Program

High-Level Overview

Held on the second floor of the Cohon University Center at CMU

Registration Table | hallway outside Rangos | 8:30 am - 2:30 pm
Quiet Room | the Dowd Room
Geoguessr Challenge | Pake Room | 9:00 - 2:30 pm
Map Gallery | Rangos Ballroom | Voting ends at 2:30 pm

Schedule

Rangos Ballroom

8:45 AM	Coffee and refreshments sponsored by Esri
9:00 AM	Opening the Day
9:10 AM	Short Talks
10:10 AM	Welcome & Announcements
10:20 AM	Lightning Talk Sessions Part 1
11:10 AM	Roundtable discussion
11:50 AM	Panel with local data repositories
12:30 PM	Lunch sponsored by CMU Sustainability Initiative
1:30 PM	Open House & Map Gallery
3:05 PM	Lightning Talk Sessions Part 2

Mappy Hour

Spirits & Tales in the Oaklander Hotel

4:30 - 6:30 pm	Sponsored by Larson Design Group

Program Details

Morning Session

Rangos Ballroom

9:00 AM—11:05 AM
Talks with Coffee & Refreshments provided by Esri
9:00 AM—9:10 AM
Opening Day
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- • Breathe Reset Connect with your Heart
  Kristin Heath,CMU Libraries
9:10 AM—10:00 AM
Short Talks
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- • Student Sustainability Projects, CMU Sustainability Initiative
  Students,
  (10 min w/ 5 min Q, 9:10-9:25 am)
- • From Data Portals to Community Platforms: Evolving Open Data
  Keith Swavely & Rachel Weeden, Esri,
  (15 min w/5 min Q, 9:25-9:45 am)
- • Mapping Data into Direction - How LDG Uses GIS for Smarter Planning
  Paul Yoder, Planner, Larson Design Group,
  (15 min w/ 5 min Q, 9:45-10:05 am)
5 Minute Break
10:10 AM—10:20 AM
Welcome
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- • Activities & Announcements
  Jessica Benner,CMU Libraries
10:20 AM—10:45 AM
Lightning Talks Session 1
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(Description)
- • Animal health deserts in Allegheny County: where human social determinants impact pet health care access
  Mary Elizabeth Rauktis,University of Pittsburgh & Humane Animal Rescue and Animal friends
  (5 min, 10:20 - 10:25 AM)
- • Justice40 Federal Funding Distribution in Pennsylvania Environmental Justice Areas
  Beth Ann Eberle,University of Pittsburgh
  (5 min, 10:25 - 10:30 AM)
- • Mapping Litter in Pittsburgh with a Litter Index
  Christopher Mitchell,City of Pittsburgh
  (5 min, 10:30 - 10:35 AM)
- • Q&A
  (10 minutes, 10:35-10:45 am)
10:45 AM—11:05 AM
Lightning Talks Session 2
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(Description)
- • Quantitative Analysis of Urban Design Strategies for Heat Island Mitigation
  Riley Weng,CMU
  (5 min, 10:45 - 10:50 AM)
- • Interactive GIS Applications with Open Data
  Steve Saylor,WPRDC/UCSUR/Unversity of Pittsburgh
  (5 min, 10:50 - 10:55 AM)
- • Q&A
  (10 minutes, 10:55-11:05 am)
5 Minute Break

Mid-day Session & Lunch

Rangos Ballroom

11:10 AM—11:40 AM
Roundtable Discussions
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- • Round Table Topics
  (10 min setup 20 min discussion, 11:10 - 11:40 am)
- • Two tables per topic. Each table has guiding questions for discussion. This is a time to informally connect with other participants with similar interests.
10 Minute Break
11:50 AM—12:30 PM
Panel Discussion
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12:30 PM—1:30 PM
Lunch
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Sponsored by CMU Sustainability Initiative
- • Food will be set up in Rangos. Please use compost bins provided for compostable items.

Afternoon Session

Rangos Ballroom

1:30 PM—3:00 PM
Open House & Map Gallery
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(Description)
- • Open House tables to visit in Rangos
- • Grand Challenge Expo | Working with County Health Data
  (Description)
- • Map Gallery
3:00 PM—3:05 PM
Awards Presentation
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3:05 PM—3:30 PM
Lightning Talks Session 3
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(Description)
- • Operational Use of Mapping Tools in Missing Person Searches
  Ken Chiacchia,Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center / Mountaineer Area Rescue Group
  (5 min, 3:05 - 3:10 PM)
- • Amphibians at Risk: Do Landscape Changes Drive Disease in Northern Pennsylvania?
  Eliza Lichtman,University of Pittsburgh
  (5 min, 3:10 - 3:15 PM)
- • Spatial visualization training updates, one year later: Changes to brain function help close performance gaps
  Marissa Laws,CMU
  (5 min, 3:15 - 3:20 PM)
- • Q&A
  (10 minutes, 3:20-3:30)
3:30 PM—3:55 PM
Lightning Talks Session 4
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(Description)
- • OpenFLAME: A Federated Mapping Infrastructure
  Sagar Bharadwaj,CMU
  (5 min, 3:30 - 3:35 PM)
- • ArcGIS Methods for Automated Hydrology and Hydraulics Table Production
  Patrick Lovenguth,University of Pittsburgh
  (5 min, 3:35 - 3:40 PM)
- • Automating Data Extraction and Transformation for ArcGIS Dashboards
  Aashish K C,Erie County
  (5 min, 3:40 - 3:45 PM)
- • Q&A
  (6 minutes, 3:45-3:55)
3:55 PM—4:00 PM
Closing & Thanks
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4:30 PM—6:30 PM
Mappy Hour with food and cash bar
(Description)
Spirits & Tales (18 min walk),5130 Bigelow Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
- • Feel free to mosey over on your own, but if you’d like to walk with a group: one group will leave at 4:15 pm and a second will leave at 4:30 pm. Meet at the Registration Table.