UCGIS Symposium 2026: Grid

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Atrium Lounge	ESJ Room 1215	ESJ Room 1309	ESJ Room 2309

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Lunch break (on your own) 12:00pm - 1:00pm

CyberTraining Workshop 8:30am - 4:00pm

Advancing Social Media Analytics in Neo4j: Multimodal Embeddings and AI Agents with Knowledge Graphs 8:30am - 12:00pm

From Prompts to Protocols: Governing Agentic AI for Reliable Geospatial Programming 1:00pm - 4:30pm

How AI is Powering the Future of Geospatial 1:30pm - 3:00pm

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Atrium Lounge	ESJ Room 1202	ESJ Room 1224	Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center

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Continental Breakfast 8:00am - 9:00am

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Lunch 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Gerrymandering, GISc, and AI Governance 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Break 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Student Lightning Talks: Emerging Directions in GeoAI 10:40am - 12:00pm

Student papers B: Environmental & Hazard Applications 1:30pm - 3:00pm

Student papers D: Spatial Analysis and Emerging Applications in GIScience 3:30pm - 5:00pm

Listening Session: GIScience and... 5:00pm - 5:30pm

Opening Session & Welcome 9:00am - 9:30am

Plenary Session: The future of Spatial Intelligence -... 9:30am - 10:20am

State of the Industry 10:40am - 12:00pm

Student Papers Session A: GeoAI Methods & Modeling 1:30pm - 3:00pm

Student papers C: Urban Systems & Human-Centered GeoAI 3:30pm - 5:00pm

Poster Session + Opening Reception 6:00pm - 8:00pm

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Atrium Lounge	ESJ Room 1202	ESJ Room 1224	Mulligan's Grill and Pub	Offsite

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Continental Breakfast 8:00am - 9:00am

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Research Highlights: Advances in GeoAI and Spatial Modeling 10:30am - 12:00pm

Research Highlights and Lightning Talks: Emerging Methods and Applications in GeoAI 1:30pm - 3:00pm

CaGIS Student Paper Competition 3:30pm - 5:00pm

Plenary Session: Scaling over Space: Advancing the Model and Dat... 9:20am - 10:20am

Developing Your GIS Professional Ecosystem: Associations, Networks, and Career Pathways 10:30am - 12:00pm

Humans in GIScience and GeoAI 1:30pm - 3:00pm

Board Dinner 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Field Trip: Maryland Robotics Center 3:30pm - 5:00pm

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Atrium Lounge	Charles Carroll Room	ESJ Room 1202	ESJ Room 1224	Offsite

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Continental Breakfast 8:00am - 9:00am

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Council Lunch 11:45am - 1:30pm

Education Session 1:30pm - 3:00pm

Golden Compass Onward: Navigating the Academy 3:30pm - 5:00pm

Plenary Panel: AI in Geospatial Education 9:00am - 10:20am

Awards Ceremony 10:40am - 11:45am

Federal Agencies Panel 1:30pm - 3:00pm

Field Trip: Center for Advanced Transportation Technology (CATT) Lab 3:30pm - 5:00pm

UCGIS Symposium 2026

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