NACIS 2026: Full Schedule

6:00pm CDT

Board Meeting I

Tuesday October 20, 2026 6:00pm - 8:00pm CDT

TBA

Tuesday October 20, 2026 6:00pm - 8:00pm CDT
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Business

7:00pm CDT

Tuesday Night Meetup

Tuesday October 20, 2026 7:00pm - 9:00pm CDT

TBA

Tuesday October 20, 2026 7:00pm - 9:00pm CDT
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Social Event

8:00am CDT

Conference Registration

Wednesday October 21, 2026 8:00am - 6:00pm CDT

TBA

Wednesday October 21, 2026 8:00am - 6:00pm CDT
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Conference Registration

9:00am CDT

Practical Cartography Day: (How) can AI help us make better maps?

Wednesday October 21, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am CDT

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Things I've Done with AI at Work Kate Leroux, onX Everyone is talking about AI, but it's not always clear what to use it for. This lightning talk is a quick tour of the ways I've used AI in my day-to-day work as a technical cartographer. I'll steer clear of AI hype or pessimism and just offer several real examples, meant to spark ideas about how you might use AI for your own work. Spoiler alert:...
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Wednesday October 21, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am CDT
TBA

Practical Cartography Day

10:30am CDT

Morning Break

Wednesday October 21, 2026 10:30am - 10:55am CDT

TBA

Wednesday October 21, 2026 10:30am - 10:55am CDT
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Break

10:55am CDT

Practical Cartography Day: Design & Professional cartography

Wednesday October 21, 2026 10:55am - 12:30pm CDT

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Visualizing Global Climate Atlas Guo, University of Wisconsin-Madison Climate maps are essential tools for understanding global climate patterns. Despite its limitations, the Köppen-Geiger system remains the most widely used climate classification framework, yet most maps present only the resulting categories, condensing complex temperature and precipitation patterns into letter codes that can be...
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Wednesday October 21, 2026 10:55am - 12:30pm CDT
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Practical Cartography Day

12:30pm CDT

PCD Lunch

Wednesday October 21, 2026 12:30pm - 2:00pm CDT

TBA

Wednesday October 21, 2026 12:30pm - 2:00pm CDT
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Lunch

2:00pm CDT

Practical Cartography Day: Tips & Tricks I

Wednesday October 21, 2026 2:00pm - 3:20pm CDT

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Automating Map Production Using ArcPy Michael Cattell, Pennsylvania Environmental Council Creating maps that cover dozens of geographies in different shapes and sizes is a critical function for large organizations. While it may seem daunting at first, there are ways to break the process down to make it seem more manageable and approachable! In this talk, I will demonstrate one workflow using...
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Wednesday October 21, 2026 2:00pm - 3:20pm CDT
TBA

Practical Cartography Day

3:20pm CDT

Afternoon Break

Wednesday October 21, 2026 3:20pm - 3:40pm CDT

TBA

Wednesday October 21, 2026 3:20pm - 3:40pm CDT
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Break

3:40pm CDT

Practical Cartography Day: Tips & Tricks II

Wednesday October 21, 2026 3:40pm - 5:00pm CDT

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SpatialpIpe ADDA Youcef, TECH SpatialPipe is an ETL platform built around a native C++ engine, with a modern UI powered by Vue 3, TypeScript, Vite, and Electron. The ambition is to build a serious open alternative to commercial ETL tools: fast, transparent, scalable, and designed to last. Today, the platform already integrates multiple data readers, including OSM and WFS. The roadmap goes much...
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Wednesday October 21, 2026 3:40pm - 5:00pm CDT
TBA

Practical Cartography Day

6:30pm CDT

KEYNOTE: The Fantasy Cartography of Karen Wynn Fonstad

Wednesday October 21, 2026 6:30pm - 8:00pm CDT

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This keynote panel will celebrate the work and legacy of Karen Wynn Fonstad, including The Atlas of Middle-Earth for J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. The panel will begin with short presentations from the distinguished guests listed below, followed by questions from the moderator and audience. On Saturday, there will be a field trip to the American Geographical Society Library at the...
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Wednesday October 21, 2026 6:30pm - 8:00pm CDT
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Social Event

