Women in Geospatial Information Science and Technology: Opportunities, Challenges and Future Perspectives​

An event to showcase women’s research, and to exchange knowledge and network in Geospatial science and technology

Everyone is welcome.

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Keynote Speaker

Kirsty Mackie is the Chair for Women in Spatial + Surveying. She currently works at Global Survey as the New Zealand North Island Reality Capture and Autonomous Survey BDM. Kirsty completed a degree in Geography (BSc Hons) and the University of Manchester. Her expertise combines GIS, remote sensing, Geomorphometric analysis, photogrammetry, reality capture and surveying. She will be sharing her insights on the role of women in the geospatial industry with us.

Panel Moderator

Carolynne Hultquist is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Canterbury.  She is a geospatial data scientist who develops computational approaches to integrate and validate data on physical and human systems for decision making during disasters. She focuses in the evaluation of citizen science data to improve monitoring of environmental hazards at local scales. Carolynne is co-chair of the Committee on Data (CODATA) Citizen-Generated Data task group of the International Science Council and AGU Eos Advisor for Natural Hazards.