{"id":4065,"date":"2015-11-03T11:56:14","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T15:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=4065"},"modified":"2015-11-03T16:59:14","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T20:59:14","slug":"purdue-university-8th-annual-gis-college-day-events-nov-12-and-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/2015\/11\/03\/purdue-university-8th-annual-gis-college-day-events-nov-12-and-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Purdue University Hosts 8th Annual GIS College Day Events – Nov. 12 and 13"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GIStitle\"<\/a>Purdue University will host its 8th<\/sup> annual GIS Day College event on Thursday, Nov. 12 and Friday, Nov. 13.<\/p>\n

GIS Day is a global celebration of geospatial research and geographic information systems (GIS) technology. Purdue University Libraries is working with the GIS Day planning committee, which includes faculty and staff from a variety of divisions across campus, to organize this multidisciplinary, campus-wide event.<\/p>\n

GIS Day is a great opportunity to bring together the GIS community on campus, exchange research ideas, update recent development, and invite external speakers to address topics the community are commonly interested at Purdue.\u00a0 This year\u2019s GIS Day focus is \u201cLaunching the Geodata Portal at Purdue\u201d.<\/em><\/strong> \u00a0Purdue University Libraries is working with ESRI, Purdue VACCINE Team, Purdue Facilities Information Services, Purdue Research Services and Support, Indiana GIO and Indiana Geographic Information Council for the GIS Day College event.<\/p>\n

The college day program will be held on Thursday, Nov. 12 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in STEW 218 (ABCD).\u00a0 This program will include invited talks, presentations, student lightning talks, and a poster competition. These events are free and open to the public. Keynote speaker, Frank Garofalo, Interactive Manager, Esri and User Experience\/Multitouch Expert will present \u201cIt\u2019s all about the Journey\u2026 from Brainstorming to Canvas, from Map to App.\u201d<\/em> \u00a0In addition, the Purdue VACCINE Team will present, \u201cEmpowering Effective Decision Making Through Visual Analytics and GIS\u201d.<\/em>\u00a0 Preston Smith, Director of Research Services and Support, Purdue University, will present, \u201cResearch Computing and Data for Geoscience.\u201d<\/em> Indiana Geographic Information Officer, Jim Sparks, and Executive Director of Indiana Geographic Information Council, Phil Worrall will give the presentations about statewide GIS resources available for higher education. In the GIS career<\/em> module, the career lunch panel presentation brings opportunities for students to discuss about career development with potential employers and GIS professionals (RSVP is required).<\/p>\n

Four workshops will be offered\u00a0 on Nov. 12 and Nov. 13 including:<\/p>\n