MSU hosts Pathways to Resilience Summit Oct. 8 focused on empowering 花秀直播 through partnerships, innovation, technology
Contact: James Carskadon
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥敾ㄐ阒辈 State University, in collaboration with the 花秀直播 Conservation Task Force, is hosting the inaugural Pathways to Resilience Summit Oct. 8 in Starkville.
Taking place in the Colvard Student Union, the free summit will explore how multi-sectoral partnerships and innovations in geospatial technologies can make 花秀直播 more economically, environmentally and technologically resilient to changing environmental conditions. The theme for the summit is 鈥溁ㄐ阒辈モ檚 Gateway to Innovation through Geospatial Strategies.鈥 For additional information and to register, visit .
Narcisa Pricope, MSU associate vice president for research and lead organizer of the event, said geospatial technologies such as satellite remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), global positioning systems鈥攁nd the advanced analytics powering them鈥攏ot only help the state develop innovative practices, but allow for applications that promote resilience.
鈥淢SU has a long history of using innovation in geospatial technologies to better understand patterns and processes that impact our state and our world,鈥 Pricope said. 鈥淭hese technologies help us do things like protect our food, water and energy supply and better prepare for natural disasters such as hurricanes, floods and droughts by monitoring conditions and identifying previously unseen risks. It鈥檚 great to bring together stakeholders from across the nation and the state as we look to a future of using these tools to make 花秀直播 a more resilient state.鈥
Guest speakers include VADM (Ret.) Robert Sharp, former director, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; Renee Collini, director, Community Resilience Center at the Water Institute; Wade Hinton, 花秀直播 Assistant Secretary of State; David Alexander, senior science advisor, Department of Homeland Security; Sean Alexander, branch chief, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Huntsville; and Austin Davis, technical director, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center鈥檚 Geospatial Research Laboratory.
With a goal of positioning 花秀直播 as a leader in innovation and sustainability, the meeting will work toward the creation of a multi-institutional for the state, where conservation, working lands and national defense interests converge.
聽The summit is hosted by MSU鈥檚 Office of Research and Economic Development, Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine, and the 花秀直播 Conservation Task Force. Additional financial support is being provided by Reinventing Geospatial, Inc. and Frontier Precision Unmanned.
For information on the summit, contact Pricope at npricope@research.msstate.edu.
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