8:00pm CDT

Welcome Reception & Map Gallery Opening

Wednesday October 21, 2026 8:00pm - 10:30pm CDT

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Wednesday October 21, 2026 8:00pm - 10:30pm CDT
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Social Event

8:00am CDT

Conference Registration

Thursday October 22, 2026 8:00am - 6:00pm CDT

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Thursday October 22, 2026 8:00am - 6:00pm CDT
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Conference Registration

8:00am CDT

Map Gallery

Thursday October 22, 2026 8:00am - 10:30pm CDT

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Thursday October 22, 2026 8:00am - 10:30pm CDT
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Social Event

8:30am CDT

NACIS 101

Thursday October 22, 2026 8:30am - 9:00am CDT

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Thursday October 22, 2026 8:30am - 9:00am CDT
TBA

9:00am CDT

Cross-Cutting Crops and Culture: Coping with overlaps, time, and fuzzy boundaries in an ethnobotanical garden

Thursday October 22, 2026 9:00am - 10:20am CDT

Commons

Cross-Cutting Crops and Culture: Coping with overlaps, time, and fuzzy boundaries in an ethnobotanical garden Catherine Callaway, UC Berkeley This interactive session is a space to puzzle out the limits of language and spatial representation in a botanical garden’s ethnobotanical collection. Plants aren’t versed in borders, and their diversity and distribution is such that overlapping...
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Thursday October 22, 2026 9:00am - 10:20am CDT
Commons

Birds of Feather

9:00am CDT

ACCESSIBLE

Thursday October 22, 2026 9:00am - 10:20am CDT

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Launching and Scaling Digital Map Accessibility for the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey Caroline Rose, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey Brandon Biggs, XR Navigation The ground-breaking visual, auditory, and interactive text map of the Quaternary Geology of Wisconsin, which we presented in draft form at NACIS 2025, showed it is possible to make complex maps...
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Thursday October 22, 2026 9:00am - 10:20am CDT
Room 3

Main Conference

9:00am CDT

HANDMADE

Thursday October 22, 2026 9:00am - 10:20am CDT

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Getting Physical (with data): Crocheting Central Park Natalie Correa, University of Wisconsin-Madison In this talk, I discuss the challenges of planning and creating a crocheted map of Central Park in New York City. I outline planning considerations for the pattern, the logistics of crocheting, and the pressures of creating within a classroom environment. Along the way, I discuss the larger...
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Thursday October 22, 2026 9:00am - 10:20am CDT
Room 1

Main Conference

9:00am CDT

HIDDEN

Thursday October 22, 2026 9:00am - 10:20am CDT

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Mapping New Deal Utopias: Dynamics of Neighborhood Mobility in Greendale, Wisconsin Mia Nighgroh, University of Tennessee Knoxville Utopian planned communities like Greendale, WI were championed during the Roosevelt administration as part of the New Deal’s efforts to create model suburban communities and facilitate economic stability for low- and middle-income white families. Following the end...
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Thursday October 22, 2026 9:00am - 10:20am CDT
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Main Conference

10:20am CDT

Morning Break

Thursday October 22, 2026 10:20am - 10:40am CDT

TBA

Thursday October 22, 2026 10:20am - 10:40am CDT
TBA

Break

10:40am CDT

IDENTITY & COMMUNITY RESILIENCE

Thursday October 22, 2026 10:40am - 12:00pm CDT

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See What We See: Community Co Produced Spatial Meaning in Lindsay Heights, Milwaukee Dulmini Nadeesha Jayawardana This talk explores how residents of Lindsay Heights generated spatial knowledge through photovoice, revealing layers of meaning not typically visible in conventional mapping. Through community led photography and storytelling, participants articulated a spatial logic grounded in...
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Thursday October 22, 2026 10:40am - 12:00pm CDT
Room 3

