GIPSC Conference Program - Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

9:00 – 10:30 AM
Hurricane Katrina

Moderator: Kathrine Cargo, Conference Chair

Don't miss this opportunity to hear from first responders and those who were/could have been the users of geospatial data in their response during the Hurricane Katrina disaster. Individuals from the US Coast Guard Search and Rescue, the LA Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, the New Orleans EMS/Office of Emergency Preparedness, and others will participate in this important panel discussion. Some of the issues to be explored:

• What role did their agency play in the response?
• If geospatial data played a role in their response, what missing geospatial data would have been useful in their response?
• How is their agency changing their response to future disasters with the use of spatial data?

This will certainly be one of those can't-miss sessions!

10:30 AM – 12:00 Noon
Dedicated Exhibit Time

12:00 – 1:00 PM
Lunch on own

Educational Sessions
1:30 – 3:00 PM

Case Studies of GIS Integration with Public Safety
Data Use: Where the Rubber Meets the Road
Being able to get the right information and people to an incident when seconds count has pushed geospatial technology to the forefront of emergency response and planning. This session will cover case studies where minimizing and mitigating disasters is a key component of Public Safety.

• A Mobile GIS Application for Public Safety (Fire and Police)
  Thomas Bonacci, City of Boulder, CO
• A Strong Foundation for Response Starts With a Map
  Michael Payne, Pierce County Department of Emergency Management, Tacoma, WA
• Multimodal Madness - Developing a Transportation Data Model to Support the Enterprise
  Brendan Ford and Greg Thomas, Fairfax County, Fairfax, VA
  

Emergency Response and 9-1-1
National and Regional Solutions
Situational awareness is a basic requirement for disaster operations, and GIS has proven to be a valuable resource when responding to tragedies. Disasters cross all boundaries, so coordination and data sharing with other agencies and entities is paramount.

• Implementing and Expanding a Regional Geospatial Service Center Model in Texas
  James Kroll, P.R. Blackwell and Darrl McDonald, Stephen F Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
• Sensor Web and GI Processing - Situational Awareness in Emergency Situations
  Bernd Resch, Austrian Research Centers Research Studio iSPACE, Salzburg, Austria
• Digital Mapping for the 911 Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) of Nova Scotia
  Darrell Marsh, Emergency Measures Organization, Halifax, NS Canada
  David Smith, Service Nova Scotia & Municipal Relations, Amherst, NS Canada

Addressing Basics, Coordination, and Standards
Addressing Across the Enterprise: Case Studies in Multi-Jurisdictional Addressing and GIS
This session will look at the ways in which jurisdictions are looking
beyond their own boundaries to others in their area, and how the sharing of data among agencies has improved data quality and accuracy.

• Consolidation Study of Multi-Jurisdictional GIS Data for 9-1-1 Dispatching
  Kathy Liljequist, GeoComm Inc., Saint Cloud, MN
• Street Addressing in the British Virgin Islands
  Lisa Kay Lewis, Avelinda Freeman, and Louis Potter, Town & Country Planning Dept, Tortola, British Virgin Islands
• Improved Accuracy and Currency in Address Data Maintenance at Sacramento Regional GIS
  Robert Earle, Sacramento County GIS, Sacramento, CA
  Mark Perry, GeoPrise.Net, Sacramento, CA

Hot Topics
2010 Census Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) Program
This session will explain the purpose of the LUCA program, importance, and schedule. Specific topics to be covered include:

• LUCA participation options
• Confidentiality and Security Guidelines
• Participant responsibilities
• Selecting the best participation option for a jurisdiction
• LUCA materials
• Developing a plan

Presenters: Rebecca Swartz and Lornell Parks, US Census Bureau, Washington, DC

3:30 – 5:00 PM
Closing Plenary Session: Next Generation Emergency Communications

Text, data, images, and video are increasingly common in today's world and are critical to future emergency response, public safety, traffic congestion control, and transportation safety. However, the 9-1-1 and emergency response system of today can not handle the challenges of multimedia communication and in a wireless, mobile society.

To overcome these issues the Next Generation of 9-1-1 is being developed. Part of this effort is being funded through a grant from the US Department of Transportation (US DOT). The Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) initiative establishes the foundation for enhanced emergency services and will enable system compatible with any communications device.

NG9-1-1 will go beyond this to be able to pull down information from diverse and perhaps remote databases to provide the data, maps, spatial information to the first responders. One of the core components of this system is current and accurate spatial information. This level of integration will require cooperation, data sharing, and coordination.

This session will present and discuss this technology from a group of industry experts including US Department of Transportation, National Emergency Number Association, ESRI, and others.

• Facilitator: David Jones, Past President, National Emergency Number Association
• Jenny Hanson, US DOT Manager of the Next Generation 9-1-1 project
• Ron Bonneau, 9-1-1 Director, Southcom
• Jeff Rosenblatt, Booz Allen Hamilton

6:00 – 9:00 PM
Social Event

Proceed to Wednesday Program

Online Pre-Registration is Now Closed.
Please Register Onsite.