2017 GIS Day Conference

When: Thursday, November 9th 2017. 9:00am – 4:30pm

Where: STEW 206 & 214, Purdue University

Call for Lightning Talk Presentations – Deadline EXTENDED Sunday, October 29th, 2017  Sunday, Nov 5th, 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_3ldwBIgBm1OaG57 by Sunday, October 29th, 2017  Sunday, Nov 5th,at 11:59 PM.

Purdue Libraries Esri Development Center Student of the Year Contest is now OPEN

The EDC Student of the Year is an annual award open to all Purdue students, sponsored by Purdue Libraries Learning Council. Its purpose is to recognize outstanding achievements in development of innovative tools, applications or techniques using ArcGIS platform. Each year the winner will be awarded with a plaque, and travel funds to attend an Esri conference. For more details, please visit https://www.lib.purdue.edu/gis/edc

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.

GIS Day @ Purdue

Thursday, November 9th, 2017

Stewart Center, Room 206 & 214

TimeActivities
9:00 – 9:30 amCoffee socialPoster setup
9:30 – 10:00 amLightning talks
10:00 – 11:00 amKeynote speaker: Chaowei (Phil) Yang, Professor of Geography and GeoInformation Sciences, George Mason UniversitySpatiotemporal Computing for Enabling Scientific Research and Engineering Development
11:00am–12:00pmPresentationsLeveraging Space Observations for Understanding the Changing Planet
Kumar Navulur, President of DigitalGlobe Foundation Inc.GeoData Science Education at Purdue
Wen-wen Tung, Associate Professor, Department of EAPS, Purdue University
12:00 – 1:00 pmCareer Lunch
1:00 – 1:30 pmPoster presentation
1:30 – 2pmPurdue GIS Resource Update
2-3pmFirst Round of display table + lightning talks*
3-4pmSecond Round of display table + lightning talks*
4 – 4:30 pmAward

* FEATURED ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS INCLUDE:

Questions? Contact geohelp@purdue.edu