Highlights from the AGIC 2020 Education & Training Symposium

Thank you to all our attendees, presenters, workshop instructors, and sponsors! 2020 has been a year full of challenges and we are thankful to everyone for helping us adapt the AGIC Symposium to a virtual environment. Overall the virtual event was a success, though we missed seeing everyone in person. 

Recordings of all the sessions are online and available as proceedings here.

Check out the highlights below. 

• The 2020 Education & Training Symposium was held October 19-23, 2019 virtually via the website and WebEX technology.
• The Plenary Keynote Speaker was Jack Dangermond, Founder Esri
• Tuesday's Keynote Speaker was Lisa Atkins, Arizona State Land Commissioner and State Cartographer
• AGIC Chairperson's Volunteer of the Year Award Winner: Lucas Murray
• Geospatial Volunteer of the Year Award Winner: Jami Dennis
• Maps & Apps Challenge Winners:
  • Maps (Posters)
    • Best Overall Cartography: Mele Koneya, how "The West's Most Western Town" Has Grown 
      
  • Apps
    • Best Story Map: Crystal Carrancho, Tour Phoenix's African American Heritage
    • best Overall App: Kurt Cotner, Phoenix Metro Residential Real Estate Data Explorer

This year's t-shirt design reflected our pivot to a virtual conference and included a variety of t-shirt styles to choose from in either a light or dark theme.  The t-shirts were offered at cost through Spreadshirt, a print-on-demand service. (AGIC did not receive any profits off of sales and offered the shirts at cost in order to give attendees the best price possible).