The Spatial Plexus '13 international conference takes a twist on this paradigm bybringing problems to the practitioner and educator through the reality of intricate and interdependent issues. "Wicked problems" are those difficult to solve because of incomplete, contradictory, and changing requirements. By "inspecting 'wicked problems' with geospatial goggles," complexities and interdependencies can be exposed, better defined, dissected, better managed through the geospatial approach and reassembled for overall improvements.

Spatial Plexus creates an environment for the following:

• Issue connectivity
• Issue interconnectivity (i.e., Educational articulation, sustainable programs and spatial literacy for workforce readiness followed by GIS 4 domain of knowledge panels, to include Health, Public Safety, Sustaining the Built Environment and many other issues)
• Dynamic interaction (i.e., Overview of issues by Keynote speakers and/or panelists, followed by audience discussion and the opportunity to further contribute to issues and issue interdependencies via Open Mike and Ignite sessions)
• Hands-On workshops
• Information from federal agency leads about GIS funding opportunities

"Wicked problems," such as education and business intelligence, require a great number of people to change their mindsets.

Space is limited.