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June 15-18, 2026 | University of Maryland| College Park, MD

The University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) will hos its 2026 Symposium on the campus of the University of Maryland in College Park.

The theme of the symposium is AI Everywhere! A call for participation will be issued in early 2026 for paper and lightning talks, a poster session, panels/discussions, and workshops. If you would like to organize a session, please contact us.

Some preliminary ideas:

GeoAI research (foundation models, LLMs, digital twins, ML and AI methods, geo-ontologies and AI, domain-specific methods, etc. )

AI and mapping – how is AI changing our cartographic workflows?

AI for geospatial education

Planning for careers where AI is part of the workflow

Fairness/ethics and AI

Public and private sector panels