Monday May 22 |
8:30 am – 5:00 pm
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Pre-Symposium Workshops
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6:00 – 9:00 pm
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Board of Directors, Officers & Committee Chairs: Dinner and Board Meeting
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Evening |
Symposium Attendees: Dinners on your own
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Tuesday May 23 |
7:00 am |
Breakfast available
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8:30 am
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Opening Session with President Shaowen Wang
- Welcome greetings and introductions
- Updates on key and new UCGIS activities and opportunities
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10:00 am
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Break |
10:30 am
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Keynote Presentation: Daniel Sui, National Science Foundation
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12:00 pm
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Working Lunch - UCGIS General Council Meeting #1
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1:30 pm
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Panel: Mentoring Strategies and Recommendations (graduate school, research funding, and related topics)
- Marc Armstrong, University of Iowa
- Kate Beard, University of Maine
- Budhu Bhaduri, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Nina Lam, Louisiana State University
- Robert McMaster, University of Minnesota
- Shashi Shekhar, University of Minnesota
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3:00 pm
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Break
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3:30 pm |
Keynote Presentation: Francine Berman, RPI and Research Data Alliance
Got Data? Building a sustainable ecosystem for data-driven innovation
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5:00 pm |
Free Time
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5:30 - 8:30 pm
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Reception and Student Poster Presentations
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Wednesday May 24 |
7:00 am |
Breakfast available
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8:30 am
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New Frontiers in Research and Data: Lightning Talks and Breakout Sessions
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10:00 am
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Break
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10:30 am |
Panel: Is GIScience up to the challenges of a smart and connected world?
- Bhudu Bhaduri, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Mark Dowd, University of California at Berkeley
- Vanessa Frias-Martinez, University of Maryland
- David Wollman, National Institute of Standards & Technology
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12:00 pm
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Working Lunch: UCGIS Council Meeting #2
- Elections for President-Elect and Board Directors
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1:30 pm
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GIS&T Body of Knowledge, GIS&T Course Enrollment Survey, the AP GIS&T class, and additional related educational topics
- Jon Wilson, University of Southern California
- David DiBiase, Esri
- David Cowen, University of South Carolina (retired)
- Michael Solem, AAG and Texas State University
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2:45 pm |
Break
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3:15 pm |
Summer School Scholar Presentations
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4:15 pm |
Award Presentations:
- Ann Johnson, 2017 Education Award
- Budhu Bhaduri, 2017 Carolyn Merry Mentoring Award
- Dan Griffith, 2017 Research Award
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5:00 pm |
Free Time, and Dinner on Your Own
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5:30 pm - on
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Optional Field Trips: Discovering Georgetown |
Thursday May 25 |
7:00 am |
Breakfast available
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8:30 am
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Panel: Industry and Government Partnerships with Academia
- Amy Walton, Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Program, NSF
- George Percivall, Chief Technology Officer & Chief Engineer, Open Geospatial Consortium
- Michael Tischler, Director of the National Geospatial Program, USGS
- Steven Ward, Director of Geospatial Services, The Climate Corporation
- Gene Whitney, Chair of the Board on Earth Sciences and Resources at the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, National Academy of Sciences
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10:00 am
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Break
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10:30 am
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New Frontiers in Research and Data: Group discussion
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12:00 pm
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Lunch, with Incoming President Shashi Shekhar's Closing Remarks
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1:30 - 5:00 pm
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Optional: Meeting space available for small group project/proposal planning and writing |
5:00 - 7:00 pm |
Optional: Informal No-Host Gathering at Local Venue
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