{"id":23719,"date":"2025-05-23T10:03:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T14:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/?p=23719"},"modified":"2025-05-22T08:43:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T12:43:30","slug":"reflecting-on-iale-na-2025-a-week-of-learning-sharing-and-connecting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/news\/2025\/05\/23\/reflecting-on-iale-na-2025-a-week-of-learning-sharing-and-connecting\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflecting on IALE-NA 2025: A week of learning, sharing and connecting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n

Editor\u2019s note:<\/em><\/strong> Each semester, students in the <\/em>Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. program<\/em><\/a> can apply for a Geospatial Analytics Travel Award that supports research travel or presentations at conferences. <\/em>The following is a guest post by travel award winner<\/em><\/strong> <\/em>Margaret Lawrimore<\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>as part of the <\/em>Student Travel series<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every year, the International Association of Landscape Ecologists (IALE, North America Chapter) brings together a multidisciplinary group of students, scientists and researchers to exchange ideas and forge collaborations. Last month, thanks to support from NC State’s Center for Geospatial Analytics, I had the pleasure of attending and presenting at the IALE-NA annual meeting in Raleigh, North Carolina. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference kicked off Sunday evening with a welcome social, bustling with excited first-time conference-goers and seasoned IALE regulars. It provided an excellent chance to reconnect with colleagues and make new connections, setting the tone for the week ahead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday started strong with a thought-provoking talk on green infrastructure’s social, economic, and environmental impacts. Later, I attended sessions on human migration, landscape change, and fire risk modeling. Over lunch, I had the pleasure of attending a networking luncheon and gained insights from early-career and established professionals. The day wrapped up with a poster session where I discovered exciting new datasets and innovative models. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday\u2019s first session highlighted the importance of small-scale, local actions in preserving natural landscapes. The rest of the day covered diverse topics, from landscape change to invasive species, all sharing innovative perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Margaret Lawrimore presents at the IALE-North America Annual Meeting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On Wednesday, the final day, I attended and presented in a session on land use change. Presenting part of my dissertation research\u2014on how zoning shapes development patterns across North Carolina\u2014was a great chance to garner feedback about my research and practice my science communication skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, IALE-NA 2025 was an incredible opportunity to learn, share ideas and connect with colleagues in the landscape ecology community. I am grateful for the experience!<\/p>\n","protected":false,"raw":"\n\n\n\n\n

Editor\u2019s note:<\/em><\/strong> Each semester, students in the <\/em>Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. program<\/em><\/a> can apply for a Geospatial Analytics Travel Award that supports research travel or presentations at conferences. <\/em>The following is a guest post by travel award winner<\/em><\/strong> <\/em>Margaret Lawrimore<\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>as part of the <\/em>Student Travel series<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every year, the International Association of Landscape Ecologists (IALE, North America Chapter) brings together a multidisciplinary group of students, scientists and researchers to exchange ideas and forge collaborations. Last month, thanks to support from NC State's Center for Geospatial Analytics, I had the pleasure of attending and presenting at the IALE-NA annual meeting in Raleigh, North Carolina. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference kicked off Sunday evening with a welcome social, bustling with excited first-time conference-goers and seasoned IALE regulars. It provided an excellent chance to reconnect with colleagues and make new connections, setting the tone for the week ahead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday started strong with a thought-provoking talk on green infrastructure's social, economic, and environmental impacts. Later, I attended sessions on human migration, landscape change, and fire risk modeling. Over lunch, I had the pleasure of attending a networking luncheon and gained insights from early-career and established professionals. The day wrapped up with a poster session where I discovered exciting new datasets and innovative models. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday\u2019s first session highlighted the importance of small-scale, local actions in preserving natural landscapes. The rest of the day covered diverse topics, from landscape change to invasive species, all sharing innovative perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
Margaret Lawrimore presents at the IALE-North America Annual Meeting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On Wednesday, the final day, I attended and presented in a session on land use change. Presenting part of my dissertation research\u2014on how zoning shapes development patterns across North Carolina\u2014was a great chance to garner feedback about my research and practice my science communication skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, IALE-NA 2025 was an incredible opportunity to learn, share ideas and connect with colleagues in the landscape ecology community. I am grateful for the experience!<\/p>\n"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Margaret Lawrimore presented her research on how zoning shapes development patterns across North Carolina at the International Association for Landscape Ecology conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":23720,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"source":"","ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"ncst\/default-post-header","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"{\"caption\":\"Center for Geospatial Analytics students, faculty and researchers attend IALE\",\"displayCategoryID\":49,\"showAuthor\":false,\"showDate\":true,\"showFeaturedVideo\":false}","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[48,49,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-geospatial-analytics-phd","category-student-travel","category-student"],"displayCategory":{"term_id":49,"name":"Student Travel","slug":"student-travel","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":49,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":56,"filter":"raw"},"acf":{"ncst_posts_meta_modified_date":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23719"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23786,"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23719\/revisions\/23786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}