GISPro2017

A few years ago, URISA scheduled committee meetings throughout the conference program, but that meant that many of URISA's great volunteers are unable to attend the educational sessions. So we now organize one big room so that all committees can meet in small groups on Sunday afternoon and report their activities and needs to their colleagues and leadership, so everyone hears the same thing.

Interested members who wish to find out more about committee activities are also encouraged to attend to discover opportunities within the organization.

Get to know your young professional colleagues and members of URISA's Vanguard Cabinet! 

'Meet and Greet' on the patio of Burrito Gallery for drinks or food or both! It's less than a 10-minute walk from the Hyatt and a great way to start developing your conference connections early.

Emergency Preparedness for GIS  (1/2 day morning workshop)  
Monday, October 23, 2017, 8:30 AM-12:00 Noon
Instructors: Theresa Martin, GISP

Attendance at this workshop will offer: 3.5 AICP credits

Description: Today, natural and man-made disasters are becoming more complex, costly, and frequent. First responders and emergency managers are relying more and more on geospatial technology to prepare for, respond to, and recover from these disasters. There is a pressing need for cross-training on the non-technical disciplines GIS staff is being asked to support. Specifically, public safety (emergency management, police and fire services) and the rigid work flows which accompany their daily duties, often prove foreign to those unfamiliar with these activities. 
To accommodate their needs in a time-sensitive situation, our experience is that the key is to arm the GIS professional with enough knowledge of emergency management and first responder activities so they can effectively discern the needs of the incident commander and quickly produce the spatial document(s) which best support decision making in an emergency. 

This workshop is divided into two parts:

• First, a brief overview of the Incident Command structure and the National Incident Management System which provide the framework under which public safety and homeland security operations occur. We will introduce the Geospatial Concept of Operations and the integration of geospatial technology across the mission areas (Protection, Prevention, Mitigation, Response and Recovery).  Throughout we will show common situations at the local level specific to each discipline and showcase studies/examples of how GIS is used to support each.  We will also discuss relevant data sets to public safety, resources and emerging technologies, and suggestions for the integration of GIS into their organizations disaster preparedness planning. 
• The second part of the workshop will include an interactive tabletop exercise that will both educate the GIS analyst and provide take away knowledge that can be implemented in their own organizations.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the roles of emergency management and the first responder disciplines and how they differ.
• Communicate a basic understanding of the federal level emergency response structure. 
• Examine the role of GIS in the public safety disciplines including examples of real-world solutions
  
  

Description: This URISA Certified Workshop is aimed at the GIS professional who is currently supporting or may support their emergency communications division in the future. In a fully operational next generation 9-1-1 system, GIS is the core component in determining how a 9-1-1 call is routed to the correct public safety answering point (PSAP).
This technology shift will have profound impacts on local data maintenance workflows, local data access, and data fidelity.   We recognize there is a sincere lack of education available aimed at the GIS professional who may not be as versed with the 9-1-1 terminology or needs.  This workshop is intended to provide an overview of next generation 9-1-1, GIS’ role in such a system, the implications on local workflows, and to illustrate common pain points and sources of errors in local GIS datasets.

Learning Objectives:

1. Become familiar with basic next generation 9-1-1 terminology and concepts
2. Recognize GIS’ role in a fully operational next generation 9-1-1 system
3. Understand the implications on local GIS workflows to meet the demands of a next generation 9-1-1 system
4. Begin to understand immediate steps that can be taken in preparing GIS assets for next generation 9-1-1

Intended Audience: GIS Managers, Emergency Management and Public Safety professionals.

Requirements: None

Cost: One full-day or half-day workshop is included with full conference registration; $195 if only attending a workshop or adding a second half-day workshop

Asset Management: Planning, Strategy and Implementation
Monday, October 23, 2017, 8:30 AM-5:00 PM
Instructors:
Jason Amadori, GISP, Data Transer Solutions, Orlando, FL
Tripp Corbin, GISP, CFM, MCP, CTT+,eGIS Solutions, Dacula, GA

Attendance at this workshop will offer: 8.5 AICP credits

Description: Public and private agencies face continuous challenges to accomplish more with less as increases in demand, regulatory requirements, infrastructure deterioration, and political and economic forces have significantly outpaced increases in capital and operating budgets. Municipalities are under enormous pressure to improve efficiencies, boost productivity and effectively manage resources and assets while at the same time being expected to enhance worker safety. Many of these agencies are turning to Asset Management to cope with these challenges and improve business performance and effectiveness. This URISA Certified Workshop will focus on several aspects of developing an asset management system that could help improve performance, reduce long-term costs, and maximize return on investment in infrastructure assets.

