GeoBIM is one of the key technologies of digitalization. While digitalization techniques can contribute significantly to the fulfilment of every SDG, GeoBIM can directly contribute to six SDGs, namely, clean water and sanitation, affordable and clean energy, industry, innovation and infrastructure, sustainable cities and communities, and climate action. The topic of Asset and Facilities Management is also strongly related to the SDGs such as good health and well-being, and decent work and economic growth.

The expected outcomes of the GeoSDG summer school

• Increasing the knowledge on the GeoBIM for Asset Management through the investigation and teaching of theories and practices in BIM, GIS and advanced information management tools. 
• Development of case studies and demonstrations on the potential of GeoBIM for Asset and Portfolio Management, in the perspective of the development of a digital model of the built environment. 
• Increasing knowledge exchange among different disciplines: Asset and Facility Management, Architectural Engineering and Geographic Information Science.

The summer school is supported by the T.I.M.E. Association.

If you are a research student highly motivated and willing to explore the use of digital technologies for GIS, 3D City Modelling and BIM, and Asset and Facility Management, you are the perfect candidate. You should have background expertise in GIS and/or BIM and/or Asset Management.

Through a mix of theoretical and practical work, the summer school will allow you to obtain knowledge and skills in:

• Digital Twins of building and infrastructural assets (e.g., 3D models or BIM models of buildings, their components and outdoor equipment);
• Condition Inspection and Assessment of built assets;
• methodologies for condition data collection and processing in different contexts.