GIS UPDATE '18 FINAL PROGRAMME
Friday 8th June 2018
09.30 Coffee / Tea (Old Library)
10.00 Welcome (LT 2.13)
Bruce Gittings (University of Edinburgh)
10.10 Session: Research
Chair: Taylor Willow (University of Edinburgh)
The Effect of Bicycle Facilities on Cycling to Work
Zhiqiang Feng (University of Edinburgh)
Who the hell needs 'tranquillity'?
William Mackaness & Flurina Wartmann (University of Edinburgh)
11.10 Coffee
11.30 Session: Marine Applications
Chair: David Cooper (University of Edinburgh)
Hot Air: Challenges, Opportunities, and Rock and Roll in Offshore Wind
Franco Giovanetti (EDPR UK)
The Thin(ning) Green Line? Mapping Kenya’s Seagrass
Will Harcourt (Edinburgh Napier University)
12.30 Lunch
14.00 Session: EO Applications
Chair: Kathryn Murphy (Lincolnshire County Council)
Capturing Britain's Antarctic Heritage in 3D
Nathan Fenney (British Antarctic Survey)
Origin of overdeepened bedrock basins and valleys in ice sheet settings
Sean Gilgannon (University of Sheffield)
15.00 Tea
15.30 Session: Industry Perspectives
Chair: Bruce Gittings (University of Edinburgh)
Bird.i - Working for a Scottish Space Startup
Charlie Moriarty (Bird.i)
GIS Solutions for Defence
Richard Purkis (Helyx Secure Information Systems)
16.30 Open Forum
Chair: Bruce Gittings (University of Edinburgh)
17.30 Close
FRIDAY EVENING:
From 6.00pm Pear Tree (West Nicholson Street)
7.30pm Restaurant (Pizza Posto, Nicholson Street)
c.10.30pm Brass Monkey (Drummond Street)
SATURDAY EVENT: 10.30am Brunch at City Cafe (19 Blair St)