Office of GIS and Remote Sensing Research

2008 GIS and Remote Sensing
Research Symposium

1:00 - 5:00 pm Friday, April 4th, 2008

held at the Olin Preston Room at the Holiday Inn
Across from the Virginia Tech Campus
900 Prices Fork Road
Blacksburg , VA 24060

Keynote address by:
David Strong and Dianna Hogan, PhD
United States Geological Society
and
Sean Wohltman
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

In addition to providing a venue to share information about recent advances in
geographic information systems and remote sensing applications in Virginia, this meeting will feature opportunities to interact with colleagues, students, and government and industry representatives from across the state who are interested in geospatial information technology.

Attendees will

• Learn about new technologies and new applications of existing technologies,
• Learn about new data products, and new geospatial products and services being offered in
Virginia, and
• Meet potential new employees/employers,
• Learn about valuable geospatial skills that are necessary to compete in
today's workforce.

The meeting will focus on interaction among participants and the sharing of data, applications, and techniques. The symposium will include both presentation and poster sessions as well as a keynote speaker.

For further information, contact John McGee jmcg@vt.edu / (540) 231-2428 or
Seth Peery sspeery@vt.edu

Lodging
The Holiday Inn has a small block of rooms available at a discounted rate for those in need of lodging. Please contact the Holiday Inn directly for more information.

There is no registration fee to attend this conference.

Sponsor Acknowledgements
The Virginia Association of Mapping and Land Information Systems (VAMLIS) and the Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) are providing sponsorship for this event.

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OGIS is an affiliation of teaching and research faculty
from 5 colleges, 15 departments and the Virginia
Tech Libraries who share an interest and expertise in
Geospatial Information Technologies (GIT).

OGIS pages are maintained by Bruce Obenhaus
Last updated: April 3rd, 2008