Navigating Knowledge: BayGeo/UC Berkeley 2025 Geospatial Education Summit
Join educators, students, & professionals as we explore “Navigating Knowledge: Innovating Geospatial Education Together”
Date and time
Location
Mulford Hall
130 Hilgard Way Berkeley, CA 94720 United StatesAgenda
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Registration and Coffee
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Welcome and Introductions
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Keynote
Iryna Dronova
10:30 AM - 11:20 AM
Morning Breakout #1a - Recent Advances in Remote Sensing
Irynna Drovona
10:30 AM - 11:20 PM
Morning Breakout #1b - Emerging Trends in Geospatial Technology
Canserina Kurnia
10:30 AM - 11:20 AM
Hands-on Lab #1 - Introduction to QGIS
Cam Denney
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Morning Breakout #2a - Topics in Geospatial Applications
Iryna Dronova
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Morning Breakout #2b - Teaching GIS from Classroom to Career
Susan Powell
Stace Maples
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Morning Breakout #2c - Reality Mapping with Esri's Site Scan for ArcGIS
Jeremiah Johnson
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Morning Breakout #2d - Unconference!
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch - Sponsored by Esri
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Afternoon Breakout #1a - Cloud-Native and Open-Source Data & Tools
Nancy Thomas
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Afternoon Breakout #1b - Teaching GIS - Curriculum Planning Discussion
Rick Kos
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Afternoon Breakout #1c - Integrating UAVs into a GIS Workflow
Henri Brillon
Owen Hussey
1:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Hands-On Lab #2 - TBD
2:45 PM - 3:35 PM
Panel Discussion
David Saah
3:35 PM - 4:00 PM
Wrap-up
About this event
- Event lasts 6 hours 45 minutes
- Paid venue parking
BayGeo and the UC Berkeley Geospatial Innovation Facility are excited to announce a special event:
Navigating Knowledge: The BayGeo/UC Berkeley 2025 Geospatial Education Summit
Join geospatial educators, students, and Bay Area professionals to discuss the Summit theme: “Navigating Knowledge: Innovating Geospatial Education Together”.
The GeoEducation Summit at UC Berkeley is an opportunity for educators, students, and Bay Area professionals to share their work and research, learn new geospatial skills and tools, and build community by networking with Bay Area GIS experts and the next generation of geospatial leaders and researchers.
For students, the Summit will connect you with educators, researchers, and leaders in the geospatial field who are doing the kind of work that may inspire your career path.
For educators and researchers, the Summit will be an opportunity to discuss curricular and pedagogical innovations, current research directions, and building bridges between our students and careers in the geospatial field.
For industry professionals, the Summit will provide a platform to share your work, acquire new skills and tools, and foster connections between your organization and the educators who are training your future workforce.
We welcome your participation! Please let us know if you are interested in joining the Summit as a speaker, observer, or active participant by completing this brief form.
For questions, please contact BayGeo Education Director Rick Kos at rkos@baygeo.org or Nancy Thomas at UC Berkeley's Geospatial Innovation Facility at nethomas@berkeley.edu
Due to limited capacity, please only register if you're confident you can attend—this helps us accommodate as many people as possible.
Frequently asked questions
We strongly advise using mass transit. The Downtown Berkeley BART Station is a 15 minute walk from Mulford Hall. Bear Transit is available in the morning. Take the Central (Gold) line to stop #2 Li Ka Shing Center at Oxford & Berkeley Way. Follow the signs to Mulford Hall.
If you must drive, here's a link to parking information: https://pt.berkeley.edu/parking/visitor-parking
Berkeley-Visitor is a WiFi service for visitors to campus.Learn more at https://berkeley.service-now.com/kb_view.do?sysparm_article=KB0014552
Join us for a no-host happy hour at Triple Rock Brewing, 1920 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley