GIS Open House - open for self-tours and exploration.
Location: Room 111 Mulford Hall

Computer workstations will be set up, each with a different example of how GIS can be used to visualize data and solve problems.

Workshop - GIS 101 for nonprofit organizations
Sorry, this workshop has been canceled

Afternoon Presentations
Location: Mulford Hall Rooms 103 & 124.

Four speakers will present on a variety of topics in GIS.  There will be 2 concurrent sessions. Speakers to include:

Mulford 103:

• Nicholas De Monchaux (3:30-4:00)
  
• Assistant Professor of Architecture, UC Berkeley
• Local Code : Real Estates
• Nathan McClintock (4:00-4:30)
• PhD Candidate - Geography, UC Berkeley
  Cultivating the Commons: Urban Ag's Potential in Oakland
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• Mulford 124:
  
• Ron Ondrejka (3:30-4:00)
• Northern California Regional Board Director, American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)
  Satellite Remote Sensing & Mapping Systems for National Security (1960-1983)
  
  
• Ray DeLeon (4:00-4:30)
• GISCorps Core Committee Member, URISA
• Senior Project Manager, HJW GeoSpatial
  GIS Corps - Volunteer Based GIS Services to Underprivileged Communities

Break and Poster Session
Location: Room 111 Mulford and surrounding hallway

Coffee and Cookies served. Come view a variety of posters and maps while meeting new people in the GIS community.

GIS Open House is open for self-tours and exploration.
Location: Room 111 Mulford Hall

Computer workstations will be set up, each with a different example of how GIS can be used to visualize data and solve problems.

Evening Presentations
Location: Mulford Hall Rooms 103, 124, and 132.

Six s peakers will present on a variety of topics in GIS.  There will be 3 concurrent sessions. Speakers to include:

Mulford 103:

• Silas Toms (6:00-6:30)
  GIS Technician, East Bay Regional Park District
  Using Spatialite and Python to add a spatial database backend to Google Earth


Mulford 124:

Bruce Joffe (6:00-6:30)
GIS Consultants
Are County GIS Basemaps Public Record?


• Mulford 132:
  
• Ruth Askevold (5:30-6:00)
  GIS Analyst, San Francisco Estuary Institute
  Clues on the Map: Using Historical Maps to Recreate California Indigenous Landscapes in a GIS
  
  
• Steve Spiker (6:00-6:30)
  Research & Technology Director, Urban Strategies Council
  Social Justice Goes Geospatial: How nonprofits can use GIS to build healthy, safe communities

Break & Poster Session
Location: Room 111 Mulford and surrounding hallway

Refreshments Served. Come view a variety of posters and maps while meeting new people in the GIS community.

Keynote presentation
Location: Genetics & Plant Biology Building 100

James Fee
Sharing Data in the Age of the GeoWeb

Evangelist for WeoGeo, James Fee, GISP, is widely regarded as a leader in the field of geospatial and web-based mapping technologies. At WeoGeo, James has been responsible for helping organizations organize, share and monetize their geo-content. He blogs about geospatial technology at http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com and has helped develop an online GIS community culminating in Planet Geospatial (http://www.planetgs.com). He is a frequent keynoter at GIS conferences around the world as well as an advisor on many technology panels. He also is a regular columnist for GeoInformatics Magazine. James will discuss what people are doing, or can be doing, to make sure that their goe-data is shareable and consumable.