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Geographic Information Science (GIS) Day
					
 Nov 15, 2023 
 1:00PM to 5:00PM

											
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	Date/Time

	Date(s) - 15/11/2023
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm





	Location

	The Sherman Centre, Mills Library







GIS Day logo


The GIS Lab in the School of Earth, Environment & Society will celebrate GIS Day on Wednesday November 15, 2023. Researchers across several departments at McMaster University have shown innovative application of technology, data collection, geospatial information visualization, and thought leadership through geographic information systems.


McMaster’s GIS Day this year consists of a mix of live lightning talks and demonstrations by members of the University community using GIS, talks focusing on themes relevant to both the social sciences and natural sciences. You are invited to attend in person for the lightning talks on GIS Day which will take place in The Sherman Centre on the first floor of Mills Library. Please see the schedule below.






Time
Presenter
Title






1:00PM
Patrick DeLuca, GIS Specialist, School of Earth, Environment & Society
GIS at McMaster University




1:15PM
Christine Homuth, Spatial Information Specialist

Saman Gourdazi, Cartographic Resources Librarian

Britney Sostar, Makerspace Coordinator, McMaster University Library		
How Can the Library Support Your GIS Project




1:30PM
John Bell, Director of I.T., Humanities

Randy Wallinga, Director of I.T., DeGroote School of Business		
MacNav – Wayfinding Pilot at McMaster




2:00PM
Dr. Léa Ravensbergen, Assistant Professor, School of Earth, Environment & Society
GIS in Transport Research and Practice




2:15PM
Kayla Golay Lausanne, PhD Candidate, Anthropology
Mapping Ancient Urbanism: GIS Application to Document the Social Lives of Ancient Urban Communities




2:30PM
Leah Smith, Honours Integrated Science, ECCE Student Associate
Aerial Imagery in GIS: A Historical Study of McMaster University




2:45PM
Alex Furukawa, PhD Candidate, ECCE Student Associate
ConservNation Canada: Identifying threats to protected areas and future conservation opportunities




3:00PM
Sam Fanaki, Honours Environmental Science Co-op, ECCE Student Associate
GIS in the Workplace: A Co-op Student’s Experience




3:15PM
Eva Novoselac, Honours Environmental Science

Amaka Onyeze, Honours Environment and Society

Alice Stubbs, Honours Environment and Society		
Experiences the 2023 National Geomatics Competition




3:30PM
Reta Meng, PhD Candidate, Biology
Classification of the At-Risk Blanding’s Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) critical habitat using ArcGIS Image Classification Wizard




3:45PM
Dr. Zilong Zhong, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Earth, Environment & Society
Analysis of 2023 Wildfire and Biomass Loss in Canadian Forests Leveraging GEE and Machine Learning




4:00PM
Yiyao Li, Research Assistant, The Gonsamo Group Lab, School of Earth, Environment & Society
Mapping Peat Depth in the Hudson Bay Lowland Using Open-Source Remote Sensing Data




4:15PM
Kangyu So, PhD Candidate, School of Earth, Environment & Society
Using Eddy Covariance and Satellite Observations to Analyze Climate Feedback in Red Pine Plantations Undergoing Silvicultural Interventions