Main Conference

10:40am CDT

MULTISENSORY

Thursday October 22, 2026 10:40am - 12:00pm CDT

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Audio Cartography: The New Frontier Brandon Biggs, CEO of XR Navigation For thousands of years, cartography has been either visual or tactile. We invite you to join us to learn how cartography can now extend to sound. Learn about auditory icons, ways to hear shapes, understand spatial relationships using your ears, and listen to the world. Through real-world examples and live demonstrations,...
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Thursday October 22, 2026 10:40am - 12:00pm CDT
Room 2

Main Conference

10:40am CDT

TRANSPORTATION, NAVIGATION, & WAYFINDING

Thursday October 22, 2026 10:40am - 12:00pm CDT

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Wayfinding Maps for the Museum of Exploration Harrison Cole, The National Geographic Society The National Geographic Museum of Exploration (MOE) relies on a variety of wayfinding maps to guide visitors to and throughout its space. And while wayfinding maps are indeed commonly referred to as “maps”, they often call for unique design and production approaches, distinct from, for example, a...
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Thursday October 22, 2026 10:40am - 12:00pm CDT
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Main Conference

10:40am CDT

Commissioned v. Personal Mapping

Thursday October 22, 2026 10:40am - 12:00pm CDT

Commons

Commissioned v. Personal Mapping David Nuttall, Artimaps, LLC This discussion will look at the differences in data, information, and time related to personal projects versus commissioned maps. What are the considerations, priorities, time management, and decisions that go into each and how can you juggle what you want to do (including intentionally donating your work) with what you might get paid...
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Thursday October 22, 2026 10:40am - 12:00pm CDT
Commons

Panel

12:00pm CDT

Lunch & Business Meeting

Thursday October 22, 2026 12:00pm - 2:00pm CDT

TBA

Thursday October 22, 2026 12:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
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Business

2:00pm CDT

raging against the machine

Thursday October 22, 2026 2:00pm - 3:40pm CDT

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raging against the machine Natalie Correa, University of Wisconsin-Madison Raechel Portelli, University of Illinois Alicia Iverson, Penn State Generative AI tools can now produce maps in seconds. As automated workflows become the default path from data to map, we question what the future of cartographic practice looks like. Drawing on humanistic geography, feminist epistemology, and critical...
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Thursday October 22, 2026 2:00pm - 3:40pm CDT
Commons

Birds of Feather

2:00pm CDT

HISTORIES

Thursday October 22, 2026 2:00pm - 3:40pm CDT

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Crandall Cemetery: Mapping Culture, Protection, and Gullah/Geechee Resilience in Northeast Florida Glenda Simmons Jenkins, Gullah Geechee Cultural Community Trust Kathie Carswell, Gullah Geechee Cultural Community Trust Christopher Mader, University of Miami IDSC Theresa Pinto, P.E.E.R. Group At the turn of the Twentieth Century, northeast Florida's formerly enslaved population increased as...
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Thursday October 22, 2026 2:00pm - 3:40pm CDT
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Main Conference

2:00pm CDT

IDENTITY & COMMUNITY RESILIENCE II

Thursday October 22, 2026 2:00pm - 3:40pm CDT

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This year’s DEI-sponsored series centers on experiences of people engaging with communities and neighborhoods and working across diverse identities. Through their work, our speakers use cartography in various ways to reveal meanings, uncover memories, illuminate injustices, and envision different futures. Panelists: Dulmini Nadeesha Jayawardana Elizaveta (Liz) Lepikhova H. Jiahong Pan...
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Thursday October 22, 2026 2:00pm - 3:40pm CDT
Room 3

Main Conference

2:00pm CDT

TOOLS & DATA

Thursday October 22, 2026 2:00pm - 3:40pm CDT

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Earthling Maps: A Locator Map Maker Beyond Web Mercator Brian T. Jacobs, Habitable Worlds Earthling Maps is a new way for a broad audience to make locator maps, whether local, regional, or planetary extents, without compromising on cartographic principles. To achieve this, the app uses a novel map renderer that automatically switches map projections appropriate to scale—far beyond Web Mercator...
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Thursday October 22, 2026 2:00pm - 3:40pm CDT
Room 2

