Esri South Africa to host Digital Transformation in Education GIS Summit – Johannesburg

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Event: Education GIS Summit

Date: 10 September 2019

Time: 09:30

Venue: Esri South Africa, International Business Gateway, Midrand, 1685

Target Audience: Tertiary level educators

Price: FREE

Contact: vnaidoo@esri-southafrica.com

Inspiring what’s next! Esri South Africa brings you the Education  GIS Summit with Keynote Speaker Dr Michael Gould – Global Education Manager at Esri Inc. We’ll be unpacking digital transformation in the education industry. *Tertiary level educators only*
#GIS #Esri #Education #Digitaltransformation

About Dr Michael Gould

Promoting spatial literacy among students in all disciplines is one of the main goals of Esri’s Director of Higher Education. Dr. Michael Gould.

Gould devotes his energy and time towards supporting the implementation of GIS not only across academic departments but also as a tool for improving campus operations such as facilities management and green initiatives.

“When GIS is used for problem solving, a student analyzes data within its spatial context, which allows for more informed decision making,” said Gould. “GIS is used on campuses for teaching and research in traditional spatial disciplines, such as geography and planning, but there are also significant benefits from using geospatial technology in wider areas such as business and public health departments.”

Gould has many years of experience in teaching and research to Esri. He began his career after earning a Ph.D. in geography (GIS) from the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA), University at Buffalo, New York. He served as an interdisciplinary professor of information systems and was a cocreator of an Erasmus Mundus-funded geospatial technologies master’s program at Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Spain. Gould has been involved in creating spatial data infrastructures (SDI); researching standards-based interoperability with the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC), and developing geospatial Web services.

In addition to academic and research pursuits, Gould has worked as a GIS advisor to government agencies in the European Union (EU), businesses (including Esri and Microsoft), and nonprofit organizations. He is an active member of the Association of Geographic Information Laboratories in Europe (AGILE) and is a former chairperson of its management board. He has also served the Spanish government as an expert on a series of research projects with the EU including Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe (INSPIRE).

“Solving the problems of the twenty-first century requires a populace that’s adept at creating and using geospatial technology. Michael Gould is a thought leader in the international GIS community who will help foster the open sharing of information and new forms of cooperation and collaboration with the education community,” said Esri president Jack Dangermond.

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Edzai Conilias Zvobwo is passionate about empowering Africans through mathematics, problem-solving techniques and media. As such, he founded MathsGee. Through this organisation, he has helped create an ecosystem for disseminating information, training, and supporting STEM education to all African people. A maths evangelist who teaches mathematical thinking as a life skill, Edzai’s quest has seen him being named the SABC Ambassador for STEM; he has been invited to address Fortune 500 C-suite executives at the Mobile 360 North America; was nominated to represent Southern Africa at the inaugural United Nations Youth Skills Day in New York; was invited to be a contributor to the World Bank Group Youth Summit in 2016; has won the 2014 SADC Protocol on Gender and Development award for his contribution to women’s empowerment in education; and has partnered with local and global firms in STEM interventions.