Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography (GUGiK)

“Geoinformation in the National Security System” was the theme of the 33rd Conference in the “Geoinformation in Poland” series, organized by the Polish Association for Spatial Information (PASI). This time, experts in the SDI field gathered on October 28–29, 2026, at the Military University of Technology Club in Warsaw.

The opening session was began by Surveyor General of Poland Andrzej Żylis with a presentation titled “The Role of Spatial Information in the Security System.” On the first day of the conference, there was also a session dedicated to projects of the Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography (GUGiK) carried out in the interest of security, which was moderated by Deputy Surveyor General of Poland Ph. D. Anna Bober, with presentations by Jarosław Somla, Director of the Department of Geodesy and Cartography from GUGiK, and Szymon Szczerba, Deputy Director of the Department of Real Estate Information from GUGiK. Both the opening session and the GUGiK presentation block as part of the 10th Geodetic Briefing were streamed on the GUGiK YouTube channel.

During the conference, a ceremony was held to celebrate the 95th birthday of Professor Jerzy Gaździcki, the doyen of Polish geoinformation and Honorary President of PASI.

In the afternoon, Ewa Surma, Director of the Department of Strategy and International Cooperation from GUGiK, spoke as a panelist in a discussion on the national spatial information infrastructure, addressing “Changes to INSPIRE Regulations from the Perspective of the National Contact Point.”

This year’s conference was held under the honorary patronage of Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense, and Andrzej Żylis, Surveyor General of Poland.