Meet certified GIS Professionals (aka GISPs)

Type: Virtual Panel
Theme: Regional Development and Planning Specialty Group Curated Track
Sponsor Groups: Careers and Professional Development, Public/Private Affinity Group, Graduate Student Affinity Group, Business Geography Specialty Group, Spatial Analysis and Modeling Specialty Group, Geographic Information Science and Systems Specialty Group
Poster #:
Day: 4/10/2021
Start / End Time: 3:05 PM / 4:20 PM (PDT)
Room: Virtual 1
Organizers: Coline Dony, Mark Revell
Chairs: Clancy Wilmott

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Description

Meet a panel of GIS Professionals who are certified by the GIS Certification Institute (GISCI), and are in careers serving fields from health to forestry, and at different career levels. They will each discuss the job they do and the value of their certification from GISCI.

GISCI was established in 2002 by member organizations: Association of American Geographers (AAG), Geospatial Information and Technology Association (GITA), National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC), University Consortium of Geographic Information Science (UCGIS), Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA), to provide the GIS community with a complete certification program, leading to Certified GIS Professionals.

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Agenda

Type	Details	Minutes	Start Time
Introduction	Clancy Wilmott University of California - Berkeley	10	3:05 PM
Panelist	Dapeng Li South Dakota State University	15	3:15 PM
Panelist	Arvind Bhuta USDA Forest Service	15	3:30 PM
Panelist	Diana Sinton UCGIS	15	3:45 PM
Panelist	Stephanie Deitrick City of Tempe/Arizona State University	15	4:00 PM