Plenary speakers
Professor Ling Bian, the Department of Geography and Director of National Center for Geographic Information Analysis, University at Buffalo
Professor Noel Cressie, School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics, University of Wollongong
Professor Michael Goodchild, the Department of Geography, University of California at Santa Barbara
Professor Peter Atkinson, Faculty Dean of Science and Technology, Lancaster University
Professor Daniel A. Griffith, the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas
Lian Bian
Dr. Ling Bian is the Director of the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis at Buffalo (NCGIA-Buffalo), also a Professor in the Department of Geography at the University at Buffalo. Read full bio+
Noel Cressie
Noel Cressie is the Director of the Centre for Environmental Informatics in the National Institute for Applied Statistics Research Australia (NIASRA) and Distinguished Professor at the University of Wollongong, Australia. Read full bio+
Michael Goodchild
Michael F. Goodchild is Emeritus Professor of Geography at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he also holds the title of Research Professor. He is also Distinguished Chair Professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Research Professor at Arizona State University, and holds many other affiliate, adjunct, and honorary positions at universities around the world. Read full bio+
Peter Atkinson
Peter Atkinson is currently Dean of Science and Technology and Distinguished Professor of Spatial Data Science at Lancaster University. Read full bio+
Daniel A. Griffith
Daniel A. Griffith is an Ashbel Smith professor of Geography and Geospatial Information Sciences, School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, at the U. of Texas at Dallas. Read full bio+