2017 GIS Day Conference

When: Thursday, November 9th 2017. 9:00am - 4:30pm

Where: STEW 206 & 214, Purdue University

Call for Lightning Talk Presentations - Deadline EXTENDED Sunday, October 29th, 2017 Sunday, Nov 5th, 11:59PM.

What's required:

Purdue students who are working on research that uses GIS as a component in any way are invited to present. Please note that GIS does not have to be the main component of the research. The presentation should not exceed 5 minutes. Your submitted abstract should not be more than 250 words.

Submit your title and abstract to https://purdue.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3ldwBIgBm1OaG57 by Sunday, October 29th, 2017 Sunday, Nov 5th,at 11:59 PM.

Purdue Libraries Esri Development Center Student of the Year Contest is now OPEN

The EDC Student of the Year is an annual award open to all Purdue students, sponsored by Purdue Libraries Learning Council. Its purpose is to recognize outstanding achievements in development of innovative tools, applications or techniques using ArcGIS platform. Each year the winner will be awarded with a plaque, and travel funds to attend an Esri conference. To enter the contest, please submit your work here before Nov 3, 2017 EXTENDED! Nov 6, 2017. For more details, please visit https://www.lib.purdue.edu/gis/edc

Career Lunch Registration

Register for Career Lunch

Career lunch on Purdue GIS Day provides opportunities for students to learn about GIS careers. We will invite guests from government agencies, private sectors, research labs, non-profit organizations, etc. to talk about GIS projects at work, important GIS skills to develop for job market, and possible GIS career opportunities. You will have opportunity to ask questions, and talk with potential employers. Light lunch will be provided (registration is required using above link).

GIS Day @ Purdue

Thursday, November 9th, 2017

Stewart Center, Room 206 & 214

Time	Activities
9:00 - 9:30 am	Coffee social Poster setup
9:30 – 10:00 am	Lightning talks
10:00 – 11:00 am	Keynote speaker: Chaowei (Phil) Yang, Professor of Geography and GeoInformation Sciences, George Mason University Spatiotemporal Computing for Enabling Scientific Research and Engineering Development
11:00am–12:00pm	Presentations Leveraging Space Observations for Understanding the Changing Planet Kumar Navulur, President of DigitalGlobe Foundation Inc. GeoData Science Education at Purdue Wen-wen Tung, Associate Professor, Department of EAPS, Purdue University
12:00 – 1:00 pm	Career Lunch
1:00 – 1:30 pm	Poster presentation
1:30 – 2pm	Purdue GIS Resource Update
2-3pm	First Round of display table + lightning talks*
3-4pm	Second Round of display table + lightning talks*
4 – 4:30 pm	Award

* Featured roundtable discussions include:

Incorporating ArcGIS Into Individual-based Modeling to Simulate Animal Dispersal, Patrick Zollner’s lab, forestry and natural resources
Integrated Spatial Education Experience (Isee) – Mapping a New Approach to Teaching and Learning Soil Science, Darrell Schulze, agronomy
GIS application in social studies, Fenggang Yang’s lab, sociology
Applying geographic information in classroom teaching, Catherine Dossin, Patti & Rusty Rueff School of Visual and Performing Arts, and Adam Watkins, Honors College
AR: Augmented Reality Demonstrations, Fabian Winkler and Shannon McMullen, Patti & Rusty Rueff School of Visual and Performing Arts
Unmanned Airborne Systems for Agricultural Management, Ayman Habib’s lab, Lyles School of Civil Engineering;
Visual Analytics for Command, Control, and Interoperability Environments Center (VACCINE)
Purdue Center for Environmental and Regulatory Information Systems (CERIS) and BoilerApps
Purdue Center for Regional Development (PCRD)
Indiana Local Technical Assistance Program (INLTAP)
Purdue Facilities Information Service
Tippecanoe County GIS Service

Questions? Contact geohelp@purdue.edu