Invited Speakers for 2008
24th Annual New York State GIS Conference

Monday's Keynote Speaker: Michael Goodchild

• Presentation Topic: Leveraging the Power of Web 2.0:
  The Impact of Volunteered Geographic Information on the GIS Community
  

Michael F. Goodchild is Professor of Geography at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Director of spatial@ucsb. He received his BA degree from Cambridge University in Physics in 1965 and his PhD in Geography from McMaster University in 1969. After 19 years at the University of Western Ontario, he moved to Santa Barbara in 1988. He was Director of the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis from 1991 to 1997.

Goodchild serves on the editorial boards of ten other journals and book series. His published books include Accuracy of Spatial Databases; Geographical Information Systems: Principles and Applications; Environmental Modeling with GIS; Scale in Remote Sensing and GIS; Interoperating Geographic Information Systems; Geographic Information Systems and Science; Uncertainty in Geographical Information; Foundations of Geographic Information Science; Spatially Integrated Social Science; GIS, Spatial Analysis, and Modeling; and Geospatial Analysis: A Comprehensive Guide to Principles, Techniques and Software Tools. In addition he is author of some 350 scientific papers. He was Chair of the National Research Council’s Mapping Science Committee from 1997 to 1999, and currently chairs the Advisory Committee on Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences of the National Science Foundation. His current research interests center on geographic information science, spatial analysis, and uncertainty in geographic data.

• Dr. Michael Goodchild's home page
• Wikipedia on Goodchild
• Spatial Center homepage

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Monday's State of the State Address by Bill Johnson

Bill Johnson is Assistant Deputy Director & CIO for the New York State Office of Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure Coordination. He functions as Operations Manager for the agency, overseeing both GIS and Cyber Security. He also Chairs the 18-member NYS GIS Coordinating Body which oversees the Statewide GIS Coordination Program. Previously, Bill was CSCIC's Manager of Geographic Information and Critical Infrastructure Coordination.

• Bill Johnson's 2007 State of the State Address

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Monday Evening Banquet Speaker: Dr. Joseph Chamie

• Presentation Topic: Approaching 7 Billion: Humanity in Transition

• Dr. Joseph Chamie's Biographical Sketch
• How to change the world: Ten Questions with Dr. Joseph Chamie,
  Demographer
• More by Joseph Chamie
• Knock, knock, who's there?