GIS Day @ KU is part of a nationwide event to promote awareness of geographic information systems (GIS), and how we use this evolving tool to analyze our world. We continue our tradition of bringing together a community of GIS users from academia, business and government.
The 2009 symposium will also include an information fair with vendors from academia and local business that will run throughout the day. As always, GIS Day @ KU is FREE and open to the public. Please register so we can plan for ample refreshments and provide pre-printed name tags.
| -- FREE Online Registration -- | Parking and Event Map |
| Google Map of Participants | Student Competition |
| Information and Job Fair | |
| All presentations will be in Alderson Auditorium on the 4th Floor Kansas Union.
Refreshments, along with the Information Fair, will be along the Jayhawk Walk also on the 4th Floor of the Kansas Union. |
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8:30 – 9:00 | Registration and Coffee | ||
9:00 – 9:15 | Opening Remarks | ||
9:15 – 9:55 |
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Spatiotemporal Semantics and Moving Objects Research Kathleen StewartUniversity of Iowa |
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10:00 – 10:40 |
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Open Source Software Development: Leading the Tribe Instead of Following the Herd
Howard ButlerHobu, Inc. |
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10:40 – 11:15 |
Break with Information and Job Fair Participants |
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11:15 – 11:55 |
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An Analysis of Conservation Gaps for Mexico
Jorge SoberónKU Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
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12:00 – 1:15 |
Lunch at the Kansas Union (on your own) |
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1:15 – 2:30 | Student Research Presentation Competition (8 - 8 minute talks) | ||
2:30 – 3:15 |
Break with Information and Job Fair Participants |
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3:15 – 4:00 |
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Keynote Presentation Infrastructure Fragility: Modeling the Impacts of Losing a Railroad Bridge Richard ChurchUniversity of California, Santa Barbara |
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4:05 – 4:45 |
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Flood Inundation MappingWendy PearsonNational Weather Service |
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4:45 – 5:00 | Concluding Remarks and Award Presentation |
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