The FIG Congress 2010 met in Sydney, Australia from April 11-16, 2010. The event proved to be the organization's largest ever, with a total attendance at 2,000, a sold out exhibit floor, and more than 800 papers presented. The majority of attendees were from Australia but Africa on the whole was well represented, and there were large contingents from Eastern and Western Europe and Scandinavia.
The International LIDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF) took place in Denver, Colo. from March 3-5, 2010. The event drew more than 500 attendees and 60 exhibiting companies. The program placed both an emphasis on research and innovation as well as application, with a mix of process oriented sessions, the strategies and hurdles of collection, and innovative LIDAR applications.

imagina 2010 was recently held in Monaco. The event included a 3D track together with an architecture and landscape-territory track this year , both of which proved highly successful. Several leaders in the 3D city, building and construction design space were present. Lively discussions and debates about the current future possibilities for evolving 3D technologies and applications were included. A 3D Ethics Charter was signed at the event. Jeff Thurston reports on the first of a two-part summary of the event.

imagina 2010 was recently held in Monaco. The event included a 3D track together with an architecture and landscape-territory track this year , both of which proved highly successful. Several leaders in the 3D city, building and construction design space were present. Lively discussions and debates about the current future possibilities for evolving 3D technologies and applications were included. A 3D Ethics Charter was signed at the event. Jeff Thurston reports in the second of a two-part summary of the event.
The SPAR 2010 Conference took place in The Woodlands, Texas from Feb. 8-10. This gathering of vendors and practioners in a hot technical topic drew an enthusiastic crowd of roughly 750 people, despite a travel-hampered week due to East coast weather. This year's event placed a focus on practical use of the technology, with apllication-centric conference tracks on topics such as security, industrial plant, foensics, scan to BIM and mobile surveying.
The inaugural GeoDesign Summit took place in Redlands, Calif. from Jan. 6-8. The invite-only gathering of roughly 250 people included well-connected representatives from academia, architecture, engineering, landscape architecture and planning. The purpose of the event was to outline a new geospatial approach that is being called GeoDesign
Over 500 participants from Russia, CIS and foreign countries gathered at the 4th International Conference “Earth from Space – the Most Effective Solutions” convened on December 1-3, 2009 at the Moscow Region “Vatutinki” recreation centre of the RF President Administration.
The organizers of the conference were ScanEx RDC and NGO Transparent World. Sponsors: ImageSat Int. N.V. – golden sponsor; SPOT Image S.A., Infoterra GmbH, MDA Corporation, e-Geos – silver sponsors. 'Web & GIS' mini-conference sponsor — 'Yandex' company.
| Tue May 21 UK - Esri UK |
| Tue May 21 USA - Space Tech Conference |
| Wed May 22 USA - FOSS4G North America |
| Thu May 23 Czech Republic - 14th European Forum on Eco-innovation |
| Thu May 23 USA - FOSS4G North America |
| Fri May 24 USA - FOSS4G North America |