GIS Day@Mason  Tags: gis_day geography_awareness  

Program of Events

This event is organized by the Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science (GGS), the Fenwick Library Government Document Staff, and the Geographical Honors Society Gamma Theta Upsilon (GTU) at George Mason University.
www.GISDay.com

Johnson Center Cinema

10:00am Opening Remarks:
Peggy Agouris, Chair, GGS, http://www.agouris.org
Nigel Waters, Dir, GIS Center of Excellence http://ggs.gmu.edu

10:30am - 12:00pm GIS at GMU
Faculty presentations from various departments (see a Detailed Program of the Events)

  12:00- 1:30pm Key Note Speaker
Mike Goodchild, Department of Geography
University of California, Santa Barbara http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~good/
(Lunch provided)

1:30 – 2:45pm Careers in GIS  (see a Detailed Program of the Events)

2:45 – 3:00pm Closing Remarks
GGS Faculty

Exhibits: ESRI, GeoEye, GTU, Global Imagination’s Magic Planet, SAIC, Student Posters


The Gold Room, Johnson Center
2:00 – 3:30pm Student and Alumni Presentations
(See a Detailed Program of the Events)

Fenwick Library
11:00am-3:00pm Ongoing GIS Demonstrations
Joy Suh and Staff, http://infoguides.gmu.edu/gis
(Refreshments will be served)


Research 1 Showcase
3:30-5:30pm GIS Day Reception & Awards
Student Research Poster Presentations and Awards (see a Detailed Program of the Events)
(Refreshments will be served)

starts with the Mason Basketball Game on this Sunday, Nov. 15th at 4:00 pm.

See the Web site for more in detail and also see  the Mason World Ball site