11th Annual

GIS Day @ KU

Wednesday, November 14, 2012
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 2012 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 –

	Registration	Parking
	Information and Job Fair	Student Competition

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All presentations will be in Alderson Auditorium on the 4th Floor Kansas Union. Refreshments, along with the Information and Job 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 – 9:15		Opening Remarks
9:15 – 9:45			Geospatial Intelligence at the Environmental Protection Agency Casey McLaughlin Information Specialist, US EPA
9:50 – 10:20		Geospatial Technology at NRCS Travis Rome Kansas GIS Specialist, Natural Resources Conservation Service
10:20 – 10:40		Break with Information and Job Fair Participants
10:40 – 11:10			Real Estate GIS for Rail Jennifer O'Bryan Sr. GIS Group Manager, Bartlett & West
11:15 – 11:45			Geospatial Semantics for Topographic Data Lynn Usery Research Physical Scientist and Director, Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science (CEGIS), U.S. Geological Survey
11:45 – 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 – 3:30			Matt May Assistant Director - Operations, Johnson County (KS) Emergency Management
3:35 – 4:05			3D Campuses, Cities, and Cars Too Brad Shellito Associate Professor, Youngstown State University
4:05 – 4:30		Concluding Remarks and Awards Presentation

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GIS Day 2012 @ KU is sponsored by:

Want to see your name below? Please register for the Information Fair at: http://www.gis.ku.edu/gisday/2012/InfoFair/

Platinum Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

• 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)

Silver Sponsors

• Bartlett & West
• KansasView
• Kansas Biological Survey
• U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Bronze Sponsors

• AECOM
• Black & Veatch
• City of Lawrence - Utilities Department
• ESRI
• Global Information Systems
• KU Center for Global & International Studies
• KU Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS)
• KU Environmental Studies Program
• Lucity, Inc.
• Wilson & Company, Engineers and Architects