Topics Webinar | GeoAI - Prospects and Challenges, 30 June 2026

A message from the webinar Chair:

This webinar series represents a collection of online presentations that brings together scholars from around the world with expertise in the field of Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI) and its diverse range of applications. The talks will provide an opportunity to share knowledge, exchange research ideas and discuss the emerging opportunities and challenges that GeoAI presents across different geospatial fields and application domains. Invited leading scholars will communicate their research results and share their perspectives and experiences on the current state and future directions of GeoAI.

MDPI has successfully hosted several well-received webinars in the Earth Observation & Geosciences (EOGEO) series, attracting thousands of researchers worldwide. Building on this momentum, we continue to collaborate with MDPI journals such as IJGI, Geomatics, Remote Sensing, Drones, Land, Fire, and Applied Sciences, to name a few, to promote high-quality academic exchanges in the fast-growing field of GeoAI.

Date: 30 June 2026
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 10:10 a.m. PDT | 12:00 p.m. to 1:10 p.m. EDT
Webinar ID: 831 3524 3925
Webinar Secretariat: journal.webinar@mdpi.com
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Program:

Speaker/Presentation	Time in PDT	Time in EDT
Prof. Dr. Suzana Dragićević (Chair) Chair Introduction	9:00–9:10 a.m.	12:00–12:10 p.m.
Dr. Levente Juhász Discrete Global Grid Systems (DGGS) as the Foundation for Planetary Scale GeoAI	9:10–9:30 a.m.	12:10–12:30 p.m.
Dr. Junghwan Kim The Uneven Geography of Generative AI’s Capabilities: Implications for Urban Analytics Research and Policy	9:30–9:50 a.m.	12:30–12:50 p.m.
Q&A Session	9:50–10:05 a.m.	12:50–1:05 p.m.
Prof. Dr. Suzana Dragićević Closing of Webinar	10:05–10:10 a.m.	1:05–1:10 p.m.

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Webinar Chair and Keynote Speakers:

Prof. Dr. Suzana Dragićević, Geography Department, Simon Fraser University, Canada;
Dr. Levente Juhász, Geographic Analytics, Technology and Open Research (GATOR) Lab; Geomatics Sciences, Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center; University of Florida, USA;
Dr. Lavinia Buta, Director, Smart Cities for Good (SCG); Affiliated Faculty, School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA), Virginia Tech; Faculty Affiliate, Center for Human-Computer Interaction (CHCI), Virginia Tech; Department of Geography, Virginia Tech, USA.