Excelling in GIS Means Running with the Big Dogs Dr. Barry Wellar

1. Closing Plenary Slides Excelling in GIS Means Running with the Big Dogs Dr. Barry Wellar Professor Emeritus, University of Ottawa Principal, Wellar Consulting Inc. President, Information Research Board (IRB) Inc. wellarb@uottawa.ca http://www.wellar.ca/wellarconsulting/

2. Excelling in GIS Means Running with the Big Dogs Excelling in GIS Means Knowing URISA’s History Barry Wellar Closing Plenary

3. Excelling in GIS Means Running with the Big Dogs Excelling in GIS Means Expert Advice and Hands-On Involvement • Programs and Exhibits • Workshops and Workbooks • Ideas and Actions • Human Resources and Technology • Expert Advice and Hands-on Involvement • Testing and Calibrating • Supporting and Promoting • Education and Training • Criticism and Encouragement Source: Forty Years of Vision: URISA in the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. Figure 6. Contributions to Information Industry Associations, Organizations and Corporations Barry Wellar Closing Plenary

4. Excelling in GIS Means Running with the Big Dogs Excelling in GIS Means Having A+ Answers for the “Who Care’s” Question • Leading-edge Publications • Leading-edge Conference Programs • State-of-the-Field Reviews and Forecasts • Reality–Data–Information–Knowledge Transforms • IS/GIS/LIS Means of R–D–I–K Transforms • Systems Integration • IS/GIS/LIS/MIS/RIS/TIS/… Innovation and Adoption Source: Forty Years of Vision: URISA in the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. Figure 7. Contributions to Society/Science Barry Wellar Closing Plenary

5. Excelling in GIS Means Running with the Big Dogs Excelling in GIS Means Having A+ Answers for the “Who Care’s” Question • Real-World Applications of IS/GIS/LIS/MIS/RIS/TIS/… • Decision Support Systems • Information as an Investment • Democratization of Data/Information Through IS/GIS/LIS/PPIS/… • Mapping Cause-Effect Connections Through GIS • Performance Measurement Methodology • Better Governance Source: Forty Years of Vision: URISA in the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. Figure 7. Contributions to Society/Science Barry Wellar Closing Plenary

6. Excelling in GIS Means Running with the Big Dogs Excelling in GIS Means Rockin’, Not Just Rowin’ the Research Boat • Beyond Same Old Same Old to New and Different • Beyond Data to Information and Knowledge • Beyond Analysis to Synthesis • Beyond Cataloguing to Hypothesizing and Theorizing • Beyond Indicators to Indexes • Beyond Description to Explanation and Prediction Source: Forty Years of Vision: URISA in the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. Figure 8. Advancing Research Frontiers Barry Wellar Closing Plenary

7. Excelling in GIS Means Running with the Big Dogs Excelling in GIS Means Rockin’, Not Just Rowin’ the Research Boat • Beyond Events to Processes • Beyond Incidents to Patterns • Beyond Concepts to Operations • Beyond Exploratory to Confirmatory • Beyond “One-offs” to Generalizations Source: Forty Years of Vision: URISA in the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. Figure 8. Advancing Research Frontiers Barry Wellar Closing Plenary

8. Excelling in GIS Means Running with the Big Dogs Excelling in GIS Means Taking GIS to New Levels: Hello Duty of Care and Standard of Care Barry Wellar Closing Plenary

9. Excelling in GIS Means Running with the Big Dogs Excelling in GIS Means Polishing the “P” in GISP: We Have a Foot in the Door, but…. Barry Wellar Closing Plenary

10. Excelling in GIS Means Running with the Big Dogs Excelling in GIS MeansMaxing Your Card at “The Big Dog Library” By Reading the Books! URISA Proceedings URISA Workshop Materials Barry Wellar Closing Plenary

11. Excelling in GIS Means Running with the Big Dogs Acknowledgement I wish to acknowledge the assistance provided by Sam Herold, technical advisor, Information Research Board (IRB) Inc. Barry Wellar Closing Plenary