Open Source, Geo & Health Workshop

The GECO (#jiscgeco or #jiscgeo) project invites you to spend a day exploring Open Source, Geo & Health through a programme of speakers and hands on activities.

In keeping with Open Source we are keen that you bring your own ideas into the day we welcome contributions from anyone interested in the connections between health and geography.

If you have an idea or would like to present your own work on health and open geo then please indicate this when you book your place and/or email the GECO team ([email protected]).

Please let your colleagues, friends and contacts know about this free event which we hope will be a really valuable opportunity for discussion, exchange of ideas and hands-on activity. You can also follow tweets from the day via the hashtag #gecohealth.

The GECO (#jiscgeco or #jiscgeo) project invites you to spend a day exploring Open Source, Geo & Health through a programme of speakers and hands on activities.

Draft Programme

09.30 Arrive / Coffee
10.00 Welcome: David Flanders, JISC
10.10 Speaker 1:  “Participatory Health Surveys” – Sergiusz Pawlowicz et al, Centre for Geospatial Science, University of Nottingham
10.35 Speaker 2: “Primary care perspectives on open source GIS in the UK”- Edgar Samarasundera et al, Imperial College, UK [To be confirmed]
11.00 Coffee / Bio break
11.25 Speaker 3: “Green Space and Mental Well-being: Does Green Space Make a Difference?’ by Jenny Roe, Catharine Ward Thompson et al, OPENspace Research Centre, Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt Universities.
11.50 Workshop A – Discussion based in small groups
12.45 Lunch
2.00 Workshop B – Body storming the subject with GPS by Chris Speed, Edinburgh College of Art – Bring an iPhone!
3.00 Workshop C – Project building
4.00 Reconvene for mapping and close

In keeping with Open Source we are keen that you bring your own ideas into the day we welcome contributions from anyone interested in the connections between health and geography.

If you have an idea or would like to present your own work on health and open geo then please indicate this when you book your place and/or email the GECO team ([email protected]).

Please let your colleagues, friends and contacts know about this free event which we hope will be a really valuable opportunity for discussion, exchange of ideas and hands-on activity. You can also follow tweets from the day via the hashtag #gecohealth.

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the British Computer Society, the University of Nottingham, Edinburgh College of Art,  Edinburgh Napier University and JISC for their assistance and support for this event.