Concordia was selected to host the XX Spatial Data Infrastructure Conference of the Argentine Republic (IDERA) and the United Nations International Seminar on the Integrated Geospatial Information Framework during the month of July.
Prior to this event, which positions the city as a relevant actor in the agenda of innovation, territorial planning, and smart development, the SIG-IDE 2026 Training sessions will take place this Thursday, June 4, and Friday, June 5, aimed at technical training and knowledge transfer linked to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI).
The activities, in which specialists from national organizations and Concordia will participate, will be held at the Regional Faculty of the National Technological University (UTN).
PROGRAM
The confirmed program for both days is as follows:
Thursday, June 4th
08:00-08:30 hours - Accreditation
08:30-08:45 hours - Opening of the SIG-IDE 2026 Training.
08:45 - 09:30 hours - Unit 1: Georeferencing led by Sergio Cimbaro – IGN. Geodetic systems and reference frames; History, evolution, and utility of official cartography; Georeferencing in the world; Applications of reference frames in QGIS and ArcGIS; Legal framework of georeferencing; Notions on cartographic projections; Georeferencing services available at the IGN.
09:30-10:30 hours - Unit 2: Geospatial information management and introduction to GIS led by Sandra Ponzo - Catastro GCBA and GTT Training (IDERA) and Alejandra Fernández - AGIP-GCBA/UADER and GTT Training (IDERA). Geographic Information Technologies (GIT); Geographic Information (GI), Geospatial Information; Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI); Challenges in global Geospatial Information management: UN-GGIM; Functions of a GIS: management, analysis, production, and dissemination of geographic data; Components of a GIS; Conceptual, logical, and physical data models; Logical model: ways of modeling reality; Geo-relational model. Spatial representation models in a GIS (vector and raster); Physical model: Shapefile and GeoPackage format. Topology issues; Data capture; Spatial relationships and information analysis; SDI. Basic concepts and application; Access to geospatial information.
10:30-10:45 hours - Coffee break.
10:45-12:15 hours - Unit 3: Norms, standards, and metadata led by Néstor Gustavo López. ARBA and GTT Metadata (IDERA) and Marcos Albornoz. ARBA and GTT Geospatial Information (IDERA). Objectives of standardization; Concepts regarding normalization and standardization; Geographic context: Standards in Geospatial Information - Premises for the development of an Object Catalog - Requirements of the ISO 19110 Standard-"Methodology for cataloging geographic phenomena"; What is metadata?, Why is it important?; Metadata as facilitators of discovery, access, interoperability, and reuse; Relationship between data, information, and knowledge; The role of metadata in Spatial Data Infrastructures; Real cases of success and failure associated with the absence of metadata; Identification, geographic and temporal extent, quality and lineage, distribution, restrictions, and licenses.
12:15-13:00 hours - Unit 4: Space remote sensing led by Mariana Horlent. CONAE and Julián De Vito. CONAE. CONAE and space activity in Argentina; Satellite missions; Applications of satellite information; General concepts of remote sensing; CONAE and massive user training; Access to data, products, and services. Bonus track: drones and satellites. Photogrammetry vs. Photography
Friday, June 5th
08:30-9:00 hours - Accreditation
09:00-09:45 hours - Unit 5: SDI and GEOIA: Introduction to geospatial intelligence, led by Luis Reynoso - UNCo, DPCeIT and GTT Geospatial Data Science (IDERA). Artificial Intelligence (AI) applied to Geospatial Information in the framework of geosciences; Earth Observation (EO); Satellite images and drone images; Purposes. Data: catalogs and datasets. Time series and data cubes. Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL). Supervised and unsupervised methods. Neural networks and convolutional neural networks (CNN); Geospatial foundational models. Towards intelligent systems based on SDI and GeoAI.
09:45-10:45 hours - Unit 6: Geoservices, publications, and visualization led by Gonzalo Pérez - IGN and GTT Technology (IDERA). What does a publication and visualization architecture consist of?; OWS services and OGC API protocols: what they are and what they are for, differences, and how to use them; Open spatial standards: use cases and recommendations; Map viewers: how they work, comparison of open-source projects; Use case: Argenmap (viewer); Base maps: available technologies, considerations, and examples of use; Use case: Argenmap base map.
10:45-11:00 hours - Coffee break.
10:45-11:30 hours - Unit 7: Role of the Spatial Data Infrastructure of the Argentine Republic (IDERA) led by Marcelo Emery. IGN, IDERA Coordination and María Laura Santaolaria. IGN, IDERA Coordination; General concepts of SDI; Spatial Data Infrastructure of the Argentine Republic (IDERA); Integrated Geospatial Information Framework (UN-IGIF).
11:45-12:30 hours - Success story - IDE CONCORDIA led by Sebastián Scevola. IDE Concordia.
The IDERA Conference, which will take place on July 1, 2, and 3, will bring together leaders from the public, private, academic, and scientific sectors to exchange experiences, present developments, and debate on the management of geospatial information, a key input for planning and strategic decision-making in governments.