Main Conference

3:40pm CDT

Afternoon Break

Thursday October 22, 2026 3:40pm - 4:00pm CDT

TBA

Thursday October 22, 2026 3:40pm - 4:00pm CDT
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Break

4:00pm CDT

PERSONAL

Thursday October 22, 2026 4:00pm - 5:20pm CDT

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Creating a personal geospatial data history map Guthrie Alexander Most of us are sitting on a surprising amount of personal geospatial data: tracks from GPS watches and handhelds, hiking, biking, and running routes, the location history our phones collect (with and without our knowledge), and every geotagged photo we've ever taken. It all lives in different places, in different services, and in...
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Thursday October 22, 2026 4:00pm - 5:20pm CDT
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Main Conference

4:00pm CDT

TOOLS & DATA II

Thursday October 22, 2026 4:00pm - 5:20pm CDT

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Unlocking Possibilities With Open Map Data Jessica Acosta Rodriguez, Esri The future of open map data is supported by accessible, interoperable, high-quality datasets that fuel innovation and collaboration across industries and communities. As the demand for this data grows, organizations like Esri are advancing this vision through partnerships with the Overture Maps Foundation. By integrating...
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Thursday October 22, 2026 4:00pm - 5:20pm CDT
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Main Conference

4:00pm CDT

USER STUDIES

Thursday October 22, 2026 4:00pm - 5:20pm CDT

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What Do Young Adults Think About Mobile Thematic News Maps? Lily Houtman, Penn State University Data journalism is one of the key ways the public encounters mobile thematic maps. There is emerging research on how to best design mobile maps for data journalism, but most of these studies focus on the map producers rather than map audiences. Here, I present the results from a series of focus groups...
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Thursday October 22, 2026 4:00pm - 5:20pm CDT
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Main Conference

5:30pm CDT

Fun Walk & Run

Thursday October 22, 2026 5:30pm - 6:30pm CDT

TBA

Thursday October 22, 2026 5:30pm - 6:30pm CDT
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Social Event

6:30pm CDT

NACIS Night In

Thursday October 22, 2026 6:30pm - 9:30pm CDT

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Thursday October 22, 2026 6:30pm - 9:30pm CDT
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Social Event

6:30pm CDT

NACIS Night Out

Thursday October 22, 2026 6:30pm - 9:30pm CDT

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Thursday October 22, 2026 6:30pm - 9:30pm CDT
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Social Event

8:00am CDT

Map Gallery

Friday October 23, 2026 8:00am - 1:30pm CDT

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Friday October 23, 2026 8:00am - 1:30pm CDT
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Social Event

8:00am CDT

Conference Registration

Friday October 23, 2026 8:00am - 5:00pm CDT

TBA

Friday October 23, 2026 8:00am - 5:00pm CDT
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Conference Registration

9:00am CDT

FICTIONAL

Friday October 23, 2026 9:00am - 10:20am CDT

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Mapping as Close Reading: Visualizing Abolition Geographies in Speculative Fiction brianna sas-pérez, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee What if we use mapping, not just text, to represent findings from a close reading? I experiment with this methodological question through a counter-mapping of the Robledo neighborhood in Octavia Butler's (1993) Parable of the Sower. Thinking with abolition...
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Friday October 23, 2026 9:00am - 10:20am CDT
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Main Conference

9:00am CDT

HAZARDS

Friday October 23, 2026 9:00am - 10:20am CDT

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Should I stay or should I go? Encouraging early bushfire evacuation through fire spread prediction maps Amy Griffin, RMIT University Chloe Begg, Country Fire Authority Matt Blanc, RMIT University Erica Kuligowski, RMIT University Paula Dootson, QUT University Angela Gardner, Victorian Department of Education Bushfire is a significant hazard in Australia, affecting much of the population. A policy...
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Friday October 23, 2026 9:00am - 10:20am CDT
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Main Conference

