Open Research Day to Highlight Geographical Sciences for Sustainable Development

Join us for an insightful afternoon showcasing the impactful research at the Department of Geographical Sciences. The theme of this year’s Open Research Day is “Supporting Sustainable Development Goals through Geospatial Data Science."

We're excited to welcome you to our River Road labs and share our work to advance the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Be part of this enlightening experience, exploring the synergy of our efforts toward a better future!

Program

2:00 - 2:15 pm, Room 325: Mapping Out the Celebration (Chair’s Opening Remarks)

2:15 - 3:00 pm, Room 325: Making the World a Better Place: Masterclass (How To Tell Anyone What We Do and Why Our Work Matters)

3:10 - 4:10 pm, Room 325: Room Big DoGS (Big Programs, Big Centers, Big Projects in GEOG … )

3:10 - 3:25 pm, Room 301: NASA Harvest & NASA Acres (SDG 2)

3:25 - 3:40 pm, GLAD Hallway: GLAD Lab Contributions (SDG 13, 15)

3:40 - 3:55 pm, Room 325: Global Land Programme (SDG 2, 3, 11, 13, 15)

3:55 - 4:10 pm, Room 301: GEDI (SDG 13, 15)

4:20 - 5:00 pm: Lighting up the Conversation (IGNITE Talks on Our Research)

Room 301: SDGs 1, 2, 7, 10, 11, 13 15

Room 332: SDGs 10, 11

Room 325: SDGs 13, 15

5:00 - 6:00 pm: Trophies and Awards (And General Celebration!)