Specific topics include:

• Strategy and Planning
• Data Collection Methods
• Mobile GIS Solutions
• Software Solutions
• Information Management and Decision Support Tools
• Evaluation and Performance Measures
• Compliance Reporting
• Life Cycle Management

Description:  This workshop covers the general topics of Business Intelligence (BI) and Data Integration (DI) and ways to add a spatial component to BI and DI systems. It will give GIS professionals the knowledge to identify and leverage opportunities to enhance decision support through interaction with existing Business Intelligence frameworks or by implementing a new Business Intelligence framework.

Business Intelligence is the ability of organizations to collect, maintain, and organize data.  BI technologies provide historical, current and predictive views of business operations.  The goal of business intelligence deployments if to support better business decision-making, something that all organizations, especially ones with an enterprise GIS, or ones working towards a full enterprise implementation, can benefit from.  

Data integration involves combining data residing in different sources and providing users with a unified view of these datas.  GIS is a core user of data from multiple sources. During this URISA Certified Workshop, you will learn key ways to integrate data from multiple sources in order to enhance your GIS functionality and leverage the power of external (to GIS) data sources.

Learning Objectives:

Intended Audience:

Requirements:

Cost: One full-day or half-day workshop is included with full conference registration; $195 if only attending a workshop 

Description: Strategic planning is a vital tool for all geospatial programs, at any stage of development. An effective strategic plan is crucial to ensuring that a GIS program gets started right.  As a GIS program matures, strategic planning methods are important tools for program management, program review, responding to change, and solving problems.  An effective strategic plan will help you win program approval and funding, ensure that program goals and return on investment are achieved, and keep a program on track in a changing environment. 

This URISA Certified Workshop teaches strategic planning methods and tools in the context of developing and managing a GIS program.  Participants will learn how to successfully select and apply appropriate methods for a variety of situations.

Specific topics include:

• Strategic planning models, methods, and tools
• Selecting and applying the best approach for any GIS situation
• Developing an initial GIS strategic plan
• Integrating GIS, IT, and organizational strategic plans
• Developing an effective action plan and ensuring follow-through
• Updating a GIS strategic plan
• Conducting a GIS program review and effecting improvement

Intended Audience: GIS managers and staff, GIS users and program participants, and managers, executives, and other professionals who are involved with GIS programs.

Cost: One full-day or half-day workshop is included with full conference registration; $195 if only attending a workshop 

UAS Operational Requirements for GIS Professionals 
This full-day workshop will begin with a morning session that focuses on an introduction to GIS applications in UAS/UAV. What does it take to implement a successful project? What are the restrictions? Is the technology ready for you and are you ready for the technology? Examples of UAS systems will be introduced to the attendees for an up close look at the platforms being deployed.

The afternoon session will focus on how UAS can perform tasks relevant to targeting assessment. Can these capabilities support capture requirements while maintaining privacy? What legal and legislative information do you need to be aware of when planning a project? The session will also focus on successful Private and Public partnerships. Join all the instructors for an interactive Q&A session to conclude the workshop.

Morning Focus: Introduction to GIS Applications for UAS Technologies
Instructors: John M. Robbins, Ph.D., Unmanned Aircraft Systems Program Coordinator, Assistant Professor, Aeronautical Science Department, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Steven Lehr, Adjunct Faculty, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Rapid expansion of technology has led to significant growth in the capabilities Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) may offer. Miniaturization of remote-sensing technologies, balanced systems integration, enhanced image processing capabilities, and reasonable acquisition costs have allowed the UAS market to expand exponentially. This workshop will explore fixed-wing, rotor-wing, and hybrid applications of UAS technologies to include remote sensing capabilities and GIS applications.

