The Geoinformatics conference series was initiated by the International Association of Chinese Professionals in Geographic Information Sciences (CPGIS) in 1992. This international conference series has provided a unique forum for exchanging novel ideas and cutting-edge knowledge on geographic information sciences and technologies among GIS professionals worldwide. 
The 2017 CPGIS annual conference will be held August 2-4, 2017 in Buffalo, NY, USA. It will be the 25th anniversary of CPGIS. The National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis at Buffalo (NCGIA-Buffalo) will host the conference at CPGIS’s birthplace to celebrate 25 years’success and pay tribute to CPGIS members.
Please note there are also two workshops before and after the conference: Geo-Spatial Services (7/29-8/1, 2017) and Geo-Process Modeling (8/5-8/8, 2017).