UCGIS Symposium 2026: Full Schedule

10:40am EDT

State of the Industry

Tuesday June 16, 2026 10:40am - 12:00pm EDT

TBA

Moderated by Aaron Addison, WGIC Executive Director

Tuesday June 16, 2026 10:40am - 12:00pm EDT
TBA

Panel

10:30am EDT

Developing Your GIS Professional Ecosystem: Associations, Networks, and Career Pathways

Wednesday June 17, 2026 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT

Room B

Join us for a session on growing your network and career!

Esri: Michelle Kinzer
GPN: Sid Pandey
ASPRS: Karen Schuckman
WiGIS: Eva Reid
GISCI: Jochen Albrecht

Wednesday June 17, 2026 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Room B

Panel

1:30pm EDT

Humans in GeoAI

Wednesday June 17, 2026 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT

Room B

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.

Moderators

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
Room B

Panel

1:30pm EDT

Education Session

Thursday June 18, 2026 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT

Room B

Thursday June 18, 2026 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Room B

Panel

1:30pm EDT

Federal Agencies Panel

Thursday June 18, 2026 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT

Room A

Thursday June 18, 2026 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Room A

Panel

3:30pm EDT

Golden Compass Session

Thursday June 18, 2026 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT

Room A

Thursday June 18, 2026 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Room A

Panel

UCGIS Symposium 2026

10:40am EDT

10:30am EDT

1:30pm EDT

Shih-Lung Shaw

1:30pm EDT

1:30pm EDT

3:30pm EDT

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