This workshop will explore the following content areas through the use of lecture and collaborative classroom discussion:

• IntroductionHistory of UAS Technologies
• UAS Regulation Overview
• UAS Platform Considerations
• UAS Remote Sensing Applications, Hardware, and Software
• Data Collection Techniques
• Data Processing and Interpretation
• Future Applications of UAS Technologies 

Afternoon Focus: Drones: Imaging Technology and Privacy Concerns
Instructors: Charles Mondello, GISP, President, Property Drone Consortium
Kevin Pomfret, Executive Director, Centre for Spatial Law and Policy

The session will begin with a  discussion on technologies in place for sUAS image sensing. It will address how sUAS can perform tasks relevant to target assessment. These capabilities can support capture requirements while maintaining privacy. The presentation will further highlight capability in data extraction relevant to the sector. 

The instructors will discuss privacy and related concerns associated with sUAS. Historically the Federal Aviation Administration has had the exclusive authority to regulate the national airspace from the ground up. However, the rapid growth in small, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly referred to as drones,  for commercial and recreational purposes has challenged the status quo. The FAA does not have the resources to monitor drone use across the nation, but is concerned about ceding too much authority to local authorities as it might result in unintended consequences for the broader aviation community. At the same time, state and local authorities are getting tremendous pressure from their citizens to restrict the use of drones due to concerns over privacy, trespass and nuisance. This presentation will describe some of the ways in which states and localities are trying to address their citizens’ concerns and the potential federal preemption issues. 

Intended Audience: GIS professionals interested in learning about drones from A to Z.
 

Cost: One full-day or half-day workshop is included with full conference registration; $195 if only attending a workshop 

With the rapid deployment of NG911 technologies and the fact that GIS data is now mission critical information, the need to quickly and efficiently develop, deploy, cleanse and maintain Public Safety centric GIS data layers is becoming a task that may not have been high priority previously.  In this hands-on workshop, the attendees will learn the basics of quality control and quality assurance related to public safety data (address points, road centerlines, MSAG, ESN and PSAP boundary files). 

Requirements:

• Students must bring a laptop with GIS software that can read sample GIS data (provide specific data formats)
  • Examples will be done using esri software and alternative software platforms will be discussed
  • Students must have a high level knowledge of GIS workflows and a working knowledge of NG 911 technology, terms and workflows

Outline:

• Review of point address, road centerline, PSAP boundaries, ESN Boundaries and MSAG or ALI data
• Review of different data standards (FGDC, CLDXF, etc…)
• Review of basic query techniques
• Data comparisons, and error reports including:
  • Address points with missing data
    • Null geometry
    • Missing Street Name
    • Duplicate Points
    • Address not reflected in Centerline
    • Address out of order
    • Address out of range/wrong block
    • Address on wrong side of the street
• Road Centerlines with missing data
  • Null geometry
  • Incomplete address ranges
  • Inconsistent To/From address range
  • Inconsistent Odd/Even address range parity
  • Potential parity flip
  • Overlapping address ranges
  • Inconsistent vector directionality

Learning Objectives:

• Students will take away knowledge and skills to start an NG911 data tune up.
• QA/QC processing in manageable, bite sized projects for quick and easy wins
• Ways to begin the iterative process of data cleansing

Skills:

• Ability to query GIS data to look for anomalies
• Review and fix anomalies
• Understanging of how location is being handled with regards to data stewardship and to compliment other data when anomalies arise
• Understand the data management issues that arise with maintaining GIS data for NG-9-1-1 and in support of enterprise GIS needs.

Cost: One full-day or half-day workshop is included with full conference registration; $195 for workshop only or for second half-day workshop 

Geocaching Poker Run

On Tuesday evening, meet old friends and make new ones as the conference presents the Geocaching Poker Run. Clues and GPS coordinates to nearby establishments will be provided to you as you wander downtown Jacksonville in teams. At each destination, beverages will be available for purchase if you so desire. The rules are simple:

1. Meet at 7 PM at the conference registration desk to divide into teams and receive instructions on loading destination points.
2. Begin by following the coordinates and the clues to reach your first destination.
3. Once there, enjoy a beverage of your choice, if you wish, and collect your team’s envelope containing the first of five playing cards that will make up your winning hand in Poker. Do Not Open the Envelope.
4. Receive your next clue and coordinates.
5. Continue to the next destination until all five playing card envelopes are collected.
6. Return to starting location.
7. When all teams have completed their mission, each team’s envelopes will be opened to reveal the winning hand!

