Celebrating a successful 2012 Digital Earth Summit

September 2012 saw a highly successful summit bought to Wellington by co-hosts Wellington City Council and Land Information New Zealand.

The 4th bi-annual Digital Earth Summit saw speakers and attendees from around the world gather to discuss effective responses to the global environment, and societal changes in an increasingly populated world.

The Wellington summit included some firsts for the International Society for Digital Earth (ISDE) including graphic note taking of all keynote sessions, an interactive introduction to the Wellington restaurant scene for attendees, and even some Australians joining in a haka at the conference dinner.

Wellington was the perfect host for the Summit, and our world-class scientists and technologists, our beautiful ecological and cultural locations and unique geography, and our highly successful advanced digital and technology industry base ensured that the 4^th bi-annual is an event to be remembered.

The International Society for Digital Earth is a non-political, non-government and not-for-profit international organisation, principally for the promotion of academic exchange, science and technology innovation, education, and international collaboration.

The 5^th bi-annual Digital Earth Summit will be held in Nagoya, Japan in 2014.

Philippa Bowron
Chair