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The Future of Geocomputation Department of Geography | 18 December 2015
The future of
geography is cheap.
Cheap Hardware & Software We can collect and analyse all sorts of data from the environment – and from people – at little or no cost.
Cheap Data Governments & organisations are making more of their data available to researchers – and the incurably curious – everywhere.
Cheap Interaction We can also now take away the screen and the keyboard to create shared, immersive environments that widen participation.
Source: Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis
Schedule Overview
13:00 - 13:15 Welcome 13:15 - 13:45 Keynote: Chris Brunsdon, Maynooth University
13:45 - 14:15 Keynote: Alison Heppenstall, University of Leeds
14:15 - 14:45 Keynote: Alex Singleton, University of Liverpool
14:45 - 15:00 Tea and Coffee
15:00 - 15:30 Breakout Discussion Session 1
15:30 - 16:00 Breakout Discussion Session 2
16:00 - 16:30 Breakout Discussion Session 3
16:30 - 16:55 Plenary Discussion
17:00 - 18:00 Drinks Reception
Toilets, Emergencies…
Discussion Overview
Split into three breakout groups and rotate through discussion topics (25mins)
a) Training the Next Generation b) Setting an Agenda for the next 10 Years
c) Data, Tools & Processes
Plenary Discussion to report back from breakout discussion and synthesise
Contact details/for more information James Millington / [email protected] / @jamesmillington Jon Reades / [email protected] / @jreades Naru Shiode / [email protected] kcl.ac.uk/geography
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