9:00am CDT

POLITICAL

Friday October 23, 2026 9:00am - 10:20am CDT

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Atlas de la Desaparición: Cartographic Experiments in Visualizing Uncertainty and Absence Bea Abbott, University of Kentucky, department of geography Oficina de Investigación Documental (OID) Atlas de la Desaparición is an investigation by a multidisciplinary collective of artists and researchers whose objective is to unravel histories of enforced disappearance from the Spanish Civil War and...
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Friday October 23, 2026 9:00am - 10:20am CDT
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Main Conference

9:00am CDT

Freelance and small business cartography roundtable

Friday October 23, 2026 9:00am - 10:20am CDT

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Freelance and small business cartography roundtable Nat Case, INCase, LLC Daniel Huffman (they/them), somethingaboutmaps.com A perennial open-ended discussion for those interested in becoming (or growing) a cartography-based business. Daniel Huffman will share the results of his annual survey of freelance cartographers, and Nat Case will share a brief outline of ""13 things I've learned about...
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Friday October 23, 2026 9:00am - 10:20am CDT
Commons

Panel

10:20am CDT

Morning Break

Friday October 23, 2026 10:20am - 10:40am CDT

TBA

Friday October 23, 2026 10:20am - 10:40am CDT
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Break

10:40am CDT

IMPRACTICAL

Friday October 23, 2026 10:40am - 12:00pm CDT

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Ribbon Maps: A brief talk on a lengthy format Aaron Koelker, NYS Geospatial Services Bureau What is a ribbon map? Are they helpful on the go? Can you tie them in a bow? This talk may or may not answer these questions. I'll start with a brief overview of a niche map format, including some past and present examples with (im)practical usage. Then I'll spend the rest of the talk running through some...
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Friday October 23, 2026 10:40am - 12:00pm CDT
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Main Conference

10:40am CDT

PEDAGOGY

Friday October 23, 2026 10:40am - 12:00pm CDT

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A Guide to Mapping Small Joys Jessica Breen, American University A small joy is anything that makes your day better: a good cup of coffee, an unexpected meeting with a friend, hearing a favorite song. "A Guide to Mapping Small Joys" is a zine-based mapping project that invites participants to notice these moments of joy in their daily lives and create a personal map, or even atlas, of where small...
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Friday October 23, 2026 10:40am - 12:00pm CDT
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Main Conference

10:40am CDT

WORKFLOWS

Friday October 23, 2026 10:40am - 12:00pm CDT

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Agentic mapping on the web Kristian Ekenes, Esri In this talk I’ll provide an overview of how you can build web mapping applications that allow end users to explore, and even create, fully interactive web maps using a natural language interface. You’ll learn how AI components and agents empower map authors, app developers, and end users of web mapping applications to be more efficient in their...
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Friday October 23, 2026 10:40am - 12:00pm CDT
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Main Conference

10:40am CDT

Critically Engaged Cartographic AI

Friday October 23, 2026 10:40am - 12:00pm CDT

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Critically Engaged Cartographic AI - a panel of enthusiasts, critics, and practitioners Jim Thatcher, Oregon State University Craig Dalton, Hofstra University Anthony Robinson, Penn State University Artificial Intelligence is both the technology and buzzword of the moment. Its impacts are being felt in acts as divergent as package sorting in dimly lit factories to bombing campaigns in active war...
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Friday October 23, 2026 10:40am - 12:00pm CDT
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Panel

12:00pm CDT

Lunch Bunch

Friday October 23, 2026 12:00pm - 2:00pm CDT

TBA

Friday October 23, 2026 12:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
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12:00pm CDT

Lunch On Your Own

Friday October 23, 2026 12:00pm - 2:00pm CDT

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Friday October 23, 2026 12:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
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12:00pm CDT

Board Meeting II

Friday October 23, 2026 12:00pm - 2:00pm CDT

TBA

Friday October 23, 2026 12:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
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Business

