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Please join us Wednesday, November 17, 2021 for our annual salute to geospatial technology and its power to transform and better our lives and the lives of those around us.

GIS Day is an annual celebration of geospatial technology. It’s an opportunity to discover and understand the benefits of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and showcase its uses in our community.

The symposium will be held on November 17 at Hesburgh Library Room 246. The event will include workshops, lightning presentations, and reception.

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WORKSHOPS
9:00am – 10:00am	Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Presenter: Matthew Sisk, GIS and Anthropology Librarian Location: 246 Hesburgh Library
10:00am – 11:00am	FieldKit: Open Source Environmental Sensing for Everyone Presenter: Jer Thorp, author of Living in Data Location: 246 Hesburgh Library During this presentation, a FieldKit Weather station will be raffled off to a participant.

LIGHTNING TALKS
11:00am – Noon	Lightning Talks Location: 246 Hesburgh Library Note: To participate, please submit a brief abstract with title and all author affiliation(s), and indicate your preference for an in-person or virtual format to Matthew.Sisk@nd.edu by November 1, 2021.

LIGHTNING TALKS

11:00am – Noon

Lightning Talks
Location: 246 Hesburgh Library

Note: To participate, please submit a brief abstract with title and all author affiliation(s), and indicate your preference for an in-person or virtual format to Matthew.Sisk@nd.edu by November 1, 2021.

CAMPUS GIS SPOTLIGHT & RECEPTION
Noon – 1:00pm	Campus GIS Spotlight Talk title: The Children’s Environmental Health Initiative: People, Data, and Maps Presenter: Presenter: Joshua Tootoo, Director of Training and Geospatial Sciences, Children's Environmental Health Initiative Location: 246 Hesburgh Library GIS Day Reception Join us for GIS Day cookies and coffee during the spotlight presentation.

CAMPUS GIS SPOTLIGHT & RECEPTION

Noon – 1:00pm

Campus GIS Spotlight
Talk title: The Children’s Environmental Health Initiative: People, Data, and Maps
Presenter: Presenter: Joshua Tootoo, Director of Training and Geospatial Sciences, Children's Environmental Health Initiative
Location: 246 Hesburgh Library

GIS Day Reception
Join us for GIS Day cookies and coffee during the spotlight presentation.

Co-sponsored by Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship, the Center for Research Computing, and the Lucy Family Institute for Data and Society .

Originally published by Natalie Meyers at lucyinstitute.nd.edu on November 11, 2021.