NACIS 2026

Board Meeting I 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Tuesday Night Meetup 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Conference Registration 8:00am - 6:00pm

Practical Cartography Day: (How) can AI help us make better maps? 9:00am - 10:30am

Morning Break 10:30am - 10:55am

Practical Cartography Day: Design & Professional cartography 10:55am - 12:30pm

PCD Lunch 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Practical Cartography Day: Tips & Tricks I 2:00pm - 3:20pm

Afternoon Break

Practical Cartography Day: Tips & Tricks II 3:40pm - 5:00pm

KEYNOTE: The Fantasy Cartography of Karen Wynn Fonstad 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Welcome Reception & Map Gallery Opening 8:00pm - 10:30pm

Cross-Cutting Crops and Culture: Coping with overlaps, time, and fuzzy boundaries in... 9:00am - 10:20am

Commissioned v. Personal Mapping 10:40am - 12:00pm

raging against the machine 2:00pm - 3:40pm

HANDMADE 9:00am - 10:20am

TRANSPORTATION, NAVIGATION, & WAYFINDING 10:40am - 12:00pm

HISTORIES 2:00pm - 3:40pm

USER STUDIES 4:00pm - 5:20pm

HIDDEN 9:00am - 10:20am

MULTISENSORY 10:40am - 12:00pm

TOOLS & DATA 2:00pm - 3:40pm

TOOLS & DATA II 4:00pm - 5:20pm

ACCESSIBLE 9:00am - 10:20am

IDENTITY & COMMUNITY RESILIENCE 10:40am - 12:00pm

IDENTITY & COMMUNITY RESILIENCE II 2:00pm - 3:40pm

PERSONAL 4:00pm - 5:20pm

Conference Registration 8:00am - 6:00pm

Map Gallery 8:00am - 10:30pm

NACIS 101 8:30am - 9:00am

Morning Break

Lunch & Business Meeting 12:00pm - 2:00pm

Afternoon Break

Fun Walk & Run 5:30pm - 6:30pm

NACIS Night In 6:30pm - 9:30pm

NACIS Night Out 6:30pm - 9:30pm

Freelance and small business cartography roundtable 9:00am - 10:20am

Critically Engaged Cartographic AI 10:40am - 12:00pm

How Are Static Maps Actually Made? A Workflow-Based Discussion on Cartographic Practice and Education 2:00pm - 3:40pm

How to Map with Context: A Collaborative Exploration for Mapmakers 4:00pm - 5:20pm

HAZARDS 9:00am - 10:20am

WORKFLOWS 10:40am - 12:00pm

TRUTH & SOCIAL JUSTICE 2:00pm - 3:40pm

ART & DESIGN 4:00pm - 5:20pm

FICTIONAL 9:00am - 10:20am

IMPRACTICAL 10:40am - 12:00pm

AI 2:00pm - 3:40pm

SUSTAINABLE 4:00pm - 5:20pm

POLITICAL 9:00am - 10:20am

PEDAGOGY 10:40am - 12:00pm

TERRAIN 2:00pm - 3:40pm

ENVIRONMENTS & HEALTH 4:00pm - 5:20pm

Conference Registration 8:00am - 5:00pm

Map Gallery 8:00am - 1:30pm

Morning Break

Lunch Bunch 12:00pm - 2:00pm

Board Meeting II 12:00pm - 2:00pm

Lunch On Your Own 12:00pm - 2:00pm

Afternoon Break

Cartographic Perspectives Board Meeting 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Banquet & Awards Presentation 6:00pm - 8:15pm

GeoTrivia! 8:15pm - 10:00pm

Field Trip: American Geographical Society Library 10:00am - 12:00pm

Workshop: A Map for a Cat 10:00am - 12:00pm

Workshop: Mapping Resistance from the Ground Up 10:00am - 12:00pm

Field trip: A Synesthete's Atlas: Cartographic Improvisations 6:00pm - 8:00pm