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International and National Groups

The following are organizations for international and national audiences. Organizations are listed alphabetically. Events and conferences are also listed.

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Organization
Event Location Dates ***Max. Points
American Congress of Surveying and Mapping (ACSM)
Association of American Geographers (AAG)
2012 Annual Conference New York, NY February 24-28, 2012 0.5
American Public Works Association (APWA)
2011 APWA Congress Denver, CO Sep 18 - 21, 2011  
2012 APWA Congress Indianapolis, IN Aug 26 - 29, 2012  
American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)
American Water Resources Association (AWRA)
       
Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG)
Canadian Institute of Geomatics (CIG)
 
ESRI

2011 International Users Conference July 12-15 San Diego, CA

 

GISP Reception

The Omni Pool Terrace
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM. 

Pam Colby, GISP: Army Mapper

David DiBiase, GISP: Helping Hands: New Resources for Community College Programs. (Ed UC)

Dave Hansen, GISP: Flood: Are You at Risk? or Ambiguity in Data

Bill Hodge, GISP: GIS' Manifest Destiny Revisited

Brett Horr, GISP: Applying the Community Map at the Town of York, Maine 

Bruce Joffe, GISP: Public Access to County GIS Basemap Data: the Struggle Continues

Steven Santovasi, GISP: From RTK  to Mobile: High Accuracy Municipal Infrastructure Data Collection as part of the Survey Summit at the UC Saturday July 9, 2011 from 8:00 to 12:00 in Room 11B

 

San Diego, CA July 11 –15, 2011 0.5
FEMA      
GeoData Alliance (GDA)
GeoAlberta      
GeoElections
 
Geomatics Industry Association of Canada (GIAC)
GIAC Leaders Forum  
Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA)
GeoTec Event
GIScience
 
 
   
Intergraph
International Association of Crime Analysts (IACA)
       
International Cartographic Society (ICA)
 
International City/County Management Association (ICMA)
       
2011 Annual Conference Milwaukee City/County, Wisconsin September 18-21, 2011  
2012 Annual Conference Phoenix/Maricopa County, Arizona October 7-10, 2012  
International Map Trade Association (IMTA)
       
National Emergency Number Association (NENA)
National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC)
       
North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS)
       
NC AUG Conference
National Association of Counties (NACO)

New Urban Research

 

Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
 
Trimble's Annual Users Conference

Rocky Mountain URISA

Open Source Workshop
This is a URISA Certified Workshop
Free and open source software (FOSS) has been offering choices to computer users for a number of years. Over the past few years the open source choices in GIS have been broader and more capable than ever before. This workshop will focus on GIS open source software. It will give an overview of current developments from technical and management perspectives. Selected packages and their applications in various projects will be demonstrated and discussed.
Specific topics include:

  • Open Source GIS background and development
  • Overview of Open Source GIS spatial functionalities
  • Live demonstration
  • Interoperability: The Open Source GIS spectrum
  • Planning and implementation issues

Event Details
Cost:  $150   Register at: https://netforum.avectra.com/eWeb/DynamicPage.aspx?Site=URISA&WebCode=EventDetail&evt_key=8d9d0eb6-2ece-4b32-a0f1-421028db8295
Date:  Aug 4, 2011
Time:  8 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:  Denver Federal Ctr. W 6th Ave & Kipling Bldg #20, Foord Conference Room, Denver, CO 80225

 

Asset Management: Planning, Strategy, and Implementation

This is a URISA Certified Workshop
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.  Many of these agencies are turning to Asset Management to cope with these challenges and improve business performance and effectiveness. 
This 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
  • Software Solutions
  • Information Management and Decision Support Tools
  • Evaluation and Performance Measures
  • GASB34 Reporting
  • Life Cycle Costs

Intended Audience: This workshop is intended for utility, transportation, engineering, planning, and environmental managers and analysts of the public and private sectors.
Event Details
Cost:  $100, Register at:  http://www.rm-urisa.org/
Date:  Aug 30, 2011
Time:  9 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:  University of Denver, Cable Center 2000 Buchtel Boulevard Denver, CO 80210

 

Society of Conservation GIS
University Consortium of Geographic Information Science (UCGIS)
       
Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA)
2011 GIS-Pro Indianapolis, IN November 1-4  

***An estimate based on a registrant attending every day of the conference. The actual point values for conference attendance are determined during the GISCI review process.

 

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