Abbas Rajabifard

Prof Abbas Rajabifard is Geomatics Discipline Leader in the Department of Infrastructure Engineering and Director of the Centre for Spatial Data Infrastructures and Land Administration, The University of Melbourne both at the University of Melbourne.

Prof Rajabifard has spent his career researching, developing, applying and teaching geospatial and land information management and strategies and also digital twin platforms and SDIs to deliver benefits to both governments and wider society and is acknowledged as a pioneer in the concept of spatial enablement – using location to facilitate decision making.

He has authored/co-authored more than 450 publications including 15 books. He has also been consulted widely on spatial data management, SDI, land administration and spatial enablement, disaster management to many national government agencies and ministries.

He is a frequent keynote speaker at international geospatial conferences, forums and organisations and through his academic and professional activities, tirelessly promotes the surveying and spatial science professions driven by his belief that these professions play an integral role in delivering the vision of a sustainable future.