[AISWorld] AMCIS 2023 Pre-Conference Workshop: Location Analytics: Research, Innovation, and Inclusion in the Americas

[Dan Farkas]

*AMCIS 2023, Wednesday, August 9, 8:30AM*

*Workshop:* *Location Analytics: Research, Innovation, and Inclusion in the
Americas*

This workshop covers principles of Location Analytics, including the latest
applications and examples of spatial research on Digital Divides in Latin
America, Social Inclusion, and Product Innovation. Participants will gain
insights into how to use these and other approaches to expand their IS
research, as well as opportunities for networking and collaboration. The
workshop has the broad themes of what location analytics offers IS faculty
and students, how GIS can be applied in IS research, and how meaningful
GIS’s applications and outcomes are for the Americas, with a special
attention to Panama and Mexico.


The Keynote by Dr. Ante Salcedo of Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
explores Spatial Aspects of Digital Inclusion in Rural Mexico. An invited
talk will also be given by a local expert on implementing geospatial
decision-making solutions in Panama. Participant discussion is emphasized
in two workshop segments: one to provide time for participants to discuss
GIS research and a second an open discussion by the participants of the
workshop’s ideas and content.



*Workshop Agenda*

-        8-8:30 am             Pre-Workshop Coffee, Tea, and Networking

-        8:30-8:40 am                     Welcome and Introductions, Dan
Farkas

-        8:40-9:10 am                     Dan Farkas, Cloud GIS and Data
(Demos) – ArcGIS Online, Data Enrichment

-        9:10-9:40 am                     Namchul Shin, Big Data and
Location Analytics (Demos)

-        9:40-10 am Break

-        10-10:35 am                      James Pick, Latin
America/Caribbean Location Analytics Research Example

-        10:35-11:15 pm    Breakout: Research opportunities in Location
Analytics

-        11:15-11:50 pm    Academic Keynote Speaker: Dr. Ante Salcedo, Dean
of the Division of Engineering, Chair of the Department of Digital Systems,
ITAM, Mexico City

§  Topic: The Challenges of Achieving Digital Connectivity of Spatially
Distanced Rural Communities in Mexico

-        11:50-12:15 pm    Box Lunch

-        12:15-12:45 pm    Michael Erskine. Social Inclusion Research, the
use of location analytics – why, how, and where?

-        12:45-1:15 pm      Óscar Vega, Manager of Government Sector, Esri
Panama

§  Topic: Implementation of Geospatial Sciences for Decision-Making in
Panama

-        1:15-1:50 pm                    Asish Satpathy. Product Innovation
Research, the use of location analytics

-        1:50-2:15 pm                    Discussion (broad – across the
workshop)

-        2:15-2:30 pm                    James Pick, Wrap-up and Summary



*Workshop Leaders*

Dr. James B. Pick              School of Business, University of Redlands

Dr. Daniel Farkas              Seidenberg School, Pace University

Dr. Namchul Shin             Seidenberg School, Pace University

Dr. Asish Satpathy           W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State
University

Dr. Michael A. Erskine    Jones College of Business, Middle Tennessee State
University



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