10th Annual

GIS Day @ KU

Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Alderson Auditorium
4th Floor - Kansas Union

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 2011 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 and Open to the Public –

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.
8:30 – 9:00	Registration and Coffee
9:00 – 9:10	Opening Remarks
9:10 – 9:35		GIS in Indigenous Communities isn't Participatory GIS: Examples in Honduras & Mexico Peter H. Herlihy and John H. Kelly Ph.D. KU Department of Geography View Presentation (PDF)
9:35 – 9:55	Break with Information and Job Fair Participants
9:55 – 10:15		The Little Known History of GIS Bob Honea Director, KU Transportation Research Institute View Presentation (PDF)
10:15 – 10:35	Break with Information and Job Fair Participants
10:35 – 11:20		GeoComputational Intelligence and High-Performance Geospatial Computing Qingfeng Guan Assistant Professor, School of Natural Resources. Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies, University of Nebraska – Lincoln View Presentation (PDF)
11:25 – 11:50		Evaluation of Thematic Map Design in Geographical Journals in the 20th Century Terry Slocum KU Geography Department Chair and Associate Professor View Presentation (PDF)
11:50 – 1:00	Lunch at the Kansas Union (on your own)
1:00 – 2:30	Student Research Presentation Competition (Eight - 8 minute talks)
2:30 – 3:00	Break with Information and Job Fair Participants
3:00 – 3:25		Using Internet Mapping to Assist Natural Resource Planning & Management Michael Houts GIS/Remote Sensing Specialist, KS Department of Wildlife & Parks, KS Applied Remote Sensing & KS Biological Survey
3:30 – 3:55		Enabling Biodiversity Research with Open Source Workflow, GIS and Metadata Tools C.J. Grady Software developer, Informatics at the KU Biodiversity Institute View Presentation (PDF)
4:00 – 4:15	Break with Information and Job Fair Participants
4:15 – 4:35		GIS, Cartography, and Story-Telling: A Decade of GIS Research Dave McDermott Director of Geography Department, Haskell Indian Nations University View Presentation (PDF)
4:35 – 5:00	Concluding Remarks and Awards Presentation

• Coca-Cola

• KU Department of Geography
• KU Institute for Policy & Social Research
• KU Libraries GIS and Data Services
• State of Kansas Data Access and Support Center (DASC)
• Wilson & Company Engineers and Architects

• Bartlett & West
• Kansas Applied Remote Sensing Program
• KansasView

• Garmin
• KU Biodiversity Institute