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Monday, June 15
 

8:30am EDT

Advancing Social Media Analytics in Neo4j: Multimodal Embeddings and AI Agents with Knowledge Graphs
Monday June 15, 2026 8:30am - 12:00pm EDT
ESJ Room 1309
Workshop Registration
Half-day, hands-on workshop on AI-powered social media analytics using multimodal embeddings and knowledge graphs in Neo4j. Participants will use a curated Twitter/X-style dataset to build AI agents that utilize vector search and graph structures for in-depth analysis. Prior tutorial context: https://github.com/xbwei/data-analysis-with-generative-aiThis workshop requires registration - click here...
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Speakers
avatar for Xuebin Wei

Xuebin Wei

Associate Professor, James Madison University
Xuebin Wei is an Associate Professor at James Madison University. He teaches geospatial data science, GeoAI, and cloud computing, and develops practical approaches for using generative AI in teaching. His recent work focuses on course-grounded AI assistants, AI-supported content creation... Read More →
Monday June 15, 2026 8:30am - 12:00pm EDT
ESJ Room 1309
  Workshop

8:30am EDT

CyberTraining Workshop
Monday June 15, 2026 8:30am - 4:00pm EDT
ESJ Room 1215
This CyberTraining project is funded by the National Science Foundation's Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (CI) program. The project aims to establish an International CyberTraining for Disaster Management (CTDM) network, in which the GIScience and disaster management research communities can broaden their computational and CI...
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Speakers
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Zhe Zhang

Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
Dr. Zhe Zhang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at Texas A&M University.  Her research focuses on developing spatial decision support systems by integrating advanced cyberinfrastructure, geospatial artificial intelligence (GeoAI), and participatory design to... Read More →
Monday June 15, 2026 8:30am - 4:00pm EDT
ESJ Room 1215
  Workshop

12:00pm EDT

Lunch break (on your own)
Monday June 15, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
Atrium Lounge

Monday June 15, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
Atrium Lounge
  Meal

1:00pm EDT

From Prompts to Protocols: Governing Agentic AI for Reliable Geospatial Programming
Monday June 15, 2026 1:00pm - 4:30pm EDT
ESJ Room 1309
Workshop Registration
This workshop introduces AgentLoom, a dual-helix governance framework for reliable agentic AI in geospatial programming. Participants will leverage Persistent Knowledge and Enforceable Behavioral Constraints to stabilize LLM outputs, ensuring scientifically rigorous and reproducible software development across complex geospatial workflows. Prerequisite Knowledge & Materials:● Intermediate...
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Speakers
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Dr. Boyuan Guan

Lead Developer, Florida International University
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Dr. Levente Juhász

Assistant Professor of Geospatial Analytics, University of Florida
Levente Juhász is an Assistant Professor of Geospatial Analytics at the University of Florida. His research specializes in geospatial analytics, spatial data science, and OpenStreetMap, and GeoAI, focusing on geographic data quality and other pressing issues.
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Dr. Wencong Cui

Florida International University
Monday June 15, 2026 1:00pm - 4:30pm EDT
ESJ Room 1309
  Workshop

1:30pm EDT

How AI is Powering the Future of Geospatial
Monday June 15, 2026 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
ESJ Room 2309
Workshop Registration
This session introduces the foundations of AI within Esri’s ArcGIS platform. It explores how machine learning, deep learning, AI assistants, and large language models integrate with ArcGIS Pro , ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS apps. We will clarify key terminology, examine practical GIS-focused AI workflows, and distinguish between hype and classroom-ready capabilities. Attendees will see examples such...
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Speakers
avatar for Angela Lee

Angela Lee

Director, Education, Esri
Angela Lee is the Director of Education Solutions at Esri. She leads outreach to educators, students, and administrators and promotes a geographic approach to learning and problem solving. Angela also manages Esri product offerings for educational institutions. As a liaison between... Read More →
Monday June 15, 2026 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
ESJ Room 2309
  Workshop
 
Tuesday, June 16
 

8:00am EDT

Continental Breakfast
Tuesday June 16, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am EDT
Atrium Lounge
Tuesday June 16, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am EDT
Atrium Lounge
  Meal

9:00am EDT

Opening Session & Welcome
Tuesday June 16, 2026 9:00am - 9:30am EDT
ESJ Room 1224
Welcome & Opening Remarks

