According to NCC news, quoted from the International Cooperation and Engineering Services Export Office of NCC, the third meeting of the BRICS working group on "Geospatial Technologies and its Application" will be held on September 16 and 17, 2024 in Moscow, Russia. This meeting is organized by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, the Russian University of Transport (MIIT), the Institute for Scientific Research of Aerospace Monitoring (ISR "AEROCOSMOS"), and the Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography of Russia (Rosreestr).

 

The BRICS are a group of leading emerging economies. Originally, the BRICS included five countries, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. In 2024, the member countries have expanded to 10 countries. The five new countries that have joined are Egypt, Ethiopia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

 

The BRICS members encompass about 45% of the global population and 25-28% of the global economic capacity; this group has a high potential to influence the global economy and enjoys rapid economic growth and global influence. Since its establishment, BRICS has become an important platform for cooperation among emerging markets and developing countries. One of the BRICS working groups is the “Working Group on Geospatial Technologies and its Applications”. Geospatial technologies play an important role in today's interconnected world and provide valuable assistance to individuals, governments, and various sectors of the economy. The combination of spatial technologies with artificial intelligence, deep learning and big data analytics creates favorable outcomes in communications, navigation, transportation, cadaster, cartography, and other applications.

 

This meeting aims to organize a suitable platform for providing new and important opportunities to develop and strengthen geospatial technologies, expand areas of cooperation and discuss some of the key areas. Participating countries will present their latest achievements in this meeting.

 

Since the National Cartographic Center of Iran is on the verge of signing a Memorandum of Understanding on scientific and practical cooperation with the Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography of Russia (Rosreestr), the official Russian Cadastre and Cartography Agency has officially invited the representatives of the National Cartographic Center of Iran to attend this major event. Ali Javidaneh, the Director General of NCC and Ramin Papi, Head of the National Geoportal Department of NCC as the official representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran will attend this meeting to discuss and exchange views on geospatial technologies.