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For more detailed background on this effort, please see our pre-event briefing paper, Sustaining Geospatial Science and Technology at Cornell University, which will be updated based on discussions and feedback from CUGEO.
Schedule
8:30am | Registration - Coffee |
9:00am | Opening Remarks
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9:10am | Opening Keynote: Geospatial Science and Technology at Cornell: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
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9:40am | Cornell NutriPhone Demo and Keynote: Smartphone-based Technologies for Mobile and Global Health
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10:20am | Coffee break |
10:40am | Panel 1: Applications of ArcGIS Online at Cornell |
11:30am | Panel 2: Potential Models for a Geospatial Consulting Unit |
12:00pm | Lunch |
12:30pm | Models for GIS in Higher Education
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1:10pm | Break |
1:20pm | Lightning Talks (5-minutes or less)
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2:40pm | Coffee Break |
3:00pm | Break-out Working Group Discussions |
4:30pm | Discussion summary and closing remarks |
5:00pm | Reception - Wine and Cheese |
Who should attend?
Anyone who...
- uses GIS software such as ArcGIS, Manifold, or QGIS
- does spatial analysis using other statistical or programming tools (R, SPSS, Python, etc.)
- thinks about spatial aspects of their research
- makes maps or needs someone else to make maps
- is interested in learning more about GIS at Cornell
Who is organizing this effort?
- Steve DeGloria (Professor, Crop and Soil Sciences; Director, Institute for Resource Information Sciences)
- Julia Finkelstein (Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition; Fellow, Center for Geographic Analysis at Harvard University)
- Joe Francis (Associate Professor, Development Sociology; Director, Program in Applied Demography)
- Keith Jenkins (GIS/Geospatial Applications Librarian, Mann Library)
- Boris Michev (Map and Geospatial Information Librarian, Olin Library)
- Diana Sinton (Associate Adjunct Professor, Crop and Soil Sciences)
- Sarah Young (Health Science and Policy Librarian, Mann Library)
Who is funding this event?
The Cornell Geospatial Forum is supported by a grant from the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future.
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