[AISWorld] AMCIS 2018: SIGGIS Workshop Keynote, Location Analytics, Public Health

[Daniel Farkas]

(apologies for cross-postings)

Colleagues,

Please Join SIGGIS in New Orleans for an engaging and informative workshop
on Innovation and Disruption in the Geospatial Realm with a focus on public
health.

We are pleased to announce our Workshop Keynote Speaker, Dr. Fahui Wang.
The title of his presentation is “GIS Changes (and will change) Public
Health"

Dr. Wang is James J. Parsons Professor and Chair of the Department of
Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University. His work focuses on
applications of GIS and computtaional methods in public policy including
urban planning, public health and public safety, and has been supported by
several federal grant agencies such as the NSF, DHHS (NIH and AHRQ), HUD,
DOE and DOJ (NIJ and OJJDP). He has published over 120 refereed articles
and 5 books (including two edited books). He was a recipient of Louisiana
State University (LSU) Rainmaker for outstanding research, scholarship and
creative activity (2009, 2015) and LSU Distinguished Faculty Award (2018),
and a Policy Winner of 2015 Outstanding Article of the Year from the Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services (DHHS).

Registration: You can add a workshop through the registration process on
the AMCIS 2018 website (https://amcis2018.aisconferences.org/register/)

Contact: Dan Farkas (dfarkas at pace.edu)

Workshop Description:

Digital Disruption: Implications for the Geospatial Realm

This workshop will serve as a research forum on the varied aspects of
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the emergence of the “Geospatial
Realm”. As the understanding that geospatial, or locational, data has value
for many organizations, the focus on this special type of data has also
increased. Workshop activities will be facilitated focusing on this
research area to discuss the “who, what, where, when, how, and why” of
participating in this burgeoning research domain.


Workshop Agenda (draft):

*AMCIS 2018*

*SIGGIS Workshop*

*(Draft 7/20/2018)*

*Digital Disruption: A Workshop on the Implications for the Geospatial
Realm*

Hyatt Regency, New Orleans

Room: TBA

Thursday, August 16, 2018, 8:30am – 12:00


8:30-9:00 am                      *PRE-WORKSHOP COFFEE and TEA*

9:00 – 9:10                         Welcome to Workshop

9:10-9:35 am                      Introduction to the Geospatial Realm

9:35-10:15 am                   Innovations and Disruptions:  Big Data,
Social Media, IoT, Applications

10:15-10:30 am                 *BREAK – COFFEE and TEA*

10:30-11:15 am                 Keynote Speaker

Dr. Fahul Wang

James J. Parsons Professor and

Chair of the Department of Geography and Anthropology

Louisiana State University

Presentation: *GIS Changes (and will change) Public Health*


11:15-12:00 pm               Breakout Groups: *Innovations and Disruption:
Practice, Teaching  and Research*

12:00-12:15pm               Workshop Summary.  Key takeaways.  Next steps
for participants?



Presenters:

                   Brian Hilton, Claremont Graduate University

                   James B. Pick, University of Redlands

                   Avijit Sarkar, University of Redlands

                   Hindupur Ramakrishna, University of Redlands

                   Dan Farkas, Pace University

                   Namchul Shin, Pace University






-- 
Dan Farkas, PhD
Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems
Pace University
Pleasantville, NY,  10570 USA
http://www.pace.edu/seidenberg/

Chair, AIS Special Interest Group on Geographic Information Systems (SIGGIS)