The UK FOSS4G community is having a 1-day virtual conference on this coming Wednesday June 17th, with 3 tracks of presentations across a wide variety of topics:

tracks and times:
https://uk.osgeo.org/foss4gukonline2020/programme.html

read the abstracts here:
https://uk.osgeo.org/foss4gukonline2020/sessions.html

Due to the time difference, the schedule runs from about 1am to 10am Pacific time, and presumably recordings will be available for most things after the fact. Registration is open for the next 24 hours:

registration:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/foss4guk-2020-online-registration-105523419388

Cost is free, though they do recommend a few charities that they would like to direct donations to if you are able.

Message from: David Asbury | Esri | storymaps.arcgis.com

For those of you who might be interested, Esri is hosting the 5th edition of the webinar series StoryMaps Live! tomorrow, June 17th. This session will feature the work of the Grand Canyon Trust as they work to amplify the voices of Havasupai, Hopi, Hualapai, Navajo, and Zuni storytellers and will include SCGIS’s very own Stephanie Smith as a guest!

• Get up to speed on the latest enhancements to ArcGIS StoryMaps, and see what’s coming next
• Hear how our featured storytellers, Stephanie Smith and Ellen Heyn are using story maps in their work.
• Let the StoryMaps team answer your questions live

Learn more and sign up for the webinar here: https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-storymaps/sharing-collaboration/storymaps-live-june/
 
Be sure to check out their excellent story map Voices of the Grand Canyon as well as an informative interview with the authors as they talk about their process.

See below for a free webinar series of potential interest, offered by the Johns Hopkins University Energy and Environmental Programs Speaker Series, "Making Sense of COVID-19 Data through Geospatial Technology":
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mapping-a-monster-part-1-tickets-104654504440?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch
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About the Johns Hopkins webinar series: 

The novel COVID-19 pandemic has already profoundly impacted the world in ways that have not been seen for generations and the full effects have yet to be quantified. Geospatial Technology plays a critical role in understanding and combating the virus threat. Learn how Geographic information Systems Technology (GIS) is being leveraged as a powerful data visualization and analysis tool for making science-based spatial decisions that have real-world consequences. Explore how COVID-19 epidemiology data, location intelligence, and map visualization technology are used to support a variety of pandemic web maps, graphs and applications used to raise awareness, inform public decision-making, and guide policy decisions on a global scale. Through this speaker series, attendees will gain an understanding of: cutting-edge geospatial practices used in epidemiology (past and present), the use and application of GIS on a global scale, the biological nuance of the Coronavirus, and how COVID-19 data can be and is used by city, counties, states and government to make critical decisions.

In Part 1, industry experts will be sharing experiences and big picture workflows of using geospatial technology to display and analyze COVID-19 data. Speakers include:

Enhseng (Frank) Dong, PhD Candidate from Johns Hopkins COVID-19 Dashboard Team
Dr. Este Geraghty, Chief Medical Officer and Health Solutions Director at Esri.

This is the first of a four-part series. You can register for all parts using the links below:

Register for Part 1: June 3rd
Register for Part 2: June 17th  
Register forPart 3: July 1st
Register forPart 4: July 15th  

https://www.mapbox.com/webinars/storytelling-template-live-demo/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=blast&utm_campaign=email|blast|storytelling-template|livestream-demo-20-04&utm_term=storytelling-template&utm_content=livestream-demo

Live-coding demo: How to use the Mapbox Storytelling Template to create a story map
Maps make data understandable, powerful and memorable. Join this session to learn how to use our “Storytelling Template” to quickly build an interactive experience with high-quality map visuals. This storytelling format — sometimes called “scrollytelling” — lets you include as much context as you want, and define the locations your users look at. It’s a great way to bring stories to life.

​You’ll learn how to...

• Download the template and choose your style
• Add the places you want to include in your story
• Add photos and text content to enrich each chapter
• Publish your project to share it with the world!

Women in GIS ( https: // womeningis. Wildapricot.org/ )
Webinar: Mon, Mar 30, 2020 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
Title: Social Justice featuring Ms. Sophia Garcia, GIS Analyst, https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophiagarcia/

This talk explores how a young GIS professional, Ms. Sophia Garcia uses GIS to focus on achieving social justice during international women’s month. In this webinar, participants will:

• Learn about a real-world career that uses GIS
• Hear about real-world examples of how women use GIS
• Understand the career and education path of a young GIS professional
•  Develop clarify on the power of women in GIS especially during International Women’s Month

To register for this webinar: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/526079336101984779?source=WomenInGIS

Sophia Garcia is Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Analyst for the Dolores Huerta Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the pursuit of social justice in disadvantaged communities. She is part of a new team helping the foundation move towards the utilization of big data and maps to enhance the work of the foundation. Sophia knows that data is knowledge and believes that nonprofits can reach a greater audience with specific data and maps for their organizations.
 
Sophia’s experience with GIS began at Wellesley College, where she is recognized as being among the first students to utilize GIS in an academic setting. Since then she has further enhanced her experience with GIS in various industries including, agriculture, transportation planning, public works, and academics. Agencies she’s worked for include Kern Council of Governments (Kern COG), Kern County Department of Agriculture and Measurement Standards and Kern County Department of Public works. Each industry has allowed her to see the breath/reach that GIS has across diverse industries.
 
Sophia is a founding member of the URISA Equity and Social Justice (E&SJ) Committee that works to develop educational materials to help GIS professionals better address issues of equity into their work and to help decision-makers and social justice organizations utilize GIS technology. Sophia is the co-facilitator for the E&SJ GIS Special Interest Group at the ESRI UC, and she was awarded the 3rd place in the collegian student category at the 2016 ESRI UC, for her map highlighting student protests across the country in support of University of Missouri student’s #ConcernedStudent1950. Sophia has a B.A. in Environmental Studies from Wellesley College and was in the inaugural graduating class of the GIS certificate at California State University Bakersfield.
 
During her free time, Sophia enjoys white water kayaking and rafting on the Kern River and hiking with her dog a labradoodle named Koda.

Brian Tomaszewski, Director, Center for Geographic Information Science & Technology, and also School of Interactive Games & Media. Rochester Institute of Technology.
 
Serious 3D GIS Games for Disaster Resilience Spatial Thinking
 
This presentation will share lessons learned from a National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF REU) Site at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) that investigated combining open geodata, Esri City Engine and the Unity game development environment to create immersive, serious 3D game environments to build disaster resilience spatial thinking skills. A case study of the research applied to Hurricane Harvey disaster response will be presented.
 
 
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
11:30am – 1:00pm
 
Please register for Serious 3D GIS Games for Disaster Resilience Spatial Thinking  on Dec 10, 2019 11:30 AM EST at:
 
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1419871236259065355
 
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.