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GIS in Action 2020 has ended
With great disappointment, the GIS In Action 2020 committee has decided that in the interest of public health we cannot and should not go forward with the April 21-22 conference at PSU. We are considering options for online and abbreviated conference activities on a later date, and we will continue to work on this. We welcome suggestions and volunteers in this effort, and we will keep you updated. In the meantime, we are refunding registration fees. Give the banks a couple of weeks to clear the refund. It typically takes 5-7 business days. Let us know after that if you have any issues with the refund.

Please understand that the GIS In Action conference is the primary funding source for Oregon-URISA and ASPRS-Cascade Region chapters, so canceling the conference will reduce our funds for other activities. If you would like to donate to these organizations, please visit their websites. Both organizations offer support for professionals in the Oregon/SW Washington region and have jointly brought you this conference for 24 years.
We wish you well in this challenging time and look forward to connecting in new ways in the near future.

Rich L’Esperance
Conference Chair
RichardTheHope@gmail.com

**The schedule below is made available for reference only.**
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Wednesday, April 22 • 10:30am - 12:00pm
Equity Data Panel

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A conversation between experts working on issues of equity and social justice with special attention to data and geospatial analytical methods. What are the challenges and possible strategies to use GIS to make progress towards social justice in different communities comparable, so that we can learn from each other? There is some skepticism about concepts of ’social justice’ that have appeared in media. How can GIS be used to educate skeptical segments of society about the validity of pursuing social justice? How can we ground-truth our social-justice related data and assumptions with the community? How do we gauge where we are now in our communities in achieving social equity (equity indexes v. equity indices)?
Speakers
avatar for Greg Babinski, GISP

Greg Babinski, GISP

GIS Marketing & Business Development Manager, King County GIS Center
Greg Babinski is Marketing and Business Development Manager for the King County GIS Center in Seattle, where he has worked since 1998. Previously he worked for nine years as GIS Mapping Supervisor for the East Bay Municipal Utility District in Oakland. He holds an MA in geography... Read More →
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Rebecca McLain

Research Director, National Policy Consensus Center of PSU
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Sachi Arakawa

Planning Associate and GIS Analyst, Cascadia Partners
Sachi is a geographer and GIS analyst with a background in urban and regional planning. She has done planning work in both the public and private sectors, and currently works for an urban and regional planning firm doing mapping and data analysis. Previously Sachi worked in Community... Read More →
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Robert Smith

Prosper Portland

Wednesday April 22, 2020 10:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Room 333 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201, USA
  Supporting People and Communities, Panel