<div dir="ltr"><div>Hello everyone,</div><div><br></div><div>Please share the following opportunities for student presentations. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">For </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">ORCA, </span>in the Library later this month, the topic may be something other than geospatial. </div><div>The <span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">LA Geospatial Summit</span>, in late February, is a great event for networking. </div><div>Flyers for both events are attached.</div><div><br></div><div>1) Regarding <span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">ORCA</span>:</div><div>
<div class="gmail_default">The UCR Library invites you to submit your research or creative project presentation to the <b>Open Research and Creative Activities (ORCA) Forum</b>.</div><div class="gmail_default"><p>The ORCA Forum is a quarterly event hosted by the <b>UCR Library’s Research Services Department</b> at the <b>Orbach Science Library</b>. It celebrates outstanding student projects from across all disciplines and academic levels at UCR, with a special focus on <b>interdisciplinary work and open scholarship</b>.</p><p>Each quarter, finalists are invited to present their research or creative work <b>in person at Orbach 122 or via Zoom</b> before a panel of judges. </p><p>The fall quarter 2025 ORCA Forum will take place Monday,<b> November 24 from 2 - 3:30 p.m. with the <span style="background-color:rgb(249,203,156)">submission</span></b><span style="background-color:rgb(249,203,156)"> </span><b><span style="background-color:rgb(249,203,156)">deadline on Monday, November 17</span>.</b></p><p>Presentations
 should highlight how project artifacts such as code, documentation, 
data, or multimedia have been, or will be, shared through an <b>open access repository</b>. Finalists also have the option to <b>publish </b>their final presentations on <b>eScholarship with DOIs.</b></p><p></p><p>View the submission guidelines, presentation rubric, and published past presentations <b><a href="https://escholarship.org/uc/ucrlibrary_orca" target="_blank">HERE</a></b>. Click the <b>Submit</b> button in the top right corner to send in your submission!</p><p>For the <b>Fall ORCA</b>, <b>GradSuccess</b> is sponsoring the event, offering <b>Barnes & Noble gift cards</b> to the top three finalists.</p><p>Feel free to use this <b><a href="https://calendly.com/jingh-ucr" title="https://calendly.com/jingh-ucr" style="font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" target="_blank">Calendly</a> </b>link to schedule a consultation meeting with Digital Scholarship Librarian Jing Han if you have any questions.</p></div><br></div><div>2) Regarding the <span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">LA Geospatial Summit</span>: </div><div><br></div><div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>The USC Spatial Sciences Institute will host the
</span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="https://dornsife.usc.edu/spatial/2026-los-angeles-geospatial-summit/" target="_blank"><span><b><span style="color:blue;background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box">2026 Los Angeles Geospatial Summit</span></b></span><span></span></a></span><span>
 on <b>Friday, February 27, 2026</b>. We formally invite students from the
<b><i>University of California, Riverside</i></b> to participate. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>We encourage both undergraduate and graduate 
students to submit proposals for either a poster or a Lightning Talk 
presentation. While students are welcome to apply for both formats, each
 will be
 selected for one type of presentation.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Students would submit their abstract proposals to <a href="mailto:janet.reyes@ucr.edu">janet.reyes@ucr.edu</a> (the UCR representative for this event) for review by
<b><span style="background:yellow">Friday, December 5, 2025</span></b><span style="background:yellow">.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="background:yellow"><br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255)">USC representatives will make the final selection. </span>Selected students will be notified
<b><span style="background:yellow">Fri., December 19, 2025 — Sat., December 20, 2025</span></b>, and asked to register at the student rate of $25. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Students who are interested in attending without giving a presentation are also welcome to register at this rate.</span></p><br></div><div>^^^</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for considering, or helping to spread the word!</div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Janet Reyes</span></b><span style="color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><br>
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