• Lights, Camera, NG9-1-1! NG9-1-1 and GIS Call Flow Skit
  Diana Gijselaers, Solutions Engineer - NGCS, Airbus DS Communications, Vancouver, WA
• Spatial Relationships Breaking Down the GIS Requirements for NG9-1-1
  Sandi Stroud, National Director of Public Safety GIS, Michael Baker International, Virginia Beach, VA

• Zika: Location Technology to Reduce Your Risk
  Wendy Peloquin, GISP, Account Manager, GISInc., Jacksonville, FL
• Engaging the Public to Fight Zika
  Wansoo Im, Ph.D., Associate Professor/Director, Department of Family and Community Medicine/National Community Mapping InstituteMeharry Medical College, Nashville, TN
• Community Mapping Public Health Hackathon: Lessons Learned
  Wansoo Im, Ph.D., Associate Professor/Director, Department of Family and Community Medicine/National Community Mapping InstituteMeharry Medical College, Nashville, TN 

• USACE Modeling, Mapping and Consequences Production Center Inundation Mapping
  Randal Goss, GIS Program Manager, Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, FL 
  Taylor Johnson, GISP, Geospatial Application Developer, Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, FL
• Deployment of GIS for Flood Response at the City of Baton Rouge
  Justin Priola, GISP, GIS Coordinator, City of Baton Rouge-Parish of East Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, LA
• Dollars and (Common) Sense: The Path to Mitigating Natural Hazard Risk
  Kevin Mickey, GISP, CTT+, Director Professional Development &Geospatial Education, The Polis Center-IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN

• Adam Carnow, GISP, Community Evangelist , Esri, Charlotte, NC 

• To Certify or Not to Certify: Level of Acceptance by the Industry
  Tripp Corbin, GISP, CFM, MCP, CIT+, President, eGIS Associates, Inc., Dacula, GA
• The Development and Future of the GISCI Core Technical Knowledge Exam®
  Rebecca, Somers, GISP, GIS Management Consultant, Somers-St.Claire GIS Management Consultants, Fairfax, VA
• GISP: The Road To and Through an Exam
  Bill Hodge, GISP, Executive Director, GIS Certification Institute, Big Lake, TX 

• Christina Boggs-Chavira, Engineering Geologist, California Department of Water Resources in the Data Publication, Exchange and Management Section
• Melisa Caric Lee, President, Compass Rose GIS, and President-Elect, SoCal URISA
• Kara Utter, Vanguard Cabinet 

The single most-used piece of information collected about you is your address. Where you are if you call for help or report an incident should not be a multiple choice option. Addresses and incidents require accurate collection and distribution of location information.

• 2017 ESIG Award Exemplary System, Single Process System Category:
  GIS in the Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
  Langdon Sanders, GIS Analyst II, Information Technology, City of Sandy Springs Public Works, Sandy Springs, GA
• The Joy of Addressing:  A Local Government Perspective
  Albert Romanowski, GIS Analyst, Orange County Government, Orlando, FL
  Robert Drow, GISP, GIS Supervisor, Orange County Government, Orlando, FL
  
• Implementing a Multi-Jurisdiction Master Address Repository
  Colleen Sharpe, GISP, Senior Consultant, Spatial Focus, LLC, Wake Forest, NC 
  Wayne Brewer, Address Coordinator, City of Raleigh, Raleigh, NC
  

• Web-Access Facility Mapping and Management for the University of Georgia
  Helen Peng, GISP, GIS Analyst, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
• Using 3D-GIS Based Parametric Modeling to Understand the Future Growth of Cities
  Leilei Duan, Ph.D. Student, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 
• 3D Visualization and Decision-making: Applications for the University of Southern California
  John Wilson, Ph.D., Professor and Director, Spatial Sciences Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

• Managing Medical Marijuana
  Amy Hunter, GISP, GIS Analyst, Orange County Government, Orlando, FL
• Mapping the Primary Care Health Workforce
  David Grolling, MPS, GIS Strategist, American Academy of Family Physicians, Washington, DC
• Leveraging GIS Towards a Better Picture of Human Trafficking in Kentucky
  Chris Alldredge, GISP, GIS Database Analyst, Louisville & Jefferson County Information Consortium, Louisville, KY 

• GIS Program Review, Assessment, and Improvement
  Rebecca Somers, GISP, GIS Management Consultant, Somers-St.Claire GIS Management Consultants, Fairfax, VA
• Getting Started with the GISCMM, Local Government Experiences with GIS Program Assessment and Improvement 
  Bryan Townsend, GISP, York County, York, SC
  
