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Mapping Grand Canyon Conference February 28 - March 1, 2019. Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

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Session recordings

All recordings are now available to view within this playlist:

Day One: Thursday, February 28, 2019

Memorial Union, Arizona Ballroom (Room 221)

Session times and titles for February 28, 2019
Session Time	Session Title	Presenter/Facilitator
8:00am–9:00am	Morning Reception \| Demos, Exhibits, Activities \| Info Booths
9:00am–9:15am	Conference Opening Remarks	Paul Hirt, PhD; Nik Smilovsky, PhD
9:15am–9:30am	Introduction \| Mapping Grand Canyon -- Over 150 Years of Cartographic Change \| Part 1	Matthew Toro
9:30am–10:30am	Keynote \| Mapping Grand Canyon National Park	Tom Patterson
10:30am–10:45am	Morning Break \| Demos, Exhibits, Activities \| Info Booths
10:45am–11:15am	Legislating the Boundaries: Redrawing the Map in 1925	Ed Oetting
11:15am–11:45am	Creation of the Matthes-Evans Topographic Map of the Grand Canyon	Jonathan Upchurch, PhD
11:45am–12:15pm	How Washburn Mapped the "Heart of the Grand Canyon"	Michael Fry
12:15pm–1:45pm	Lunch Break \| Demos, Exhibits, Activities \| Info Booths
1:45pm–2:15pm	Footprints on the Sands of Time: Retracing Harvey Butchart's Exploration of the Grand Canyon through His Annotated Matthes-Evans Maps	Peter Runge
2:15pm–2:45pm	Geologic Mapping of Grand Canyon, 150 Years and Counting	Karl E. Karlstrom, PhD
2:45pm–3:15pm	Afternoon Break \| Refreshments \| Demos, Exhibits, Activities \| Info Booths
3:15pm–3:45pm	Tracing the History of Native American Communities in Relation to the Grand Canyon	Theresa Avila, PhD
3:45pm–4:15pm	John Wesley Powell and Crew's 1869 River Mapping: What Did They Know and When Did They Know It?	Richard David Quartaroli
4:15pm–4:30pm	Grand Canyon Student Map Competition \| Award Ceremony	competition judges
4:30pm–4:45pm	Day One Closing Remarks	Matthew Toro
4:45pm–5:30pm	Demos, Exhibits, Activities \| Info Booths

Panorama map of the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.

Map showing boundaries of Grand Canyon National Park.

The Matthes-Evans topographic map featuring Shiva Temple in the Grand Canyon.

Section of The Heart of the Grand Canyon map featuring detailed topography of the canyon.

Section of Matthes-Evans map with annotations.

Digital geologic map of the Grand Canyon.

Day Two: Friday, March 1, 2019

Memorial Union, Arizona Ballroom (Room 221)

Session times and titles for March 1, 2019
Session Time	Session Title	Presenter/Facilitator
8:00am–9:00am	Morning Reception \| Demos, Exhibits, Activities \| Info Booths
9:00am–9:15am	Day Two Opening Remarks	Paul Hirt, PhD; Nik Smilovsky, PhD
9:15am–9:30am	Introduction \| Mapping Grand Canyon -- Over 150 Years of Cartographic Change \| Part 2	Matthew Toro
9:30am–10:30am	Keynote \| Cartoon Maps of Canyonland	Dori Griffin, PhD
10:30am–11:00am	Morning Break \| Demos, Exhibits, Activities \| Info Booths
11:00am–11:30am	The 1923 Birdseye Expedition: First Maps of the Colorado River Through Grand Canyon	Mark Manone
11:30am–12:00pm	Mapping the Colorado River Corridor in Grand Canyon for Ecosystem Monitoring	Matt Kaplinski
12:00pm–1:30pm	Lunch Break \| Demos, Exhibits, Activities \| Info Booths
1:30pm–2:00pm	Celebrating with Archives: Building "100 Years of Grand"	Robert Spindler
2:00pm–2:30pm	Mapping Death in Grand Canyon	Kenneth Field, PhD
2:30pm–3:00pm	Afternoon Break \| Refreshments \| Demos, Exhibits, Activities \| Info Booths
3:00pm–3:30pm	Place-Based Teaching and Learning at Grand Canyon: In-Person and Virtual	Steven Semken, PhD
3:30pm–4:00pm	Mapping Grand Canyon for Conservation	Stephanie Smith
4:00pm–4:30pm	Conference Closing Remarks	Matthew Toro
4:30pm–5:00pm	Demos, Exhibits, Activities \| Info Booths

Extract of Enchanting the Desert interactive map.

Map of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon.

Section of the interactive map, One Hundred Years of Grand.

Aquifer diagram of the Kaibab Formation, Grand Canyon.

Demonstrations, exhibits and hands-on activities

Map displays: historical and thematic Grand Canyon maps
GIS demo: mapping digital Grand Canyon terrain models
3D print demo: printing physical Grand Canyon terrain models
Button-making: make your own Grand Canyon map button
Grand Canyon map puzzles

Information booths

Organizers worked to maximize sustainability practices while minimizing the event’s ecological footprint. The conference was an ASU Gold-level Sustainability Certified Green Event.