FINAL GIS UPDATE '22 PROGRAMME
Friday 17th June 2022
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09.45 Registration - Old Library, Geography Building
10.00 Welcome
Bruce Gittings (University of Edinburgh)
10.10 Session: Impacting People
Chair: Tom Armitage (University of Edinburgh)
A GIS-led approach to implementing Natural Flood Management
Eniola Babatunde (Mott MacDonald)
Participatory Mapping for Effective Evacuation Routes
Alistair Langmuir (University of Edinburgh)
11.10 Coffee
11.40 Session: Sustainability
Chair: Mark McLauchlan (Koselig)
Utility of EO for monitoring Sustainable Development Goals
Gary Watmough (University of Edinburgh)
Monitoring Food Security in Ethiopia
Iain Cameron (Environment Systems)
12.30 Lunch (Pizza Posto, South Bridge)
14.30 Session: Water
Chair: Nikki Robertson (Farrpoint)
Waterway to have fun: A journey through the aquatic environment
Phil Taylor (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology)
Initiating monitoring support for the South Georgia and South Sandwich
Islands Marine Protected Area
Nathan Fenney (British Antartic Survey)
15.30 Tea
16.00 Session:
Chair: Bruce Gittings (University of Edinburgh)
Potential added value of NLP and Geoparsing procedures in the context of
municipal land and real estate management
Ariel Chang (University of Hamburg)
16.30 Open Forum
Chair: Robin McLaren (Knowedge)
17.30 Close
FRIDAY EVENING:
From 18.00 Pear Tree (West Nicholson Street)
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