Flavia Carvalho de Souza’s second visit to the Urban Planning Institute of the City of Rio de Janeiro (IPP) further deepened the promising collaboration initiated during her first meeting with the institute. This follow‑up encounter took place shortly after she reconnected with IPP colleague Leandro Gomes Souza, IPP’s Cartography Manager, at the 13th FIG LADM & 3D Land Administration Workshop (link to article requested to be published), where both engaged in discussions on land administration, 3D cadastres, and the use of advanced geospatial technologies for urban governance. The workshop provided an ideal setting to reaffirm shared research interests and to revisit the themes that had emerged during the initial meeting at IPP, reinforcing the sense that both institutions were moving naturally toward a structured and mutually beneficial partnership.
During the second visit, Flavia and the IPP team composed by Clara Sanchez, Managing Director, Felipe Mandarino, Technical Coordinator for Urban Information and Leandro Gomes Souza, Cartography Manager, revisited the collaboration agenda with renewed clarity and momentum. The discussions built on the foundations laid earlier—student internships, staff training opportunities, joint supervision of master’s theses, and shared research topics related to informal settlements, climate hazards, and LiDAR‑based urban monitoring. The reconnection with Leandro added an important technical dimension to the dialogue, particularly in areas where IPP’s operational expertise and ITC’s academic strengths intersect.
The second visit solidified the partnership’s trajectory and underscored the growing alignment between IPP’s urban planning mission and ITC’s geospatial research and educational goals.
