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Join us on April 22, 2026 from 12-4pm for the first BU Geospatial Data & Technologies Symposium<\/p>\n

Schedule of Events<\/h2>\n
\n

12:00pm<\/p>\n

Ladd Room, 2nd Floor
\nOpening remarks
\n<\/strong>Dennis Milechin<\/a>, Scientific Programmer\/Analyst, Information Services & Technology<\/p>\n

PANEL DISCUSSION
\nThe Big Picture: Data Governance, Ethics, and the Changing Research Landscape
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

\"Patricia<\/p>\n

Patricia Fabian<\/a>, Moderator
\n<\/span>Professor
\nEnvironmental Health<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Kevin
\nKevin Lane<\/a>
\n<\/span>Associate Professor
\nEnvironmental Health<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Chris<\/p>\n

Chris Sedore<\/a>
\n<\/span>Chief Transformation Officer
\nInformation Services & Technology<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Cy
\nCy Smith<\/a>
\n<\/span>Director
\nMassGIS, State Geospatial Information Officer<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Seth
\nSeth Villegas<\/a>
\n<\/span>Lecturer
\nComputing & Data Sciences<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
\nThe Child Opportunity Index, a Data System to Document and Address Inequities in Child Health and Wellbeing<\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"DoloresDolores Acevedo-Garcia<\/a>
\n<\/span>Professor, School of Social Work
\nDirector, Institute for Equity in Child Opportunity & Healthy Development<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n

1:00pm<\/p>\n

Lounge, 2nd Floor
\nStudent research poster session
\n<\/strong>Refreshments served in lounge and atrium<\/p>\n

\n

2:00pm<\/p>\n

CONCURRENT SESSIONS, round 1<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Room 101, 1st Floor
\nBirds of a Feather Session
\nThe Shape of Data: Teaching Geospatial Analysis Across the Disciplines
\n<\/strong>Discussion Leader: Suchi Gopal<\/a>, Professor, Earth & Environment<\/p>\n

Room 106, 1st Floor
\nA multi-sensor data assimilation approach to terrestrial carbon cycle monitoring, reporting, and validation<\/strong>
\nMichael Dietze<\/a>, Professor, Earth & Environment<\/p>\n

Room 207, 2nd Floor
\nTraumatic shocks, near-misses, and exploratory innovation
\n<\/strong>Khoa Cao<\/a>, Research Assistant, GLOB~S Research Lab, Questrom School of Business<\/p>\n

Ladd Room, 2nd Floor
\nBirds of a Feather Session
\nGeospatial data repositories: What are BU’s strategic opportunities for growth?<\/strong>
\nDiscussion Leader: Christoph Nolte<\/a>, Associate Professor, Earth & Environment<\/p>\n

\n

2:30pm<\/p>\n

CONCURRENT SESSIONS, round 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Room 101, 1st Floor
\nDigital geohumanities at the public library<\/strong>
\nIan Spangler<\/a>, Associate Curator of Digital & Participatory Geography, Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library<\/p>\n

Room 106, 1st Floor
\nTracking a changing planet: Charting the frontier of global change with Landsat<\/strong>
\nCurtis Woodcock<\/a>, Professor, Earth & Environment<\/p>\n

Room 207, 2nd Floor
\n<\/strong>Methodological priorities for using residential history in population health research<\/strong>
\nKendra Sims<\/a>, Assistant Professor, Epidemiology<\/p>\n

Ladd Room, 2nd Floor
\nBirds of a Feather Session
\nCommunity Geospatial Science<\/strong>
\nDiscussion Leader: Nathan Phillips<\/a>, Professor, Earth & Environment<\/p>\n

\n

3:00pm<\/p>\n

CONCURRENT SESSIONS, round 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

Room 101, 1st Floor
\n<\/strong>Visualizing the energy transition<\/del> CANCELED
\nCutler Cleveland<\/a>, Professor, Earth & Environment<\/p>\n

Room 106, 1st Floor
\nEmbodying place: Understanding the relationship between the social, psychological, and built environment through “embodied geographic methods”<\/del> CANCELED
\nJosh Lown<\/a>, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Initiative on Cities<\/p>\n

Room 207, 2nd Floor
\nVirtual streets, real insights: Scaling urban digital twins with geospatial AI
\n<\/strong>Eshed Ohn-Bar, Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
\nSentient spaces: Leveraging GEOINT and AI for global resilience<\/strong>
\nSuchi Gopal<\/a>, Professor, Earth & Environment<\/p>\n

Ladd Room, 2nd Floor
\nBirds of a Feather Session
\nGIS as a tool for convergent research & community collaboration<\/strong>
\nPatricia Fabian<\/a>, Professor, Environmental Health<\/p>\n

\n

<\/strong>3:30pm<\/p>\n

Ladd Room, 2nd Floor
\nClosing remarks & wrap-up
\n<\/strong>Suchi Gopal<\/a>, Professor, Earth & Environment<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

All-Day Features<\/h2>\n

Atrium, 2nd Floor
\nE<\/strong>xhibits
\n<\/strong>Meet the symposium’s sponsor organizations and learn about the services they offer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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