 Welcome to the InterGew TV News from Hall 12 at Messe Frankfurt. InterGew 2018 has started and since Tuesday morning numerous attendees have been swimming into the exhibition halls to explore more than 600 exhibitors and discover trends and innovations in the geo-IT sector. The atmosphere is great and what really stands out is that the theme of digitalization is reflected everywhere and runs like a red thread through all the trade fair and conference. DVW President Hans Jörg Kutterer opened the InterGew conference with a keynote speech about digitalization, challenge and opportunity for the geo-industry. Kutterer invited people to use InterGew to gain a better understanding of digitalization, create networks and present original ideas. He stressed that geo-information plays an outstanding and independent role in the digital process. Professor Jürgen Döllner of the Hasse-Platner Institute provided an outlook on the state of artificial intelligence methods in his keynote speech 40 point clouds and machine learning, based interpretation as a core element for future geospatial applications, systems and digital twins. Machine learning has a radical impact on geodata industry, on geodata technology, point clouds. Point clouds as a key approach to capture reality, to capture our physical environment at any scale, for any type of environment and together machine learning and point clouds represent a very powerful solution. The market for the use of drones in a diverse range of applications is growing. Whether air taxi, delivery drone, as a helper in disaster operations, hardly a sector that could not profit from the use of unmanned aerial vehicles. The market potential is enormous, especially for surveying and inspection with drones. As part of inter-geo, inter-aerial solutions has become the largest gathering for the civil and commercial drone industry. In Frankfurt, over 180 companies present their innovations and solutions from the UAV sector and demonstrate their use in surveying and inspection. And forestry and agriculture in transport and logistics and many other areas. The Smart City Solutions World Cafe hosted numerous interested participants on the topic of drones in cities. At roundtables experts from the drone business discussed and planned solutions and pilot projects with municipal representatives on the use of drones in cities. It was common ground that some of the major challenges facing our cities can be met by the use of drones, such as mobility, logistics and urban development. However, the topic is still in its beginnings as the networking of technology with urban development is still in its first phase. One of the biggest challenges is to solve the acceptance problems of drones in society. The enormous potential of the drone industry is also reflected in the attendance of young companies. Fifteen startups present their latest business ideas. And at the startup session in the IAS Expo Forum, six young international companies pitched and presented their business ideas for drone applications. There were smiling winners on the first day of Intergeo 2018. Six startups presented their products and companies in pitches. Three of them were awarded by the CHURI. And Fairfleet is the winner of the Drone Pioneer Award. What we do is we have a global network of drone pilots and we are a full-service provider for drone services and we are more or less like a Uber for drone services. The startups MCompta and InFlights are on the second and third place. There is a total price of 5000 euro sponsored by the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development. Impressive live demonstrations are shown in the flight zone. Thirty different demonstrations of the latest drone technologies are held there several times a day. Each unmanned aerial vehicle has its own characteristics and is therefore particularly suitable for certain applications. With these uplifting pictures we will tell you now where you should fly by tomorrow. This will be exciting for the second time the Drone Pioneer Award will be presented to the applicant with the most visionary drone application for sustainable development. The award ceremony will be from 11.45 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. in the IAS Expo Forum. Don't miss the presentation of the visionary drone applications. The intergeo keynotes on Wednesday at 9.30 a.m. will focus on building information modeling and smart city. Impulses will be given by Ron Bisio from Trimble and Alanos von Radetzky. All visitors are cordially invited. Celebrate, grab a snack and get a drink, listen to good music and networking will take place in the Halls 12 with the exhibitors who invite you to the legendary intergeo night from 6 p.m. onwards. An overview of the intergeo program, all dates and of course all exhibitors and products are available free of charge in the intergeo app or in the intergeo report. Have fun at intergeo and see you.