• GIS Capability Maturity Modeling at State DOTs
  Allen Ibaugh, AICP, GISP, CEO, Data Transfer Solutions, Orlando, FL

• Overview of the Application and Planning Ahead 
• Education Requirements and Documentation 
• Experience Requirements and Documentation 
• Contributions and Professional Activity Requirements and Documentation

• Your Career as a GISP: From Start to Finish
  Tripp Corbin, GISP, eGIS Associates, Dacula, GA 
• GISP Exam Cram Session
  Keri Brennan, GISP,  Michael Baker International, Indianapolis, IN
  Tripp Corbin, GISP, eGIS Associates, Dacula, GA 
• GISPs: Stepping Up
  Lynda Wayne, GISP ASLA, Principal, GeoMaxim, Inc., Asheville, NC
  Kevin Mickey, GISP, CTT+, Director Professional Development &Geospatial Education, The Polis Center-IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN

• Mapping Geohazards in the Churia Region of Nepal: An Application of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems to Quantify Change
  Terri Bannister, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Louisiana
• Advanced Geospatial Application for Groundwater Conservation Mapping
  Ni Made Pertiwi Jaya, Yamaguchi University, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Japan
  
• Finding Downhill Skate Spots in Florida
  Joshua Sheldon, University of Central Arkansas

• Navya Tripathi - Story Map of Hurricane Irma - An Account of it's Path, Damage and Response

• Griffin King, 12th grade - Harmful Nutrients in the St. Johns River
• Kaylie Headings, 12th grade  - Beach Re-nourishment and Human Population in Northeast Florida
• Crosby Middleton, 12th grade  - Beach Erosion in Florida
• Brianna O’Rourke, 12th grade  - Potential for More Efficient Farms and Gardens in the State of Florida 
• Sarah Adams, 11th grade  - The Effects of Invasive Species and How to Raise Awareness
• Trey Chesser, 11th grade  - Food Availability Around the World and Locally
• Kendal Constantine, 11th grade  - Concussion Statistics among High School Athletics
• Brendan Craft, 11th grade  - Preventing Algae Blooms
• Jordan Hampson, 11th grade  - Child Rearing in America Has Changed Over Time
• Natalie King, 11th grade  - Poverty: A Worldwide Dilemma
• Sam Coles, 11th grade  - Reducing Material Travel Time to the St. Johns River
• Lake Voiles, 11th grade  - The Environmental Super Truck

• Mystery Deck 
  Mystery Presenter
• The Florida Emergency GIS Response Team Initiative
  Scott Warner, GISP, Bay County Emergency Services, Southport, FL
• Adventures of a Road Warrior
  Keri Brennan, GISP,  Michael Baker International, Indianapolis, IN
• Chattanooga Data
  Carl Anderson, GISP, New Light Technologies, Bradenton, FL  
• Geographic Distribution of the Great Pacific Tree Octopus: Puget Sound & Beyond
  Clayton Putnam, GIS Analyst-Planner, Ronald Wastewater District, Shoreline, WA
• Best Practices for Publishing Map Services
  Anna Verrill, GISP, Senior Geospatial Analyst, The Baldwin Group, Inc., Charleston, SC
• A Soft Approach to Soft Skills
  Kendrick Watson, Academic Programs Director, USC Spatial Sciences Institute, Los Angeles, CA
• URISA Vanguard Cabinet: Making a Mark!
  Alyssa Randall, GIS Analyst/Environmental Planner, Planning Communities, Raleigh, NC
• GIS Strategic Planning - Why Do One?
  Randal Krejcarek, PE, GISP, Senior Consultant, Spatial Focus, LLC, Boca Raton, FL
• Women in GIS - Christina Boggs-Chavira, Engineering Geologist, California Department of Water Resources

• 5:00 - 5:20 PM - Insights for ArcGIS - Esri Demo Presentation
  you want some insight into your data? Insights for ArcGIS is a new way to visualize, analyze and discover secretes your data holds.  Come see how to configure a dashboard, integrate real-time data services such as Waze incidents, understand and tell your story like never before.
  
  
• 5:25 - 5:45 PM - Consortech Demo Presentation
  Share the data your clients need by using a Clip Zip Ship solution
  Consortech has developed several projects for clients that allow for customized on-demand data extractions using FME Server as a data processing platform. Format neutral and with a modular approach, we are able to offer highly adaptive tools that allow for the sharing of data really catered to the needs of the client.
  
