Los Angeles Geospatial Summit Coming Feb. 27

The Fifth Annual Los Angeles Geospatial Summit will take place at the Japanese American National Museum on Feb. 27, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. The event will feature addresses and discussions from leading innovators in the world of geographic information science (GIS) and technology. The summit also will feature presentations from students representing more than a dozen different Southern California colleges and universities.

Registration is available here. A detailed program breakdown can be found here.

“At the USC Spatial Sciences Institute, we collaborate with a cross-cutting array of researchers, businesses, non-profits, NGOs, and other entities from a wide range of disciplines and industries to analyze, model, and visualize location-based data,” said John P. Wilson, USC Spatial Sciences Institute and summit program committee member. “Although there are many geospatial conferences across the country and around the world, our summit has the distinctive mission to connect current leaders in the spatial sciences with students from numerous different academic institutions who are the next generation of innovators.”

At the summit, students will be able to learn about emerging trends in geospatial science, technology, and applications; present papers and posters about their own research; network with industry professionals; and introduce themselves to geospatial company representatives at the closing Industry and job fair.

Industry professionals will have the opportunity to learn what leaders in their field see as emerging geospatial trends, create greater awareness for their company by sharing materials at the industry fair, network with other geospatial professionals, and have a chance to influence what academic programs are teaching to the next generation of GIS professionals.

Plenary speakers will be Gil Elbaz, CEO, Factual Inc., presenting “Location-Based Data and GIS: Changing the Future;” Keith Masback, CEO, United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation; and Chris Mattmann, Ph.D., chief architect, Instrument and Data Systems Section, presenting the case study “Data Science from the Trenches: NASA, Academia, and Open Source Trial by Fire.”

Moderators and panelists for the day’s panel discussions and concurrent presentations will include:

• Estella M. Geraghty, M.D., Chief Medical Officer and Health Solutions, Esri
• Chris B. Dunbar, Principal Director, Guidance & Control Subdivision, The Aerospace Corporation
• Mark Sarojak, Vice President, PIXIA Corp.
• Bingcai Zhang, Technical Fellow, BAE Systems
• Robert Fassett, M.D., Director, Care Delivery Transformation, PricewaterhouseCoopers
• David DiBiase, Team Lead – Education Industry, Esri
• Isaiah Mack, Manager, California Surveying and Drafting Supply, Inc.
• Thomas A. Horan, Professor and Dean, Claremont Graduate University
• Myles G. Cockburn, Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine and Spatial Sciences, USC
• Andre Doumitt, CEO, Digital Adopxion
• R. Maxwell Baber, Director of Academic Programs, United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation

The summit is sponsored by California Surveying and Drafting Supply, California Geographic Information Association, Esri, PIXIA Corporation, United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation, and the USC Spatial Sciences Institute.