Yale GIS Day 2016

Yale GIS Day 2016

November 17 from 8:30am-6:00pm, Kroon Hall and CSSSI

Celebrate mapping innovations with the Yale GIS community. The full-day celebration — part of the international GIS Day, a celebration to showcase applications of geographic information systems (GIS) technology — will include a GIS Colloquium, a Map Exhibition, training and networking opportunities, and a GIS Day Cake Celebration. Learn what is happening and how you can get involved in the geospatial world at Yale.

PROGRAM

BURKE AUDITORIUM, KROON HALL
8:30am – 9:00am Light Breakfast
9:00am – 11:30am Yale GIS Colloquium: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow in GIS

• Theodore R. Holford, Ph.D. | Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Biostatistics and Professor of Statistics
• William Rankin, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor of the History of Science
• Meredith Reba | Lab Manager, Seto Lab
• Larry Bonneau | Manager, Yale Center for Earth Observation and Research Associate, Dept. of Geology & Geophysics
• C. Dana Tomlin, Ph.D. | Professor (Adjunct) of Forestry & Environmental Studies

CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND SOCIAL SCIENCE INFORMATION
12:30pm – 2:30pm Workshop: Web-mapping with CARTO

THE KNOB, KROON HALL
All Day Map Exhibition
11:30am – 12:30pm Lunch (provided for registered participants)
2:30pm – 4:00pm People’s Choice Map Prize & GIS Day Cake Celebration
4:00pm – 5:00pm MapChat Social

Do you have a map you'd like to showcase at the event?

Submit your map for display in the digital map exhibition by Tuesday, November 15. Your map can be anything from a homework assignment to a research project. Maps will be displayed throughout the day on large computer monitors on the top floor of Kroon Hall and in CSSSI. Awards will be presented to the maps with the most votes!