  

• 5:50 - 6:10 PM - NearMap Demo Presentation
  Reality as a Service
  GIS as an industry is moving to the cloud. Cloud-based, high resolution aerial imagery that seamlessly integrates within GIS keeps the community agile. Traditional methods of utilizing aerial imagery are evolving as technology enables more powerful ways to visualize reality. Attend this session and learn how high resolution imagery-as-a-service and new 3D location content can transform the way you work.
  
  
• 6:10 - 6:30 PM - CartoVista Demo Presentation
  Interactive Data Visualization: See what was inaccessible with HTML5
  Data is ubiquitous in the landscape of organizations, corporations and governments. HTML5 interactive maps can deliver a rich, immersive mapping experience that can even surpass desk- top GIS! Discover how your web browser can make your GIS data shine! This presentation will highlight concrete examples of web-based public data dissemination in the US and Canada with very effective client-side thematic maps and data filters. Additional map samples will ex- plore the use of interactive business data for banking (loan delinquencies), insurance (claims) and geomarketing (drive-time analyses).

• John Peabody, GIS Coordinator, Collier County Sheriff’s Department, Naples, FL
• Melissa Liebert, GIS Specialist and Cartographer, Building & Planning, Wahkiakum County, WA
• Diana Gijselaers - Solutions Engineer, Airbus DS Communications

• LiDAR: Practical Use for a Powerful Product
  Joseph Merritt, GIS Department Manager, Clinton County Ohio GIS Department, Wilmington, OH
• Small UAS Imagery and Product Accuracy Assessment
  David Day, GISP, Executive Vice President, Keystone Aerial Surveys, Inc., Philadelphia, PA 
• Mapping Our Way to the Commercial Use of Drones on Military Installations
  Frank McInturff, PE, Principal, EnSafe Inc., Jacksonville, FL
  Brent Klavon, Director, Commercial Drone Services, ASEC, Jacksonville, FL

• Lessons Learned in GIS Strategic Planning
  Ashley Hitt, GISP, Director, GIS Services, Connected Nation, Louisville, KY
• Strategic Planning, Team Building, and Change Management in a Global AEC Co.
  John Hurd, GISP, Geospatial Practice Leader, CH2M, Wyoming, OH

• 2017 ESIG Award Exemplary System, Enterprise System Category: IndyVitals 
  Sharon Kandris, Associate Director, The Polis Center at IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN

• 10:30 – 11:00 AM - Conceptual Foundations
  Gary Kent, Integrated Services Director, The Schneider Corporation, Indianapolis, IN
• 11:00 – 11:30 - Cartography & Visualization
  Xan Fredericks, GISP, Cartographer/Lidar Coordinator, US Geological Survey, Saint Petersburg, FL
  
• 11:30 – Noon - GIS Design Aspects & Data Modeling
  Justyna Grinholc, GISP, GIS Specialist III, Fulton County, Atlanta, GA

• Implementing a GIS-based Utility Network: The Journey
  Chris Friel, GISP, Business Development Manager, Avineon, Inc., Saint Petersburg, FL
• GIS Asset Management: Ronald Wastewater District & the City of Shoreline
  Clayton Putnam, GIS Analyst-Planner, Ronald Wastewater District, Shoreline, WA
• It is your asset management data… put it to use to justify your organization’s needs
  Rocky Agbunag, MSCIS, GISP, Information Services Manager, St. Johns County, Saint Augustine, FL 
• 2017 ESIG Award Distinguished System, Enterprise System Category: 
  Maintenance IQ
  Matthew Long, PENNDOT, Harrisburg, PA
  Nate Reck, Director of Government Solutions, GeoDecisions, Camp Hill, PA

• Overcoming GIS Challenges of Transitioning to Next Generation 9-1-1
  Dave Peck, Sales Director/GIS, West Safety Services, Huntington Beach , CA
  Peter White, GISP, Sr. Product Manager, West Corporation, Safety Services Division, Longmont, CO
• Tomorrow\'s 911, Today: Washington State\'s Journey to NG911
  Melissa Liebert, GIS Specialist/Cartographer, Wahkiakum County, Washington, Cathlamet, WA
• Preparing for NextGen911 - A Regional Approach
  Wendy Peloquin, GISP, Account Manager, GISinc., Jacksonville, FL

