Agenda
Our weeklong agenda will include workshops, lightning talks, a keynote, unconference sessions, and working sessions.
What topics will we discuss?
Proposed Lightning Talks so far range from GeoBlacklight development to OpenIndexMaps to Ephemeral Geodata to Deep Learning & Aerial Photographs. The topics for the unconference sessions will be determined by attendees during the event.
Keynote Speaker
Bridging the Need Gap: Designing a Digital Social Care Referral Platform to Address Health-Related Social Needs
Dr. David Haynes
Assistant Professor; Institute for Health Informatics; Masters in GIS Faculty; Director of the ISRDI Diversity Fellowship; University of Minnesota
Dr. Haynes is a broadly trained health geographer who uses spatial analysis methods to advance our knowledge of health and cancer disparities. He uses his GIScience and big geospatial computation expertise to understand spatial-temporal patterns of population health and cancer disparities. He also employs community-based participatory methods to develop Health Information Technology to answer substantive research questions about health disparities and cancer disparities.
Workshops
Two workshops will be offered concurrently on the afternoon of Monday, May 20th. Choose one:
GeoBlacklight for Beginners ---- Advanced GeoBlacklight: Voyaging Beyond Core
An introduction to the GeoBlacklight software with guided techniques for installation and customization.
Medley of Metadata Workflows
Creating geospatial metadata for GeoBlacklight using a variety of techniques from manual cataloging to batch harvesting to python scripting.
Tentative Schedule
| MONDAY 5/20 | TUESDAY 5/21 | WEDNESDAY 5/22 | THURSDAY 5/23 | FRIDAY 5/24 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Conference Day 1 | Main Conference Day 2 | Main Conference Day 3 | Optional Working Day 1 | Optional Working Day 2 | |
| 8:30 AM | coffee/social time (30 min) | coffee/social time (30 min) | coffee/social time (30 min) | coffee/social time (30 min) | coffee/social time (30 min) |
| 9:00 AM | Welcome & introductions | Keynote Talk with Dr. David Haynes | Unconference Session | Field trip to East View Geospatial | Working Session |
| 9:30 AM | or Optional Working Session | ||||
| 10:00 AM | |||||
| 10:30 AM | break (30 min) | break (30 min) | break (30 min) | break (30 min) | |
| 11:00 AM | Lightning Talks | Lightning Talks | Unconference Session | Working Session | |
| 11:30 AM | |||||
| 12:00 PM | lunch (90 min) | lunch (90 min) | lunch (90 min) | lunch (90 min) | lunch (90 min) |
| 12:30 PM | |||||
| 1:00 PM | |||||
| 1:30 PM | Unconference Pitches and Planning | Unconference Session | Unconference Session | Working Session | Working Session |
| 2:00 PM | |||||
| 2:30 PM | Final Wrap-up Session | ||||
| 3:00 PM | break (30 min) | break (30 min) | break (30 min) | break (30 min) | |
| 3:30 PM | Workshops | Unconference Session | Unconference Session | Working Session | |
| 4:00 PM | |||||
| 4:30 PM | Main Conference Wrap-up Session | ||||
| Evening | Informal social time - Happy hour | Group dinner at Surly Brewing | Informal social time - Happy hour |