History

First GISRUK

The Geographical Information Science Research UK conference began in 1993 as the UK’s national GIS research conference, which was held at the University of Keele, and was chaired by Prof. Mike Worboys. Since then, GISRUK has been held each year at a wide variety of venues throughout the UK and Republic of Ireland, nurturing a growing community of researchers that regularly contribute to the conference.

For three decades, GISRUK has been acting as a prime hub for the development of GIScience as a scientific field in the UK, where researchers and practitioners from academia and industry share advanced in geospatial science, methods, and technologies in a friendly and welcoming environment. 

GISRUK 2019 (Newcastle) provided a rare opportunity for all four of the past GISRUK chairs to get together in the same place at the same time:

L-R: Mike Worboys, David Parker, Duncan Whyatt, Bruce Gittings

Previous local chairs

(2021) Scott Orford, Cardiff University

(2020) Andrea Ballatore & James Haworth, University of London

(2019) Craig Robson, Newcastle University

(2018) Stefano de Sabbata, University of Leicester

(2017) Jonny Huck, University of Manchester