Penn State GIS Day strives to bring together those who are working with GIS, geospatial technologies, remote sensing, maps, and location-based research in order to foster greater geospatial awareness on campus, within the community, and beyond. We encourage participation from both new and experienced users of geospatial information across disciplines.
Schedule
11:15-12:05pm: Career Panel (in person or Zoom)
Location: Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, Zoom registration
Career Panelists:
Amanda Byrd – Geospatial Analyst, Dewberry
John Greer – Geospatial Data Science Head, Applied Research Lab at Penn State
Jason Shellhammer – GIS Director, Carbon County GIS/Mapping
Scottie Wall – PA State GIS Coordinator
1:30-3:00pm: Keynote & Lightning Talks (in person or Zoom)
Location: Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, Zoom registration
Keynote:
Scottie Wall – PA State GIS Coordinator : “Geospatial Services in the Commonwealth”
Lightning Talk Presenters:
Travis Flohr – Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, Penn State: “Using GIS to evaluate policy performance, designed and future landscapes from the parcel to metropolitan scales”
Christina Grozinger – Publius Vergilius Maro Professor of Entomology, Penn State: “Beescape: Seeing the world through the eyes of bees”
Jacob Holland-Lulewicz – Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Penn State: “Revealing the Anthropogenic Landscapes of Ossabaw Island through LiDAR”
Beth King – Associate Teaching Professor, Online Geospatial Education, Penn State
Brian Naberezny – Assistant Teaching Professor, Civil Engineering, Penn State
Alexis Oltmer-Bergmann – MFA candidate, Penn State: “Art as Research”
Michael Sutherland – Senior GIS Analyst, Cushman & Wakefield: “Lessons Learned as an Early-Career GIS Professional”
Reception to follow in the Donald W. Hamer Center for Maps and Geospatial Information (1 Pattee Library, University Park, PA)