The National Geographic Information Institute of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said on the 9th it will hold the "spatial information convergence industry and local administration innovation forum" in Asan, South Chungcheong.
The two-day forum, held from this day to the 10th, was arranged to discuss concrete measures to protect public safety, enhance daily convenience, and support future new industries by applying advanced spatial information technologies—such as high-precision electronic maps and digital road registers—to administration.
Hosted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) and co-organized by the National Geographic Information Institute and Asan, South Chungcheong, among others, the event will be attended by about 800 officials from local governments nationwide and stakeholders from industry, academia, and research in spatial information.
With the theme "happiness to the public, vitality to the regions, and intelligence to space," the forum will seek points of contact between the spatial information industry and local administration and actively share ways to expand the use of spatial information in line with local governments' shift to digital administration.
In particular, industry, academia, government, and research will participate together to share cases of applying the latest technologies to spatial information, examples of administrative innovation, and policy directions, and will work to derive practical, mutually beneficial cooperation models.
Lee Ho-jae, acting head of the National Geographic Information Institute, said, "Spatial information is a core foundation of digital administration and an important means to simultaneously improve administrative efficiency and public convenience," adding, "Through this forum, we will strengthen cooperation between the central and local governments and further enhance spatial information policy capacity, making it an opportunity to improve public convenience in daily life."