sessions and expert-led discussions will provide the answers to these five burning questions:
How are leaders working with multiple datasets to complete complex projects?
Something we’ve heard constantly over the course of the last year is that we are officially in an era where professionals can relatively easily combine various datasets to construct more viable and complete models than ever before. It has always been true that the best way to create a 3D model of a complex area is to combine data from a variety of sensors – think combining a handheld mobile scanner with data from a terrestrial scanner, UAV-based scanner, and RGB imagery, for example – but actually doing so is easier said than done. Now, with sensors improving and artificial intelligence powering more flexible software, it’s becoming possible for even mid-sized firms to take advantage of all of these different tools on a simple target.
However, hearing that this is possible is different than actually putting these workflows into action. The easiest way to get that vision is often hearing real-world case studies about how firms and organizations are thinking about and working with all of this disparate data. Geo Week 2025 is filled with these kinds of case studies. Both keynotes, being held on Monday and Tuesday, will be diving into this for large-scale projects. And the rest of the week is filled with other examples and chances to hear from those who are doing this work, giving attendees a chance to hear about these successes as well as challenges that arise and best practices to follow.
How viable are NeRFs and Gaussian Splats?
In a similar vein, radiance fields have been capturing the imaginations of those working with 3D models, and scene creations – and specifically NeRFs and Gaussian Splats – have been dominating the conversations. Both of these techniques are relatively new, with the latter having only been introduced less than two years ago, and there are a lot of questions about them. Everyone agrees they are extremely cool and potentially powerful, but it’s unclear whether or not they are currently ready for mainstream usage in professional workflows.
Geo Week 2025 will help answer these questions for individuals. The truth is that this answer will be different for everybody, which makes it even more important to stay informed and make sure that your type of work is going to benefit from this technology as it stands today. This year’s conference programme includes one session dedicated specifically to this technology, and you can be sure that these techniques will be mentioned throughout the week, both in terms of what they can do today as well as – arguably more importantly – what they are not quite ready for.
Where are we on the digital twin evolutionary life cycle?
Many within the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) and geospatial realms have been hearing about digital twins for years at this point and have witnessed the life cycle of the term. It wasn’t all that long ago that people were using 'digital twin' as a buzzword without much tangible value behind it, for example. Today, we’re certainly past that point, but there is still some confusion about what is possible with digital twins today and how those in the industry are using these tools.
This year’s programme features a number of sessions looking at digital twins from all angles, focusing on reality capture’s base for the tools, how they’re used in operations, specific industries’ usage of digital twins, and how large-scale options are starting to emerge. If you have questions about how you can leverage digital twins, there’s surely a session that will help you get that answer.
How do we think about the democratization of surveying?
One of the common themes those in the surveying industry have heard in recent years is the 'democratization' of their industry. A traditionally complex and technology-heavy sector, surveying has seen a number of innovations over the last few years that have sought to make tools more accessible for those with less training. On the surface, this would seem like a good thing, but there are ramifications for these developments, both for surveyors who spent the time to be fully trained and certified, and for those paying for services who might not be getting the trained expertise they expect. Geo Week attendees will hear about some of this debate, as well as the cost of not getting the best survey possible.
How are the most cutting-edge AEC firms operating?
The AEC industry is dealing with problems to which they are no strangers, but that are still plaguing the sector. These include increasing demand with a shortage of workers, all with margins that are still as small as ever. Now, though, the industry is far past the days of being a technological laggard, and professionals are looking to harness tools to the best of their abilities. Firms that are still looking for best practices and are curious about how the top firms are thinking about today’s problems will have plenty of opportunities at Geo Week to learn how the biggest firms around the world are thinking about technological implementation and to hear real-world examples of how they are going through with this implementation.
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