Kathleen Stewart, UCGIS President

Hal Daume, Volpi-Cupal Family Endowed Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Director of the Artificial Intelligence Interdisciplinary Institute at Maryland (AIM)
Tuesday June 16, 2026 9:00am - 9:30am EDT
ESJ Room 1224
  Plenary

9:30am EDT

Plenary Session: The future of Spatial Intelligence - The opportunity for Leadership
Tuesday June 16, 2026 9:30am - 10:20am EDT
ESJ Room 1224
The future of Spatial Intelligence - The opportunity for LeadershipIn the not-too-distant future, every decision - investment, infrastructure, climate adaptation, real estate, farming, banking - will start with a live conversation with the Earth. In our field, we have surely moved from looking at the Earth to asking it questions building on the maturity of geospatial technology and computing, the...
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Speakers
avatar for Marge Cole

Marge Cole

LunateAI
Driven by a passion for innovation that empowers, I have spent over two decades at the intersection of aerospace, geospatial standards, and entrepreneurship. From my tenure at NASA, SGT and KBR to launching my own consulting firm and now LunateAI, I have a proven track record of championing... Read More →
Tuesday June 16, 2026 9:30am - 10:20am EDT
ESJ Room 1224
  Plenary

10:20am EDT

Break
Tuesday June 16, 2026 10:20am - 10:40am EDT
Atrium Lounge
Tuesday June 16, 2026 10:20am - 10:40am EDT
Atrium Lounge
  Break

10:40am EDT

Student Lightning Talks: Emerging Directions in GeoAI
Tuesday June 16, 2026 10:40am - 12:00pm EDT
ESJ Room 1202
Cluster 1: Urban Perception & Human-Centered AI Keenon Lindsey, Texas State Univ.: “Seeing” Gentrification: A Deep Learning Approach to Visual Change Perception Yingrui Zhao, Univ. of Maryland: An LLM-Guided Approach for Analyzing Public Sentiment associated with Transportation POI Visit Patterns Michaelmary Chukwu, Univ. of Maryland: From Gravity Models to Semantic Reasoning: Leveraging LLMs...
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Tuesday June 16, 2026 10:40am - 12:00pm EDT
ESJ Room 1202
  Lightning Talk

10:40am EDT

State of the Industry
Tuesday June 16, 2026 10:40am - 12:00pm EDT
ESJ Room 1224
Join us for an update on industry perspectives on AI, workforce trends and student readiness.

Panelists:
Dana Bauer, Overture Maps
Brian Davidson, Google
Keith Barber, BAE Systems, Inc.
Bill Dollins, Cercana Systems, LLC

Moderated by Aaron Addison, WGIC Executive Director
Tuesday June 16, 2026 10:40am - 12:00pm EDT
ESJ Room 1224
  Panel

12:00pm EDT

Gerrymandering, GISc, and AI Governance
Tuesday June 16, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
Atrium Lounge
Pick up your box lunch and come to the Atrium Lounge!As the 2026 midterm elections approach, gerrymandering has once again entered public and scholarly debate. For GIScience (GISc), political geography, and spatial justice research, gerrymandering has never been simply a technical question of how to draw district lines. It is about how spatial boundaries intentionally shape political...
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Speakers
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Debs (Debarchana) Ghosh

University of Connecticut

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Bo Zhao

Associate Professor, University of Washington
Flyer Gerrymandering UCGIS png
Tuesday June 16, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
Atrium Lounge
  Social, Lightning Talk

12:00pm EDT

Lunch
Tuesday June 16, 2026 12:00pm - 1:30pm EDT
Atrium Lounge
Pick up your box lunch in the Concourse, and then gather with friends in the Atrium Lounge or outside.

