GIS Day 2020 Virtual Symposium
Presentations Webinar
Presented by the University of Miami Department of Geography and Regional Studies and University of Miami Libraries. 

Thursday, November 18, 2020 from 12 - 5 p.m. 

This virtual GIS Day explores how to use mapping innovations to mitigate effects and improve response in times of crisis or pandemics. Hear professors, professionals and practitioners discuss how they apply spatial thinking in their work environment.

Speakers include:
Carrie Stokes, Chief Geographer & Director of the GeoCenter, US Agency for International Development, Washington, DC
Dr. Kevin Caillouet, Medical Entomologist/ Director, St. Tammany Parish Mosquito Abatement, Slidell, Louisiana
Guoyan Zhang, MD, MPH, Deputy Director, Epidemiology Disease Control and Immunization services, Applied Epidemiology and Research, Florida Department of Health, Miami-Dade County
Vanessa Villamil, Injury Epidemiologist, Florida Department of Health, Miami-Dade County
Jessi Joiner, Environmental Epidemiologist/Program Manager, Florida Department of Health Environmental Public Health Tracking Program

AGENDA

• Welcome
• Dr. Guoyan Zhang, Senior Epidemiologist/Deputy Director & Vanessa Villamil, Biological Scientist, Florida Department of Health (FDOH) - Miami Dade County
• GIS Solutions for COVID-19 Response at the local level
• Jessi Joiner, Environmental Epidemiologist/Program Manager, Florida Department of Health Environmental Public Health Tracking Program
• Florida Department of Health COVID-19 Dashboard
• Uday Govindswamy, Planet Labs, Inc.
• Planet: Using Space to Understand Earth
• Dr. Kevin Caillouet, Director/Entomologist, St. Tammany Mosquito Abatement District, Louisiana
• When Uncoordinated Development Projects go Wrong:  Mapping Septic Systems and Mosquito Risk in Louisiana

Keynote Address: 

• Dr. Imelda Moise, Geography & Regional Studies, University of Miami
  
• Introduction
  
• Carrie Stokes, Chief Geographer & Director of the GeoCenter; USAID, United States Global Development Lab
  
• Keynote address: "Mapping Resilience"