A true multi-university project, the Club de la Prochaine génération de Technologies (CPGT) currently consists of 17 students mainly from the Université de Sherbrooke yet also from McGill University, Concordia University, the Université Laval, the University of Toronto, the Hanoi University of Science in Vietnam and the University of Phnom Penh in Cambodia, without forgetting those from the Institut national de la recherche scientifique and the Cégep de Limoilou. These students, who all saw a need for a better exchange of knowledge between governments, industries, scientists and student communities in order to stimulate innovation both here and elsewhere, thus hoped to help provide a clear and precise vision of the geomatics industry and of Earth observation. In order to do so, the members of the CPGT, which was founded in May 2003, among other things, established and managed a discussion forum on the application of innovative technologies, developed a Web site (www.ngtc.cpgt.net) and published scientific articles for a targeted media. Concrete action which advocates the development, convergence and fusion of ideas and new technologies in the geospatial industry.