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The Waldo Tobler and TGIS Distinguished Lecture in GIScience and Reception at AAG 2025

Dear geographers, colleagues, and friends,

We are very excited to invite you to join the Waldo Tobler and TGIS Distinguished Lecture in GIScience and Award Ceremony & Reception at AAG 2025, co-organized by the Geographic Information Science and Systems Specialty Group (GISS-SG) and Transactions in GIS journal (Editor: Dr. John Wilson). 

This year, we are honored to host Dr. Kathleen Stewart (University of Maryland – College Park) and Dr. Song Gao (University of Wisconsin-Madison) as keynote speakers. The keynote and reception will take place in Room 360, Level 3, Huntington Place, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, from 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM.

Event Details: 

GISS Waldo Tobler and TGIS Distinguished Lecture in GIScience

Date: 3/25/2025
Time: 2:30 PM – 3:50 PM 
Room: 360, Level 3, Huntington Place

Keynote Speaker:

·       Dr. Kathleen Stewart (University of Maryland – College Park): “Analyzing human mobility using mobile device trajectory data: A multi-year study across the US

·       Dr. Song Gao (University of Wisconsin – Madison): “Artificial GIS Analyst: From Spatial Questions to Geospatial Intelligence

GISS Award Ceremony and Reception

Date: 3/25/2025
Time: 4:10 PM – 5:30 PM 
Room: 360, Level 3, Huntington Place

RSVPhttps://forms.gle/jpRZD7y272pkSVrv8 (First 100 RSVPs Receive a Free Drink Ticket!)

Do not hesitate to contact me (lzou@tamu.edu) if you have any questions. Feel free to share this event widely and encourage more geographers to join us. Thanks! 

We look forward to seeing you at AAG 2025 in Detroit!

Lei

GISS-SG Student Honors Paper Competition at AAG 2025

Dear colleagues and friends, 

I am pleased to invite you to attend the GISS-SG Student Honors Paper Competition at AAG 2025 (Lead Organizer: Dr. Yingjie Hu from the University at Buffalo). This year’s competition features presentations from ten outstanding students showcasing their innovative research on cutting-edge GIScience methods and applications.

Event details:

Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Location: Room 360, Level 3, Huntington Place

Session Schedule:

We look forward to welcoming you to this exciting event and seeing you at AAG 2025 in Detroit!

Best regards,

Dr. Lei Zou

on behalf of the 2024-2025 GISS-SG BOD (Gengchen Mai, Song Gao, Yingjie Hu, Yi Qiang, Nan Ding, Samantha Arundel, Binbin Lin)