2010 Washington GIS Conference

The 2010 Washington GIS Conference will be held April 19th-21th.
Schedule is subject to change.

Last Update: 4/13/2010

Conference Agenda

The full conference program is now available in PDF format.

Monday
8:00am - 4:00pm		Registration
Time		Room 315	Room 316	Room 317
8:00 am - 12:00 pm		Developing with the Silverlight API in ArcGIS Server 9.3.1 - ESRI	Using A Free and Open Source Geospatial Stack - OpenGeo.org	Building an ROI-based Enterprise GIS Strategic Plans & Business Case - PA Consulting Group
12:00pm - 1:00 pm		Box Lunch near Room 317
1:00pm - 5:00 pm		Python Scripting for Map Automation in ArcGIS 10.0 - ESRI	Open Source Tools for Spatial Analysis and Geoprocessing on the Desktop - Terra GIS Ltd. and the Cascadia Users of Geospatial Open Source group (CUGOS)	Installing, Configuring, and Using an SDE SQL Server Express GeoDatabase - Kessler GIS
Tuesday
8:00am - 4:00pm	Conference Registration
8:00am - 9:00am	Continental Breakfast
9:00am - 10:15am	Opening Session Opening Statement by Don Burdick, WA URISA President Welcoming Address by Marilyn Strickland, Tacoma City Mayor Keynote Address by Keynote by Ian Von Essen GIS Manager for Spokane County and Chair Elect of the Washington State Geographic Information Council.
10:15am - 10:30am	Morning Break
Time	Room 315	Room 316	Room 317	Room 318
10:30am - 12:00pm	Vendor Presentations	Rise to the Challenge	Crisis Management	Environmental GIS
	Configuring Flex Applications with ArcGIS Server by Darin Herle from Latitude Geographics / Geocortex	Discussion: Rising to the Challenge, Robust GIS in Recessionary Times Panel Members Ian Von Essen George Horning Kirsty Burt Steve Beimborn Linda Gerull	The Howard Hanson Dam & Green River Valley: A Flood Impact Analysis on Washington DOT Infrastructure by Richard C. Daniels	GIS Modeling and Web Services Made Easy -- Promoting Community Awareness about Stormwater Runoff by Angie Venturato & Xiongjiu Liao
	The Use of CORS Derived Control in GIS by Nathan Bentley from Electronic Data Solutions		To Help the Most Vulnerable: Using GIS for Emergency Planning in the Lower Green River Valley, WA by Irina V. Sharkova	Non-Point Source Pollution—Community Pilot GIS Project by Suzanne Shull, Austin Rose, & Jack Middleton
	GeoAutomation Mobile Mapping System by Dan Tresa from McElhanney Consulting Services Ltd	GIS in a Down Economy – Achieving Return on Investment by Elizabeth J. Marshall	Rapid Open Source Development during Crisis Response: www.haiticrisismap.org by Aaron Racicot	No presentation scheduled.
12:00pm - 1:00pm	Lunch - Ballrooms A & B
1:00pm-2:30pm	Vendor Presentations	Census 2010	3D Modeling	Open Source Introduction and Practical Examples of Application
	Using Oblique Imagery Integrated with GIS to Rise to the Challenge of Today’s Economics by Russ Michel & Scott Faust from Pictometry	2010 Census And More: Data For Dollar$ by Linda Clark	Creating a Sketchy 3D Model to Visualize Proposed Building Height Increases by Michael Stoddard	Introduction to Open Source Tools – Their Philosophy and Community by Michael Gerlek (20 mins.)
	WebGIS and ArcGIS.com by Leah Saunders from ESRI		An Irregular Tessellated Surface Model Map Algebra to Define Flow -- Directions and Watershed Boundaries using Bare-Earth LiDAR Sample Points by Gerry Gabrisch	Making Open Source Sing: How Commercial Funding of Open Source GIS Projects can Benefit Your Bottom Line by Roger Andre' (20 mins.)
			No presentation scheduled.	Mapping People in Need - The WA State Office of Civil Legal Aid Web GIS by Karsten Vennemann (20 mins.)
				Panel Discussion with Session Open Source Speakers by Michael Gerlek (30 mins.)
2:30 pm-3:00pm	Afternoon Break - Vendor Area
3:00pm– 4:30pm	Vendor Presentatios	Census Mapping and Addressing	Crime Analysis	Washington Statewide GIS Plan
	GIS Training Express - An Update on the KCGIS GIS Training Program by Dennis Higgins & Cheryl Wilder from King County GIS Center	Mapping Census Data by Chris DeSisto	Crime Early Warning System – Spatially Enabling Crime Data for Pierce County Law Enforcement to Help in Reducing Violent Crime by Maria Sevier & Kathy McAlpine	Washington Statewide Strategic GIS Plan Tom Carlson, PhD Joy Paulus Ian Von Essen Cy Smith
	AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 by Dusty Gallinger from PacifiCAD Inc.	An Enterprise Approach to Address Management by Katherine Sotnik, Geoffrey Almvig, & Janice Baird	An Open Source Approach to Geospatial Intelligence for Crime Analysis by Martin Davis & Mark Sondheim
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4:30pm - 6:00pm	Vendor Social Event - Vendor Area
6:00pm - 7:30pm	Washington Jeopardy! - Room 316
Wednesday
8:00am- 4:00pm	Conference Registration
8:00am- 9:00am	Continental Breakfast - Ballrooms A & B
Time	Room 315	Room 316	Room 317	Room 318
8:30am-10:00pm	Vendor Presentations	Tools and Technology	Managing GIS	Data and Application Development
	ArcGIS 10 Highlights by Timothy Weisenburger from ESRI	Open Source GIS at Pierce County by Jared Erickson	Update on the Proposed Municipal GIS Capability Maturity Model by Greg Babinski	Maintaining a Tax Parcel Geodatabase – a Technical and Political Success Story told by the City of SeaTac and King County, Washington by Zinta Smidchens
		Using PostgreSQL-PostGIS and ArcSDE: an Overview of Strengths and Weaknesses by Cort Daniel	Regional Problems, Regional Solutions: Tactics for Using GIS to Convene Governments by Chris Overdorf & Jeff Christensen	The Development and Use of the Washington State Parcel Database by Luke Rogers
		Beyond PostGIS - New Developments in Open Source Spatial Databases by Karsten Vennemann	Keys To A Successful Software Project by Kirk van Gorkom	Update and Modernization of Sales Tax Rate Lookup Tool for Public and Agency Users by David Wright
10:00am- 10:30am	Morning Break - Vendor Areas
10:30am- 12:00 pm	Vendor Presentations	If it is Free, is it Good?	Mapping Road Assets	Dick Thomas Student Competition (20 min. presentations)
	ESRI Mobile Solutions Overview by Shane Clarke from ESRI	Panel Discussion: If it is Free, is it Good? Ian VonEssen Roger Andre' Michael P. Gerlek Jared Erickson Donna Wendt	Finding Your Assets: City of Des Moines Sign Inventory by Steve Schunzel	Iliamna Lake -- Fish First Project: Sustainable Fisheries and a Proposed Large-scale Mine in Bristol Bay, AK. Presented by: Harry B. Rich, Jr. Dave Muller Sage Miller Sara Bloom Richard Lewis
			GIS Applications Solve City of Tacoma Challenges by Pam Murray	As the Fish Swims: Improved Habitat Connectivity Between Wilderness Areas Using the River Network Presented by: Stephan Gmur
	Open Source GIS Training Classes and Support by Karsten Vennemann from TerraGIS LTD.	No presentation scheduled.	Web Map Applications in a Large Organization – Reflections and the Road Ahead by Dana Trethewy & SunHee Helm	Mercer Island Certified Wildlife Habitat & Corridor Project Presented by: Kari Hiser John Willard Elaina Snyder
				A Geodemographic and Statistical Analysis of Bike Lane Access in Seattle, WA Presented by: Micah Babinski Phil Murray
12:00pm - 1:30pm	Box Lunch - Near Room 317/Leadership Meeting 12:20 to 1:20pm - Room 315
1:30pm- 3:00pm	Vendor Presentations	Transportation Networks	Modeling with GIS	Spatial Data Quality: Dealing With the Devil in the Details
	Flex Based Web Applications for ArcGIS Server by Jarod Bishop from GeoNorth	Washington Transportation Network, Getting a State Travel Network Together into a Single Map by Tami Griffin & Ian Von Essen	Modeling the World: Collaborative Spatial Analysis using the GeoAnalytic Grid Engine by Martin Davis & Mark Sondheim	Panel Discussion: Spatial Data Quality Issues Karl Johansen Doug Smith, CP, PE, RPP Michael Kulish, PLS, GISP Gavin Schrock, PLS
	No presentations scheduled		Quantifying Differences Among Similar Sets of Linework with Hydrodiff by Kenneth B. Pierce PhD.
		Connecting Purgatorio to Paradiso--Ferry Tracking and Captain’s Log Automation using a GPS/AVL Solution by Xuejin Ruan & Chuck Buzzard	No Presentation Scheduled
3:15pm - 4:00pm	Closing Sesstion: Board Election, Post Contest Winners and Dick Thomas Award Winner Announcements - Ballrooms A & B