URISA/NENA Addressing Conference - Tuesday Program Details

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8:30 - 10:00 AM
Welcome & Keynote Address

Hear opening remarks from the Conference Chair and learn about not-to-miss events during the conference. URISA President, Kathrine Cargo, GISP, ENP will welcome attendees on behalf of URISA and NENA President (term beginning in June 2010), Stephen O'Conor, MA, ENP, will welcome attendees on behalf of NENA.

Coincidentally, our keynote speaker is Stephen F. O'Conor, M.A., ENP, Emergency Communications/Dispatch Operations, West Palm Beach Police Department, West Palm Beach, Florida. Stay tuned for details about his keynote address!

10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon
Educational Sessions

Adventures in Addressing
True Stories: Adventures in Addressing at the Ground Level
This session has "how we did it" stories from the front lines of address repositories.   Address practitioners describe the nuts and bolts of building address repositories.

• The Scenic Route: Mile Markers for Gradually Improved Addresses
  Melissa Dabbs, City of Danville IT/GIS, Danville, VA
• Is this in the City?  The Continuing City Addressing Adventure
  Joshua Lontz, City of Sandy Springs GA, Sandy Springs, GA

E-911: It’s All About Location
It’s Spatial, But Still All About Location
This session focuses on GIS location data, the importance of addressing in 9-1-1, and how Next Generation 9-1-1 is Spatial, But Still All About Location.

• GIS and 9-1-1 Today and Tomorrow
  Marc Berryman, ENP, Digital Data Technologies Inc, Columbus, OH
  Rachel Bello, Guilford Metro 911, Greensboro, NC
• Next Generation GIS
  Jerry Merlick, Contact One Inc, Austin, TX

Addressing Strategies for Success
County-wide Enterprise Address Management:  Bringing in All the Players
This session will review techniques and strategies for bringing together address assigners, address users, and address consumers across the many departments of a County government.  Papers will look at ways that the Address Repository supports individual departments, as well as ways in which the Address Repository can be linked to many other data sets in departments, creating a single point for access to information about each individual address.

• Targeting Address Accuracy: A BPM Approach for Enterprise Address Management
  Twyla McDermott, GISP, City of Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
• The Role of a County-wide Enterprise Addressing System in Emergency Response
  Rhonda Buckner, Mecklenburg County, Charlotte, NC
  William Campbell, GISP, FARRAGUT., Longmont, CO

12:00 Noon - 1:00 PM
Roundtable Discussion Luncheon

Discuss the topics of interest to you, over lunch, today. This is always an ideal time to connect with your fellow attendees and swap stories.

1:00 - 6:30 PM
Exhibit Hall Hours

1:00 - 1:30 PM
Dessert Break in Exhibit Hall

The exhibit hall opens at 1:00 today. Be sure to bring your questions for the exhibitors!

1:30 - 3:00 PM
Educational Sessions

Adventures in Addressing
The Systematic Approach: Addresses as Systems
Addresses work because they are systems.  These presentations describe systems for inventing, describing and encoding addresses consistently, thinking beyond individual addresses.

• Sacramento County - Addressing on a Shoestring
  Roger Ewers, Sacramento County, Sacramento, CA
• Adventures in Adopting State Address Posting Legislation
  Vonda Gafford, Midland Emergency Communications District, Midland, TX
• Obliviousness to the Obvious and Esoteric, Addressing as Abstract Art
  Burt Simpson, GISP, Ekistic Address Integration Management, Hillsdale, NJ

E-911: It’s All About Location
New Approaches in Today’s Public Safety
Prevention and protection from events that could endanger the general public is always a concern with Public Safety agencies. New trends and technologies make it a bit easer, as this session will illustrate.

• Swimming with the Fishbones
  Kenneth Denson and Robert Watkins, Spatial Focus Inc, Decatur, GA
• Intuitive Solutions for Today's Advancing Mobile Technology
  Lon Cornell, TerraGo Technologies, Atlanta, GA
• Potentials and Pitfalls in Using Aerial Imagery for Emergency Response
  Kathrine Cargo, GISP, ENP, Orleans Parish Communications District 911, New Orleans, LA

Addressing Strategies for Success
Maintenance:  If You Build It, You Must Maintain It
Often overlooked in the development of Address Repositories are the work flows and tools that are required to maintain ever-changing address data.  These presentations will look at the issues of maintenance, updating, error correction, and work processes and tools needed to support the Master Address Repository.

• Addressing Changes and Working Together
  Michael Schmitz, Texoma Council of Governments, Sherman, TX
• What About Maintenance?
  Sara Yurman, GISP, Spatial Focus Inc, Decatur, GA
  Robert Appleby, GISP, rGa & Associates Inc, Buchanan, GA
• Supporting The Enterprise through the Address Repository
  Martha Wells, GISP, Spatial Focus Inc, University Park, MD
  William Campbell, GISP, FARRAGUT, Longmont, CO

3:00 - 3:30 PM
Break in Exhibit Hall

3:30-5:00 PM
Educational Sessions

Adventure in Addressing
So Where are We Anyway?
Addresses are shorthand location descriptions.  Using those location descriptions across technologies or during natural disasters can be a special challenge.  These presentations focus in on answering "where?”

• Coordinates: Perspectives from the Responder Community
  Talbot Brooks, Delta State University GIS Center, Cleveland, MS
  Richard A Button, United States Coast Guard, Washington, DC
  Chief Don Oliver, Wilson Fire/Rescue Services, Wilson, NC
  Tom Terry, FGDC, Reston, VA
• Catching the Bad Guy: Converging Addressing, Video, GIS, CAD and MDTs for Public Safety
  Stephen F. O'Conor, ENP, West Palm Beach Police Department, West Palm Beach, FL

E-911: It’s All About Location
Synchronized Swimming through GIS and MSAG’s
Making sure your Master Street Address Guide matches your address data in your GIS is critical to 9-1-1. Being able to correctly locate the 9-1-1 caller may mean saving a life. Is your data up to the challenge? What can you do to ensure it will meet the call?

• Integrating MSAG Maintenance and GIS - A Case Study
  Zachary Woolard and Chris Koltyk, Moore County, Carthage, NC
• Maintenance Tips to Establish Data Synchronization Practices
  Kathy Liljequist, GISP, GeoComm Inc, Saint Cloud, MN
• Help There in Time - GIS Data Accuracy in the PSAPs of Today and Tomorrow
  Mark Holmes, GISP and Denise Oshall, ENP, L Robert Kimball & Associates Inc, Ebensburg, PA

Addressing Strategies for Success
Standards:  Where Are They?
This session will provide an update on the current status of the draft FGDC Thoroughfare, Landmark and Postal Address Data Standard, and the NENA Next Generation 911 Address Standard.

• Update on the FDGC Draft Thoroughfare, Landmark and Postal Address Data Standard
  Carl Anderson, GISP, Spatial Focus, University Park, MD
  Martha Wells, GISP, Spatial Focus, College Park, MD
  Sara Yurman, GISP, Spatial Focus Inc, Decatur, GA
  Hilary Perkins GISP AICP, East-West Gateway Council of Governments, St Louis, MO
  
• Update on the Next Gen 911 NENA Address Standard
  Marc Berryman, ENP, Digital Data Technologies Inc, Columbus, OH
  Ed Wells, GISP, Washington Metro Area Transit Authority, University Park, MD

5:00 - 6:30 PM
Networking Reception in Exhibit Hall

Unwind and relax after a full day of educational content during the Networking Reception in the Exhibit Hall. Explore the technology offerings, get answers, and connect with your fellow attendees before heading out for an evening in Charlotte!

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