Computer Models for Social Change - talk

Sieber @ U of M (virtually)

admin — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 05:07:57 +0000

Gave a talk on Open Source GIS & Web Mapping PPGIS & Volunteered Geographic Information in Rob Goodspeed's course in the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan.

Digital Civic Participation and its Connection to I-Schools

admin — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 05:10:06 +0000

Gave a talk as part of the McGill School of Information Studies Seminar Series, on Civic Participation in an Era of Geospatial Web & Open Data.

Souped up Science

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 04:59:02 +0000

Gave a lightning talk at McGill's Soup and Science, bite-sized science for undergrads, informally titled "What do next bus app, crowdmap, uber app and example tweet have in common? A geographic reference"

Renee @ CUPUM

admin — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 05:02:35 +0000

Gave one of the keynotes at the Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management Conference, Cambridge, MA, USA. July 7-10, 2015, called How are newer Information and Communications Technologies impacting local governance?

Civic futurology

admin — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 05:05:05 +0000

Gave a talk on the Present Future of Civic Participation in an Era of Geospatial Web and Open Data at the Future Cities Workshop, at McGill.

SDH

admin — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 05:12:21 +0000

Gave a talk for McGill's Digital Humanities Work in Progress Series, Geography for Digital Humanities without a Map.

Talk @ SFU

sieber — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:12:17 +0000

Sieber gave a talk in he Geography Department at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC.

Mashing up Participation: Public Engagement On the Geospatial Web

Everyone’s gone gaga over Google Earth and the rest of the Geospatial Web, or Geoweb. The Geoweb, like its compatriots in Web 2.0, supposedly erases the last vestige of the digital divide, providing ubiquitous data, facile user interfaces, and flexible apps. Indeed, this is the era of ‘You’, according to Time Magazine, in that non-experts become prime generators of content on the Internet. Consequently, ‘you’ set the agenda for further development on the Geoweb and increase your influence in public policy.