Join us for our 2019 Annual Conference!

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There is still time to register for the 2019 SCGIS Conference, "Bridging the Nature-Human Divide", which will take place July 15-17, 2019 (pre-conference workshops on July 14) at the Asilomar Conference Center in Monterey, California!

Register to attend the only conference targeted at sharing knowledge with and building capacity of conservation GIS practitioners!

This is a great opportunity to share your conservation GIS work and learn about others' work in our field. We will feature a selection of pre-conference technical workshops focused on spatial data analysis with R, ArcGIS Pro, working with drone imagery, and spatial decision-making. 

Our conference will feature a student paper competition, a special conservation remote sensing session, a special session on mapping and tribal land acknowledgement, and more!

Here’s a preview of concurrent session themes:

Monday, July 15:

- GIS for Wildlife Conservation

- Collaborations & Cooperation

- Planning for Climate Change

- Connectivity and Corridors

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- Human Wildlife Threats

- Indigenous Knowledge & Sovereignty

- Tools for Conservation GIS

- Species Diversity and Distribution

- Tech Workshop: Protected area management with web GIS, by National Geographic Society

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- The Role of GIS in Tribal Land Acknowledgement Panel Discussion

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Tuesday, July 16:

- Remote Sensing 1: Change Detection

- Vegetation and Botanical Conservation

- Tech Workshop: Spatial Statistics tools in ArcGIS Pro, Esri

- Fisheries, Rivers & Marine

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- Remote Sensing 2: Science and Methods

- Fire and Conservation

- Tech Workshop: Intro. to StoryMaps, by Esri

- Agriculture and Water Management

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- Remote Sensing 3: Forests

- Conservation and Development Impact Issues

- Tech Workshop: Web-based tools for analyzing satellite and ground data, by Innovate! Inc (Contractor to NASA)

- Conservation Planning

There are plenty of social opportunities to network and meet like-minded folks in conservation GIS, including several field trips, a Welcome Reception, Map Gallery social, a special mentoring event, and a Live Auction Social!

Please join us!