Geospatial information science is a discipline that focuses on using geospatial information technology to understand people, places, nature and processes of the earth. IoT refers to Internet of things, the combination of sensors, software and other technologies to connect and exchange data with other devices and systems over the Internet. The era of IoT brings us opportunities and challenges for geospatial information science. In the keynote, five characteristics and three scientific issues of geo-spatial information science in the era of IoT are summarised. Event date: 06/09/2022 Speaker: Prof. Daren Li Moderator: Prof. Christopher Chao (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) Panel members: Prof. Qingyan Chen, Prof. Qinhao Chen (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) Hosted by: PolyU Academy for Interdisciplinary Research