2:00pm CDT

How Are Static Maps Actually Made? A Workflow-Based Discussion on Cartographic Practice and Education

Friday October 23, 2026 2:00pm - 3:40pm CDT

Commons

How Are Static Maps Actually Made? A Workflow-Based Discussion on Cartographic Practice and Education Yanbing Chen, University of Wisconsin-Madison Alicia Cowart, University of Wisconsin-Madison This Birds of a Feather session invites cartographers, educators, students to collectively unpack how static maps are created in current professional practice. The session begins with participants’ lived...
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Friday October 23, 2026 2:00pm - 3:40pm CDT
Commons

Birds of Feather

2:00pm CDT

Friday October 23, 2026 2:00pm - 3:40pm CDT

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AI, Artistic Style, and Intellectual Property: Legal and Ethical Boundaries in Modern Cartography Aileen Buckley, Esri Pete Schreiber, Esri The capacity of artificial intelligence (AI) to replicate artistic style is a hallmark of modern advances in deep learning, machine learning, and generative AI. But it also raises concerns about copying artistic style that predate AI and have long been...
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Friday October 23, 2026 2:00pm - 3:40pm CDT
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Main Conference

2:00pm CDT

TERRAIN

Friday October 23, 2026 2:00pm - 3:40pm CDT

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Antarctic Cartography: Mapping the End of the Earth at the Polar Geospatial Center Jesse Bakker, Polar Geospatial Center, University of Minnesota Captivated by the rugged and truly remote wilderness of Antarctica, people have long attempted to capture this stark landscape in maps. Inaccessible, ice-covered, and largely distorted on most maps, Antarctica presents unique challenges and constraints...
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Friday October 23, 2026 2:00pm - 3:40pm CDT
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Main Conference

2:00pm CDT

TRUTH & SOCIAL JUSTICE

Friday October 23, 2026 2:00pm - 3:40pm CDT

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Law, Organizing, and Cartography Lucy Roberts-Widdison, Harriet Tubman Fellow, Coalition for Property Tax Justice Modern spatial data practices create, perpetuate, and exacerbate racial differences in housing outcomes. For example, in the majority-Black city of Detroit, 1 in 4 of the lowest value homes have been illegally foreclosed since 2009 because of spatial interpolation methods that ignore...
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Friday October 23, 2026 2:00pm - 3:40pm CDT
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Main Conference

3:40pm CDT

Afternoon Break

Friday October 23, 2026 3:40pm - 4:00pm CDT

TBA

Friday October 23, 2026 3:40pm - 4:00pm CDT
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Break

4:00pm CDT

How to Map with Context: A Collaborative Exploration for Mapmakers

Friday October 23, 2026 4:00pm - 5:20pm CDT

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How to Map with Context: A Collaborative Exploration for Mapmakers Ester Scheck, TU Wien Meghan Kelly, Syracuse University Just as every map is based on the mapmaker’s conscious and unconscious decisions, every dataset – the basis of any map – is shaped by its production context. Understanding this context is essential for data analysis and visualization because data is never neutral or...
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Friday October 23, 2026 4:00pm - 5:20pm CDT
Commons

Birds of Feather

4:00pm CDT

ART & DESIGN

Friday October 23, 2026 4:00pm - 5:20pm CDT

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The Joy of Color Elaine Guidero Jim Thatcher, Oregon State University Have we hit the age of quiet luxury cartography? Maps praised as “tasteful” look like the Succession wardrobe. Subdued neutral tones code as sophistication and elegance in fashion and seemingly now cartography. Does Design-with-a-capital-D mean avoiding bold hues and high saturation? Color is an essential part of the...
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Friday October 23, 2026 4:00pm - 5:20pm CDT
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Main Conference

