GIS Day

GIS Day
Wednesday, November 14, 1 p.m. onwards

Our GIS day this year will revolve around Space and Place.
Stop by and learn about Geographic Information and Geospatial Data Science!
Keynote speech by Prof. Grant McKenzie at 1 p.m., BH511 on “Space, Place and the Fourth Paradigm of Science”
Further talks by ESRI, Statistics Canada, LocalLogic and our former grad students, Chris Liang and Noé Schultz (schedule see below). We will also have a mapathon by OMG McGill!
We will have the students’ GIS works session (McGill students, please send your GIS related poster or presentation to gicsupport [at] mcgill.ca by Nov, 9 and have the chance to win a price!), free coffee and, of course, the Wine & Cheese reception.
GIS Day schedule:
1:00 p.m. Prof. Grant McKenzie, new faculty member at Geography, McGill
2:00 p.m. Chris Liang and Noé Schultz: Mapping Accessiblity, Health and Wellness
2:30 p.m. Frederic Blouin-Michaud, ESRI: What’s next in GIS?
3:00 p.m. Gabriel Damant-Sirois, LocalLogic: Adding value to place searches
3:30 p.m. Jean le Moullec, Statistics Canada: Statistics Canada and the Building Canada 2020
Initiative
4:00 p.m. Open Mapping Group (OMG McGill): Mapathon
5:00 p.m. Open Wine & Cheese reception
around 5:45 pm. GIS students’ awards for posters and presentations