From November 30 to December 2, 2021, the International Business Convention "Aerospace & Defense. Meetings Torino", which took place in Turin (Italy). The forum was attended by representatives of various companies and manufacturers of the aerospace and defense industry. Many models of unmanned aerial vehicles, space probes, virtual reality systems, etc. were presented. Representatives of the department had the opportunity to meet, establish business relations and discuss new projects in the field of remote sensing of the Earth and GIS technologies. Such conventions are aimed at establishing ties between government, business and science. In parallel, conferences were held, where leading specialists in the aerospace industry, as well as representatives of the European Parliament, spoke. In total, more than 250 companies from more than 25 countries of Europe, Africa, North and South America, Asia and Ukraine took part in the convention.

Professor of the department Butenko O. S. (D.Sc., Prof.), head café Gorelyk S.I. (Ph.D., associate professor), associate professor of the department Krasovska I.H. (Ph.D., Associate Professor) attended the convention on behalf of Khai National University and the Department of Geoinformation Technologies and Space Earth Monitoring in order to update knowledge in the field of the aerospace industry and maintain the department's connection with leading companies developing GIS technologies.

On the November 13, the Department of Geoinformation Technology and Earth Space Monitoring celebrated the International GIS Day, which was attended by representatives of universities and organizations that are good friends of the department.

Students of our university and other universities of Kharkov gave a presentation on scientific achievements in the field of GIS and spoke about new trends in modern geoinformation technologies.

Our holiday was not only official but also entertaining. The students of the department presented creative videos about their fun life and difficult studying at the university. Traditionally, еach academic group had a chance to express themselves in the culinary competition. Totally, this year were 7 unusual skillful and creative cakes onon the "GIS" thematics were presented. None of the participants were left with a bad mood. Certificates with special design will remind our students about the unforgettable GIS-2019 holiday!

Gorelik S.I. (Acting Head of the Department) explained to schoolchildren and their parents the main directions of specialties.Applicants had the opportunity to consult the graduate works of our graduates to see the awards of the department and its students and to understend for themselves a special feature of the  training programme in the department. The acting head said that at the moment GIS was super modern and one of the most popular areas in the IT field, the labor market was being transformed into international standards which meant that knowledge of foreign languages was compulsory, in our case, English. 

INTERGEO 2018 is the leading international exhibition of geodesy, GIS and land management with 531 exhibitors from 37 countries, more than 18,000 visitors from more than 100 countries and 1,300 delegates to the international conference. The focus was on digitization and innovation which it introduced from the point of view of BIM, virtual and augmented reality, unmanned aerial vehicles and smart cities.

From October 15 to October 19 in Frankfurt am Main, a group of teachers from the Department of Geoinformation Technologies and Space Monitoring of the Earth which included Associate Professor Adreyev Sergey Mikhailovich and Associate Professor Krasovskaya Inessa Grigorevna attended the INTERGEO 2018 conference to follow the latest trends in the development of GIS technologies , the latest surveying equipment; evaluate modern methods of remote sensing of the Earth are available on the market and expand the horizons of cooperation with foreign representatives of leading companies in the field of GIS

Profiles of the exhibition INTERGEO:

- Geodesy devices, equipment, accessories and software;

-Photogrammetry: aerial equipment, photogrammetric scanners, digital photogrammetric stations;

- Cartography: printing and digital publications (topographic and navigation maps, plans, atlases, guides, etc.), Software, hardware; Operational printing;

- Geoinformation technologies: software, GIS projects;

- Satellite technology: satellite geodetic receivers, satellite navigation receivers and base stations in GLONASS, GPS, Galileo, and others;

- Laser scanning: ground and air laser scanners, software;

- Earth remote sensing data: satellite and aerial images;

- Construction of buildings and structures: engineering surveys, design, observation of deformations, geodetic support of construction;

- Land and real estate: cadastral survey, land surveying, land management, technical inventory and assessment of real estate, information cadastral systems, etc.;

On this day, the department of geo-information technologies and space monitoring of the Earth held a festive evening at KhAI which was attended by representatives of various universities and organizations whose activities in one way or another resonate with geographic information systems.It is important to note that this conference was a jubilee for our department and was held for the tenth time.As guests were invited representatives of our profession among graduates of the GIS department, the KhAI management in the person of the KhAI Vice-Rector for Science, Dr. Sc. Pavlenko Vitaly Nikolaevich, director of the company "Navigation and Geodesic Center", Kharkiv and a loyal friend of the department - Gorb Alexander Ivanovich. Each of the guests congratulated the department and shared his experience in the field of GIS.Students of our and other universities in Kharkov made presentations on their scientific achievements, revealing current trends in geo-information activities. The festive part of the conference consisted of two interesting contests for students: 1. Videos about the life of GIS students, revealing all the difficulties and deprivations of a difficult educational process from a cheerful and positive side; 2. Cake competition on the topic of geographic information systems. Representatives of the department acted as a jury, and as winners awards were awarded commemorative certificates.