No food and drink may be taken into the session rooms.
Tuesday June 16, 2026 12:00pm - 1:30pm EDT
Atrium Lounge
  Meal

1:30pm EDT

Student papers B: Environmental & Hazard Applications
Tuesday June 16, 2026 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
ESJ Room 1202
Samrin Sauda, Penn State: Improving Compound Coastal Flood Forecasting with Deep Learning Along the Southeast U.S. CoastKendall Phillips, University Of Maine: Comparison of PFAS Contamination Across Drinking Water Wells in Maine Using a Knowledge Graph Approach Madhukar Kuchavaram, Univ. of Florida: Spatiotemporal Forecasting for Proactive Vector Control: Weather-Lagged Prediction Models for...
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Tuesday June 16, 2026 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
ESJ Room 1202
  Research Paper

1:30pm EDT

Student Papers Session A: GeoAI Methods & Modeling
Tuesday June 16, 2026 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
ESJ Room 1224
Muhammad Khattak, Auburn University: SMARTS: A Synchronous Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning-driven Transit Scheduler via Graph Neural Networks and Proximal Policy OptimizationEmily Zhou, University of California Santa Barbara: Evaluating Methodological Structure and Analytical Outcome Divergence Across Machine Learning and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Approaches in Spatial Decision Support...
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Tuesday June 16, 2026 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
ESJ Room 1224
  Research Paper

3:00pm EDT

Break
Tuesday June 16, 2026 3:00pm - 3:30pm EDT
Atrium Lounge
Tuesday June 16, 2026 3:00pm - 3:30pm EDT
Atrium Lounge
  Break

3:30pm EDT

Student papers C: Urban Systems & Human-Centered GeoAI
Tuesday June 16, 2026 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
ESJ Room 1224
Shirin Alsadat Mahmoudian, George Mason Univ.: Generative AI for Urban Infrastructure Auditing: A Micro-scale Evaluation of Multimodal Transit Environments Isaac Quaye, Temple Univ.: Explainability of DL-based Gentrification Detection from Street View ImageryJiahua Chen, University of  California, Santa Barbara: ​​​​Making POI Uncertainty Legible: A Pipeline-Aware Error...
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Tuesday June 16, 2026 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
ESJ Room 1224
  Research Paper

3:30pm EDT

Student papers D: Spatial Analysis and Emerging Applications in GIScience
Tuesday June 16, 2026 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
ESJ Room 1202
Hailey Richardson, Univ. of Alabama: Understanding the Impact of Spatial Relationship Definitions on Crime Clustering Analysis: Implications for Urban Crime Patterns and Policing Strategies Youshuang Hu, Univ. of Connecticut: GIScience for Social Equity: Unpacking the Black Box of Spatial Inequality Jon Nealon, SUNY Albany: Beyond the God's Eye View: The Hot Air Balloon Perspective in Geospatial...
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Tuesday June 16, 2026 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
ESJ Room 1202
  Research Paper

5:00pm EDT

Listening Session: GIScience and Changes in Federal Funding 
Tuesday June 16, 2026 5:00pm - 5:30pm EDT
ESJ Room 1202
We are seeing changes in the NSF and NIH (etc.) funding landscape. This has and may continue to result in job cuts, terminations of grants, loss of overhead, and dissolution of programs. GIScientists may benefit from an open discussion about the current research climate.This is a very informal sharing and listening session on reactions to and strategies for managing the changes in federal funding...
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Speakers
CA
Tuesday June 16, 2026 5:00pm - 5:30pm EDT
ESJ Room 1202
  Social, Lightning Talk

6:00pm EDT

Poster Session + Opening Reception
Tuesday June 16, 2026 6:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center
Come join us for our UCGIS Symposium poster session and reception at the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center. We have a great lineup of posters! Get caught up with other UCGIS members at this not-to-missed social event. This Center is just a short walk (10-12 mins, mostly a gentle downhill) from the ESJ building where Symposium sessions are being held. We will have shuttles to take you back to The...
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Tuesday June 16, 2026 6:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center 7801 Alumni Dr, College Park, MD 20742, USA
  Poster Session, Social
 
Wednesday, June 17
 

8:00am EDT

Continental Breakfast
Wednesday June 17, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am EDT
Atrium Lounge
Wednesday June 17, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am EDT
Atrium Lounge
  Meal

9:20am EDT

Plenary Session: Scaling over Space: Advancing the Model and Data Foundations of GeoAI
Wednesday June 17, 2026 9:20am - 10:20am EDT
ESJ Room 1224
Scaling over Space: Advancing the Model and Data Foundations of GeoAIAdvances in deep learning and foundation models are raising expectations for general-purpose learning and creating new opportunities to harness the geospatial data revolution for Earth monitoring and scientific discovery, with broad benefits for agriculture, energy, water, transportation, smart cities, and disaster response. At...
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Speakers
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Wednesday June 17, 2026 9:20am - 10:20am EDT
ESJ Room 1224
  Plenary

