The talk, "Shared Landscapes, Shared Futures: Visual Landscape Evolution Modelling for Community Stewardship" was presented by UC Civil & Environmental Engineering PhD candidate, Vinuri Piyathilake at the recent FOSS4G Hiroshima 2026 conference on September 2nd. #opensource @UCNZ

GRI Senior Software Developer, Luke Parkinson and GRI Director, Professor Matthew Wilson presented their talk, "Development of an open-source analytical Digital Twin framework for environmental modelling and management" at FOSS4G Hiroshima 2026 on September 1st @UCNZ #opensource

GRI Manager, Maria Vega and GRI Director, Professor Matthew Wilson delivered a presentation called, "Open-sourcing the ivory tower, or how to remove barriers between scientific modelling and communities through open-source software" to the FOSS4G Hiroshima 2026 on September 2nd.

GRI Director, Professor Matthew Wilson had an incredible week in Japan earlier this month, presenting three talks, including one on Sept 2nd called "FloodA5: An Open-Source Framework for #Flood Modelling on an Equal-Area Pentagonal DGGS" at the FOSS4G Hiroshima 2026 conference.

UC School of Earth and Environment PhD candidate/GRI Researcher, Xander Cai attended FOSS4G Hiroshima 2026 and gave a talked called, "Learning with Spaceborne LiDAR for Enhancement of Bare-Earth Digital Elevation Models from Global Data" on September 3rd. #opensource @UCNZ

It was a busy week in early September for the GRI Team who attended the FOSS4G Conference in Hiroshima, Japan. FOSS4G is the world’s largest international conference dedicated to Free and Open Source Software. To see photos & the titles of the talks visit: geospatial.ac.nz/gri-in-japa…

Congratulations to GRI Scholarship recipient Regina Chua, who received another award for her highly commended poster at the 42nd International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research. Attendance was supported by the @NeurologicalNZ Foundation.

GRI Scholarship recipient, Regina Chua presented her poster, "Systematic Review of the Geospatial Risk Factors of Parkinson's Disease", at the Health Research Society of Canterbury Poster Expo last week. She took home the Best Poster Award and a cash prize! Congratulations.

Camila Cesar attended the Agro-Geoinformatics International Conference in Sanya, China. She presented, “Developing an integrated multi-scale framework for satellite-based methane emission monitoring in Aotearoa New Zealand’s pastoral systems: A Canterbury farm case study.”

GRI Scholarship winner and PhD candidate, Regina Chua presented on 12 July 2026 at the International Medical Geography Symposium 2026, Toronto, ON, Canada a presentation titled, "Systematic Review of the Geospatial Risk Factors of Parkinson's Disease".

Last week at the River Flow Conference in Italy, Dr Paola Di Fluri (University of Bologna) presented research developed during her 2025 research visit to the GRI. She gave a talk, "Physically Based Simulation of Flood-Triggered Oil Spills Release Using the CAESAR-Lisflood Model"

Prof Matthew Wilson has kicked off his sabbatical this July with presentations across Greece and Italy, sharing research on how #DigitalTwins can support better #FloodRisk management and flood resilience. See more at geospatial.ac.nz/gri-directo…

🚀 Inspiring talk at @UCNZ by Astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg! From astronaut training to the future of space, she highlighted how space drives innovation on Earth 🌏Read more at: geospatial.ac.nz/astronaut-k…

We are excited to invite you to our upcoming GRI seminar featuring Astronaut Katherine Bennell‑Pegg. She will be giving a talk called “Two Nations, One Orbit: How Australia and New Zealand are making their mark in the global space sector”. events.humanitix.com/katheri…

We are excited to invite you to our upcoming GRI Seminar Series on Thursday, June 25 featuring Astronaut Katherine Bennell‑Pegg, Director at Australian Space Agency. Register for free at: events.humanitix.com/katheri…

Researchers from the Geospatial Research Institute, led by Professor Matthew Wilson and Xander Cai, are developing a cutting-edge AI-driven system to help farmers better understand and manage one of their most critical resources: water. canterbury.ac.nz/news-and-ev…

Congratulations, Clevon Ash on presenting your poster, "Communicating Flood Risk Uncertainty for Decision-making in Aotearoa New Zealand" at the EGU 2026 in Vienna Austria. Clevon will also be at BOKU University in Vienna as part of a short knowledge exchange

Sunil Tamang is currently participating in the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2026 in Vienna, Austria. On Tuesday, he delivered an oral presentation titled “Mapping the Margins: Evaluating Accuracy and Ambiguity in Automated Rock Glacier Delineation"

Join us for a GRI Seminar with Sara Mikaloff-Fletcher on Thursday, May 7th at 1pm at UC or via zoom. Learn more and register for free: events.humanitix.com/methane…

Please come in person or online to our next GRISS seminar. It will be on Thursday, May 7th at 1pm, featuring Sara Mikaloff-Fletcher, Principal Scientist at Earth Sciences NZ. She will be giving a talk Quantifying agricultural CH4 events.humanitix.com/methane… #methanesat