GIS-Pro 2010 Conference Highlights - Positive Energy and Valuable Education!
September 28-October 1, 2010
Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek
Orlando, Florida
Hopefully, you were able to join us in Orlando for GIS-Pro 2010! The post-conference 'buzz' is still positive and the energy level is already building for GIS-Pro 2011 in Indianapolis. Get us on your calendar early (November 1-4, 2011).
We've tried to capture the conference highlights through pictures taken by Sail Forth Productions (thank you Phil & Stephanie!), URISA staff members and volunteers. When you have some free time, take a moment to scroll through...
All of our sponsors and exhibitors are listed below. We thank them for their generosity and support!
On Monday, the URISA Board of Directors met for a full-day business meeting and then joined up with URISA Chapter Leaders who had spent the afternoon discussing chapter activities in the Chapter Leaders' Forum. Good stuff!
Earlier that day, a couple dozen attendees took advantage of the opportunity to learn about asset and facilities management at Epcot with a URISA workshop in the afternoon.
On Tuesday, Workshop Day, about one-third of the conference attendees enrolled in a full-day course to delve deep into topics to help with their jobs, advance their professional development. The workshops on the schedule this year included:
- Field Automation Options for Local Government
- Overview of Open Source GIS Software
- Addressing and IS/GIS: Keys to Success
- GIS Program Management
- Introduction to AGILE: Project Management & Development
- Introduction to Public Participation GIS (PPGIS)
Frivolity ensued with the introduction of URISA's Geospatial Ignite Event that evening. Click here for a review and photos... know that we'll definitely be doing this in Indy next year! Prepare to join in the fun!
To review day-by-day highlights, click on each day below:
Download/View Onsite Conference Program
Conference Committee
Conference Chair - Danielle Ayan, GISP, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
Program Chair - Geney Terry, GISP, El Dorado County, Placerville, California
Associate Program Chair - Claudia Paskauskas, GISP, East Central Florida Regional Planning Council, Altamonte Springs, Florida
Past Chair - Mike Lovett, GISP, CDM, Maitland, Florida
Program Committee Members
- Jason Amadori, GISP, Data Transfer Solutions, Orlando, Florida
- Carl Anderson, GISP, Fulton County, Atlanta, Georgia
- Brenda Burroughs, Michael Baker Jr. Co., Orlando, Florida
- Kathrine Cargo, GISP, Orleans Parish Communications District, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Tom Conry, Fairfax County, Fairfax, Virginia
- Randy Fusaro, US Census Bureau, Washington, DC
- Lee Hartsfield, GISP, Tallahasee-Leon County GIS, Tallahasee, Florida
- Alex Hepp, Pictometry International, Rochester, New York
- Rob Houston, GISP, CDM, Dallas, Texas
- Allen Ibaugh, GISP, Data Transfer Solutions, Orlando, Florida
- Wansoo Im, Vertices, New Brunswick, New Jersey
- Randal Krejcarek, GISP, City of Delray Beach, Florida
- Al Little, City of Hamilton, Ontario Canada
- Bob Marmion, GISP, Montgomery Township, Belle Mead, New Jersey
- Bill Mumbleau, GISP, Kleinfelder – Redlands, California
- Hilary Perkins, GISP AICP, Webster Groves, Missouri
- Donna Phillips, GISP, City of Hayden, Idaho
- Jonathan Posner, GISP, CDM, Irvine, California
- Milo Robinson, Federal Geographic Data Committee, Reston, Virginia
- Martin Roche, GISP, GeoPlanning Services, Orlando, Florida
- Yvon Sevigny, GISP, Ville de Montreal, Quebec Canada
- Mark Sievers, Sievers & Associates, Altamonte Springs, Florida
- Ken Sipos, GISP, Philadelphia, PA
- Cy Smith, GISP, State of Oregon DAS/Geospatial Enterprise Office, Salem, Oregon
- Karen Stewart, GISP, ESRI Canada, Ltd., Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
- Mohammad Tariq, GISP, Peak Technology Solutions Inc, Washington, DC
- David Wallis, GISP, Cowlitz County, Kelso, Washington
- Will Walter, GISP, PBS&J, Tampa, Florida
- Michael Waltuch, GISP, ESRI, New York, New York
- Tobias Wolf, GISP, HDR Inc, San Diego, California
Workshop Chairs
Keri Brennan, GISP, The Schneider Corporation, Indianapolis, Indiana
David Lanter, GISP, CDM, Voorhees, New Jersey
Without the volunteer members of the Conference Committee, there would be no conference.
We thank them for their amazing efforts!
Conference Exhibitors & Sponsors
URISA relies on the generous contributions of GIS-Pro exhibitors and sponsors! Thank you to all of the organizations that helped to sponsor GIS-Pro 2010!
Platinum Sponsor - 
Silver Sponsor - 
Social Event & Video Sponsor - 
US Census Bureau 
National Geodetic Survey 
URISA Alaska Chapter
Croswell-Schulte IT Consultants GeoPlanning Services
Conference Sponsor
URISA, the Association for GIS Professionals - Founded in 1963, the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) is a nonprofit association for professionals involved in improving urban and regional environments through the use of information technology. For more information, visit www.urisa.org
