Thank you for joining us last night! And SCGIS 2023 Virtual Conference

[Janet Nackoney]

Hello SCGIS-DC,

Thank you very much for joining our SCGIS-DC and GeoDC event last night! We had a great turnout and it was fun to meet new folks. I want to especially thank our presenters Thayer Young, Joel Masselink, and Pui-Yu Ling for sharing their work!

As I mentioned last night, the SCGIS 26th Annual Conference has now been announced. Abstract submissions are open-- please consider submitting a talk! Please see the email below for more information. 

Best,

Janet

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From: SCGIS Conference <conferenc...@scgis.org>
Date: Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 12:16 AM
Subject: SCGIS 2023 Virtual Conference: Call for Abstract Submissions
To: SCGIS Listserv <scgi...@scgis.org>, <mem...@scgis.org>

Dear SCGIS Community,

Our virtual SCGIS 2023 Annual International Conference is this August (15-18), and we look forward to hearing from you! We invite you to submit an abstract by May 5th to share your work with our global community. 

What conservation GIS projects have you been exploring recently?  Our annual conference is the perfect place to share your work and experience with your colleagues. We invite you to submit abstracts on a wide range of topics pertaining to conservation GIS (please see list of suggested topics below).  The conference will be virtual as we strive to bring our members and colleagues together in spite of the pandemic.

To submit individual abstracts for presentation, please fill out the Abstract Submission Web form.  We ask that presentations be 12-15 minutes in length with an additional 5 minutes for questions.  Presentations will be live via Zoom and we will attempt to schedule sessions that are convenient for the presenter’s time zone.  Any presenters joining with low internet bandwidth are strongly encouraged to submit a pre-recorded presentation and join the live session for Q&A. 

We also invite you to submit proposals for a session around a topic of interest in conservation GIS.  This could be centered around GIS work by your organization, a multi-organization working group, in a particular geographic area, an SCGIS Chapter, or just a subject you think is important to explore!  SCGIS volunteers will help organize and host the sessions.  We ask you to provide the content.  For further information on this and to submit ideas for sessions, fill out the Curated Session Submission Web form.

For questions, please contact conferenc...@scgis.org.  Submission deadline is May 5th, 2023.

Excitedly,

The SCGIS Conference Committee

Below is a list of suggested topics for presentations for the SCGIS 2023 Annual International Conference, but submissions are not limited to this list.  We welcome presentations on a wide range of conservation GIS topics.

Cartography & Data Visualization

Spatial Conservation Planning

Remote Sensing Applications

Climate Change and Adaptation

Facilitating GIS Collaboration or Stakeholder Engagement

Environmental Justice Applications of GIS 

Cultural Preservation Applications of GIS

Collaborating with Indigenous Communities

Utilizing Community (or Citizen) Science

Public Participation GIS

Land Trust Applications

Machine Learning Applications

Drone Applications

Species Movement & Telemetry

Species Distribution Modeling

Online Conservation Tools

Landscape-level Conservation Planning & Modeling

Field Work & On-the-Ground Data Collection

Camera Traps & Data Analysis

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Questions?  Contact us at Conferenc...@scgis.org