• 2017 ESIG Award Exemplary System, Enterprise System Category: Integration & Innovation at Racine County: Building a GIS that Opens Doors for the Enterprise and Beyond
  Tyson Fettes, Register of Deeds, Racine County, Wisconsin
• ArcGIS Online Adventures: One County’s  Story
  Amy Hunter, GISP, GIS Analyst, Orange County Government, Orlando, FL
  Robert Drow, GISP, GIS Supervisor, Orange County Government, Orlando, FL
• Next Generation Property Search using AGOL
  Natalie Harris, Bruce Harris & Associates Inc., Batavia, IL
• Which Field Data Collection App Should I Use?
  Michael Gilbrook, PhD, GISP, AICP, Geospatial Technical Director, HDR, Orlando, FL

• GIS and HR Partnering for Success
  Louis Schoolkate, GISP, County GIS Coordinator, Orange County Government, Orlando, FL
• Communicating Effectively with your Geospatial Research Team
  Allison Bailey, Ed.D., Associate Professor, Institute for Environmental and Spatial Analysis, University of North Georgia, Cumming, GA
• GIS Team Building & Staff Retention
  Ashley Hitt, GISP, Director, GIS Services, Connected Nation, Louisville, KY
  Melisa Caric Lee, GISP, President, Compass Rose GIS, Oceanside, CA 

• 1:30 – 2:00 - GIS Analytical Methods
  Dr. Jochen Albrecht, Professor, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, NY
• 2:00 – 2:30 - Data Manipulation
  Carl Anderson, GISP, New Light Technologies, Bradenton, FL
• 2:30 – 3:00 - Geospatial Data
  Al Karlin, GISP, Senior GIS Scientist, Southwest Florida Water Management District, Brooksville, FL

• Experience with GIS at the Regional Transit Authority
  Shannon Haney, GISP, Intelligent Transportation Systems Coordinator, Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority, Tampa, FL
• Intelligent Transportation Systems Using GIS
  Hersh Singh, Principal Analyst, Regional Transportation Authority, Chicago, IL
  Brad Thompson, Manager - Data Services & Analytics, Regional Transportation Authority, Chicago, IL
• Juxtaposition of T.NC. Performance Data Relative to Classic Paratransit
  Zev Naiditch, General Manager, Transportation America, Miami, FL

• GIS Hurricane Systems – The Response to “Irma"
  Stephen Herczeg, GISP, GIS Manager, City of Jacksonville, ITD/JaxGIS, Jacksonville, FL
• Surviving Hurricane Matthew’s impact is one thing… responding to an emergency event using a GIS-Centric Platform and high-speed asset management decision making is another
  Rocky Agbunag, MSCIS, GISP, Information Services Manager, St. Johns County, Saint Augustine, FL

• Out With the Old: Implementing a Modern County Enterprise GIS
  Greg Galarneau, Business Development Manager, Pro-West & Associates, Walker, MN
• What Does LUCA Mean to Your Community & How Can GIS Help?
  Randal Krejcarek, PE, GISP, Senior Consultant, Spatial Focus, LLC, Boca Raton, FL
• Metro Spatial Patterns of Firm Locations as a Self-Organizing System Over Time
  Mark Salling, PhD, GISP, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH
• Automation of GIS Data Integration at Region of Niagara
  Lesley MacKenzie, Consortech Solutions, Brossard, QC Canada
  

• GIS Ethics and Growing the Profession
  David DiBiase, GISP, CMS, Director of Education, Industry Solutions, Esri, Redlands, CA 

• Increasing Child Safety with GIS
  Dean Salmons, GISP, GIS Supervisor, Orange County Government, Orlando, FL
• Sidewalk Analysis for ADA Compliance
  Douglas Adams, GISP, DPW GIS Program Manager, Baltimore County Department of Public Works, Towson, MD
  

• Growing Importance of Soft Skills (GISS)
  Billy Moore, GISP, GIS/Engineering Technician, Shelby Energy Cooperative, Shelbyville, KY
• With a Little Help From Our Friends: Real Life Mentoring through URISA Resources
  Ryan Bowe, GISP, Phase Manager/Aviation, Woolpert, Dayton, OH
  Mike Zoltek, LS, CP, CFedS, GISP, Senior Project Manager, Woolpert, Orlando, FL 

