URISA/NENA Addressing Conference - Wednesday Program Details

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8:00 - 9:00 AM
Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall

8:00 - 11:00 AM
Exhibit Hall Hours

Adventures in Addressing
Out of Many, One
Building one address repository is a challenge.  Uniting separate databases is an endeavor for the strong.  These presenters have done it.

• Lessons Learned in Amalgamating Four Civic Addressing Systems
  Gayle MacLean, Halifax Regional Muncipality, Halifax, NS Canada
• Reconciling Multiple Address Files: A Case Study
  Michael Walls, AICP, PMP, GISP, Westin Engineering, Lexington, KY
• Using Local Review for Critical Facility Collection and Validation
  Timothy Haithcoat, Missouri Spatial Data Info/GRC, Columbia, MO

E-911: It’s All About Location
The Challenges of Addressing – How’d They Do That?
Creating addresses that are logical, easy to understand, and easy to maintain is not an easy task. Developing an addressing system that fits the criteria and meets the demands will be covered in this session.

• A GIS Approach to Addressing a US Military Facility
  William O'Toole, Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, Jacksonville, FL
• The Role of GIS in Addressing Pierce County, Washington
  Jason Matthiessen, and Angie Venturato, Pierce County, Tacoma, WA
• Addressing Methods and Best Practices
  Raul Madero and Juan Chapa, Lower Rio Grande Development Council, Mc Allen, TX

Addressing Strategies for Success
Successful Partnerships:  Best Practices in Developing Regional Address Information
This session highlights several innovative addressing programs that developed data across jurisdictional boundaries, and in doing so saved costs, and built robust information systems.  

• Addressing Success in Native American New Mexico
  Susan Cunningham, Spatial Data Research, Inc,  Lawrence, KS
  Claudeen Tallwood, Navajo Nation E 911, Window Rock, AZ
• GIS for Cooperative and Cost Sharing Partnerships
  Rachel Bello, Guilford Metro 911, Greensboro, NC
  Marc Berryman, ENP, Digital Data Technologies Inc, Columbus, OH
• Enterprise Addressing – Effective Locat Addressing on a Regional Scale
  Bruce D’Autremont, Digital Data Technologies Inc, Columbus, OH

10:30 - 11:00 AM
Exhibit Hall Break

The exhibits are only open for 30 more minutes. Take advantage of the opportunity to ask any remaining questions you have!

11:00 AM - 12:00 Noon
Educational Sessions

Adventures in Addressing
The Big Picture
Handling address collections provides a special point of view.  This session includes the broader picture both geographically and chronologically.

• Laying the Groundwork for Effective Use of GIS in Disaster Response
  Kathrine Cargo,GISP, ENP, Orleans Parish Communication District 911, New Orleans, LA
• Maryland's Statewide Addressing Initiative
  Melanie Ruff, GISP, Towson University Center for GIS, Towson, MD

E-911: It’s All About Location
Better Addressing – Better Information – Better Response
Getting the right emergency responders to the right location in an emergency takes teamwork - from the assigning of the address... to dispatching... to rolling the first responders. How it all ties together may open your eyes to good addressing.

• Coupling Fire Service with GIS To Provide Better Response
  Marc Berryman, Digital Data Technologies, Columbus, OH
• The People Behind The People
  Shane Diaz, Columbia Regional Geospatial Service Center, Nacogdoches, TX

Addressing Strategies for Success
Developing Data Models for Address Repositories
Address data takes different forms in each organization.  Building a data environment to support the many levels of addresses, along with the business rules contained in the address reference system, requires sophisticated data models and internal rules to manage and maintain the addresses.  These presentations will discuss some of the issues in address data modeling.

• Beyond the LSO Addressing Model: Designing for Business Context
  Richard Allen, MAGIC, Cincinnati, OH
• Building and Using Address Reference System Geometry
  Martha Wells, GISP, Spatial Focus Inc, University Park, MD
  Sara Yurman, GISP, Spatial Focus Inc, Decatur, GA

12:00 Noon - 1:00 PM
Lunch on own

1:00 - 2:30 PM
Educational Sessions

Adventures in Addressing
Putting Addresses to Work
Having a repository is wonderful.  Using it is better.  These presentations tackle the practical issues around deployment.

• Data Validation: The Key to Accuracy
  Jerry Merlick, Contact One Inc, Austin, TX 
• The Evolution of a Centralized Multi-Jurisdictional GIS-Based Address System
  Scott Davis, Bradshaw Consulting Services Inc, Aiken, SC
• Enterprise Level Addressing - Lessons Learned
  Lee Snuggs and Ted Cisine, GISP, PGISS, Cabarrus County, Concord, NC

E-911: It’s All About Location
Case Studies: An Exercise in Addressing and Re-Addressing
Anyone who thinks addressing is easy has never done addressing, or at least not done it correctly while under pressure. What works, what does not work, and how to avoid making ugly mistakes is covered in this series of case studies.

• The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly side of Addressing
  Kathy Liljequist, GISP, GeoComm Inc, Saint Cloud, MN
  Rachel Bello, Guilford Metro 911, Greensboro, NC
  Marc Berryman, ENP, Digital Data Technologies Inc, Columbus, OH

Addressing Strategies for Success
Implementing the Address Standard:  How to Work with Standard Data
This 90 minute session will provide introductory discussion on the tools for data quality assurance and data transfer found in the Draft FGDC Address Standard.

• Working with Address Standard Formatted Data
  Carl Anderson, GISP, Spatial Focus, University Park, MD
  Martha Wells, GISP, Spatial Focus, College Park, MD

3:00 - 4:30 PM
Plenary Session

Closing Plenary Session
The Address – From a USPS® Perspective
Maintaining address data in the USPS is extremely important to postal operations as well as mailing industry and postal customers. Address quality for the USPS is composed of complete and correct address elements which ensures mail is delivered to the correct address and to the correct recipient every time.
The USPS strives to maintain current and accurate address information; this can only be achieved through a variety of processes and cooperation with other addressing professionals. Learn how the USPS perceives an address and how an address becomes a vital component for all business organizations.

Our closing plenary session keynote speaker will be James Wilson, USPS, Memphis, TN.
James Wilson is the Manager Address Management for the United States Postal Service within the Intelligent Mail & Address Quality organization.  He has worked in the address technology field for the past 22 years and has been involved in every major USPS® addressing program since 1988.  He started out as a contractor with the USPS managing the USPS effort to compile a national address database of every delivery point in the country served by the USPS. This data now serves as the underlying foundation of the USPS Address Management System.

In 1997 he became a career postal employee responsible for administration of the USPS National Change of Address program. He was subsequently promoted to the position of Manager Address Technology and oversees the development efforts of key addressing systems used in both internal postal operations and commercial address hygiene applications. In the past 10 years, he has been awarded nine separate patents relating to various addressing technologies, with an additional twelve patents pending.

In 2009 he was selected as the Manager Address Management and assumed Headquarter-level responsibility for all USPS addressing-related activities. In addition to managing the National Customer Support Center in Memphis TN and oversees the efforts of the fourteen postal personnel and 260 contractors engaged in various aspects of address management and technology.

A conference wrap-up discussion will also be included during this session which will lead into the much-anticipated Conference Social Event!

4:30 - 5:00 PM
Conference Committee Meeting

Conference Social Event

Promising fun for all!




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