GIS Day 2020

Friday, November 13, 10am - 3pm

Organized by CU Boulder, CU Denver, and the Auraria Library

Video recordings of each zoom session are linked below.

Schedule

10:00 am - Keynote Address

Amy Newbury, Senior Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff, Maxar Technologies

Using Satellite Imagery to Unlock Infinite Possibilities for a Better World

11:00 am - Tech Showcase

Alberto Nieto, Product Engineer - Spatial Statistics, ESRI

Data Science in ArcGIS: From Wrangling Data to Analysis Using Python and Spatial Statistics

12:00 pm - Break

12:15 pm - Lightning Talks

Short talks delivered by professionals, faculty, and students.


  • Maxwell Cook, The Nature Conservancy

Interactive GIS Tools for Conservation Decision-Making at The Nature Conservancy


  • Madison Draper & Megan Danielson, Mapbox

Introduction to Mapbox


  • Elaine Guidero, United States Geological Survey (USGS)

Let’s talk about fonts, baby


  • Rebecca Theobald, University of Colorado Colorado Springs

Electoral Redistricting in the Era of Geospatial Technology


  • Jade Vanausdall, Thomas Heckmaster, & Adam Nelson, University of Colorado Boulder

GIS vs. Gerrymandering


  • Alex Posen, University of Colorado Boulder

The Capabilities of UAV Mapping

1:30 pm - Career Panel

Get career advice from GIS professionals in local and federal government, private companies, and nonprofits. Participants include:

  • Maggie Cawley, OpenStreetMap US

  • Kyoko Chenhalls, City of Lone Tree

  • Madison Draper, Mapbox

  • Elaine Guidero, USGS

  • Brian Timoney, The Timoney Group

2:30 pm - GIS Project Gallery and Wrap up