February 24: The 22nd Annual Joseph Taylor Symposium — “imaging + imagining the city: perspectives on Indianapolis”
January 10, 2011Imagine Indianapolis! How can cities like Indianapolis plan a future that focuses on green spaces that enrich lives, organizes a transportation network to encourage energy management, creates avenues for access to jobs, schools and entertainment, and provides an accessible and healthy community for all people? For 22 years IUPUI’s annual Joseph Taylor Symposium has honored diversity and dialogue through discussions on issues of concern in urban America. Join the discussion as experts explore everything from building re-use, green space development, transportation, and education needs to discover how these quality of life issues impact our city.
When: Thursday, February 24, 8:oo am to 2:30 pm
Where: IUPUI Campus Center Fourth Floor, 420 University Boulevard
Cost: FREE (optional lunch has a fee). Register here. For registration questions, please contact Patti Hair, libarsvp@iupui.edu or 317.278.1839.
Dr. Joseph T. Taylor served as a Professor of Sociology from 1965 to 1983 and as the first Dean of the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI from 1967–1978. Dr. Taylor is remembered for his commitment to dialogue and diversity. The Joseph Taylor Symposium honors Dr. Taylor for his many contributions to the university and the community by hosting informed discussion on issues of concern in urban America. The Twenty-Second Annual Joseph Taylor Symposium is offered in celebration of all Dr. Taylor stood for during his lifetime and stands as a lasting legacy to his vision and life work.
The 22nd Taylor Symposium is presented by IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI and the Department of Geography. Get a copy of the full schedule here
- Registration 8:00-8:25 am
- Welcome 8:25-8:30 am
- Imaging our Surroundings (a present) 8:30-9:30 am — Imagine a dilapidated building surrounded by trash, broken sidewalk concrete, and ragged weeds. Then, re-vision that same space as a renovated structure with a safe sidewalk and a peaceful garden—in a neighborhood of the same. Panelists will discuss past successes, current challenges, and visions for the future when addressing the metropolitan area’s re-use spaces.
- Imagining Transportation (a future) 9:45-10:45 am — Transportation 2035: Local transportation experts will prognosticate on the future of Central Indiana’s transportation systems in 25 years. Technologies and behaviors will be assessed, and policies will be discussed that help us prepare for and take maximum advantage of future trends.
- Imaging+Imagining the Urban Experience (a present and future) 11:00 am-12:00 pm — In the context of state-of-the-art geographic imaging, a panel of experts will show how space and place impact the way that we live and learn. Their perspectives on the urban experience of today will challenge participants to imagine the Indianapolis of the future.
- Visualizing the Urban Experience Poster Session 12:00-12:30 pm, Campus Center Room 405 — See how research from geography and other fields is changing how we consider life in our cities.
- Luncheon 12:30-2:30 pm, Campus Center Room 450. Seating is limited. Reservations are required
Luncheon Speaker
Dr. Gilbert Rochon — the president of Tuskegee University. He is the sixth president of the institution since its founding by Booker T. Washington in 1881. Previously, Rochon served as director of the Purdue Terrestrial Observatory, senior research scientist for the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing and associate vice president for Collaborative Research and Engagement at Purdue University. He is currently an adjunct professor in natural resources and environmental management at the Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand, and serves on the technology advisory committee for South Africa’s Center for High Performance Computing in Cape Town. Rochon’s formal training includes a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in urban and regional planning, Master of Public Health degree in health services administration from Yale University School of Medicine, and bachelor’s degree from Xavier University of Louisiana. Rochon’s prior fellowships included: United Nations University (UNU) Fellow in Sudan, Visiting Faculty Fellow at the University of Oxford’s Environmental Change Unit, NASA/ASEE Fellow at Goddard Space Flight Center and at Stennis Space Center, and NASA/JOVE Fellow at the Jetight Senior Specialist-Environmental Science in Thailand. He is a recipeint of a NATO Science for Peace grant for real-time remote sensing for early warning of disasters and epidemics.
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