Dates and Registration
The 4th biennial GIS in Education and Research Conference was held on March 4 and 5, 2020, at Hart House, University of Toronto.
Prof. Mike Batty, Bartlett Professor Emeritus of Planning in the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) at University College, London, UK was the keynote speaker on Day One of the conference.
The plenary speaker for Day Two was Mr. Steve DeRoy, CEO and majority owner of the Firelight Group, Canada’s largest majority-owned Indigenous mapping and environmental consulting company. Steve is Anishinabe/Saulteaux and a member of the Ebb and Flow First Nation from Manitoba, Canada.
Agenda
Conference Schedule | Day 1 Sessions | Day 2 Sessions
Day 1: March 4
7:30 Registration
8:30 Plenary
9:45 Morning Break
10:05 Concurrent Sessions
12:10 Lunch
1:10 Concurrent Sessions
3:15 Afternoon Break
3:30 Concurrent Sessions
Day 2: March 5
7:30 Registration
9:15 Plenary
10:15 Morning Break
10:35 Concurrent Sessions and Indigenous GIS Workshops
12:05 Lunch
1:05 Concurrent Sessions and Indigenous GIS Workshops
2:35 Afternoon Break
2:50 Concurrent Sessions and Indigenous GIS Workshops
Why Attend?
This low-cost conference offers opportunities for GIS educators/researchers and student researchers in Canada to come together, share experiences, and learn from each other in an organized forum. Its goals are to:
Provide educators with an opportunity to interact and network with other members of the GIS education community.
Provide students with an opportunity to learn by attending hands-on workshops, sharing new ideas, and collaborating with researchers and their peers on new initiatives.
Build a stronger Canadian GIS education and research community.