4:00pm CDT

ENVIRONMENTS & HEALTH

Friday October 23, 2026 4:00pm - 5:20pm CDT

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A GeoAI Framework for Predictive Risk Monitoring of Electrical Substations and Energy Infrastructure Olalekan Alamoh, Georgia State University This presentation introduces a geospatial artificial intelligence (GeoAI) framework designed to support predictive monitoring of electrical substations and critical energy infrastructure. The approach integrates satellite imagery, environmental data, and...
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Friday October 23, 2026 4:00pm - 5:20pm CDT
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Main Conference

4:00pm CDT

SUSTAINABLE

Friday October 23, 2026 4:00pm - 5:20pm CDT

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A Cartographic Analysis of Renewable Energy Maps Sarah Haedrich, University of Oregon How is the development of renewable energy imagined? Where are renewable energy facilities actually located, and how are those decisions made? What role do maps play in these development processes? In this presentation, I will explore these questions through a case study of utility-scale solar and wind...
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Friday October 23, 2026 4:00pm - 5:20pm CDT
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Main Conference

5:30pm CDT

Cartographic Perspectives Board Meeting

Friday October 23, 2026 5:30pm - 6:30pm CDT

TBA

Friday October 23, 2026 5:30pm - 6:30pm CDT
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Business

6:00pm CDT

Banquet & Awards Presentation

Friday October 23, 2026 6:00pm - 8:15pm CDT

TBA

Friday October 23, 2026 6:00pm - 8:15pm CDT
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Social Event

8:15pm CDT

GeoTrivia!

Friday October 23, 2026 8:15pm - 10:00pm CDT

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GeoTrivia! Answer questions about global and cartographic factoids, Milwaukee landmarks, and NACIS lore. Whether you’re a trivia buff or just in it for the laughs, bring your knowledge, your curiosity, and your competitive spirit!

There is no advance sign-up. Just sit in teams of 4-6, come up with a team name, and be sure to recruit at least one new attendee to your team!

Friday October 23, 2026 8:15pm - 10:00pm CDT
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Social Event

10:00am CDT

Field Trip: American Geographical Society Library

Saturday October 24, 2026 10:00am - 12:00pm CDT

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Visit one of the largest cartographic collections in the United States. The American Geographical Society Library is home to nearly 2 million objects ranging from maps, atlases, digital geospatial data, globes, and more. On this tour, you will see a variety of maps from around the world and different time periods. On display will also be the legendary Karen Wynn Fonstad manuscript maps of...
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Saturday October 24, 2026 10:00am - 12:00pm CDT
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Field Trip

10:00am CDT

Workshop: A Map for a Cat

Saturday October 24, 2026 10:00am - 12:00pm CDT

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This is a creative activity for everyone, including kids aged 12 and up. Frankly I think adults who never grew up are the best participants. You and a group of peers will be randomly assigned an animal. The objective of the activity is to use basic craft supplies to make a map of a common space as if one were that animal, for other members of your species. What does a map for a mouse look like? A...
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Saturday October 24, 2026 10:00am - 12:00pm CDT
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Workshop

10:00am CDT

Workshop: Mapping Resistance from the Ground Up

Saturday October 24, 2026 10:00am - 12:00pm CDT

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Join representatives of the Mapping Racism and Resistance Project for a hands-on workshop on designing community-based mapping applications. Contribute to our map of "History in Motion: Mapping Milwaukee Resistance", a community-generated map documenting places of BIPOC resistance, or build a resistance map for your local community! We’ll answer your questions about community-engaged mapping...
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Saturday October 24, 2026 10:00am - 12:00pm CDT
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Workshop

6:00pm CDT

Field trip: A Synesthete's Atlas: Cartographic Improvisations

Saturday October 24, 2026 6:00pm - 8:00pm CDT

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Real time manipulation of projected, digital maps in dialogue with composed & improvised music. A visual wash of street grids, land masses, water bodies, & curiosities from built and natural environments. Sounds soothing & screeching. Orphaned labels & free-floating symbology. Auditory roundabouts & acoustic cul-de-sacs. Colors that clash, calm, & fade. Jittery zooms & journeys. Liminal drones....
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Saturday October 24, 2026 6:00pm - 8:00pm CDT
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