• Susan Kamei, Managing Director, University of Southern California, Spatial Sciences Institute, Los Angeles, CA 

• Using Oblique Imagery for Hurricane Damage Assessment
  Carl Decator, Senior District Manager, EagleView, Odessa, FL
  Fred Morawietz, Appraisal Supervisor II, Volusia County, DeLand, FL 
• Damage Assessment and the GIS Connection
  John Cox, Business Development Manager, The Schneider Corp/qPublic, Deland, FL

• 2017 ESIG Distinguished System, Single Process System Category:
  City of New Bern NC - Finding New Homes for Abandoned Properties
  Alice C. Wilson, AICP, GISP, GIS Coordinator, City of New Bern,  NC
• The LandsatFACT Project: Change Detection Methods for Forest Cover
  Charles (cob) Bailey, GISS, AESA, RF. CA, GIS Coordinator, Georgia Forestry Comission, Gainesville, GA
• Statewide Canopy Assessment of Georgia Using Feature Analyst
  Allison Bailey, Ed.D., Associate Professor, Institute for Environmental and Spatial Analysis, University of North Georgia, Cumming, GA
  Andrew Hilliard, Student, Institute for Environmental and Spatial Analysis, University of North Georgia, Cumming, GA

• Using Spatially Explicit Simulations for EMS Vehicle Dispatch Planning
  Arjun Dongre, GIS Software Systems Engineer, Catawba County, Newton, NC
• Best Practices for Publishing Map Services
  Anna Verrill, GISP, Senior Geospatial Analyst, The Baldwin Group, Inc., Charleston, SC
• GIS System Tracking How To
  Jaclyn Cardillo, Software Engineer, City of Columbus, Columbus, OH

• Tripp Corbin, GISP, CFM, MCP, CIT+, President, eGIS Associates, Inc., Dacula, GA
• Kim McDonough, GISP, GIS Coordinator, Tennessee Department of Transportation, Nashville, TN
  
• Gary Kent, Integrated Services Director, The Schneider Corporation, Indianapolis, IN

• Wendy Peloquin, GISP, Account Manager, GISInc., Jacksonville, FL 
• Eric S. Money, Ph.D., Associate Director of Professional Education, Center for Geospatial Analytics, Assistant Professor of GIST, and Director of Graduate Programs, MGIST/GISCert, North Carolina State University
• Daniel Behnke, GISP, Senior GIS Analyst, Data Transfer Solutions, Orlando, FL
• Amber Bloechle, MS, GISP, Director at University of West Florida GIS, Pensacola, Florida
  

WIN A PRIZE! Everyone attending this session will receive a raffle ticket for prizes to be drawn at the close of the conference. In addition to a fantastic closing keynote, win an awesome prize!

Attendance at this session will offer: 1.0 AICP credits

3-2-1 Launch, 21st Century Kennedy Space Center GIS
Join Glenn Walters as he takes us on a “spatial” mission as he shares his insight on GIS work at the Kennedy Space Center. With the advent of commercial space, the Kennedy Space Center has been evolving from a single launch program into a multi-tenant, multi-use spaceport.  To serve the future needs of the KSC user-base, GIS will also need to evolve.

Glenn will share the following KSC GIS highlights during this transition:

• User Expectations vs Reality, Migrating to a high-accuracy GIS
• This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land – Visualizing Property Administration
• Adding Temporal Operations Data brings GIS to Life
• Going Mobile, Empowering the workforce with GIS in the field

Hear how KSC continues to evolve from mylar and drawing based-data to a high-accuracy GIS.  Using the latest ArcGIS platforms now provides the basis for multiple user groups to be able to visualize, and collaborate with GIS viewers configured with specific tools and features.  KSC’s GeoSpatial Integrated Master Schedule (GeoSIMS) web viewer was developed to serve as an intuitive situational awareness and planning tool.  A simple, intuitive interface provides the end user with their proximity to any impactful KSC operations on a day-by-day basis.

Another aspect in KSC’s evolution is transitioning field processes and a workforce culture from paper maps and clipboards to tablets and smartphones.  KSC’s GIS have been deployed to answer the needs of everyone from your basic GIS to advanced Users. 

This must attend Closing Keynote will not disappoint.

URISA Annual Business Meeting

Hear from URISA Board officers about the Board's activities over the past year, actions taken, and exciting plans for the future. Meet the new members elected to the URISA Board.