Dear GISS Specialty Group Members,
We are thrilled to announce that the GISS Specialty Group is sponsoring 90 sessions at the 2025 AAG Annual Meeting in Detroit!
These sessions showcase cutting-edge advancements in GeoAI, human dynamics, remote sensing, spatial data science, health and environmental resilience, and GIScience education, reflecting interdisciplinary innovations that tackle global challenges.
Below is the list of our sponsored sessions organized by day:
Day 1 – March 24
- Strengthening Community Resilience with Innovative Data, Techniques, and Models #1
- Open Science in Geography I – Tools and Approaches
- GeoAI and Deep Learning Symposium – Advancing GeoAI for Feature Extraction and Recognition
- Symposium on Human Dynamics Research: Exploring the Synergy Between Human Dynamics and GeoAI I
- Open Science in Geography II – Remote Sensing
- GeoAI and Deep Learning Symposium – Advancing GeoAI for Feature Extraction and Recognition – Part II
- Strengthening Community Resilience with Innovative Data, Techniques, and Models #2
- Symposium on Human Dynamics Research: Advances in Dynamic Environmental Exposure, Mobility Patterns, and Health Outcomes I
- GeoAI and Deep Learning Symposium – Advancing GeoAI for Feature Extraction and Recognition – Part III
- Open Science in Geography III – Directions in Research and Education
- Symposium on Human Dynamics Research: Advances in Dynamic Environmental Exposure, Mobility Patterns, and Health Outcomes II
- GeoAI and Deep Learning Symposium – Advancing GeoAI for Feature Extraction and Recognition IV
- Transportation & Environmental Exposure
- GeoAI and Deep Learning Symposium: Representing Geographic Locations in AI Models: Methods and Applications
- GeoAI and Deep Learning Symposium: Spatial Data Science and GeoAI Ethics: Bridging Research and Education
- Panel: Open Science in Geography
- Symposium on Human Dynamics Research: Advances in Dynamic Environmental Exposure, Mobility Patterns, and Health Outcomes III
Day 2 – March 25
- GISS Specialty Group Paper Competition I
- Symposium on Human Dynamics Research: Micromobility Matters: Geospatial, Health, and Equity Perspectives in the Age of Smart Transport
- GeoAI and Deep Learning Symposium: GeoAI for Cartography
- AAG 2025 Symposium on Spatial AI & Data Science for Sustainability: GeoAI and Large Language Models: Tools, Techniques, and Sustainable Applications
- GISS Specialty Group Paper Competition II
- AAG 2025 CISG Robert Raskin Student Paper Competition
- Using GIS to Solve Real World Problems
- GeoAI and Deep Learning Symposium: Generative AI in GIScience: Opportunities and Challenges Towards Autonomous GIS
- AAG 2025 Symposium on Spatial AI & Data Science for Sustainability: Geospatial Artificial Intelligence, Remote Sensing, and Deep Learning
- A Guide to the Geographic Approach
- GISS Waldo Tobler and TGIS Distinguished Lecture in GIScience
- Symposium on Human Dynamics Research: Urban Environmental Intelligence and Human-Climate Interactions (1)
- New Approaches in GIS Education
- Symposium on Human Dynamics Research: Urban Environmental Intelligence and Human-Climate Interactions (2)
- GISS Award Ceremony and Reception
Day 3 – March 26
- GeoAI and Deep Learning Symposium: GeoAI for Human Geography
- AAG 2025 Symposium on Spatial AI & Data Science for Sustainability: Artificial Intelligence and Complex Human-Environment Systems: Mutual Linkages and Benefits
- AAG 2025 Symposium on Spatial AI & Data Science for Sustainability: Advances in Multitemporal Remote Sensing for Terrestrial Ecosystems
- Recent Advances in Computational Movement Analysis, Session 1 (of 2)
- GeoAI and Deep Learning Symposium: GeoAI for Human Geography II
- Past, Present and Future of GIScience: Reflections on Webinar Series and Path Ahead
- Spatial Perception, Behavior, and Cognition
- Recent Advances in Computational Movement Analysis, Session 2
- Advancing a Geographic Approach for Conservation Science
- UCGIS Future Directions: A Strategic Conversation About Geospatial in Higher Education and Beyond
- Uncertainties in Big Data Analytics in Disaster Research
- Symposium on Geospatial Approaches to Pressing Grand Challenges: Global Pandemics, Climate Change, and Food Security – Opening Keynote
- AAG 2025 Symposium on Spatial AI & Data Science for Sustainability – Human-Environment Interactions and Spatial Data Science
- GeoAI and Deep Learning Symposium: Generative AI – Opportunities and Challenges for GIScience Research
- GIScience and Hazards I
