By Laura Kane McElfresh, Cartographic Metadata Librarian, University of Minnesota
Final preparations for the third annual BTAA GIS Conference are underway! With technical infrastructure and support from the Big Ten Academic Alliance headquarters office, the Planning Committee is pleased to present this slate of programs on geospatial applications in the sciences, social sciences, humanities, and medicine. The conference will feature a map gallery plus lightning talks, three papers sessions, and two panels on GIS careers and professional development, centered around a keynote presentation by Tanya Ruka and Rudo Kemper of Native Land Digital.
The day begins at 9:00 AM CST/10:00 AM EST with lightning talks on a variety of geospatial topics. Two papers sessions follow: "Justice and Social Geography" at 10 AM Central (11 AM Eastern), and "Climate and Carbon" at 11:15 AM (12:15 PM Eastern). After a break for lunch, the conference will reconvene at 1:00 PM CST (2:00 PM EST) for the keynote session, followed by the third papers session, "GIS Data: Infrastructure and Application", at 2:10 PM CST (3:10 PM EST). Panel discussions on careers and professional development finish out the day, with adjournment at 4:00 PM CST (5:00 PM EST). The map gallery will open on November 15th for viewing at users' leisure.
For more information on our presenters and their topics, please see the detailed agenda on the conference website. Submissions for the map gallery will be accepted through Thursday, November 10th at 5:00 PM CST (please see the submission guidelines here).
The conference is open to all interested participants, within and beyond the Big Ten Academic Alliance. There is still time to register for this free virtual event -- please join us!