UCGIS Symposium 2025

UCGIS Symposium 2025

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7:30am MDT

On-site Registration (Wyoming Union) Wyoming Union Family Room

7:45am MDT

UCGIS Board & Chairs Retreat Wyoming Union Family Room

8:00am MDT

Workshop: Harnessing Future Climate Data: Creating Automated Pipelines with R/Python Using University of Wyoming Open Data APIs SIB 4030 (Science Initiative Building)Shannon Albeke

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 BU 129 (University of Wyoming College of Business)ZJ Zhou Workshop: Getting Started with SAGE3: A Collaborative Research and Visualization Platform SIB 4030 (Science Initiative Building)Ryan Theriot Workshop: 3D Printing from Photogrammetry – A Hands-On Workshop Physical Sciences Building - PlanetariumJane Crayton

12:00pm MDT

Board/Chairs/Fellows Lunch Wyoming Union Family Room Lunch on your own

1:30pm MDT

Fellows Meeting Wyoming Union Family Room Workshop: AI in ArcGIS: Possibilities and Practicalities BU 127 (University of Wyoming College of Business)Geri Miller • Austin Stone Workshop: Capturing Human Perception of Neighborhoods using Online Data with Language and Vision Models BU 129 (University of Wyoming College of Business)Leeje Jang • Yao-Yi Chiang • Jina Kim Workshop: Creating the A Guide to the Geographic Approach: Building Lessons for a Changing GIScience Curriculum BU 121 (University of Wyoming College of Business)Peter Kedron

3:30pm MDT

Workshop: A Hands-On Workshop on Mapping and Measuring Structural Racism and Discrimination in the U.S. BU 127 (University of Wyoming College of Business)Debs (Debarchana) Ghosh

6:30pm MDT

Welcome Reception hosted by Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center Historic Laramie Railroad Depot

7:30am MDT

Membership Committee Breakfast Meeting Salon FG (Conference Center)Jennifer Swift, PhD, GISP Continental Breakfast UW Conference Center On-site Registration UW Conference Center

8:30am MDT

Welcome and Opening Remarks Salon CD (Conference Center)

9:00am MDT

Mapping out a Future for Migratory Ungulates in the Changing American West Salon CD (Conference Center)Matt Kauffman

10:00am MDT

10:30am MDT

Strategic Breakout: Fostering Spatial Literacy by Teaching Spatial Thinking in General Education Courses Salon E (Conference Center)Peter Kedron UCGIS Strategic Plan Revision Salon AB (Conference Center)Jeff Hamerlinck

12:00pm MDT

Hosted Lunch Salon CD (Conference Center)

1:30pm MDT

Student Paper Session Salon AB (Conference Center)ZJ Zhou • Devon Borthwick • Purna Saud • Tianci Guo Teaching Introduction to Geographic Information Science: Best Practices and Reflections Salon E (Conference Center)Caroline McClure • Forrest Bowlick • Jennifer Swift, PhD, GISP • Devika Jain

3:00pm MDT

3:30pm MDT

Building Robust Infrastructures for Future GIS Applications: Insights and Innovations Salon E (Conference Center)Devika Jain • Len Kne • Geri Miller Lightning Talks Salon AB (Conference Center)Will Jones • RAMACHANDRA SIVAKUMAR • Katie Slack • Ivan J Ramirez • Chen Xu

6:00pm MDT

Reception and Poster Session Physical Sciences Building - PlanetariumErin D. Dascher • Oluwatosin Ayo • Jin Xu • Carlie Niemitalo • sirwan salimi • Ellie Birge • Manasa Kuchavaram • Taylor LaForce • Keenon Lindsey • Alisha Khan • Zhongying Wang • Imma Mwanja • Madhukar Kuchavaram • Yen-Yi Wu

8:00am MDT

Education Committee Breakfast Meeting Salon FG (Conference Center) Continental Breakfast UW Conference Center

9:00am MDT

Where's our future Workforce? Salon CD (Conference Center)Aaron Addison • Ben Oesterling • Eric Shook • Angela Lee

10:30am MDT

11:00am MDT

GIS&T Body of Knowledge Steering Committee Salon AB (Conference Center) Strategic Breakout: The Role of GIScience in Causal Inference Salon E (Conference Center)Lei Song • Peter Kedron

12:00pm MDT

UCGIS Council Meeting and Lunch Salon CD (Conference Center)

1:30pm MDT

From Student to GIS Pro: GIS Career Readiness Workshop Salon E (Conference Center)Jochen Albrecht • Hannah Walters • Armita Kar • Austin Stone Professional Papers: Modeling and Analysis Applications Salon AB (Conference Center)Xiaobai Angela Yao • Guiming Zhang • HASAN RAJA NAQVI • Masahiko Haraguchi • Chen Xu

3:00pm MDT

3:30pm MDT

Past Presidents' Panel Salon E (Conference Center)Nina Lam • Jeremy Mennis • Sean Ahearn • Jane Read Professional Papers: Teaching and Learning Salon AB (Conference Center)Margo Berendsen • Diana Sinton • Robert Roth

6:00pm MDT

30th Anniversary Dinner & Awards Presentations Alice Hardie Stevens Center (at the Laramie Plains Museum)

7:30am MDT

Research Committee Breakfast Meeting Salon FG (Conference Center)Kathleen Stewart • Zhe Zhang

8:00am MDT

Continental Breakfast UW Conference Center

9:00am MDT

Using the Sage Grande Artificial Intelligence Testbed to Explore the Future of Distributed Sensing Salon CD (Conference Center)Pete Beckman

10:00am MDT

10:30am MDT

Campus Geospatial Community Session Salon E (Conference Center)Len Kne • Harvey Miller Professional Papers: AI/ML and Geoprocessing Salon AB (Conference Center)Tao Hu • Sean Ahearn

12:00pm MDT

1:30pm MDT

GAIA Session Salon AB (Conference Center) Spatial science and data sharing across disciplines: Insights from the Wyoming Adapting to Climate-Water Transitions project Salon E (Conference Center)Jason Hawes • Shannon Albeke

3:00pm MDT

3:15pm MDT

Historical Map Collection Tour UW Conference Center

3:30pm MDT

EDGE computing conversation Salon FG (Conference Center)

5:00pm MDT

Vedauwoo Hike and Cookout TBA

5:30pm MDT

Laramie Dine Around TBA

7:30am MDT

Workshop/Field trip: Collaborative Science on the Medicine Bow National Forest (Mobile Workshop - In the field). Medicine Bow National Forest

8:00am MDT

Workshop: Advancing Social Media Analytics with AI BU 127 (University of Wyoming College of Business)Xuebin Wei Workshop: CyberTraining: Broadening Adoption of Cyberinfrastructure and Geospatial Science Research and Workforce for Disaster Management BU 121 (University of Wyoming College of Business)Honggao Liu • Jeff Hamerlinck • Zhe Zhang