Join us on April 22, 2026 from 12-4PM for the first BU Geospatial Data & Technologies Symposium<\/p>\n
12:00pm<\/p>\n
Ladd Room, 2nd Floor PANEL DISCUSSION KEYNOTE ADDRESS<\/strong> 1:00pm<\/p>\n Lounge, 2nd Floor 2:00pm<\/p>\n Room and time assignments TBD Traumatic shocks, near-misses, and exploratory innovation A multi-sensor data assimilation approach to terrestrial carbon cycle monitoring, reporting, and validation<\/strong> Sentient spaces: Leveraging GEOINT and AI for global resilience<\/strong> Embodying place: Understanding the relationship between the social, psychological, and built environment through “embodied geographic methods”<\/strong> StreetSim: Geospatial data and engineering application<\/strong> Methodological priorities for using residential history in population health research<\/strong> Digital geohumanities at the public library<\/strong> <\/p>\n Room and time assignments TBD The Shape of Data: Teaching Geospatial Analysis Across the Disciplines<\/strong> Geospatial Data Repositories<\/strong> Community Geospatial Science<\/strong> <\/strong>3:30pm<\/p>\n Ladd Room, 2nd Floor <\/p>\n Atrium, 2nd Floor Join us on April 22, 2026 from 12-4PM for the first BU Geospatial Data & Technologies Symposium Schedule of Events 12:00pm Ladd Room, 2nd Floor Opening remarks Dennis Milechin, Scientific Programmer\/Analyst, Information Services & Technology PANEL DISCUSSION The Big Picture: Data Governance, Ethics, and the Changing Research Landscape Moderator: Patricia Fabian, Professor, Environmental Health Panelists: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3733,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/gisday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/gisday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/gisday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/gisday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3733"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/gisday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/gisday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/gisday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions\/157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/gisday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nOpening remarks
\n<\/strong>Dennis Milechin, Scientific Programmer\/Analyst, Information Services & Technology<\/p>\n
\nThe Big Picture: Data Governance, Ethics, and the Changing Research Landscape<\/b>
\n<\/span>Moderator: Patricia Fabian, Professor, Environmental Health<\/span>
\n<\/span>Panelists:
\n<\/span>Kevin Lane, Associate Professor, Environmental Health
\n<\/span>Chris Sedore, Chief Transformation Officer, Information Services & Technology
\n<\/span>Cy Smith, Director, MassGIS<\/span>
\n<\/span>Seth Villegas, Lecturer, Data & Computing Sciences
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\nDolores Acevedo-Garcia, Professor, School of Social Work, and Director, Institute for Equity in Child Opportunity & Healthy Development<\/p>\n
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\nStudent research poster session
\n<\/strong>Refreshments served in lounge and atrium<\/p>\n
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\nCONCURRENT PRESENTATIONS<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Khoa Cao, Research Assistant, GLOB~S Research Lab, Questrom School of Business<\/p>\n
\nMichael Dietze, Professor, Earth & Environment<\/p>\n
\nSuchi Gopal, Professor, Earth & Environment<\/p>\n
\nJosh Lown, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Initiative on Cities<\/p>\n
\nEshed Ohn-Bar, Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering<\/p>\n
\nKendra Sims, Assistant Professor, Epidemiology<\/p>\n
\nIan Spangler, Associate Curator of Digital & Participatory Geography, Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library<\/p>\n
\nBIRDS OF A FEATHER DISCUSSION GROUPS<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n
\nDiscussion Leader: Suchi Gopal, Professor, Earth & Environment<\/p>\n
\nDiscussion Leader: Christoph Nolte, Associate Professor, Earth & Environment<\/p>\n
\nDiscussion Leader: Nathan Phillips, Professor, Earth & Environment<\/p>\n
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\nClosing remarks & wrap-up
\n<\/strong>Dennis Milechin, Scientific Programmer\/Analyst, Information Services & Technology
\n<\/strong><\/p>\nAll-Day Features<\/h2>\n
\nE<\/strong>xhibits
\n<\/strong>Meet our sponsor organizations and learn about the services they offer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"