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Illinois GIS Day 2020

Event Type
Conference/Workshop
Sponsor
Department of Geography & GIS
Date
Nov 18, 2020   10:00 am  
Cost
This virtual event is free and open to the public.
Registration
Register via Zoom
Contact
Dept. of Geography & GIS
E-Mail
geography@illinois.edu
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Originating Calendar
Geography and Geographic Information Science

Join us on Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at the University of Illinois in a virtual celebration of GIS Day, the annual salute to geographic information science and technologies for achieving broad and transformative impacts. This virtual event on Zoom is free and open to the public.


Agenda

  • 10:00 am: Welcome and Introductions
    • Shaowen Wang, Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science
    • Kevin Pitts, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
    • Tracy Parish, Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations
  • 10:20 am: Keynote - A Geospatial Journey: Putting Data on a Map
  • 11:15 am: Career Event
  • 12:00 pm: Student Poster Session (breakout rooms)
  • 1:00 pm: Awards Presentation
    • Student Poster Competition Winners
      • Presented by Robert Rauber, Director of the School of Earth, Society, and Environment 
    • Make-a-Thon Winners, Nobel Project, Carle Illinois College of Medicine
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