Past Events

The following is a list of past speakers and events that took place as part of the university's GIS Day celebrations:

2023

Braided Knowledges for a Sustainable Future Roundtable Discussion

Steve DeRoy and Transboundary Commission of the Juruá/Yurúa River. 

2021

Riley Champine
Graphics Editor, National Geographic

Workshop: How to make a map for National Geographic

Janet Ranganathan
VP for Research, Data, and Innovation, World Resource Institute

2020

Dr. Lilian Pintea
VP of Conservation Science, Chief Ecologist, Jane Goodall Institute

Workshop: Mapping Census Data

Matt McCracken '09
Principal, Timmons Group

Student Map Competition Award Ceremony

2019

Open House and Student GIS Demonstrations

Roger Barlow
USGS National Map Liaison for DC, Delaware, Maryland, & New Jersey

Dr. Haitao Wang
Virginia Tech

Tammy Ebner
Chesterfield County

Keith VanGraafeiland
ESRI Product Engineer

David West
Spotsylvania County

GIS Day Cake Contest

2018

Mapathon and Open House

"Kenya Settlement Scheme Project" Dr. Sandra Joireman and guests from Kenya

GIS Day Cake Contest

2017

Open House and Software Demonstrations

Geography Alumni throughout the day

GIS Day Cake Contest

Unveiling of the 10th Anniversary GIS Day T-shirt Quilt

2016

Open House and Software Demonstrations

CTLT Faculty Panel "GIS Across the Curricula"

"ANNEXED" GIS student presentations about the Richmond Annexation

2015

Student Presentations

  • Tracy Tien
  • Shaquille Christmas
  • Olivia Mobayed

Campus-Wide Geocaching Activity with the Geography Club

GIS Day Cake Contest

2014

Chris Brown
Spatial Analysis Lab

Justin Madron
Digital Scholarship Lab

Student Presentations

  • Andrew Valenski
  • Taylor Holden

Bridget Ward
EEE Consulting and UR Alum

2013

Jeff Allenby
Chesapeake Conservancy and UR Alum

Tim Hamilton
Robins School of Business

Jeff Kerby
Pennsylvania State University and UR Alum

Justin Madron
Digital Scholarship Lab

  • Student Presentations
  • GIS Day Cake Contest

2012

  • Geocaching & Community Mapping with local youth
  • GIS Day Cake Contest
  • Student Presentations

2011

Scott Nesbit
Digital Scholarship Lab

Doug Winiarski
 Department of Religious Studies

  • GIS Day Cake Contest with special judge Carole Weinstein

2010

Karl Huber
Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Soil and Water Conservation Division

  • GIS Day Cake Contest
  • Middle school visitors experienced the Spatial Analysis Lab and went on a geocaching scavenger hunt

2009

Dan Widner
Virginia Information Technology Agency, Virginia Base Mapping Program

  • GIS Day Cake Contest
  • Middle school visitors/activities
  • Celebrated the adoption of the Campus Accessibility Map

2008

UR students enrolled in the department's GIS class presented to middle school students about the campus accessibility mapping project they were working on.

  • GIS Day Cake Contest

2007

Alfredo Frauenfelder, GIS Director
County of Henrico

Mary Davis, Chief Cartographer
Virginia Economic Development Partnership

  • GIS Day Cake Contest
  • Geocaching activity