Head of the Digital Economy Unit (2016-2020) & Head of Spatial Data Infrastructure and Digital Earth Units (1997-2016), European Commission's Joint Research Centre.
Co-chair of the Architecture and Data Committee of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) & Co-chair of GEO Infrastructure Implementation Board (2006).
US former Vice President Al Gore gave a speech on Digital Earth.
Beijing, China
Theme: Towards Digital Earth
The world’s first symposium on Digital Earth was hosted by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), on which the 1999 Beijing Declaration on Digital Earth was released.
Beijing, China
ISDE is an international academic organization promoting academic exchange, science and technology innovation, education, and international collaboration towards Digital Earth.
The first ISDE Executive Committee consisted of 23 experts and scholars from over 10 countries and international organizations, such as Canada, the USA, Japan, and others.
Auckland, New Zealand
Theme: Digital Earth Summit on Sustainability
The first peer-reviewed international journal published by ISDE and Taylor & Francis Group, focusing on the theories, technologies and applications of Digital Earth.
Beijing, China
Theme: Digital Earth in Action
The 2009 Beijing Declaration on Digital Earth was released.
Washington, USA
ISDE was admitted to GEO, an intergovernmental organization then comprising 83 countries and 58 international academic organizations.
With two papers: "Digital Earth 2020: towards the vision for the next decade" published in IJDE (2011) and "Next-generation Digital Earth" in PNAS (2012).
Taipei, China
ISDE was admitted to ICSU (now ISC) as an official member on the ICSU 32nd plenary meeting.
Sydney, Australia
ISDE-DBRAlliance was established to boost scientific and technological exchanges and collaborations with countries and institutions along the Belt and Road.
The world’s first open-access big data journal in the Earth sciences published by ISDE and Taylor & Francis Group.
ISDE became a member of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management - Geospatial Societies (UNGGIM-GS).
Florence, Italy
Theme: Digital Earth in a Transformed Society
The 2019 Florence Declaration on Digital Earth was released.
Beijing, China
Theme: Big Earth Data for Sustainable Development
The first scientific book of Digital Earth published by ISDE and Springer.
With a paper "Digital earth: yesterday, today, and tomorrow" published in IJDE (2023).
A series of online events held every two months, featuring well-known international experts in the Digital Earth field.
With the aim of empowering young scientists in the Digital Earth field, ISDE-YSIN organizes the Youth Innovation Forum on Digital Earth series annually, and the ISDE - Lecture on the Digital Earth Youth Innovation quarterly each year.
Theme: Digital Earth in Support of Global Sustainable Development
Theme: Digital Earth and Sustainable Development of the Belt and Road Countries
To unfold the next two decades and beyond with the global Digital Earth community to ultimately benefit society.
