As shown below, the assembly will begin with a full day session devoted to identifying high priority education needs and creating working groups to work on those needs throughout the week. During the remainder of the week, morning sessions will begin with a plenary paper session followed by concurrent paper sessions on a range of geographic information science topics. Working group sessions addressing high priority education issues will also occur during the mornings.
| TIME | SUN JUNE 15 |
MON JUNE 16 |
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| 7:00 | . | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast |
| 8:00 | DEVELOPING | Plenary 1 | Plenary 2 | Plenary 3 | Plenary 4 | Plenary 5 | - departure |
| 9:00 | THE | C.S.** | C.S. | C.S. | C.S. | C.S. | UCGIS |
| 10:00-10:15 | GI | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break | Board Of |
| 10:15 | EDUCATION | C.S. | C.S. | C.S. | C.S. | C.S. | Directors |
| 11:15 | AGENDA | C.S. | C.S. | C.S. | C.S. | C.S. | Meeting |
| 12:15 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | . |
| 1:00-3:00 | *** | *** | *** | UCGIS Council Meeting |
*** | . | |
| 3:00-3:15 | THE GI | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break | . |
| 3:15 | EDUCATION AGENDA |
*** | *** | *** | *** | *** | . |
| 5:15 | Wine & Cheese* |
*** | *** | *** | *** | *** | . |
| 6:00 | Dinner | Dinner | Dinner | Dinner | Dinner | Dinner | . |
* Check-in to rooms may occur any time between 3:00 and 6:00 p.m.
** C.S. stands for "Concurrent Session". Several medium-sized rooms will be reserved for paper presentations during these periods. The large room and several small break-out rooms will be reserved for the education agenda development process during these periods.
*** Afternoons are generally reserved for open time or attendance at optional workshops. Up to two workshops will be offered each afternoon, and those choosing to attend will be charged a small fee.
Paper sessions will be presented by graduate students, faculty, and researchers from across the nation. Presentations will foster interdisciplinary discussions among computer science, engineering, geography, natural resource, physical science, and other departments engaged in geographic information science investigations and research. Graduate students at any institution in the U.S. as well as faculty and researchers at UCGIS member institutions are invited to submit paper proposals for sessions to be presented during the mornings at the assembly. Paper proposals may focus on any aspect of study, review, or research related to the following general geographic information science areas:
There will be three presentations per hour in each concurrent session in order to allow 15 minutes for each presentation and ample time for comments, questions, and discussion. The proceedings for this conference will be published and maintained on the web. A hard copy version may be published if funding becomes available.
Afternoon sessions will be dedicated to attending optional advanced workshops or enjoying the outdoors with fellow attendees.
The afternoon workshops are being arranged primarily by invitation. Invitations have gone out to selected leading text book authors and researchers in various aspects of the field in order to allow graduate students and faculty from across the nation to talk directly to those whose materials they may be using. However, we are also open to proposals for workshops from individuals. Workshops should address leading-edge or advanced geographic information science topics or should address topics that are not widely taught or made available to graduate students and faculty across the nation. The cost to attend these two hour workshops by leading academics in the field is being kept at a very low fee.
The following workshops tentatively have been scheduled to date:
In addition to the above, FGDC (Doug Niebert) and College of the Atlantic will host free workshops on one or two afternoons in the COA GIS lab on how to set up a spatial data clearinghouse node.
UCGIS member institutions are being invited to nominate high priority national education needs for advancing geographic information science. A series of discussions at national conferences and through electronic mail and an on-line web forum is taking place leading up to the summer assembly. At the summer assembly, highest priorities will be decided upon by the UCGIS delegates from each member institution and working groups will be created to develop initiatives to address the national needs. Although UCGIS delegates from each institution are expected to take the lead in moving the education agenda forward, anyone attending the assembly may attend the education working group sessions to be held throughout the week. After the education agenda working groups are created on Sunday, individual working groups will establish their own daily meeting schedules and are unlikely to meet during all the concurrent sessions during the week. Thus, the working group members should have ample opportunity to also attend paper sessions. Please participate in the discussions leading up to the meeting through the geographic information science education agenda web forum.
