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DESCRIPTION:Propel your geospatial career on Friday\, February 28\, 2020 at
  the annual one-day professional development and networking summit present
 ed by the USC Spatial Sciences Institute.\n\nOur 2020 Summit program is pr
 omising to deliver another exciting day:\n\nAn opening keynote by Dr. Dawn
  Wright\, Esri’s Chief Scientist\, on “GIS for Science”.\n\nA panel 
 discussing “Striving for a Sustainable World with GIS and More” featur
 ing Dr. Wright with Dr. Sarah Battersby\, Research Scientist with Tableau\
 , Dr. Travis Longcore with the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Susta
 inability\, and Dr. Robert Vos of the USC Spatial Sciences Institute (SSI)
 .\n\nA roundtable on “Emerging Trends in Remote Sensing with Smallsats a
 nd UAVs” by Michael Ann Lane of Hexagon Geospatial\, Jim Stokes of Maxar
  Technologies\, and Dr. Steven Ward of The Climate Corporation\, moderated
  by SSI’s Dr. Andrew Marx.\n\nA closing plenary on “Opportunities With
  Geospatial Start-Ups” featuring Andre Doumitt of The Aerospace Corporat
 ion\, Todd Simon of Geospatial Alpha\, and Melanie Stricklan of Slingshot 
 Aerospace\, moderated by Dr. Jason Knowles of GeoAcuity\, the USC Institut
 e for Creative Technologies\, and SSI.\n\nLightning talks and poster prese
 ntations by GIS students from Cal State Long Beach\, Cal Poly Pomona\, Sok
 a University of America\, UCLA\, University of Redlands\, and USC.\n\nSpot
 light presentations by:\n\n~ Dr. Orhun Aydin of Esri’s Spatial Statistic
 s team on enabling vast data and machine learning with GIS to address mult
 idisciplinary global issues.\n\n~ Isaiah Mack of Eclipse Mapping and GIS o
 n achieving centimeter-level accuracy on smart devices.\n\n~ Joanne Waggam
 an of Accenture’s Applied Intelligence Group on how they are designing\,
  building\, and deploying AI to empower people and business.\n\n~ Dr. Thom
 as Horan of the University of Redlands on its “Spatial Business Initiati
 ve” with Esri to maximize the effectiveness of GIS in business.\n\n \n\n
 Networking opportunities during the continental breakfast\, breaks\, and l
 unch with 15 exhibiting companies and organizations.\n\nClick Here to see 
 Full Program\n\n \n\nHere’s what some past Geospatial Summit attendees h
 ave said about their experience:\n\n“This summit provided me the opportu
 nity to connect and engage on other platforms to stay ahead of the curve.
 ”\n\n“I especially enjoyed the presentation and poster topics that I h
 ave found missing from other recent geospatial events I’ve attended.”\
 n\n“Very rewarding event. See you next year!”
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LOCATION:The USC Hotel
SUMMARY:2020 Los Angeles Geospatial Summit
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