GIS (read: Cartography) Career & Networking Fair

2008 GIS Career & Networking Fair

The 2008 GIS Career and Networking Fair is scheduled for Wednesday, April 2, 2008! Our first annual GIS Career and Networking Fair was held in 2002 and since then the it has grown into a great event that provides GIS students from around the region a forum to network with potential employers in the public, private, non-profit and academic sectors. In addition to exhibitor booths, we will again feature a variety of interesting speakers. We hope to see you there! Details are as follows:

• Date: Wednesday, April 2, 2008
• Time: 11:00AM - 4:00PM
• Location: University of Minnesota, Coffman Memorial Union – Mississippi Room. View Coffman Memorial Union directions and parking.
• 2008 Presentation Schedule
  • 11:00 A.M. - 11:30 A.M.
    Terese Rowekamp (Rowekamp Associates)
    "ArcGIS Model Builder Mini-Tech Forum"
  • 12:30 P.M. - 1:00 P.M.
    Len Kne (U of M Masters of GIS student)
    "The Minnesota Interactive Internet Mapping Project"
  • 1:30 P.M. - 2:30 P.M.
    Jack Dangermond (Founder and President, ESRI)
    "Inside GIS"
  • 3:00 P.M. - 3:30 P.M.
    Sally Wakefield (1000 Friends of Minnesota)
    "Bridging GIS and the Public Mapping Movement"
• Exciting New Event this Year: Following the Career and Networking Fair, all are invited to attend special events featuring ESRI founder, President, and CEO, Jack Dangermond. These events are scheduled at the beautiful McNamara Alumni Center, a short walk from Coffman Memorial Union. Details for these events are currently being finalized. This is the first in an annual University of Minnesota Masters of Geographic Information Science speaker series
• Information for interested exhibitors:
  • There is no charge to exhibit
  • A 6 foot display table with chairs, parking passes, and lunch will be provided
  • Though we especially encourage hiring organizations, all interested organizations are invited to exhibit. Sharing information about your special application of GIS is great for everybody to see and helps make this a true networking event
  • Register for the GIS Career and Networking Fair!
    Alternate registration form
    • Also, you may e-mail us at gisso@umn.edu or call GISSO President Dan Sward at 612-327-0066

The GIS Career & Networking Fair is an initiative of the Geographic Information Science Student Organization.

http://gisso.umn.edu/fair/