Wednesday June 16..

GIS&T: Transformation, Education and Futures

Geospatial/geographic has fundamentally influenced many aspects of society in many different ways. People are becoming increasingly spatially aware, though, perhaps, not necessarily increasingly spatially literate, at least to start. GIS&T are finding their way, both directly and indirectly, into many aspects of education. Given the proliferation of GIS&T, what does this mean to the related educational enterprise(s) and research on geospatial/geographic education?

Time Event
7:45-8:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 8:45 am Introductions and Announcements
 
8:45 - 10:15 am

Presentation: Disorientations: Mapping the Knowledge Economy
                       (Presentation slidesPDF)
Tim Stallman, Craig Dalton and Lan Tu
UNC-Chapel Hill's Counter Cartographies Collective (3C)

10:15 - 10:30 am Break
10:30 - Noon Panel: Professional GIScience Education            
  Robert McMaster, University of Minnesota            
  Sheila Wilson, GISCI Executive Director            
  Doug Flewelling, University of Redlands            
  Tim Nyerges, University of Washington            
  John Wilson, University of Southern California
Noon - 1:15 pm Luncheon
Committee Meetings:
  Policy & Legislation Committee – David Tulloch, Rutgers University, Chair
 
1:15 - 2:30 pm
Concurrent Workshop 1A

Core Geographic Principles in GIS&T

Facilitators: Sarah Battersby, U. of South Carolina
Amy Lobben, U. of Oregon

Concurrent Workshop 1B
Integrating Information Literacy Principles in GIS&T Curricula PDF 

Facilitator: Jeff Hamerlinck, U. of Wyoming  
2:30 - 3:30 pm Break
3:30 - 4:30 pm
Concurrent Workshop 2A

How well does your undergraduate or graduate program prepare students for geospatial industry workforce needs?  

Facilitator: David DiBiase, Penn State University  

Concurrent Workshop 2B

Moving to Enterprise GIS  

 Facilitator: Toni Fisher, ESRI

4:30 - 4:45 pm Break
4:45 - 6:00 pm Council Meeting
Evening [Board and Committee Chair Dinner Meeting]