Keynote Speakers
Liqiu Meng
Prof. Meng conducts research in the field of cartography and visual analytics. Her recent research focus includes geodata integration, spatial cognition, Mixed Reality, visual data mining, map-based multimodal navigation services, and open portal for geospatial events. Prof. Meng earned her M.Sc. in cartography and geodetic engineering in 1985 in China and her PhD in geodetic engineering at the University of Hannover in 1993. She earned her university teaching qualification in 1998 at the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, and was appointed to the Chair of Cartography at TUM the same year. From 2009 to 2012, Prof. Meng was Senator of the Helmholtz Association for the research field Earth and Environment. From 2008 to 2014, she served as Senior Vice President of TUM for international alliances and alumni. She has been a member of the German National Academy of Sciences since 2011 and of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences since 2013. She is Vice President for the International Cartographic Association.
Prof. Georg Gartner is a Professor for Cartography and Geo-Mediatechniques at the Research Group of Cartography at the Vienna University of Technology. He holds graduate qualifications in geography and cartography from the University of Vienna and the Vienna University of Technology, including a habilitation.