UCGIS Winter 2009 Meeting Schedule Library of Congress - First Street & Independence Avenue, S.E. Doubletree Hotel - 1515 Rhode Island Avenue, NW Washington, DC February 5 & 6, 2009 [Wednesday, February 4, 2009] 06:30 pm - 10:00 pm [UCGIS Board Meeting and Dinner]   Doubletree Hotel Chairman's Room Thursday, February 5, 2009  Library of Congress, Members’ Room Sponsored by Senator Charles Schumer, New York   07:45 am Bus Departs Doubletree for Library of Congress, Jefferson Building [Participants should have breakfast on their own before boarding bus] Hotel Lobby 08:30 am - 8:45 am Opening Session and Welcome Robert McMaster, UCGIS President University of Minnesota Library of Congress Members’ Room   GIScience and Transportation Getting Us Moving   08:45 am – 10:15 am GIScience and Computational Transportation Science   Shashi Shekhar, University of Minnesota, Session Chair   Chang-Tien Lu, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   Hillol Kargupta, University of Maryland, Baltimore County    Budhendra Bhaduri, Oak Ridge National Laboratory            Presentation: A Knowledge Discovery Framework for America's Transportation System Library of Congress Members’ Room 10:15 am - 10:30 am Break   10:30 am – 12:00 pm GIScience and Transportation Engineering   Carolyn Merry, Ohio State University, Session Chair   Mark McCord, Ohio State University            Presentation: Documenting Truck Times at International Borders with Advanced Location and Geospatial Technologies   Kathleen Hancock, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   Jeremiah Dumas, Mississippi State University             Library of Congress Members’ Room 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch Library of Congress Members’ Room 01:00 pm – 02:30 pm Public Agency Briefings   Thomas Palmerlee, Transportation Research Board,     National Academy of Sciences, Session Chair      Steve Lewis, U. S. Department of Transportation            Presentation: USDOT Geospatial Information Programs   Dan Widner, Commonwealth of Virginia and     National States Geographic Information Council    Roger Petzold, Federal Highway Administration           Presentation: Current Agency Challenges in GIS   Greg Smith, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency              Presentation:  GEOINT Partnerships Library of Congress Members’ Room 02:30 pm - 03:00 pm Break   03:00 pm - 4:30 pm Reflections/Directions for GIScience and Transportation   Tim Nyerges, University of Washington, Session Chair   Shashi Shekhar, University of Minnesota   Carolyn  Merry, Ohio State University      Thomas Palmerlee, Transportation Research Board, NAS Library of Congress Members’ Room   Friday, February 6, 2008 Doubletree Hotel   08:15 am - 09:00 am Continental Breakfast Doubletree Director’s Room 09:00 am - 11:30 am UCGIS Next Steps Workshop: GIScience Knowledge Web Initiative Workshop participants will strategize to move proposal efforts forward based on the GIScience Knowledge Web (GISKW) vision document drafted by UCGIS delegates and partners. Although four team inter-linked proposal efforts are envisioned, next-step directions from this workshop and proposal development ultimately depend on the participation outcomes. Doubletree Director’s Room 1515 Rhode Island Avenue 11:30 am - 12:30 am Lunch Doubletree Chairman’s and Congressional Rooms 12:30 pm - 02:30 pm UCGIS Committee Meetings     Education 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Chairman's Room   Communication 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Congressional Room   Research 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Chairman's Room   Membership 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Congressional Room 02:30 pm - 03:00 pm Break   03:00 pm - 05:00 pm UCGIS Council Meeting Doubletree Director’s Room 06:30 pm - 10:00 pm [UCGIS Board Dinner and Meeting] Doubletree Chairman’s Room last revised 02/20/2009