GIS-Pro 2013: URISA's 51st Annual Conference for GIS Professionals
| September 16-19, 2013 |
Go beyond basic technology and applications and contemplate issues related to policy, standards, GIS leadership and management. GIS-Pro offers a unique multidisciplinary approach, with participation from all levels and agencies of government, academia, consultants, developers, technology providers...so you receive the benefit of a variety of viewpoints and experiences.
Join your colleagues, peers, thinkers and doers from around the world at GIS-Pro, URISA's Annual Conference for GIS Professionals, being presented at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence, Rhode Island.
Some recent post-conference feedback includes:
- "Participating in the conference allowed me to rejuvenate my enthusiasm for GIS. It reminded me about all the possibilities that GIS has to offer."
- "Listening to experts share their visions for the future of GIS and interesting uses for GIS. I enjoy being exposed to intelligent people and hearing new ideas."
- "I've been to many regional and some national GIS conferences, however, this one widely exposed me to a section of thought which is more rare at other conferences. The most valuable parts were key insights (often from long time URISA members). Some of these came in keynotes and the thought leaders' panel, others were scattered throughout the sessions or in hall conversations."
- "URISA offered great tracks for upper management."
| "For me, every GIS-Pro is like being in an intellectual nuclear reactor, where smart people come into close contact, ideas collide, thought processes accelerate, new ideas are formed, and then those ideas spin off around the world as we return home to shake things up by trying new technology, new applications, new processes, and methodologies. The results are often unexpected and very disruptive! Your bosses and co-workers should be thinking the day that you return to work, ‘…oh no, he/she’s back from that URISA thing! What new ideas does she/he want us to try now?’" - Greg Babinski, GISP, King County GIS Center, Seattle, Washington |
URISA is pleased to announce that GIS-Pro 2013 is co-hosted by the New England Chapter of URISA (NEURISA).
Conference Participation
Presentations - The conference was developed through a peer review of abstracts received through the Call for Presentations. Do you have ideas, research, case studies that you would like to share with your fellow GIS professionals and missed the deadline? To be considered as a late submission for the program, please send your abstract along with complete contact information to Pat Francis at your earliest opportunity.
Student Volunteers - URISA strives to involve students as much as possible in its annual conference. There will be a limited number of opportunities to attend the conference through a complimentary registration, in return for volunteering (workshop room monitor and/or onsite registration support) at the conference. (Note that travel/lodging is not included.)
Exhibits & Sponsorships - The opportunity for attendees to meet with companies that have the products, tools and services they need to catapult their organizations to the next level is an important part of GIS-Pro 2013. Details coming soon.
Preliminary Schedule
Click on hyperlinks to each day below for schedule and program details.
Sunday, September 15, 2013
- URISA Board of Directors' Meeting
- Chapter Leaders' Forum
- Evening Networking Activity
- Preconference Workshops
- Exhibit Set-Up
- Speed Networking
- Esri Annual User Group Meeting
- Ignite Session
- Opening Session & Keynote Address
- Exhibits
- Concurrent Breakout Sessions
- Luncheon Presentations
- Networking Reception
- Awards Breakfast & GISCorps Ten Year Celebration
- Exhibits
- Concurrent Breakout Sessions
- Keynote Address
- Evening Social Event
- Plenary Sessions
- URISA Annual Business Meeting
(for travel planning purposes, the conference ends at 12:00 noon) - URISA Board of Directors' Meeting
