[TCMUG] Jack Dangermond at UMN

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Also, Jack Dangermond will be speaking at the GIS Career and Network Fair 
at Coffman Memorial Union at 1:30. There will be a talk on Open Source as 
well at the Job Fair. See below.

Hello again GIS users,

The GIS Career and Networking Fair is coming up fast now, (April 2nd, NEXT
WEDNESDAY!) so here are some important details for anyone considering
attending. Attached is also a flyer, which hope you will post or pass on to
anyone who might be interested.

There has been a location change from last year. This year's Fair is being
held in Coffman Memorial Union, in the Mississippi Room. It is on the East
Bank this year, not in St. Paul.

When you arrive, please stop by the registration desk, especially if you
want to sign up for the door prize raffle. That's right, free stuff!

Also, we recommend that you bring copies of your resume if you are seeking
a job or an internship. While we have a range of activities at the Fair,
the focus is still largely about jobs. There will be several exhibitors
looking for interns or to fill permanent positions.

Also, there is a lot of interest in Jack Dangermond coming to this year's
Fair. I'd like to point out that his presentation, "Inside GIS" from 1:30
to 2:30, is specifically aimed at students, and will include some time for
him to answer student questions.

Full Presentation Schedule:
11:00am – 11:30pm
Therese Rowekamp (Rowekamp Associates)
“ArcGIS Model Builder Mini-Tech Forum”

12:30pm – 1:00pm
Len Kne (U of M Masters of GIS student)
“The Minnesota Interactive Internet Mapping Project”

1:30pm – 2:30pm
Jack Dangermond (Founder and President, ESRI)
“Inside GIS”

3:00pm – 3:30pm
Sally Wakefield (1000 Friends of Minnesota)
“Bridging GIS and the Public Mapping Movement”

As always, more information available at: http://www.gisso.umn.edu/fair/

Erik Olson
VP of GISSO

On Mar 28 2008, Mark Maclennan wrote:

> I am a bit surprised that this event hasn't been publicized more as he 
> is receiving an honorary degree - although there was a University press 
> release about it: 
> http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/newsservice/NS_details.php?release=080313_3415&page=NS
>
> While geospatial.umn.edu mentions the event, it not listed in the MN 
> GIS/LIS Consortium calendar. Perhaps it is more of a University thing as 
> the event is obviously tied in with the GIS Career & Networking Fair at 
> Coffman Memorial Union that day.
>
>- Mark
>
>
>
>On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 12:21 PM, David William Bitner
><bitner at gyttja.org> wrote:
>> OK, so what am I doing emailing an Open Source GIS list about a Jack
>> Dangermond Lecture?
>>
>> Well, regardless of what we may think of ESRI and their software, he is 
>> still arguably one of the most influential individuals in our field and 
>> I think that this is a great opportunity to hear a lecture from him. I 
>> believe there will also be a meet and greet after the lecture and it 
>> never hurts to have people pointing out how important standards and 
>> interoperability are to someone like Jack :-)
>>
>> The lecture is taking place at the UMN Alumni Center at 4:30 on April 
>> 2nd.
>>
>> All the details I could find are here:
>> http://events.tc.umn.edu/event.xml?occurrence=408713
>>
>> David
>>
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