GIS/CAMA 2009 - Tuesday Conference Program

8:30–10:00 AM               Educational Sessions 
10:00-10:30 AM              Break in Exhibit Hall
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM         Exhibit Hall Hours
10:30 AM-12:00 Noon     Educational Sessions
12:00 Noon - 1:15 PM     Conference Luncheon
1:30-3:00 PM                  Educational Sessions
3:00-4:00 PM                  Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
4:00-5:30 PM                  Defining Our Future...Dream Big - interactive reception

Educational Sessions
8:30–10:00 am   

Professional Development & Management Strategies
Acquiring Systems & Services…Things you Really Need to Consider
Contracting for assessor software and services represents a major investment.  This session will explore the dos and don’t of buying software and contracting for services.  This will include an examination of various strategies for acquiring assessor software and evaluating outsourcing as an option for providing services. 

• Building vs. Buying Assessor Software: Tales from the Trenches
  Cynthia Braddock, Boulder County Assessor’s Office, Boulder, CO
  Bill Campbell, Hart InterCivic., Lafayette, CO
  

Property Valuation & Modeling Techniques
AVM & Statistics
Learn about the fine points of price -related differential and heteroscedasticity.  Automated valuation models have spread around the world. See how appraisers are using AVMs and contributing to disaster recovery.

• The Effects of Heterogeneous Variance on the Detection of Regressivity
  David Jensen, Manatron Inc., Cheektowaga, NY  
    
• AVMs Around the World
  Richard Borst, Tyler Technologies-CLT Division, Avondale, PA

Technologies & Techniques
Get the Most from Web Technology
The papers in this session will explore and reveal new approaches in Web development and return on investment.

• Bringing GIS & CAMA Data to the Desktop: It’s More Than Just a Website
  Brent Mainzinger, The Sidwell Company, St Charles, IL 
• Using Geospatial Web and Portal Technologies to Improve Public Service
  J Randall Cercopely, James W Sewall Company, Summerville, SC 

10:00-10:30 AM    Break in exhibit hall (exhibit hours 10:00-4:00)

Educational Sessions
10:30 AM–12:00 noon   

Professional Development & Management Strategies
Recruiting & Retaining Good People: Is it More than Money?
Hiring and retaining employees has always been a challenge for organizations.  This is particularly true for local government, as oftentimes, they are competing with private industry that may have more flexibility with regards to salaries, benefits, and working environments.  This session will examine various options for recruiting and retaining employees that go beyond the offer of  more money.

• Lori Schlotter and Clara Woodmansee, Colorado CustomWare Inc,, Fort Collins, CO 

Property Valuation & Modeling Techniques   
Looking at Values Outside the Box
See how MLS data and assessor data can be compared in automated systems in fast growing cities.  What is the framework that harnesses the technologies of GIS and property valuation systems in a user friendly environment to maximize the return on investment?

• Automating the Data and Sales Comparison of MLS and CAMA System Data
  Corey Halford and Suzette Demott, City of Airdrie, Airdrie, AB Canada
• Preparing for Everest With Boy Scout Resources
  Russ Thimgan, Thimgan and Associates, La Junta, CO
  David Whiterell, Lance Hull and Tisha Taylor, Maricopa County Assessor's Office, Phoenix, AZ

Technologies & Techniques
Technological Changes & Challenges
Presenters will provide insights into mitigating technology changes in software and systems.

• Mitigating the Impact of Technological Change
  Geoffrey Certain and Stacey Lustig, Colorado CustomWare Inc., Fort Collins, CO 

• Custom GIS Tools for Tax Code Area and Zoning Changes
  Daniel Narsavage, Ada County Assessor Office, Boise, ID 

Project Showcase Luncheon – “Show and Tell”
Noon–1:15 pm   

Attendees will receive a listing of presenters and descriptions of their projects/research. Grab a boxed lunch and head to the table of your choice where  fellow attendees will informally showcase their work and answer your questions. Get the real scoop on the hurdles faced and tips and tricks used to overcome obstacles. Real information you can bring back to the office and put into action! 

Educational Sessions
1:30–3:00 pm

Professional Development & Management Strategies
Seeking a Return on Your GIS Investment
Although Return on Investment (ROI) calculations can be used to justify the implementation of GIS, it is rarely applied in the GIS field.  In this session, we’ll address this topic from two very different angles.  The first paper will introduce and present the use of ROI in a GIS setting.  The second paper will present a practical application, evaluating ROI when using oblique imagery for field assessors. 

• GIS Return on Investment
  Chris Thomas, ESRI, Redlands, CA
• ROI of Using Oblique Imagery for Field Assessors
  Donna Hunt and Jay Mickle, Jefferson County PVA, Louisville, KY     

Property Valuation & Modeling Techniques
Commercial Application of Automated Valuation Models
AVM is coming to commercial property valuations. See the future (today) of valuating commercial property from two perspectives.

• AVM in Commercial Properties
  Patrick O’Connor, O’Connor Consulting, Inc, Plano, TX

• Use of GIS in Non-Residential Valuation Modeling in Ekurhuleni, South Africa
  Ian Smoothey, eValuations, Cape Town, South Africa
  Dick Ward, CAMA Consultant, Toledo, OH 

   
Technologies & Techniques
Map Development & Maintenance
This session will present a case study of one jurisdiction's experience navigating cadastral tools and another jurisdiction' s quest for enhanced parcel data using quality assurance techniques.

• Enhancing Parcel Data in Colleton County, SC
  Bruce Harper, Colleton County, Walterboro, SC
  Bill Wetzel, The Sidwell Company,St Charles, IL 

• The ESRI Cadastral Fabric: Potential Pitfalls and Production Possibilities
  Daniel Narsavage, Ada County Assessor's Office, Boise, ID 

3:00-4:00 PM
Break in exhibit hall - last chance to get the information you need from the exhibitors. The hall dismantles at 4:00 PM

4:00-5:30 PM 
Defining Our Future…Dream Big

Join us for this interactive session/reception that discusses a vision(s) for the future of communities that use GIS and CAMA systems.

Entertainingly moderated by: Lori Schlotter, Rick Norejko & Peirce Eichelberger

Register & Travel Information

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