- GIScience and Hazards II
- Advancing a Geographic Approach for Conservation Science II
Day 4 – March 27
- UAS Symposium 2025: Advances in UAS Remote Sensing within Geography Paper Session 1
- Community Resilience Research of Past, Current and Future: A Panel Discussion on Challenges, Opportunities, and Lessons Learned
- Navigating the Urban Heat Crisis: Science, Solutions, and Social Equity
- GeoAI and Deep Learning Symposium: Human-Centered Geospatial Data Science I
- Reassessing Coastal Risk, Vulnerability, and Hazards in the Great Lakes Region
- UAS Symposium 2025: Advances in UAS Remote Sensing within Geography Poster Session
- Navigating the Urban Heat Crisis 2: Science, Solutions, and Social Equity
- Spatial Optimization and Analysis
- GeoAI and Deep Learning Symposium: Human-Centered Geospatial Data Science II
- UAS Symposium 2025: Advances in UAS Remote Sensing within Geography Paper Session 2
- Advancing Agricultural Monitoring Through Remote Sensing I
- GeoAI and Deep Learning Symposium: GeoAI for Spatial Analytics and Modeling
- Towards a Sustainable Urban Climate: Confronting Heat and Air Pollution Challenges
- AAG 2025 Symposium on Spatial AI & Data Science for Sustainability: Deep Learning Approaches for Multi-Source Data Processing and Analysis
- Symposium on Geospatial Approaches to Pressing Grand Challenges: Global Pandemics, Climate Change, and Food Security – International Geospatial Health Research Network (IGHRN)
- UAS Symposium 2025: Advances in UAS Remote Sensing within Geography Paper Session 3
- GeoAI and Deep Learning Symposium: Social Sensing and GeoAI for Public Health – Session I
- Advancing Agricultural Monitoring Through Remote Sensing II
- AAG 2025 Symposium on Spatial AI & Data Science for Sustainability: Harnessing Geospatial Big Data for Urban Studies
- UAS Symposium 2025: Advances in UAS Remote Sensing within Geography Keynote Speaker Session
- Integrative Future-Oriented Approaches for Transformative Socio-Environmental Change
- GeoAI and Deep Learning Symposium: Social Sensing and GeoAI for Public Health – Session II
- Geospatial Data Science to Enhance Community Resilience to Urban Environmental Hazards
- Advancing Agricultural Monitoring Through Remote Sensing III
- Spatial Epidemiologic Methods in Reducing Disparities in Health and HIV
Day 5 – March 28
- GeoAI and Deep Learning Symposium: Spatially Explicit Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence I
- Symposium on Geospatial Approaches to Pressing Grand Challenges: Global Pandemic, Climate Change, and Food Security – Spatial Analysis for Social Good
- Digital Twins: A New Paradigm of Digital Transformation to Fill the Last Gap of Making Your Research Count
- AAG 2025 Symposium on Spatial AI & Data Science for Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities of Spatial Accessibility
- Symposium on Geospatial Approaches to Pressing Grand Challenges: Global Pandemics, Climate Change, and Food Security – Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI) for Urban Challenges
- GeoAI and Deep Learning Symposium: Spatially Explicit Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence II
- Using GIS for Impactful Research in Cities Across America
- GIScience Advances in Climate Change and Environmental Health – I
- Teaching Physical and Cultural Geography with Geotechnologies-Why and How? Best Practices
- Human Mobility, Vulnerable Population, and Homelessness Studies: Exploring Spatiotemporal Changes, Socio-Environmental Impacts, and GeoAI Applications I
- GeoAI and Deep Learning Symposium: AI and Remote Sensing for Polar and Sea Ice Monitoring and Forecasting
- Applying Deep Learning and AI to Imagery Analysis
- Human Mobility, Vulnerable Population, and Homelessness Studies: Exploring Spatiotemporal Changes, Socio-Environmental Impacts, and GeoAI Applications II
- Symposium on Geospatial Approaches to Pressing Grand Challenges: Global Pandemics, Climate Change, and Food Security – Closing Plenary
- GIScience Advances in Climate Change and Environmental Health – II
- Human Mobility, Vulnerable Population, and Homelessness Studies: Exploring Spatiotemporal Changes, Socio-Environmental Impacts, and GeoAI Applications III
We look forward to your participation and engaging discussions at AAG 2025!
If you have any questions or need further information, please feel free to reach out. Thank you for being a part of the GISS community; we appreciate your continued support!
Best regards,
Binbin Lin on behalf of
AAG GISS-SG BOD