Please submit your abstract for a paper, plenary session, or workshop on or before January 15, 1997 (February 7, 1997 for graduate students) to ucgisabs@spatial.maine.edu or onsrud@spatial.maine.edu. Only electronic submissions will be accepted, and your submission should be contained in an e-mail message (i.e. not an attachment). Please indicate:
After acceptance, final article submissions should adhere to the UCGIS Annual Assembly and Summer Retreat Article Submission Guidelines.
Enrollment in the assembly is strictly limited to 200 people. This is the maximum that College of Atlantic facilities can handle and we purposely chose to book a smaller facility in order to promote a productive learning and working environment. All individuals selected for paper presentations are ensured a registration slot. This includes graduate students from any university in the country assuming that their paper has been accepted. After the April 1 registration deadline for speakers and for individuals from UCGIS institutions, enrollment for the assembly will be opened to other individuals from non-UCGIS institutions if space permits.
The proceedings for this conference will be published and maintained on the web. Detailed instructions to authors for delivering their files electronically will be provided upon acceptance of papers and papers will be made available on the web prior to the assembly. A "web forum" is also available so that graduate students and researchers unable to attend may provide input to the education agenda process.
Hundreds of miles of pristine, tranquil carriage and hiking trails crisscrossing one of America's most beautiful islands sets this assembly apart from any other. Beautiful Acadia National Park begins at our doorstep, a mere five minute bike ride away. It's a vacation and a learning experience you'll never forget. We have purposely left most afternoons and evenings open so you can take full advantage of this unique location.
Participants will be housed in one of the residence halls on the College of the Atlantic campus, overlooking Frenchman's Bay. Meals are served cafeteria-style in the attractive dining hall with a splendid view across the water to Bar Island. The food is sensational.
After lunch each day you might stay on campus, attend an afternoon workshop, or sit in the grass, reading, chatting, soaking your feet in the bay, and watching the sailboats ply by on the bay's crystal blue waters. Or you might choose to hike along the island's mountain and rocky coastline paths or head for the ocean or lake beaches. Bring your own bike or rent one nearby and enjoy some of the most exhilarating bike trails anywhere. Later on enjoy the night life ... the base of Bar Harbor's Maine Street is a mere one mile shore walk away providing ample opportunities for dining and dancing.
During your stay you might also ... join a whale watching cruise ... take a sea kayak or rock climbing lesson ... investigate a tide pool ... go deep sea fishing ... tour the shops ... take a carriage ride in Acadia National park ... take a sunset Puffin cruise ... play golf ... rent a bike, canoe, or kayak ... visit a brew pub ... sail on a schooner ... take a nature tour in the park ... dine on lobster ... hike a new trail each afternoon (but bring rain gear just in case) ... climb the "Beehive" at Sand Beach ... visit a lighthouse ... enjoy the sunset
For an overview of the campus check out College of the Atlantic and for information on the town checkout Bar Harbor.
Among those participating in this meeting are faculty delegates from each of the UCGIS institutions, the UCGIS Board of Directors, the UCGIS Education Committee, the workshop instructors, invited speakers (to be announced on the final program), speakers selected based on abstract submissions (to be announced on the final program), and others interested in participating.
Driving: Bar Harbor is approximately 5 1/2 hours from Boston, 9 hours from New York City, or 13 hours from Washington D.C. or Buffalo, New York. Thus many on the east coast can make it with a long day drive. A car would be convenient for the week to explore the more distant locations on the island. After crossing the bridge on to Mount Dessert Island, the College of the Atlantic is about nine miles down Route 3 on the ocean side or about a quarter-mile past the Bluenose Ferry Terminal.
By air: Regular service is provided to both Hancock County-Bar Harbor airport and Bangor International Airport. Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport is located in Trenton, 12 miles west of the College and served by Colgan Air, with regularly scheduled commuter flights. Taxi service is available at the airport. Or if you prefer, rental cars are available (Avis, Budget, Hertz). Regular flights to Bangor International Airport are provided by Delta, Continental Express, Business Express (Delta Connection) and US Air Express. Bangor is about one hour from College of the Atlantic. Most of the major car rental agencies can provide a weekly car rental from Bangor International airport. Participants who will need transportation from either airport should indicate that fact on their application since pooling may be possible. Another Option: If flying from a major urban area, get a cheap flight to Boston, rent a car for a week with unlimited mileage (relatively cheap) with a group of fellow students or faculty, and drive the 5 hours or so to Bar Harbor.... rest stop at LL Bean in Freeport, open 24 hours a day.
