When GIS empowers Lady Captain Planet – from flood prevention to Smart City

May 18, 2019, 6:30 – 9:30 AM

The May is the special month for women, at episode #28 Startup Grind Chengdu , we are honored to invite Yilan Wei, founder of Chengdu GIS Water Company and Slieen Liao, head of Natural Resources Industry SuperMap Co., Ltd. to discuss about the early warning systems and detection methods for natural disasters, as well as the economic chain and business ideas behind them in the roundtable.

In-person event

About this event

The May is the special month for women, at episode #28 Startup Grind Chengdu , we are honored to invite Yilan Wei, founder of Chengdu GIS Water Company and Slieen Liao, head of Natural Resources Industry SuperMap Co., Ltd. The two speakers will discuss with us about the early warning systems and detection methods for natural disasters, as well as the economic chain and business ideas behind them in the roundtable.

In this activity, we will learn how to build GIS (geographic information system) platform and the application of the big data, map, and remote sensing image processing through in-depth discussion on disaster prevention and detection. As the founder of Chengdu GIS Water Company, Ms. Wei has written several popular columns of water science for China Flood & Drought Management. She has Extensive experience of risk modeling and consultancy. Ms.Wei is also Proficiency in GIS mapping and scripting. As head of Natural Resources Industry SuperMap Co., Ltd, an international leading geographic information system platform Software manufacturer, Ms. Liao has her own unique views on the application of GIS Software and the products structure.

How to solve the problem of water resources and environment through data and visualization platform will also be one of the important topics. The two guests will also make an in-depth analysis of the industrial structure behind the prevention and detection of natural disasters, and share with us how to use the GIS system to integrate the resource information and collect the date , as well as how to build a digital earth and a smart city.

The event will be perfect for:

-People are interested in geography, earth conservation, early warning and detection of natural disasters

- professionals work in or want to engage in GIS application development

-People who want to understand the GIS industry

-Entrepreneurs are interested in software development, big data applications, and smart cities

Check out what happened

Moderator

  • Violet Chen

    Turret Capital

    Head of Investor Relations

Agenda

6:30 AMSign In & Food
7:00 AMIntroduction
7:15 AMPanel Discussion & Campfire Chat
8:45 AMMake Friends

Organizers

  • Christoph Hering

    Startup Grind Chengdu

    Chapter Director

  • Lillian Li

    Marketing Manager

  • Xuemei Zhong

    Speaker and Venue Manager

  • Alice Yu

    Sponsorship Manager

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