Events

Upcoming Events

Conference

HeiGIT at Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks

Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week (HNPW) is one of the largest global gatherings for Member States, UN agencies, NGOs, the private sector, academia, and other partners. It provides a space to share expertise, hold consultations, and collaborate on challenges spanning humanitarian action and development solutions in crisis contexts.

Mapathon

Mapathon on AI-assisted mapping

This mapathon seeks to design a controlled experiment to measure how humans modify AI-generated road geometries at the atomic level.

Conference

GeoAI and Deep Learning Symposium at AAG 2026

The Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers (AAG) will take place in San Francisco, California, and virtually from March 17-21, attracting thousands of experts from academia, government, and the private sector.

call for papers

Call for papers: VGI and Remote Sensing for Sustainable and Climate-Resilient Environments

Call for Papers

Call for contributions: AI for environmental and climate modeling

Open House Event

Impact Day: Waterproofing Data – Engaging Stakeholders in Sustainable Flood Risk Governance for Urban Resilience

The event will showcase the university's knowledge and technology transfer, spotlighting projects across four focal areas: socially relevant, industrial, sustainable and tangible.

GeoNight Mapathon

Conference

Unveiling the Impact of School Commutes: Charles Hatfield Presents Insights on Traffic Congestion and Urban Planning at ATRC 2024

The conference was established to address rapid urbanisation in Africa and the corresponding challenges for transport and infrastructure.

Mapathon

Mapathon on February 7th

The first Mapathon this year will be on February 7th.

Conference

State of the Map Africa 2023

Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon, is hosting a three-day conference with an emphasis on OpenStreetMap in Africa

Colloquium

GIS Colloquium with Sebastián Block Munguía

We are very pleased to host guest speaker Sebastián Block Munguía from the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (Yale University), who will give a talk on “Spatial datasets to assess countries' environmental performance”.

Lecture

Prof. Dr. Alexander Zipf presents on “Climate Protection and Humanitarian Aid: Support from Geoinformatics”

Prof. Dr. Alexander Zipf, Scientific and Managing Director at HeiGIT and Professor of Geoinformatics / GIScience (GIS) at Heidelberg University, will give a lecture on the topic “Climate Protection and Humanitarian Aid: Support from Geoinformatics.”

Lecture

Heidelberg Geographical Society Lecture Series

The Heidelberg Geographical Society (HGG) has invited leading experts to present on urgent contemporary issues and engage in discussions with the audience afterward.

Workshop

HeiGIT participates at this year’s Geography Awareness Week

HeiGIT organizes and participates in several events throughout the week, such as “Piloting Drones”, “Mapathon with German Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders”.

Events

Upcoming Events

All Events

Legal & Privacy

Work with us