Let’s get to work creating GIScience 2.0 GIScience has had a profound influence on society over the past 20 years. During 2011, UCGIS has been considering its 15-year history and its vision for the future. This Spring, come join us in Washington from May 30 to June 1, and help us create the next generation of GIScience! We are combining the traditional winter and summer meetings into a single 3 day event that will bring the community together to advance GIScience research, education, and policy.

• Share your ideas about the future of GIScience in a 5-minute “lightning talk” on research, education, or policy
• Build relationships between the GIScience academy and federal government in a UCGIS Geospatial Extension Project workshop
• Engage formally and informally with a diverse community of GIScience scholars
• Form or join a working group to solve major challenges in research, education, and policy
• Develop plans for collaborative grant proposals
• Chart your personal role in helping our discipline become stronger

Twenty years from now, you’ll be able to say, “I was there for the birth of GIScience 2.0.”

Save the date! More information about the program and award nominations will be distributed soon.

For more information, contact the program organizers, Brandon Plewe ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) or Kathleen Stewart ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ).