UCGIS Symposium 2025

UCGIS Symposium 2025

8:00am MDT

Workshop: Harnessing Future Climate Data: Creating Automated Pipelines with R/Python Using University of Wyoming Open Data APIs TBA UCGIS Board & Chairs Retreat TBA

10:00am MDT

Workshop: From Field(view) to Your Table: Retrieving Object-based Crop Type Ground Truth from Street View and Satellite Imagery with an Operational GeoAI Workflow TBA Workshop: Getting Started with SAGE3: A Collaborative Research and Visualization Platform TBA Workshop: 3D Printing from Photogrammetry – A Hands-On Workshop TBA

12:00pm MDT

Board/Chairs/Fellows Lunch TBA Lunch on your own TBA

1:30pm MDT

Fellows meeting TBA Workshop: AI in ArcGIS: Possibilities and Practicalities TBA Workshop: Capturing Human Perception of Neighborhoods using Online Data with Language and Vision Models TBA Workshop: Creating the A Guide to the Geographic Approach: Building Lessons for a Changing GIScience Curriculum TBA

3:30pm MDT

Workshop: A Hands-On Workshop on Mapping and Measuring Structural Racism and Discrimination in the U.S. TBA

6:00pm MDT

Welcome Reception hosted by WyGIS TBA

7:30am MDT

Continental Breakfast Room 8 (Marriott Hotel)

8:30am MDT

10:00am MDT

10:30am MDT

Strategic Breakout: Fostering Spatial Literacy by Teaching Spatial Thinking in General Education Courses TBA Strategic Planning Session TBA

12:00pm MDT

1:30pm MDT

Student Paper Session TBA Teaching Introduction to Geographic Information Science: Best Practices and Reflections TBACaroline McClure

3:00pm MDT

3:30pm MDT

Building Robust Infrastructures for Future GIS Applications: Insights and Innovations TBADevika Jain Lightning Talks TBA

6:00pm MDT

Reception and Poster Session TBA

8:00am MDT

Education Committee Breakfast Meeting TBA Continental Breakfast Room 8

9:00am MDT

Plenary Panel TBAAaron Addision

10:30am MDT

11:00am MDT

GIS&T Body of Knowledge Steering Committee TBA Strategic Breakout: The Role of GIScience in Causal Inference TBA

12:00pm MDT

1:30pm MDT

From Student to GIS Pro: GIS Career Readiness Workshop TBA Professional Papers: Modeling and Analysis Applications TBA

3:00pm MDT

3:30pm MDT

Past Presidents' Panel TBA Professional Papers: Teaching and Learning TBA

6:00pm MDT

Anniversary Dinner & Awards Presentations Laramie Plains Museum

8:00am MDT

Continental Breakfast Marriott Hotel

9:00am MDT

10:00am MDT

10:30am MDT

GAIA Session TBA Professional Papers: AI/ML and Geoprocessing TBA

12:00pm MDT

UCGIS Council Meeting and Lunch TBA

1:30pm MDT

Spatial science and data sharing across disciplines: Insights from the Wyoming Adapting to Climate-Water Transitions project TBA Why It Is Important for Geospatial Professionals to Understand Geospatial Law TBA

3:00pm MDT

3:30pm MDT

Closing session TBA

5:30pm MDT

Laramie Dine Around TBA Vedauwoo Hike and Cookout TBA

8:00am MDT

Workshop/Field trip: Collaborative Science in the Medicine Bows (Mobile Workshop - In the field). TBA Workshop: Advancing Social Media Analytics with AI TBA Workshop: CyberTraining: Broadening Adoption of Cyberinfrastructure and Geospatial Science Research and Workforce for Disaster Management TBA