Locating The Future Conference

GIS & 9-1-1... Location is more than an address.

The URISA/NENA Addressing Conference has been re-engineered for 2013 and we're pleased to introduce the Locating The Future Conference taking place November 3-6 in St. Louis, Missouri.

Locating the Future Flyer

The conference is organized by a volunteer committee of URISA and NENA members (with staff support for all logistical matters).

Conference Participation

Presentations - The conference is developed through a peer review of abstracts received through the Call for Presentation Proposals. Start thinking about the ideas, research, case studies that you would like to share at the conference.

Submissions are invited in several formats to fit both your topic and presentation style:

• Individual Presentation
• Complete Interactive Session
• Panel Discussions
  
• IGNITE Presentation

To be considered:

1. Prepare an abstract (title and a brief description of your proposed presentation).
2. Select your preferred presentation format.
3. Submit via the online abstract form by July 1, 2013

Members of the Locating the Future Program Committee will conduct a peer review of submissions received through the Call for Presentations and will develop the program based upon those submissions.

Proceedings and Speaker Registration

Presenters whose proposals are accepted are expected to submit written papers for publication in the Conference Proceedings. If PowerPoint or slide presentations are submitted for inclusion in the Proceedings, a narrative description must accompany them. The final version of your presentation is due on the day it is presented to attendees at the conference. It can be provided on CD Rom or by thumb drive transfer on site at the conference.

All accepted presenters must register and pay the standard conference registration fee.

Presentation Ideas to Consider

The Locating the Future Conference Committee welcomes your presentation ideas and has proposed the following list of suggested topics for your consideration. (Note that all abstracts received will be reviewed and considered for the conference program regardless of the list below...these are just suggestions.)

Addresses in the Future

• Addressing concepts – How do people read their addresses?
• Generational expectations of map/address data.  How do new generations deal with addresses or read maps?  Digital maps…
• Web based addressing applications.  How to get addresses out to the users in an enterprise via the web or new alternative services?

Address Technology

• Baselines / Centerlines
• Database design? Tools to create address databases for everyone
• Site structure location  (address point) & how to show it in a GIS
• Enterprise wide GIS and Addressing/ Enterprise wide address repositories
• How is the MSAG going to work in a point based system? What is it going to become?
• 911 mapping solutions – CAD/NG911 and mapping integrations.  Look at CAD vendors
• Special Purpose Addressing
  • Occupancy and alternative addressing
  • Pseudo addresses – Mile posts (highways, parks, trails, beaches, campus situations)
  • Addressing schemes – forensic addressing
  • Military Bases

The Business of Addresses

• The economics of Addressing – how to save or make money with good addresses?
• Broadband-how does it relate to mapping? Addresses to support broadband
• Broadening your services (GIS/Addressing as a service)

Working with Address Standards

• URISA/FGDC Address Standard
• NENA Standards on GIS Data model and Site Structure models
• NENA Address Standard
• Pushing requirements from the local to the state level – data sharing in an enterprise environment.
• Changing paradigms in 911/GIS.  

Sponsorships - Details coming soon.

Preliminary Conference Schedule 

Sunday, November 3, 2013

• Registration
• Workshops & Courses

Monday, November 4, 2013

• Registration
• Opening Keynote
• Breakout Sessions
• Networking

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

• Registration
• General Session
• Breakout Sessions
• Networking

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

• Registration
• Breakout Sessions
• Closing Session

For Budgeting Purposes

Registration Fee - Early Rate

• Full conference: $345 (NENA or URISA Member)/$445 (Nonmember)
• One day registration: $150 (NENA or URISA Member)/$200 (Nonmember)
• Note that registration for preconference courses and workshops will require an additional fee.

Hotel - The conference will take place at the St Louis Union Station hotel. The conference has negotiated an extremely attractive room rate of $119 single/double. Reservations must be made by October 2, 2013. Make your hotel reservations online.

Hotel Information