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Major events in the metro Thursday evening kicked off a months-long stretch of activity that will have St. Louis’ geospatial sector in the global spotlight and reinforce the collaborative effort to establish our metro as the global center for geospatial technology.
Thursday evening, St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones joined Greater St. Louis, Inc. and leaders from the business, civic, and academic communities to help geospatial workforce development organization Gateway Global kick off a capital campaign for its new training center just north of the new NGA West headquarters, currently under construction in North St. Louis.
At the same time, GSL CEO Jason Hall led a panel discussion at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center that focused on the increasing synergy between St. Louis’ geospatial and biosciences sectors.
“As called out in the STL 2030 Jobs Plan, geospatial technology is one of the economic industry sectors that will help grow our regional economy in the future,” said Hall. “The growth of the geospatial sector has truly highlighted how our metro can successfully come together as one behind a plan to grow an industry that will drive inclusive growth for our community.”
In addition to the events last evening, the Taylor Geospatial Institute will celebrate its one-year anniversary on April 21. The Taylor Geospatial Institute has brought together eight of the metro’s leading research institutions to use geospatial technology to develop groundbreaking solutions to pressing global issues.
In May, GSL representatives will take our message of geospatial excellence to the global stage at the Geospatial World Conference in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. And later in May, thousands of the world’s geospatial experts will come to Downtown St. Louis for GEOINT Symposium 2023, the largest annual gathering of industry leaders.