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Welcome to GIS-Pro 2024: URISA’s 62nd Annual Conference, taking place in Portland, Maine! This is where you review the comprehensive educational program for the conference and plan your agenda.

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GIS as a Tool for Change
Tuesday October 8, 2024 2:00pm - 3:30pm EDT
Cumberland/Kennebec
There are many ways to implement change in the world.  This set of talks addresses using GIS, collaboration, and GIS Corps to enhance employment, train young people, develop guidance on Social Risk, Resilience, and Vulnerability Indices. This session will help provide insights for critical considerations to help make GIS more equitable relative to its ability to impact change.

Guidance on Social Risk, Resilience, and Vulnerability Indices Web Application, a collaboration between URISA and NAPSG with support from GISCorps
Emilie Pratt, GIS Analyst/URISA GISCorps Volunteer, NAPSG Foundation, Kearneysville, WV

Brain & Body Maps: Understanding Neuroscience as Key Tool for Creating Powerful and Effective Change
Kathryn Brewer, GISP, IT Project Director, Spatial Relationships, Boston, MA

Leveraging GIS for Enhancing Employment Growth Allocation
Xuanye Zuo, Associate Modeler, and Ying Zhou, Modeling Supervisor, SCAG - Los Angeles, CA

Incorporating an Equity Lens in GIS: Key Concepts for Addressing Community Engagement and Racial Disparities
Clinton G Johnson, CEO/Chief Visionary Officer, Us@Spaces, Philadelphia, PA






Moderators
avatar for Mark Salling, PhD, GISP

Mark Salling, PhD, GISP

Senior Research Associate, Cleveland State University
Mark Salling, PhD, GISP is an applied urban geographer and demographer and has more than 40 years of experience in data management, dissemination, and analysis. He has been active in providing and analyzing data and has conducted studies in urban migration, poverty, housing, voting... Read More →
Speakers
avatar for Emilie Pratt

Emilie Pratt

GIS Analyst/URISA GISCorps Volunteer, NAPSG Foundation
Emilie Pratt is a dedicated GIS professional with extensive experience in emergency response and geospatial analysis. Currently contributing to URISA’s GISCorps, Emilie has played a pivotal role in disaster response efforts, including assisting GISCorps PhotoMappers during hurricanes... Read More →
avatar for Kathryn Brewer, GISP

Kathryn Brewer, GISP

IT Project Director, Spatial Relationships
Kathryn Brewer (she/her) has over 25 years of leading change in the geospatial technology field. She recently served on the URISA Board of Directors and was Board Liaison to the Pro-Equity and Anti-Racism Committee.While still working diligently in the geospatial technology field... Read More →
avatar for Xuanye Zuo

Xuanye Zuo

Associate Modeler, SCAG
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Ying Zhou

Modeling Supervisor, SCAG
avatar for Clinton G Johnson

Clinton G Johnson

CEO/Chief Visionary Officer, Us@Spaces
GIS as a Tool for Change pdf
Tuesday October 8, 2024 2:00pm - 3:30pm EDT
Cumberland/Kennebec
  The Role of GIS in Pursuit of Equity and Social Justice

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