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GIS Day 2023
GIS Day is an annual worldwide celebration of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology and community. Organized by the University of British Columbia Library, and UBC Faculty of Forestry, GIS Day 2022 will be an in-person even held at the Dodson Room, in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.
This event is open to the public and all skill levels are encouraged to attend!
10:00am - 11:30am - Student Lightning Talks
Come hear about recent GIS projects that students have been undertaking in their courses and other work. To sign up to give a 5 minute lightning talk, please fill out the registration form on the UBC GIS website.
11:30am - 12:30pm - Lunch
12:30pm - 2:30pm - Building Distorted Worlds with GIS Workshop (led by UBC GIS Club)
In this workshop, the UBC GIS club will teach users how to manipulate spatial data to build fictional worlds. In doing so, users will learn to use a suite of geoprocessing tools in the unconventional way of creating a fictional space using real-world data. This event is suited for people with beginner to advanced GIS skills alike and can be done on both ArcGIS and QGIS. **Please register separately for this workshop at the Building Distorted Worlds with GIS event page.
2:30 - 3:30pm - Keynote Speakers
3:30pm - 4:30pm - Industry Presentations and Mixer
The schedule is tentative and subject to change. For the most up to date schedule, please visit: https://gis.ubc.ca/event/gis-day-2023/
If you have any questions, concerns, or accessibility needs please email library.gis@ubc.ca.
- Date:
- Thursday, November 16, 2023
- Time:
- 10:00am - 5:00pm
- Room:
- Irving K Barber Learning Centre
- Location:
- Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
- Audience:
- All UBC Students Community Faculty Post-Doc Professional Staff
- Categories:
- GIS Special Events