Event Details

  • May 16: Westchester GIS Annual User Group Meeting

    Greetings, GIS Community

    Get ready to mark your calendars because the 2024 Westchester County GIS User Group Meeting is near!   We are thrilled to invite you to join us on May 16th, 2024, at SUNY Purchase College for a day filled with insightful presentations, networking opportunities, and hands-on learning experiences.

    For over a decade, the Westchester County DoIT GIS, in partnership with Environmental Studies at SUNY Purchase, has organized the Westchester County GIS User Group Meeting, the largest annual gathering of geospatial professionals in the Valley.  Attendees will have an opportunity to meet with industry-leading geospatial representatives, identify opportunities for collaboration, and participate in presentations from local GIS programs, nonprofit organizations, and industry leaders.

    Last year’s first in-person event post-pandemic drew over 160 attendees.

    We are currently organizing the agenda and coordinating the speakers and sponsors for the event. Sessions will cover various topics, including local government GIS initiatives, system migration, data improvements, social equality, GIS resources, and updates on County initiatives such as 2023 Basemap, OnCall Dispatch, MS4, and more.

    Click Here to register today!

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    Ana Hiraldo-Gomez
    Assistant CIO-GIS
    Westchester County Department of Information Technology

    Join us on May 16th at SUNY Purchase for the 2024 Westchester County GIS User Group Meeting. Registration is now Open!

  • March 8: Jack Eichenbaum Memorial at Roosevelt House

    Jack Eichenbaum in Memoriam

    February 2, 1943 – December 30, 2023

    Dear All,

    It is with profound sadness I write to inform you of the passing of our dearly beloved Jack Eichenbaum, my uncle.

    He passed away peacefully on December 30, 2023, after suffering from a stroke two days earlier. It brings me comfort knowing he got to enjoy one last travel excursion on a cruise to the Caribbean earlier that month.

    Please join me as we gather as a family at the historic Roosevelt House on the evening of March 8th as a community to celebrate and honor Jack’s life as a friend, colleague, mentor, geographer, teacher, tour guide, civic activist, scrabble expert, the Official Queens Historian, and a true visionary who played an instrumental role in shaping the lives he encountered on the journey of life. We truly appreciate your support and love during this difficult time. Special thanks to Hunter College and GISMO for helping us with putting together the memorial.

    Memorial Service Details:
    Date: Friday, March 8, 2024
    Time: 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM Eastern Time (ET)
    Format: Hybrid (in-person with a remote Zoom option)
    Location: Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College (located at 47-49 East 65th Street, New York, NY 10065)

    Event Coordinator: Amy Jeu at amyjeu@gmail.com or ajeu@hunter.cuny.edu

    RSVP for the memorial service or to share a memory, please do so at http://tinyurl.com/JEmemorial030824

    In place of flowers, the family requests those who wish to express sympathy their sympathy to consider donating to the Queens Historical Society (https://queenshistoricalsociety.org), Cooper Union (https://cooper.edu), Queens Botanical Garden (https://queensbotanical.org), or the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (https://www.dbsalliance.org) in Jack Eichenbaum’s name.

    Also, please send this along to anyone interested in attending the memorial service.

    Warmest Regards,

    Beth
    on behalf of Eichenbaum Estate

  • March 15: Developing a Digital Twin for Climate Adaptation in New York City

    We invite your expert participation in a workshop on Developing a Digital Twin for Climate Adaptation in New York City on Friday, March 15, 2024 at the Verizon Executive Education Center at the Cornell Campus on Roosevelt Island.

    The workshop is hosted by a coalition of researchers from Cornell University and Cornell Tech, Hunter College (CUNY), the New School, Barnard College, George Mason University, scientists from the USDA Forest Service, and two civil society organizations (RISE and Universe City) that have come together to advance a National Science Foundation proposal for a new Civic-Led Urban Adaptation Research Center (CIVIC-UARC or the Center).

    CIVIC-UARC brings together urban experts in multiple disciplines and institutions, working closely with public sector stakeholders, civil society, and community members on climate adaptation in New York City. With an environmental justice focus, our objective is to develop a model for coproduction of new knowledge and actions to address climate change hazards and risks that can be scaled to other cities.

    Central to our project is the concept of a “Digital Twin” – a sophisticated digital replica of the city, enhanced by real-time data to model urban environments accurately. This initiative aims to use a Digital Twin and new emerging urban technologies to develop equitable urban climate change adaptation responses to heat exposure and flooding.

    We strive to create a computational platform that will influence the reallocation of public sector climate adaptation funding towards more effective interventions in communities. Our proposed technology will not only empower experts, but also civil society organizations, contributing to increased cross-sectoral collaboration in NYC, and potentially lead to scaling of this approach to other U.S. cities.

    Your input will significantly shape the direction of this work, particularly in the areas of data inputs, visualization, interface and experience, decision-making capabilities, and urban technology development. If you have questions, please contact Ben Wilde at benjamin.wilde@cornell.edu. We ask that you please RSVP to Claire Fisher at cmf239@cornell.edu for the workshop by Friday, March 1, 2024.

    Sincerely,
    Sean C. Ahearn and Farzin Lotfi-Jam