Save the date for GIS Day, which will be held on Wednesday, November 18, 2015, with some events being held on November 16 and 17. This year’s theme is “Explore! The Power of Maps.” All events are free and open to the public. The GIS Day planning team welcomes and encourages the participation of students, staff and faculty at these events highlighting the importance of geospatial information across disciplines. Details below:

Monday, November 16, 2015
1:00–2:30 p.m.: Mapping Application Workshop (PolicyMap, SimplyMap, and SocialExplorer), Paterno Library, Room 302.

Tuesday, November 17, 2015
6:00–8:00 p.m.: Maptime Chapter Event, New Leaf Initiative, downtown State College

Wednesday, November 18, 2015
10 a.m.–5:30 p.m.: Poster Display, Franklin Atrium, Pattee Library
10 a.m.–2 p.m.: Information Fair, Leisure Reading Room, Pattee Library
All day: Speaker and Lightning Talks: Location: Foster Aud., Paterno Library (able to view remotely via Media Site Live)
Morning Session:
11:15–11:45 a.m.: Joseph Kerski, 5 Converging Forces: Geoawareness, geotechnologies, geoenablement, citizen science, and storytelling are combining to make this the most exciting time ever for GIS in education and society. Find out about these forces, why they matter,how you can get involved, and what they mean for your career pathway.
11:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m.: Lightning Talks
Afternoon Session
1:30–2:30 p.m.: HERE maps
2:30–3:00 p.m.: Joseph Kerski, Telling your story with Esri Storymaps: Combine audio, video, photographs, sketches, narratives, and other multimedia to present the results of your research, to teach, and to communicate your OWN story, using Esri’s easy-to-use yet powerful storymapping web applications.
3:00–3:30 p.m.: Lightning Talks
4:00–5:30 p.m.: Networking Reception, Mann Assembly Room
Drawing of a $75 Gift Certificate from Geographic Research, Inc. producer of SimplyMap

For more information, visit the GIS Day website