UCGIS Winter 2010 Meeting Schedule Washington, DC February 4 & 5, 2010 Thursday, February 4, 2010 Library of Congress Members Room   06:45 am Continental Breakfast, Doubletree Hotel, Chairman’s Room 07:30 am Bus departs Doubletree Hotel for Library of Congress Research on Place-based Analysis and Its Role in Government Policy 08:30 am Welcome and Introduction by Tim Nyerges, University of Washington, UCGIS President 08:40 am Derek Douglas, Special Assistant to the President for Urban Affairs Developing Effective Place-Based Policies 09:40 am Raphael Bostic, Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, HUD     10:00 am Karen Siderelis, GIO Department of Interior, Acting Chair FGDC 10:20 am Break 10:45 am Panel Discussion: Place-based Planning and the Role of Geospatial Data and Analysis, David Tullloch, Rutgers University 11:45 pm Lunch 01:00 pm Dan Cotter, CTO Department of Homeland Security 01:20 pm Sean Ahearn, Hunter College CUNY, Spatial Data Infrastructure for Emergency Management: Lessons Learned from 911 and Katrina: Why Regions Matter 01:40 pm Jerry Johnston, CIO Environmental Protection Agency 02:00 pm Robert McMaster, University of Minnesota People, place and environment: Measures of environmental equity 02:20 pm Stephen Lowe, GIO Department of Agriculture 02:40 pm Chris Renschler, University at Buffalo (SUNY) Geospatial Decision Support Tools for Soil and Water Conservation at Multiple Scales 03:00 pm Break 03:20 pm Joseph Klimavicz- CIO, NOAA and Director of High Performance Computing and Communications Illustrating NOAA's Geospatial Role in Resilient Coastal Zones 03:40 pm David Hart, University of Wisconsin, Spatial data infrastructure to support sustainable and hazard resilient coastal communities on the Great Lakes 04:00 pm Wrap-up, Tim Nyerges, University of Washington, UCGIS President Friday, February 5, 2010 UCGIS Next Steps Download Schedule 07:45 am  Continental Breakfast, Doubletree Hotel, Congressional Room 08:30 am Welcome, Tim Nyerges, University of Washington, UCGIS President, Director’s Room 08:35 am GIScience Knowledge Web Update, Director’s Room Tim Nyerges, Sean Ahearn, Dawn Wright, Shaowen Wang, Steve Prager Discussion 09:30 am Break 09:45 am Workforce Development Panel, Director’s Room Sean Ahearn, Don Janelle, May Yuan, Keith Masback (USGIF), Michael Gould (ESRI), Dept of Labor (invited), Tim Nyerges, moderator Discussion The Education Challenge for Building a Nation of Spatial Thinkers by D. Janelle 11:45 am Lunch, Chairman’s Room Policy & Legislation Committee Lunch, Cabinet Room 12:45 pm UCGIS Committee Meetings Education Committee, Chairman’s Room Communication Committee, Cabinet Room 01:45 pm UCGIS Committee Meetings, continued Research Committee, Chairman’s  Room Membership Committee, Cabinet Room 02:45 pm Break 03:15 pm UCGIS Council Meeting, Directors Room 05:00 pm Concluding Remarks, Tim Nyerges, UCGIS President 06:00-10:00 pm [UCGIS Board Dinner and Meeting]   Additional Presentations: Stephen Information Officer, US Department of Agriculture - Enterprise Geospatial Management Office Strategic Direction and Capabilities Briefing   GeoDesign: Bridging GIScience and Design Disciplines presented by Mike Goodchild, University of California, Santa Barbara and   Naicong Li, Redlands Institute, University of Redlands   last revised 03/08/2010