Geography 2050:
The Future of Mobility

Geography 2050 is a multi-year strategic dialog about the vital trends that will reshape the geography of our planet by 2050. 2017’s event - Geography 2050: The Future of Mobility, convened thinkers from government, industry, academe, and the social sector to help develop a geographical understanding of how innovations in mobility will reshape the geography of our planet in the coming decades. It also focused on how geospatial data and technology innovations will help shape the future of mobility.

Symposium 2017 Highlights

Introduction and Symposium Overview

Speakers

Dr. John Konarski (Chief Executive Officer, American Geographical Society)

Dr. Marie Price (President, American Geographical Society)

Dr. Christopher Tucker (Chair, American Geographical Society)

Mr. Dean Wise (Symposium Chair, American Geographical Society)

Mobility Lessons from the Past that Inform Our Future

Speakers

Dr. David Kaplan (Professor of Geography, Kent State University)

Dr. Joseph Wood (Professor of Public Affairs, University of Baltimore)

Mr. David Kerrigan (Author, Life as a Passenger – How Driverless Cars Will Change The World)

The Gamechanger - Electric, Shared, and Automated

Speakers

Dr. Antoinette WinklerPrins (Program Director, National Science Foundation)

Mr. James Arbib (Founder, RethinkX)

Mr. Patrick Hertzke (Associate Partner, McKinsey Automotive)

Mobility and the City of the Future

Speakers

Ms. Andrea D’Amato (Assistant Secretary for Operational Excellence, MassDOT)

Mr. Cordell Schachter (Chief Technology Officer, New York City Department of Transportation)

Dr. Alison DeCerreño (Deputy General Manager, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey)

Ms. Linda Bailey (Executive Director, National Association of City Transportation Officials)

Mr. Carlos Hernan Mojica (Urban Transport Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank)

Mr. Stephen Buckley (Vice President, WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff)

Mr. Carlos Felipe Pardo (Executive Director, despacio.org)

Mr. Bern Grush (Founder, endofdriving.org)

Ignite Presentations - Day 1

Speakers

Mr. Andy Dearing (Chief Executive Officer, Boundless)
“Transparency Between Government And Citizens: Partnership to Visualize And Analyze NYC Bike Lanes”

 Mr. Frank Prautzsch (President, Velocity Technology Partners, LLC)
“Of Flying Cars And Jetpacks: Urban Transport For The Century’s Roaring 20’s”

 Dr. Eric Sanderson (Senior Conservation Ecologist, World Conservation Society)
“The Ecological Impacts Of Roads”

Dr. Adam Van Etten (Research Scientist, CosmiQ Works)
“Automated Road Network Detection And Routing”

Ms. Janine Yoong (Vice President of Business Development, Mapillary)
“Crowdsourcing, Computer Vision, And The Future Of Mobility)

Mr. Isaac Zaworski (Vice President, VRICON)
“VR / AR and The Future Of Mobility”

Mapping and Managing the Skies Above

Speakers

Ms. Patty Clark (Senior Advisor to the Aviation Director, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey)

Mr. Davis Hackenberg (Deputy Project Manager, National Aeronautics Space Administration [NASA])

Mr. Todd Graetz (Director of Technology Services, BNSF Railway)

Mr. John Walker (Senior Partner, Padina Group)

Connectography and Our Future World’s Regions

Speaker

Dr. Parag Khanna (Senior Fellow, Lee Kuan Yew School)

Mobility and the Future Regional Networks

Speakers

Mr. Dean Wise (Symposium Chair, American Geographical Society)

Mr. Shailen Bhatt (Executive Director, Colorado Department of Transportation)

Mr. Bruce Upbin (Vice President of Strategic Communications, Hyperloop)

How Geospatial Technologies are Shaping the Future, and Vice Versa!

Speakers

Dr. Diana Liverman (Regents Professor of Geography, University of Arizona)

Mr. Giles Rhys Jones (Chief Marketing Officer, what3words)

Mr. Chris Horacek (Strategic Account Executive, SpaceTime Insight)

Mr. Keith Dierkx (Director, IBM Global Rail Innovation Center)

A Conversation with Brian McClendon and John Hanke

Speakers

Dr. Joshua Campbell (Chief Executive Officer, Sand Hill Geographic)

Mr. John Hanke (Chief Executive Officer, Niantic Inc.)

Mr. Brian McClendon (Research Professor, University of Kansas)

AGS Honors and Awards Ceremony 2017

Speakers

Dr. Marie Price (President, American Geographical Society)

Dr. Deborah Popper (Chair of AGS Honors and Awards Committee)

Mr. John Hanke (2017 O.M. Miller Medal Recipient)

Mr. Brian McClendon (2017 O.M. Miller Medal Recipient)

Dr. Diana Liverman (2017 Alexander and Ilse Melamid Medal Recipient)

Ignite Presentations - Day 2

Speakers

Dr. Keith A. Ratner (Professor of Geography, Salem State University)
“The Unseen Consequence Of Technologically Improved Mobility, Decreased Spatial Abilities”

Mr. Georg Polzer (Co-Founder and Chairman, Teralytics)
“The Rise of Smart Mobility and the Fall of Cities”

Mr. Will Geary (M.S. Data Science Candidate, Columbia University)
“Visualizing Regional Transit Frequency Around The World”

Investment in, Ownership of, and Access to the Future of Mobility in Different Geographies

Speakers

Ms. Adrianne Dicker-Kadzinski (Director of Global Markets, Credit Suisse)

Mr. Jefferey Holt (Managing Director, Bank of Montreal)

Dr. Mona Atia (Professor and Director of the Institute for Middle East Studies, GW University)

Mr. Norman Anderson (President and Chief Executive Officer, CG /LA Infrastructure Ltd.)

A Prospectus for the Coming Year

Speakers

Dr. Marie Price (President, American Geographical Society)

Dr. Lee Schwartz (The Geographer, U.S. Department of State)

Dr. Christopher Tucker (Chair, American Geographical Society)