Detailed Schedule 2025
| Start time |
End time |
Activity |
Presenter |
Location |
| 8:30 AM |
9:00 AM |
Coffee & Social |
- |
Main room |
| 9:00 AM |
9:30 AM |
Welcome & Introductions |
Conference Committee |
Main room |
| 9:30 AM |
10:00 AM |
Unconference Introduction |
Conference Committee |
Main room |
| 10:00 AM |
10:20 AM |
Presentation 1: Earthworks & GeoBlacklight |
Huda & Nick |
Main room |
| 10:20 AM |
10:40 AM |
Presentation 2: Running GeoBlacklight on GitHub Pages |
Eric |
Main room |
| 10:40 AM |
11:00 AM |
Presentation 3: Highlights of the SDOH & Place Data Discovery Application |
Pengyin & Adam |
Main room |
| 11:00 AM |
11:30 AM |
Break |
- |
Main room |
| 11:30 AM |
11:45 AM |
Lightning Talk 1: GIS and a newly established university OSPO |
Alex |
Main room |
| 11:45 AM |
12:00 PM |
Lightning Talk 2: BTAA-GIN Geodata Collection Pilot |
Karen |
Main room |
| 12:00 PM |
12:30 PM |
Unconference pitches |
- |
Main room |
| 12:30 PM |
1:30 AM |
Lunch |
- |
Main room |
| 1:30 PM |
3:00 PM |
Unconference Session 1 |
- |
Breakout Room 1 |
| 1:30 PM |
3:00 PM |
Unconference Session 2 |
- |
Breakout Room 2 |
| 3:00 PM |
3:30 PM |
Break |
- |
Main room |
| 3:30 PM |
4:30 PM |
Unconference Session 3 |
- |
Breakout Room 1 |
| 3:30 PM |
4:30 PM |
Unconference Session 4 |
- |
Breakout Room 2 |
| 4:30 PM |
5:00 PM |
Group Discussion |
- |
Main room |
| TBD |
TBD |
Twins Baseball Game |
- |
Target Field |
| Start time |
End time |
Activity |
Presenter |
Location |
| 8:30 AM |
9:00 AM |
Coffee & Social |
- |
Main room |
| 9:00 AM |
10:00 AM |
Concurrent session: Geospatial library services panel |
(Ryan), Alex, Melinda, Stace |
Breakout Room 1 |
| 9:00 AM |
10:00 AM |
Concurrent session: Workshop - New Tools for writing code, part 1 |
Eric |
Breakout Room 2 |
| 10:00 AM |
11:00 AM |
Concurrent session: Workshop - Allmaps |
Stephen |
Breakout Room 1 |
| " |
" |
Concurrent session: Workshop - New Tools for writing code, part 2 |
Eric |
Breakout Room 2 |
| 11:00 AM |
11:30 AM |
Break |
- |
Main room |
| 11:30 AM |
11:45 AM |
Lightning Talk 1: Deployment & sharing of a world-wide geospatial database of political entities |
Erin |
Main room |
| 11:45 AM |
12:00 PM |
Lightning Talk 2: Introduction of East View's Global Geography Library program |
Troy |
Main room |
| 12:00 PM |
12:30 PM |
Unconference pitches |
- |
Main room |
| 12:30 PM |
1:30 AM |
Lunch |
- |
Main room |
| 1:30 PM |
3:00 PM |
Unconference Session 1 |
- |
Breakout Room 1 |
| " |
" |
Unconference Session 2 |
- |
Breakout Room 2 |
| 3:00 PM |
3:30 PM |
Break |
- |
Main room |
| 3:30 PM |
4:30 PM |
Unconference Session 3 |
- |
Breakout Room 1 |
| " |
" |
Unconference Session 4 |
- |
Breakout Room 2 |
| 4:30 PM |
5:00 PM |
Group Discussion |
- |
Main room |
| TBD |
TBD |
Dinner at Surly's |
- |
Surly Brewing |
| Start time |
End time |
Activity |
Presenter |
Location |
| 8:30 AM |
9:00 AM |
Coffee & Social |
- |
Main room |
| 9:00 AM |
10:00 AM |
Keynote: Mapping Prejudice: The Process is the Product |
Michael |
Main room |
| 10:00 AM |
11:00 AM |
Concurrent session: Tour of the Cavern Archives |
- |
Andersen Library |
| " |
" |
Concurrent session: Cross the bridge to visit Weisman Museum |
- |
Weisman Art Museum |
| 11:00 AM |
11:30 AM |
Break |
- |
Main room |
| 11:30 AM |
12:00 PM |
Panel: OpenGeoMetadata |
Karen, Kim, Adam |
Main room |
| 12:00 PM |
12:30 PM |
Unconference pitches |
- |
Main room |
| 12:30 PM |
1:30 AM |
Lunch |
- |
Main room |
| 1:30 PM |
3:00 PM |
Unconference Session 1 |
- |
Breakout Room 1 |
| " |
" |
Unconference Session 2 |
- |
Breakout Room 2 |
| 3:00 PM |
3:30 PM |
Break |
- |
Main room |
| 3:30 PM |
4:30 PM |
Unconference Session 3 |
- |
Breakout Room 1 |
| " |
" |
Unconference Session 4 |
- |
Breakout Room 2 |
| 4:30 PM |
5:00 PM |
Group Discussion |
- |
Main room |
| TBD |
TBD |
Happy Hour |
- |
Palmer's Bar |