Schedule

Monday June 22, 2009
Time Event
7:45-8:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 8:45 am Welcome and Introductions
  Tim Nyerges, UCGIS President
   University of Washington
8:45 - 9:45 am Research Plenary

  A Planet of Cities: Understanding Urbanization and Socioeconomic Development on a Global Scale
  Luis M. A. Bettencourt , Los Alamos National Laboratory 
 [Presentation]PDF
9:45 - 10:45 am Research Plenary

The Iplant Collaborative: A Cyberinfrastructure-enabled Collaborative for the Plant Sciences
 Damian Gessler
 iPlant Collaborative
 University of Arizona
 [Presentation ] PDF
10:45 - 11:00 am Break
11:00 - Noon Research Plenary

  Historical Perspectives and Recent Advances in Mapping the Science
  Kevin Boyack
  Chief Technical Officer
  SciTech Strategies, Inc.
  Albuquerque, New Mexico
  [Presentation ] PDF
Noon - 1:00 pm Luncheon
1:00 - 2:00 pm UCGIS Knowledge Web
  Tim Nyerges, Chair and Panel of UCGIS Delegates
2:00 - 3:00 pm UCGIS Research Discussion

  Breakout Groups
3:00 - 3:30 pm Break
3:30 - 4:30 pm Research Plenary

  UCGIS President-Elect May Yuan
  University of Oklahoma
 [ Presentation ] PDF
4:30 - 5:45 pm Committee Meeting

  Research Committee - Dawn Wright, Oregon State University, Chair
Evening Committee Meetings

  Communication Committee - Diancheng Guo, University of South Carolina, Chair
  Membership Committee - André Skupin, San Diego State University, Chair
   

Tuesday June 23, 2009
Time Event
7:45-8:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 8:45 am Introductions and Announcements
 
8:45 - 10:15 am

Education Plenary


  On Scale, Complexity and the Needs for Spatial Analysis in Education
  Carl Steinitz
  Harvard University and Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis,
  University College, London
 [ Presentation ] PDF
 
10:15 - 10:30 am Break
10:30 - Noon Education Plenary

Autonomous Urban Agents: a Santa Fe Approach to City Knowledge
A scalable framework for harnessing and harvesting emergent urban change in structures and activities.

  Stephen Guerin
  Redfish Group
  Santa Fe, New Mexico

  Fabio Carrera
  Venice Project Center
  Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  Worcester, Massachusetts
 
Noon - 1:00 pm Luncheon
Committee Meetings:
  Policy & Legislation Committee - David Tulloch, Rutgers University, Chair
1:00 - 1:45 pm

Education Plenary Discussion

Panel
  Steve Prager, Chair
  Plenary Speakers Panel
    Guerin, Carrera and Steinitz
1:45  - 3:00 pm

UCGIS Student Scholar Session


  Jeremy Mennis, Temple University, UCGIS Board of Directors, Chair
      Student Scholars
         Thomas Pingel, University of California, Santa Barbara [Presentation] PDF
         Liang Mao, University at Buffalo, State University of New York  [Presentation] PDF
         Hunter Allen, University of Georgia [Presentation] PDF
         Darren Ruddell, Arizona State University [Presentation] PDF

 
3:00 - 3:30 pm Break
3:30 - 4:45 pm

Committee Meeting

   Education Committee - Steve Prager, University of Wyoming, Chair


4:45 - 6:00 pm Council Meeting
Evening [Board and Committee Chair Dinner Meeting]