1. Exploring the Frontiers of Geography and Geographic Information Science (GIScience) Ken Foote, Head, UConn,Geography, ken.foote@uconn.edu Maps, Mashups, and New Digital Worlds

2. Web Cartography & WebGIS 1) 1)The interfaces are intuitive: easy to learn and use 2) 2)The API interfaces allow users to easily create custom maps and mashups 3) 3)The systems make available high-quality geospatial data for the whole world 4) 4)The systems are free 1) 1)The interfaces are intuitive: easy to learn and use 2) 2)The API interfaces allow users to easily create custom maps and mashups 3) 3)The systems make available high-quality geospatial data for the whole world 4) 4)The systems are free

3. Map Mashups

4. VGI and Crowdsourcing Neogeography literally means "new geography", and is commonly applied to the usage of geographical techniques and tools used for personal and community activities or for utilization by a non-expert group of users Application domains of neogeography are typically not formal or analytical. (Wikipedia)

5. Real-time & Crisis Mapping http://www.google.org/crisismap/weather_and_events

6. Historical GIS & Spatial Humanities

7. Travel &Tourism in the Jim Crow Era

8. Experiments in Visualization

9. 3D, VR and Virtual Worlds

10. Mobile Mapping and GIS 1.Requesting the nearest business or service 2.Turn by turn navigation to any address 3.Finding friends, family, colleagues & customers 4.Receiving alerts and warnings 5.Emergency services 6.Location-based mobile advertising 7.Asset recovery

11. Converging technologies

12. Ubiquitous & Pervasive Computing

13. Maps within the Internet of Things 1) 1)Energy conservation 2) 2)Environmental monitoring 3) 3)Anticipating hazardous conditions 4) 4)Rescue efforts 1) 1)Energy conservation 2) 2)Environmental monitoring 3) 3)Anticipating hazardous conditions 4) 4)Rescue efforts

14. Data Mining & Knowledge Discovery

15. Googling and Tweeting Flu http://www.google.org/flutrends/video/GoogleFluTrends_USFluActivity.mov http://www.google.org/flutrends/video/GoogleFluTrends_USFluActivity.mov

16. Geography & Data Mosaics

17. (1) Automated tracking of the locations and movements of individuals or vehicles; Emerging Ethical Issues

18. (2) The use of images from satellites, aircraft, or ground-based sensors that are of sufficient resolution to identify individuals or vehicles (3) The use of geographic location, in the form of coordinates or street addresses, to link diverse sources of data of a personal nature.

19. Collaborative learning and teaching across institutions Education and Training

20. Promising Career Options http://www.aag.org http://www.aag.org

21. Career profiles Emily Young, Senior Director, Environment Analysis & Strategy, San Diego Foundation Serge Dedina, Executive Director, WildCoast Jane Daniels, Executive Director, Colorado Preservation, Inc. Sonia Arbona, Medical Geographer, Texas Department of Health Mark Barnes, Eagleton Governor’s Executive Fellow, New York-New Jersey Port Authority. Nancy Tian, Geographer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

22. Niem Huynh, Senior Researcher Association of American Geographers Esther Ofori, Marketing Analyst, Macy’s Jason Welborn, Biological Science Technician, National Park Service Kate Pearson, Strategic Partnerships Manager, Habitat for Humanity Reena Patel, Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State Miguel Aguilar Robledo, Professor, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí Tara Gettig, Environmental Education Specialist, PA State Parks

23. Geography career trajectories Planning (urban, social, economic, environmental, transportation) Geographic information systems (GIS) & GIScience Import-export trade and business analysis Social mobilization & community-building Conservation and sustainability planning Regional & economic development Geodemographics and marketing Real estate location analysis Climate change policy Restoration ecology Public health & environmental health Education K-16 and beyond Transportation planning Global justice initiatives Environmental justice Sustainability science Renewable energy Resource specialists Social services