Annual Disaster Response Geospatial Workshop is June 6, 2024 - Register Now!

(Formerly the Hurricane Season Geospatial Data Mining Workshop)

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Date: June 6
Sessions are 9:00 am – 4:00 pm central time
Location: Abdalla Hall, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lunch provided, sponsored by Bottomland Geosciences, LLC.

Workshop Cost: Free, but registration for workshop and lunch is required.

This will be an in-person event with the ability to attend via zoom. Registered attendees will receive meeting links prior to the workshop.

Workshop Description:

The purpose of the workshop is to promote geospatial coordination during hurricane and other disaster season events (i.e., Wild land fires), to identify points of contact, and to share information about data portals and resources. Presentations will cover coordination related to hurricane and other disaster season event preparation, emergency response operations, ongoing recovery efforts, and an overview of the data clearinghouses, applications, and data acquisitions of federal and state agencies which collect and host geospatial data. 

Invited Speakers:
USGS EROS Emergency Operations, USGS National Map, USGS NLI, NASA, FEMA, The International Charter, NOAA, National Weather Service, LA GOHSEP, LADOTD **further additions will be updated, and a final agenda will be sent out closer to the workshop date

Registration: 

The link for registration can be accessed here - https://forms.office.com/r/HAhqNNJV7n. Email Courtney Poirier Chicola, courtney.chicola1@louisiana.edu for any questions.

For more information, contact:

Brent Yantis, NASA/UL Lafayette Regional Application Center
Rusti Liner, River Parishes Community College
Courtney Poirier Chicola, NASA/UL Lafayette Regional Application Center
Michelle Fischer, U.S. Geological Survey, National Geospatial Program

Sponsors:

• NASA/UL Lafayette Regional Application Center
• Bottomland Geosciences, LLC.
• U.S. Geological Survey
• LouisianaView Program

Note: Smoked brisket prepared by our Louisiana/Texas Award Winning Champion, Dr. Andy Hollerman, will be back on the Lunch menu with all the trimmings for in-person workshop attendees