Workshop: The Potential of Satellite Imagery for Studying Human Activity

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We are pleased to announce a workshop on "The potential of satellite imagery for studying human activity", which will take place on the 15th of June, 2018 at Foresight Centre at the University of Liverpool in the Liverpool campus. 

The workshop will take place over two days, the 14th and 15th of June, 2018. The first day will provide a hands-on experience exploring publicly-available satellite imagery and using Python tools for download, feature extraction, analysis and visualisation of high-resolution imagery data to capture short- and long-term changes in human activity. The second day will involve a keynote, six 30-minute presentations and a panel discussion. 

The workshop is part of a project of the Geographic Data Science Lab at the University of Liverpool to explore the use of satellite imagery to monitor human activity and inform urban planning policy development. This initiative is financially supported by the Centre of Spatial Demographics Research and the University of Liverpool. 

The program for the workshop is as follows: 

Day 1 - 14th June 2018

Location: SCTH Learning Lab (Building 120 on map)

15:00 - 17:00 Practical session on the use of publicly-available satellite imagery and Python tools for download, feature extraction, analysis and visualisation of high-resolution imagery data
17:00 - late Informal drinks

Day 2 - 15th June 2018

Location: Thornton Room, Foresight (Building 359 on map)

9:00 - 9:15 Registration
9:15 - 9:30 Introduction by organisers
9:30 - 10:30

Keynote speech: Prof. Juan Carlos Duque (EAFIT, Colombia)
10:30 - 10:45 Coffee break
10:45 - 12:15
  • Dr. Tom Smith (Data Science Campus, Office of National Statistics)
12:15 - 13:15 Lunch (provided)
13:15 - 15:15
15:15 - 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 - 16:30

Panel discussion
16:30 - 16:45 Concluding remarks

 

Sign up on the following links:
•    Workshop (June 15th- 9am to 5pm) [link]
•    Computer Lab (June 14th – 3pm to 5pm) [link]

Please feel free to contact Dr Francisco Rowe at F.Rowe-Gonzalez@liverpool.ac.uk or Dr Dani Arribas-Bel at D.Arribas-Bel@liverpool.ac.uk if you require additional information.