I-GUIDE Forum 2025
Geospatial AI and Innovation for Sustainability Solutions
Co-located this year with the Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress
Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk | Chicago, Illinois, USA
June 17 - 19, 2025
Forum 2025 Home Workshops Agenda Organizing Committee Accommodation Information Forum Registration
Monday June 16, 2025 – SRI Congress Opening Day
The Sustainability Research and Innovation (SRI) Congress 2025 officially begins on Monday, June 16.
Please refer to the full SRI agenda for events taking place that day and throughout the week: View the SRI Congress Program
Note: The I-GUIDE Forum begins on Tuesday, June 17 and runs through Thursday, June 19. All I-GUIDE events are listed below.
Tuesday June 17, 2025
Time (Central) |
Activities |
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8:00 am | Registration |
9:00 - 10:30 am | Morning Workshops & Tutorials
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10:30 - 10:50 am | Morning Coffee Break |
10:50 am - 12:05 pm | Morning Workshops & Tutorials
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12:05 - 1:30 pm | Lunch (on your own) |
1:30 - 2:45 pm | Afternoon Workshops & Tutorials
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2:45 - 3:05 pm | Afternoon Coffee Break |
3:05 - 4:20 pm | I-GUIDE Panel: Geospatial AI and Innovation for Sustainability Solutions
Panelists:
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3:05 - 5:15 pm | Afternoon Workshops & Tutorials
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Wednesday June 18, 2025
Time (Central) |
Activities |
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8:00 am | Registration |
9:00 - 10:30 am | Opening Plenary for the I-GUIDE Forum & the SRI Congress
Speaker: Jeffrey Sachs, Economist & President, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network |
10:30 - 10:50 am | Morning Coffee Break |
10:50 am - 12:05 pm | Keynote: The State of I-GUIDE
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12:05 - 1:30 pm | Lunch (on your own) |
1:30 - 2:45 pm | I-GUIDE Paper Presentations Session: Frontiers in Geospatial and Sustainability Sciences (20 mins each)
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2:45 - 3:05 pm | Afternoon Coffee Break |
3:05 - 3:35 pm | Invited Talk: Feeding the World, Grid by Grid: Spatial Trade-Offs under Crop Import Tariffs
Speaker: Thomas Hertel, Professor, Purdue University |
3:35 - 4:45 pm | I-GUIDE Poster Introductions (~30 posters) |
4:45 - 5:00 pm | Day 1 Wrap-up |
5:30 - 7:30 pm | Poster Session & Reception |
Thursday June 19, 2025
Time (Central) |
Activities |
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8:00 am | Registration |
8:30 am - 9:30 am | I-GUIDE Paper Presentations Session: Geospatial AI & Data Science for Sustainability (20 mins each)
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9:30 – 10:30 am | I-GUIDE Paper Presentations Session: CyberGIS & Cyberinfrastructure Innovation and Education (20 mins each)
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10:30 - 10:50 am | Morning Coffee Break |
1:30 - 3:00 pm | I-GUIDE Paper Presentations Session: Geospatial Data and Sustainability Sciences (20 mins each)
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12:05 - 1:30 pm | Lunch (on your own) |
1:30 - 2:45 pm | Panel: AI for Sustainability though Geospatial Innovation and Partnership
Chair: Shaowen Wang, Director, I-GUIDE and Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Panelist: TBD |
2:45 – 3:05 pm | Afternoon Coffee Break |
3:05 - 3:30 pm | I-GUIDE Awards and Wrap-up Session |
3:30 - 5:30 pm | Closing Plenary for the I-GUIDE Forum & the SRI Congress
Speaker: Katharine Hayhoe, Chief Scientist, The Nature Conservancy |
Friday June 20, 2025
Time (Central) |
Activities |
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8:00 am | Breakfast |
Morning | I-GUIDE All Hands Meeting (Invitation Only) |
Mid-day | Lunch (Provided) |
2:00 pm | Conclusion of the I-GUIDE All Hands Meeting |