Younger Geospatial Professional Award Winner to Present at SPAR 3D

March 1, 2020
|
Updated February 9, 2026
|

2 min read

Second Annual Younger Geospatial Professional of the Year AwardWinner Will Present Keynote at SPAR 3D Expo and Conference

YGP Logo - T0 present at SPAR 2020

March 2, 2020 – SPAR 3D Expo and Conference, Bentley Systems and Lidar News are pleased to announce that video submissions are now being accepted for the 2nd Annual Younger Geospatial Professional of the Year Award (YGP of the Year Award) competition. This is a unique opportunity to have your achievements in the 3D geospatial technology field recognized at this prestigious event. The award will be presented at the SPAR 3D Expo & Conference 2020 taking place in Chicago, IL, June 3 – 5. 

How it Works:

Geospatial professionals, 35 years old and younger are encouraged to submit a 2.0 to 2.5-minute video explaining and highlighting their:

  • Educational background, professional accomplishments and work history
  • Thoughts on their pursuit of excellence and leadership in the geospatial industry
  • Overview for a 10 minute keynote address at SPAR 3D

Possible topics for the keynote include (you can suggest your own):

  • A Demonstration of The Power of 3D Visualization
  • Programs to Attract and Retain Young Professionals to the Geospatial Industry
  • A Day in the Life of a Geospatial Professional in 2030
  • How Geospatial Professionals Will Be Involved with Smart Cities, Autonomous Vehicles, Small Satellites, and more…

Benefits:

In addition to industry recognition, the recipient of the award will receive:

  • One complimentary SPAR 3D Full Conference Pass
  • Air transportation* to attend SPAR 3D Expo & Conference in Chicago
  • Hotel accommodations** for three nights 

*Reimbursement for round trip air transportation limited to coach airfare up to $1,000
**Complimentary hotel accommodations provided for three nights at one of the official event hotels (to be determined by event management)

The deadline for the submission is March 31, 2020. Entries can be submitted by visiting this website

Questions and Submissions:

To submit your video please upload it to your preferred video platform (such as YouTube) and provide the link in the form. Contact editor@lidarnews.com with any questions. 

Get Lidar News in Your Inbox

Weekly updates on lidar tech, geospatial industry news, case studies, and product reviews.

About The Author

Gene Roe - founder of Lidar News

Alluxa optical coatings

Recent 3D Modeling Posts

Autonomous Navigation Lidar for ESA Moon Mission

Editor’s Note: Autonomous navigation lidar is enabling machines to understand and navigate complex environments without…

July 28, 2026

Lidar Supports Vivid Sydney Projection Mapping

For Vivid Sydney’s Creative Technology After Dark, lidar scanning was used to create accurate digital…

July 7, 2026

Preserving an Icon: Liberty Bell Digital Twin

The Liberty Bell Digital Twin Project recently created the first free, high-resolution public digital twin…

July 2, 2026
The four stages of 3D Gaussian Splatting reconstruction, visualised as a single progression. A sparse point cloud provides the initial spatial skeleton (left); large overlapping Gaussian primitives are seeded from those points and begin to occupy volume (second); the optimiser densifies and refines those primitives, packing them tighter as the form converges (third); finally, alpha-compositing from the correct viewpoint produces a photorealistic render with no visible primitives remaining (right). The primitives never disappear, they simply become coherent. This is not a surface mesh, not a voxel grid, not a neural network at render time. It is millions of learned ellipsoids, each carrying position, shape, rotation, colour and opacity, composited in depth order at real-time frame rates. Image: Mike Devers / Cr8ive Media

Gaussian Splatting and LiDAR: A Practitioner’s Field Guide

3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) is one of the most talked-about technologies in reality capture right…

June 23, 2026
New Coherent Lidar Expands What 3D Sensing Can See

New Coherent Lidar Expands What 3D Sensing Can See

A new lidar system developed by researchers at the University of Toronto, the Vector Institute,…

June 23, 2026

Cyprus History With 3D Heritage Modeling

An island-based French artist is blending traditional physical sculpting with modern digital workflows to preserve…

June 19, 2026

Popular Posts

SAM Managed geospatial services

Get Lidar News in Your Inbox

Weekly updates on lidar tech, geospatial industry news, case studies, and product reviews.

Commercial UAV Expo 2026