GISDay 2015 College Program
When: Thursday, November 12th 2015. 9:00am – 5:00pm
Where: STEW 218, Purdue University
Career Lunch Registration
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).
Call for Lightning Talk Presentations – Deadline Saturday, November 5th, 2015 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_1zgF10n53mIrFSR by Saturday, November 5th, 2015 at 11:59 PM.
Call for Student Poster Competition – Deadline Saturday, November 5th, 2015 11:59PM
What’s Required:
Purdue students who are working on research that uses GIS as a component in any way are invited to submit Please note that GIS does not have to be the main component of the research. Your submitted abstract should not be more than 250 words.
Submit your poster abstract to https://purdue.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1zgF10n53mIrFSR by Saturday, November 5th, 2015 at 11:59 PM.
Registration for Thursday Workshops
ArcGIS Online Workshop (for new users) – register at https://purdue.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bK7z5FQibzfGQ2p
ArcGIS Collector App (Easily gather customized data with your phone or tablet) – register at https://purdue.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bK7z5FQibzfGQ2p
Geocoding Workshop – register at https://purdue.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bK7z5FQibzfGQ2p
Registration for Friday’s Workshop
GIS Project Design: Brainstorming & Ideation Workshop – register at https://purdue.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_7VS5uUzXCjz9J4N
GIS Day @ Purdue
November 12th & 13th (Thu. & Fri.), 2015
Poster Competition, STEW 218D
| 9:00 am – 3:00 pm | Poster Exhibition |
Stewart Center, Room 218
| 9:00 am | Introduction and Opening Session |
| 9:00 – 10:00 am | Keynote Address: It’s all about the Journey… from Brainstorming to Canvas, from Map to App Frank Garofalo, ESRI Interactive Team Manager |
| 10:00 – 10:20 am | Empowering Effective Decision Making Through Visual Analytics and GIS Purdue VACCINE Team |
| 10:20 – 10:40 am | Angela Slocum, Assistant Director of Facilities Information Services, Purdue |
| 10:40 – 11:00 am | Research Computing and Data for Geoscience Preston Smith, Director of Research Services and Support, Purdue |
| 11:00 – 11:30 am | Students Lightning Talk |
| 11:30 am – 12:00 pm | Coordinating GIS in Indiana Jim Sparks, Indiana GIO (Geographic Information Officer)Phil Worrall, Executive Director, Indiana Geographic Information Council, Inc. |
| 12:00 – 1:30 pm | Career Lunch |
| 1:30 – 1:50 pm | GIS Resources @ Purdue Larry Biehl, ITAP, ESRI license manager at Purdue Announcement: Launch of Geodata Portal @ Purdue Libraries Nicole Kong & Weichang Tang, Purdue University Libraries |
| 1:50 – 2:00pm | Wrap up and awards |
GIS Workshops
| 2:30 – 3:20 pm HAMP 3144 | ArcGIS Online Workshop (For new users)Presented by Larry Theller, ABE This workshop is based on an exercise where users learn how to make maps on ArcGIS Online. That includes how to upload point data and add public layers. Interested users can even how to embed their maps in their own web applications. |
| 3:30 – 4:20 pmHAMP 3144 | ArcGIS Collector App. (Easily gather customized data with your phone or tablet)Presented by Larry Theller, ABE This workshop will demonstrate using the ArcGIS Collector app on phone and tablet to create layers of local data on attendees ArcGIS Online maps. The collector app has optional customization options (editing the app in an SDK) that will be discussed but not practiced in this lab. |
| 2:30 – 3:20 pmLily G428 | Geocoding WorkshopPresented by Amanda O’Daniel, State of Indiana |
Friday Workshop (Grissom 102)
| 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Grissom 102 | GIS Project Design: Brainstorming & Ideation WorkshopFacilitated by Frank Garofalo, Purdue alum and Esri Interactive Manager |
GIS @Purdue is made possible by support from:
Purdue Polytechnic Institute
College of Agriculture
College of Liberal Arts
College of Science
College of Education
The Graduate School
Office of the Provost
College of Engineering
Questions? Contact geohelp@purdue.edu
2015 Purdue GIS Day Planning Committee
Ann Bessenbacher, Discovery Learning Research Center
Larry Biehl, Information Technology at Purdue
Melba Crawford, College of Engineering
Jarrod Doucette, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
Angela Ewing, Physical Sciences, Engineering and Technology Division of University Libraries
Michael Fosmire, College of Engineering
Ashley Hutchcraft, University Libraries Communications
Nicole Kong, Geographic Information Systems
Megan Sapp Nelson, College of Engineering
Jonathan Pettit, Department of Sociology
Matt Pike, Department of Anthropology
Nick Rauh, College of Science
Gang Shao, Department of Sociology
Gideon Singer, Department of Anthropology
Angela Slocum, Physical Facilities Fiscal Affairs
Steven Smith, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Larry Theller, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Shannon Walker, University Libraries Communications
Sara Wiest, Department of Political Science