By bus: Greyhound runs from Bangor to Bar Harbor every day at 5:50 pm and runs from Bar Harbor to Bangor every morning at 8:00 am.
The partial travel grants from NSF will be conditioned upon receiving a matching grant from your own institution, and no grant will be made to students within a five hour drive of the conference site (that is, grad students in Boston and most of New England do not qualify). The acceptance of your paper through a national abstract review process, and the honor of receiving an NSF award for part of your expenses should go a long way in enabling you to receive matching funds from administrators at your own university. You will not lose the partial travel grant from NSF if your university fails to provide matching funds, and you choose to attend provided that your university writes a letter, preferably at the Dean level or above, stating that your university is unable or unwilling to match the NSF travel grant award.
The NSF awards are NOT intended to cover any portion of your room and board expenses. Approximately forty awards will be made although more graduate student papers will be accepted for the Assembly. The amounts of the NSF awards are likely to be in the range of $200 east of the Mississippi and $300 west of the Mississippi. With a match from your university, the resulting amount is likely to be sufficient to purchase a 30 day advance plane ticket to Boston, Portland, or Bangor, Maine. See the travel hints above under item 10.
As a condition for receiving this funding and to allow more students to become aware of this opportunity, THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS BY GRADUATE STUDENTS IS BEING REOPENED AND EXTENDED TO FRIDAY FEBRUARY 7, 1997. Those who have already submitted an abstract need not submit again.
The abstract review process will be accomplished by university professors in multiple disciplines from multiple universities with a majority of the reviewers from other than UCGIS institutions.
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Full Registration $75 $ ________
(Prior to April 1, 1997 for registrants
from UCGIS universities and member
institutions)
Full Registration $175 $ ________
(Registrants not affiliated with UCGIS
institutionsand all registrants after
April 1, 1977. Student registrations
will remain at $75.)
Note: No daily registrations are available.
Room and Meals Fee:
These prices are unbelievably cheap for a six night stay with meals. Full room and meal plan $375 $ ________ (double occupancy in dorm - Sunday night June 15 through Saturday morning breakfast June 21) Roommate preference (if any): _______________________________________ Full room and meal plan $400 $ ________ (single occupancy in dorm - Sunday night June 15 through Saturday morning breakfast June 21. If rooms are no longer available on campus, the Highbrook has rooms available starting at $48 per night (across the road 207-288-3591) and the Atlantic Oakes has rooms available starting at $78 per night (next door on the ocean 207-288-5801). Many other hotels are also available. Full meal plan only (i.e. I will find my own room) $200 $ ________ Daily lunches only (i.e. I will find my own room, breakfasts, and dinners) $45 $ ________ Please note: Participation in a meal plan is highly advised if you hope to take your meals on campus.Workshop Fees:
The cost of each workshop is $20. ($10 for graduate students). The workshop titles and instructors may be found at numbered item 3 above or on the schedule. Select up to one workshop per afternoon in each time slot by circling the appropriate numbers. Monday, June 16 1:00pm - Workshop 1 or 2 Tuesday, June 17 1:00pm - Workshop 3 or 4 Wednesday, June 18 1:00pm - Workshop 5 or 6 Friday, June 20 1:00pm - Workshop 7 or 8 Monday, June 16 3:00pm - Workshop 9 Tuesday, June 17 3:00pm - Workshop 10 Wednesday, June 18 3:00pm - Workshop 11 (_____ selected workshops) x ($20 per workshop) = $ ________TOTAL COST
= $ ________NOTE: Although we prefer the entire amount in advance, the registration fee ($75 for UCGIS members before April 1) plus $50 must be paid at a minimum in advance to reserve your place. The remainder may be paid upon arrival.
Refund policies - Room and Meal Refund Policy: Before May 15, 100% refund. Between May 15 and June 15, $50 processing fee. Workshop Fee Refund Policy: 100% refund on or before June 15. Registration Refund Policy: 100% refund if space is already filled. No refund otherwise except under unusual circumstances.
Please make your check payable to the University of Maine and submit your registration form to:
Harlan J. Onsrud, Co-Chair
UCGIS Annual Assembly and Summer Retreat
Department of Spatial Information Science and Engineering
5711 Boardman Hall
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469-5711
Phone: (207) 582-2175 , FAX: (207) 581-2206, onsrud@spatial.maine.edu