10:10am EDT

Break
Wednesday June 17, 2026 10:10am - 10:30am EDT
Atrium Lounge
Wednesday June 17, 2026 10:10am - 10:30am EDT
Atrium Lounge
  Break

10:30am EDT

Developing Your GIS Professional Ecosystem: Associations, Networks, and Career Pathways
Wednesday June 17, 2026 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
ESJ Room 1224
Building a successful GIS career goes beyond technical skills—it also requires strong professional connections, continuous learning, and engagement with the broader geospatial community. This workshop is designed for students, recent graduates, emerging GIS professionals, and seasoned professionals who want to strengthen their professional network, expand their skillset, and discover new...
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Wednesday June 17, 2026 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
ESJ Room 1224
  Panel

10:30am EDT

Research Highlights: Advances in GeoAI and Spatial Modeling
Wednesday June 17, 2026 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
ESJ Room 1202
Sergii Skakun, Univ. of Maryland: ON THE INFERENCE FROM SATELLITE-BASED CLASSIFICATION MAPS FOR AREA ESTIMATION Luyu Liu, Auburn Univ.: Assessing the Potential and Bias of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Inferring Pedestrian Safety Perception Jielu Zhang, Harvard Univ.: SpatialCausal: a spatially-aware causal inference deep learning model for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival...
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Wednesday June 17, 2026 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
ESJ Room 1202
  Research Paper

12:00pm EDT

Lunch on your own
Wednesday June 17, 2026 12:00pm - 1:30pm EDT
We recommend Stamp Union, or a list of area restaurants can be found at Registration.
Wednesday June 17, 2026 12:00pm - 1:30pm EDT
  Meal

1:30pm EDT

Humans in GIScience and GeoAI
Wednesday June 17, 2026 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
ESJ Room 1224
This panel session aims to engage both panelists and the audience in a critical dialogue about the challenges, opportunities, and paths forward regarding the relationship between humans and GIS/GeoAI. We seek to explore how to develop a human-centered vision of GIScience and GeoAI that is both socially responsible and cognitively informed.Moderator: Shih-Lung Shaw, University of Tennessee,...
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Moderators
avatar for Shih-Lung Shaw

Shih-Lung Shaw

Professor, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Dr. Shih-Lung Shaw is Chancellor’s Professor and Alvin and Sally Beaman Professor in the Department of Geography and Sustainability at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His research interests cover GIS for transportation, space-time GIS, time geography, transportation geography... Read More →
Wednesday June 17, 2026 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
ESJ Room 1224
  Panel

1:30pm EDT

Research Highlights and Lightning Talks: Emerging Methods and Applications in GeoAI
Wednesday June 17, 2026 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
ESJ Room 1202
Lightning Talks Xuebin Wei, James Madison Univ.: Building an AI Teaching Stack for GeoAI Education Peter Kedron, UC Santa Barbara: Spatial Reasoning and identification in Causal Inference Lei Song, Rutgers Univ.: Explainable AI Reveals How Precipitation Modulates Thermal Effects Across Vertebrates Elizabeth Newnam, Temple Univ.: Effects of NDVI Exposure on Cannabis Use Disorder Treatment Full...
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Wednesday June 17, 2026 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
ESJ Room 1202
  Research Paper, Lightning Talk

3:00pm EDT

Break
Wednesday June 17, 2026 3:00pm - 3:30pm EDT
Atrium Lounge
Wednesday June 17, 2026 3:00pm - 3:30pm EDT
Atrium Lounge
  Break

3:30pm EDT

Field Trip: Maryland Robotics Center
Wednesday June 17, 2026 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Offsite
The Maryland Robotics Center (3119 IDEA) is an interdisciplinary research center, part of the A. James Clark School of Engineering. The mission of the center is to advance robotic systems and applications of robotics through research and educational programs. Come join us to see some of the interesting robotics projects that are underway (cognitive robots, human-robot interaction, surface rovers...
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Wednesday June 17, 2026 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Offsite
  Field Trip, Social