Prior to this event, which positions the city as a relevant actor in the agenda of innovation, territorial planning, and smart development, the SIG-IDE 2026 Training sessions will take place this Thursday, June 4, and Friday, June 5, aimed at technical training and knowledge transfer linked to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI).
The activities, in which specialists from national organizations and Concordia will participate, will be held at the Regional Faculty of the National Technological University (UTN).
PROGRAM
The confirmed program for both days is as follows:
Thursday, June 4th
08:00-08:30 hours - Accreditation
08:30-08:45 hours - Opening of the SIG-IDE 2026 Training.
08:45 - 09:30 hours - Unit 1: Georeferencing led by Sergio Cimbaro – IGN. Geodetic systems and reference frames; History, evolution, and utility of official cartography; Georeferencing in the world; Applications of reference frames in QGIS and ArcGIS; Legal framework of georeferencing; Notions on cartographic projections; Georeferencing services available at the IGN.
09:30-10:30 hours - Unit 2: Geospatial information management and introduction to GIS led by Sandra Ponzo - Catastro GCBA and GTT Training (IDERA) and Alejandra Fernández - AGIP-GCBA/UADER and GTT Training (IDERA). Geographic Information Technologies (GIT); Geographic Information (GI), Geospatial Information; Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI); Challenges in global Geospatial Information management: UN-GGIM; Functions of a GIS: management, analysis, production, and dissemination of geographic data; Components of a GIS; Conceptual, logical, and physical data models; Logical model: ways of modeling reality; Geo-relational model. Spatial representation models in a GIS (vector and raster); Physical model: Shapefile and GeoPackage format. Topology issues; Data capture; Spatial relationships and information analysis; SDI. Basic concepts and application; Access to geospatial information.
10:30-10:45 hours - Coffee break.
10:45-12:15 hours - Unit 3: Norms, standards, and metadata led by Néstor Gustavo López. ARBA and GTT Metadata (IDERA) and Marcos Albornoz. ARBA and GTT Geospatial Information (IDERA). Objectives of standardization; Concepts regarding normalization and standardization; Geographic context: Standards in Geospatial Information - Premises for the development of an Object Catalog - Requirements of the ISO 19110 Standard-"Methodology for cataloging geographic phenomena"; What is metadata?, Why is it important?; Metadata as facilitators of discovery, access, interoperability, and reuse; Relationship between data, information, and knowledge; The role of metadata in Spatial Data Infrastructures; Real cases of success and failure associated with the absence of metadata; Identification, geographic and temporal extent, quality and lineage, distribution, restrictions, and licenses.
12:15-13:00 hours - Unit 4: Space remote sensing led by Mariana Horlent. CONAE and Julián De Vito. CONAE. CONAE and space activity in Argentina; Satellite missions; Applications of satellite information; General concepts of remote sensing; CONAE and massive user training; Access to data, products, and services. Bonus track: drones and satellites. Photogrammetry vs. Photography
Friday, June 5th
08:30-9:00 hours - Accreditation
09:00-09:45 hours - Unit 5: SDI and GEOIA: Introduction to geospatial intelligence, led by Luis Reynoso - UNCo, DPCeIT and GTT Geospatial Data Science (IDERA). Artificial Intelligence (AI) applied to Geospatial Information in the framework of geosciences; Earth Observation (EO); Satellite images and drone images; Purposes. Data: catalogs and datasets. Time series and data cubes. Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL). Supervised and unsupervised methods. Neural networks and convolutional neural networks (CNN); Geospatial foundational models. Towards intelligent systems based on SDI and GeoAI.
09:45-10:45 hours - Unit 6: Geoservices, publications, and visualization led by Gonzalo Pérez - IGN and GTT Technology (IDERA). What does a publication and visualization architecture consist of?; OWS services and OGC API protocols: what they are and what they are for, differences, and how to use them; Open spatial standards: use cases and recommendations; Map viewers: how they work, comparison of open-source projects; Use case: Argenmap (viewer); Base maps: available technologies, considerations, and examples of use; Use case: Argenmap base map.
10:45-11:00 hours - Coffee break.
10:45-11:30 hours - Unit 7: Role of the Spatial Data Infrastructure of the Argentine Republic (IDERA) led by Marcelo Emery. IGN, IDERA Coordination and María Laura Santaolaria. IGN, IDERA Coordination; General concepts of SDI; Spatial Data Infrastructure of the Argentine Republic (IDERA); Integrated Geospatial Information Framework (UN-IGIF).
11:45-12:30 hours - Success story - IDE CONCORDIA led by Sebastián Scevola. IDE Concordia.
The IDERA Conference, which will take place on July 1, 2, and 3, will bring together leaders from the public, private, academic, and scientific sectors to exchange experiences, present developments, and debate on the management of geospatial information, a key input for planning and strategic decision-making in governments.