The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) will bring its global geospatial community to Helsinki, Finland, for OGC Connect Helsinki — the 135th OGC Technical Meeting — hosted by the National Land Survey of Finland (Maanmittauslaitos).
Taking place June 1–4, 2026, the meeting will convene leaders from government, industry, defense, research, and the broader geospatial ecosystem to explore how interoperable systems, trusted data, and AI-ready infrastructure are reshaping the future of geospatial technology and connected digital systems.
The meeting comes at a time when governments, infrastructure operators, and technology organizations are increasingly focused on trusted, interoperable data infrastructure to support AI, automation, resilience, digital twins, and cross-border coordination.
Centered around the theme Interoperable Systems, Real-World Impact, OGC Connect Helsinki will feature hands-on workshops, strategic discussions, implementation sessions, and collaborative working meetings focused on semantic interoperability, GeoAI, digital twins, trustworthy automation, defense and intelligence workflows, climate resilience, and machine-readable standards and architectures.
Featured speakers and participants include Jarkko T. Koskinen, Director General of Research at the Finnish Geospatial Research Institute; Karl Hamilton, Head of the Digital Department at the European Environment Agency (EEA); Amy Rose, CTO of Overture Maps Foundation; and internationally recognized cybersecurity expert and bestselling author Mikko Hyppönen, alongside experts and leaders from national mapping agencies, standards bodies, research institutions, infrastructure operators, and technology companies from across Europe and beyond.
A major focus of the meeting will be the transition of semantic interoperability and AI-ready geospatial infrastructure from research concepts into operational implementation. Through hands-on workshops, collaborative sessions, and implementation-focused discussions, participants will work directly with emerging approaches around machine-readable Standards, Profiles, Building Blocks, and Registers designed to support scalable interoperability and connected digital ecosystems. The workshops will explore how organizations can apply these approaches in practice to reduce complexity, improve automation, and build more trusted, interoperable systems.
OGC Connect Helsinki is part of OGC’s global series of collaborative technical and strategic meetings designed to connect standards development, implementation, operational needs, and emerging technologies in an open, collaborative environment.
Registration is now open.
Event Information
OGC Connect Helsinki — 135th OGC Technical Meeting
June 1–4, 2026 – Helsinki, Finland
More information and registration: https://events.ogc.org/OGCConnectHelsinki
About OGC
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is a global membership organization where people come together in a neutral environment to solve geospatial challenges around how location data is shared, integrated, and used across systems, industries, and borders. OGC members develop open standards, frameworks, and practices that help make geospatial information interoperable, accessible, and ready for real-world implementation.
OGC Contacts
Muthu Kumar, Senior Director – mkumar@ogc.org
Christopher Keefe, CMO – ckeefe@ogc.org