3:30pm EDT

CaGIS Student Paper Competition
Wednesday June 17, 2026 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
ESJ Room 1202
Ju He, Florida State Univ.: Estimating the Continuous Causal Effect of Spatial Distance on Outcomes Chen Zhang, Univ. of Connecticut: CASTED: Calibrated Anomaly-based Spatial-Temporal Event Detection Framework for Anomaly Detection in Resilience Curves Farnoosh Roozkhosh, Univ. of Georgia: Context-Augmented GeoAI for Public EV Charging: Predicting When and Where Charging Occurs Tongwei Xu, Univ....
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Wednesday June 17, 2026 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
ESJ Room 1202
  Research Paper

6:00pm EDT

Board Dinner
Wednesday June 17, 2026 6:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
Mulligan's Grill and Pub
Board and Committee Chairs' annual gathering
Wednesday June 17, 2026 6:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
Mulligan's Grill and Pub 3800 Golf Course Road, College Park, MD 20742
  Social
 
Thursday, June 18
 

8:00am EDT

Continental Breakfast
Thursday June 18, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am EDT
Atrium Lounge
Thursday June 18, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am EDT
Atrium Lounge
  Meal

9:00am EDT

Plenary Panel: AI in Geospatial Education
Thursday June 18, 2026 9:00am - 10:20am EDT
ESJ Room 1224
As AI fundamentally reshapes the professional landscape, this plenary panel explores the necessary pedagogical shifts, curricular integration strategies, and policy changes needed to prepare the next generation of geospatial scholars for an AI-infused future.

Panelists:
Devika Jain, Harvard CGA
Dan Goldberg, Texas A&M
Bo Zhao, University of Washington

Moderator: Eric Shook, University of Minnesota
Thursday June 18, 2026 9:00am - 10:20am EDT
ESJ Room 1224
  Plenary, Panel

10:20am EDT

Break
Thursday June 18, 2026 10:20am - 10:40am EDT
Atrium Lounge
Thursday June 18, 2026 10:20am - 10:40am EDT
Atrium Lounge
  Break

10:40am EDT

Awards Ceremony
Thursday June 18, 2026 10:40am - 11:45am EDT
ESJ Room 1224

Thursday June 18, 2026 10:40am - 11:45am EDT
ESJ Room 1224
  Social

11:45am EDT

Council Lunch
Thursday June 18, 2026 11:45am - 1:30pm EDT
Charles Carroll Room

Thursday June 18, 2026 11:45am - 1:30pm EDT
Charles Carroll Room Stamp Union, 3972 Campus Dr, College Park, MD 20742, USA
  Meal

1:30pm EDT

Education Session
Thursday June 18, 2026 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
ESJ Room 1202

Thursday June 18, 2026 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
ESJ Room 1202
  Panel

1:30pm EDT

Federal Agencies Panel
Thursday June 18, 2026 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
ESJ Room 1224
This panel will discuss topics such as the impact of geoAI within government organizations, opportunities and challenges of AI with different government agencies as well as insights about workforce needs and desired skills.  Panelists:Samantha Arundel, Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science, US Geological Survey Mark Carroll, Data Science Group, NASA GoddardElvis...
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Thursday June 18, 2026 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
ESJ Room 1224
  Panel

3:00pm EDT

Break
Thursday June 18, 2026 3:00pm - 3:30pm EDT
Atrium Lounge
Thursday June 18, 2026 3:00pm - 3:30pm EDT
Atrium Lounge
  Break

3:30pm EDT

Field Trip: Center for Advanced Transportation Technology (CATT) Lab
Thursday June 18, 2026 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Offsite
The Center for Advanced Transportation Technology (CATT) Laboratory at UMD supports national, state, and local efforts to solve important transportation, safety, and security problems. Center developers and engineers work on information visualization, user interface design, and performance measurement and analysis and develop real-time systems that fuse massive data from millions of sensors across...
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Thursday June 18, 2026 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Offsite
  Field Trip, Social

3:30pm EDT

Golden Compass Onward: Navigating the Academy
Thursday June 18, 2026 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
ESJ Room 1202
Navigating the Academy: Wayfinding Toward Success for Foreign-Born Women Faculty

Join us for some conversations about wayfinding on your professional journey with an emphasis on community-based navigational strengths.

Moderators: Laxmi Ramasubramanian and Amy Rock
Thursday June 18, 2026 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
ESJ Room 1202
  Panel
 

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