Friday 5th June 2009
09.30 Coffee (Old Library) 10.00 Welcome (Room 2.13) 10.10 Session: Can't see the Wood for the Trees? Chair: Neil Stuart (The University of Edinburgh) Lowland Savanna Conservation in Belize Iain Cameron (The University of Edinburgh) Using GIS in the Ecology of Forests Michal Petr (Forest Research, Edinburgh) 11.10 Coffee 11.30 Session: GIS and Engineering Chair: Elaine Snell (Farrer Consulting) GIS in Engineering: Roads, Wind Farms and the Environment Kate Mann (Arup, Cardiff) Assessing the Environmental Impact of a Large Highways Scheme Ross Carter (Mouchel, Leeds) 12.30 Lunch 14.00 Session: People and the Environment Chair: Robin Boyle (Sopra) EU-FLOOD-GIS: a pan-European near real-time data collection system Hadewij Sint and Chris Harris (JRC, Italy) Measuring Accessibility for the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation Colin Morrison (Scottish Government, Edinburgh) 15.00 Tea 15.30 Session: GIS and Health Chair: Luke Smallwood (Pinpoint Asset Management) Using GIS to Understand Spatial Inequalities in Health Jamie Pearce (The University of Edinburgh) The Geography of Childhood Diabetes and Potential Social and Environmental Risk Factors Matt Cox (St Andrews University) 16.30 Open Forum Chair: Bruce Gittings (University of Edinburgh) 17.30 Close FRIDAY EVENING: From 6.00pm Pear Tree (opp. Appleton Tower) 7.30pm Restaurant (Ti Amo, South Bridge) c.10.30pm Brass Monkey (Drummond Street) SATURDAY EVENT: From 3.00pm 'til v.late BBQ at Bruce's House (Tel: 667 0184) 26 Cameron March (by Cameron Toll Shopping Centre) Bring Meat (if you want to) and Booze. Sausages, salads, rolls and other basics provided.