The Waldo Tobler Distinguished Lecture, 2026

The AAG GISS Specialty Group and Transactions in GIS are thrilled to announce the speakers for the 2026 Waldo Tobler and TGIS Distinguished Lecture in GIScience!

Join us at the AAG 2026 Annual Meeting in San Francisco on Wednesday, March 18, to hear from leading scholars shaping the future of analytical cartography and spatial analysis:

  • Dr. Peter Kedron (UC Santa Barbara) will explore the critical challenges of reproducibility in his talk, New Directions in Geographic Research on Replication.
  • Dr. Shawn Newsam (UC Merced) will reflect on the evolution of our field in his presentation, Over 25 years of GeoAI: From the Alexandria Digital Library Project to Now.

Whether you are attending in person or joining the hybrid stream, you won’t want to miss this keynote session!

Click here to read the full abstracts and session details

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