GIS-Pro 2013: Monday, September 16 Events
- Registration Hours - 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
- URISA Full-Day Certified Workshops - 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Note that there are two half-day workshops being offered. One is a morning session and the other is an afternoon session. - Speed Networking - 5:15 - 5:45 PM
- Esri User Group Meeting - 6:00 - 7:30 PM
- GIS-Pro 2013 Ignite - 7:30 - 9:00 PM
URISA Certified Workshops have long-been recognized as exceptional educational offerings. Full conference registrants may choose one workshop to attend at no additional cost (usually a $200 fee). Take advantage of the opportunity to delve into important topics. Workshops are taught by proven instructors and the content is peer-reviewed and updated annually. Each workshop is detailed below. Be sure to register early to have the best chance of attending your preferred workshop as attendance is limited.
GIS Strategic Planning
Instructors:
Rebecca Somers, MA, BA, GISP, Somers-St. Claire GIS Management Consultants, Fairfax, VA
Greg Babinski, GISP, King County GIS Center, Seattle, WA
Strategic planning is a vital tool for all geospatial programs, at any stage of development. An effective strategic plan is crucial to ensuring that a GIS program gets started right. As a GIS program matures, strategic planning methods are important tools for program management, program review, responding to change, and solving problems. An effective strategic plan will help you win program approval and funding, ensure that program goals and return on investment are achieved, and keep a program on track in a changing environment.
This course teaches strategic planning methods and tools in the context of developing and managing a GIS program. Participants will learn how to successfully select and apply appropriate methods for a variety of situations.
Specific topics include:
- Strategic planning models, methods, and tools
- Selecting and applying the best approach for any GIS situation
- Developing an initial GIS strategic plan
- Integrating GIS, IT, and organizational strategic plans
- Developing an effective action plan and ensuring follow-through
- Updating a GIS strategic plan
- Conducting a GIS program review and effecting improvement
Intended Audience: GIS managers and staff, GIS users and program participants, and managers, executives, and other professionals who are involved with GIS programs.
Asset Management: Planning, Strategy, and Implementation
Instructors:
Allen Ibaugh, AICP, GISP, Data Transfer Solutions, Orlando, FL
Karen Stewart, GISP, Esri Canada, Vancouver, BC Canada
Public and private agencies face continuous challenges to accomplish more with less as increases in demand, regulatory requirements, infrastructure deterioration, and political and economic forces have significantly outpaced increases in capital and operating budgets. Many of these agencies are turning to Asset Management to cope with these challenges and improve business performance and effectiveness.
This workshop will focus on several aspects of developing an asset management system that could help improve performance, reduce long-term costs, and maximize return on investment in infrastructure assets.
Specific topics include:
- Strategy and Planning
- Data Collection Methods
- Software Solutions
- Information Management and Decision Support Tools
- Evaluation and Performance Measures
- GASB34 Reporting
- Life Cycle Costs
Intended Audience: This workshop is intended for utility, transportation, engineering, planning, and environmental managers and analysts of the public and private sectors.
GIS & Surveying - New this year!
Instructors:
Peirce Eichelberger, gDBMS, Westchester, PA
Kim McDonough, GISP, Tennessee Department of Transportation, Nashville, TN
Open Street Map - New this year!
Instructors:
Randal Hale, GISP, North River Geographic Systems, Inc., Chattanooga, TN
Carol Kraemer, North River Geographic Systems, Inc., Chattanooga, TN
Address Standards: Implementing Quality and Data Sharing
Instructors:
Martha Wells, GISP, Spatial Focus, Inc., University Park, MD
Sara Yurman, GISP, Spatial Focus, Inc., Decatur, GA
Street addresses are the key, user-friendly geospatial identifier used by everyone, but addressing processes are usually poorly organized at the local level.
This workshop will help you understand the addressing process, managing address data, and organizational challenges. It will guide you in developing a Master Address Repository that serves the needs of the entire organization. The workshop will also review the Federal Geographic Data Committee Street Address Data Standard, and help you understand how the standard can help you build quality address data.
Specific topics include:
- What is an address?
- What are the types of address?
- How are addressing systems structured, and addresses assigned?
- How do you develop a Master Address Repository
- Geocoding and managing addresses in the GIS
- Organizational Issues with Addressing
- Working with the FGDC Street Address Data Standard
Intended Audience: GIS Managers, staff members who assign, maintain or use addresses. This workshop will focus on managing address workflows, address data, and use.
Emergency Preparedness for GIS
Instructors:
Sandi Stroud, Baltimore Metropolitan Council, Baltimore, MD
Theresa Martin, City of Laurel, Laurel, MD
As GIS goes from being a silo technology in an organization to an integrated enterprise solution, there is a pressing need for cross training on the non-technical disciplines GIS staff is being asked to support. Specifically, public safety (emergency management, police and fire services) and the ridgid work flows which accompany their daily duties, often prove foreign to those unfamiliar with these specific disciplines. In order to accommodate their needs in a time-sensitive situation, out experience is that by taking the 'GIS' out of the analyst-emergency responder relationship is the best approach. The key is to arm the GIS professional with enough knowledge so they can effectively discern the needs of the incident commander and quickly produce the spatial document(s) which best support decision making in an emergency.
This workshop is divided into a two part structure:
First, an overview of the incident command structure and the national incident management system. We will briefly discuss common situations specific to each discipline and show case studies/examples of how GIS is used to support each. We will also discuss relevant data sets to public safety and suggestions for the integration of GIS into their organization's disaster preparedness planning.
The second part of the workshop will include an interactive emergency technology table exercise with participants from the audience and provide take away knowledge that can be implemented in their own organizations.
Intended Audience: GIS Managers, Emergency Management and Public Safety professionals.
GIS Return on Investment
Instructors:
Douglas Adams, GISP, Baltimore County Government, Baltimore, MD
Determining the Return on Investment (ROI) for GIS can assist in securing support and funding for the project/program. Developing the metrics for comparing the costs associated with the implementation, operation and maintenance verses identifying and quantifying the benefits can be a daunting task. This workshop will present a method to accomplish this goal.
Lectures/Facilitated Discussion
- Types of Benefit Cost Studies
- What are we measuring?
- Costs
- Benefits
- Categorizing the results
Hands-on Exercises
- Identifying and documenting costs
- Identifying and measuring benefits
- Putting it together
Note: Participants will need to bring a laptop computer with spreadsheet capabilities to participate in hands-on exercises.
Intended Audience: IT Directors/Managers, GIS Managers, decision makers and operational personnel responsible for quantifying return on investment.
GIS-Pro 2013 Speed Networking
5:15-5:45 PM
No matter if you’ve been to the conference 51 times or if this is your first time…come to this informal gathering to meet fellow attendees and have some fun!
Esri User Group Meeting
6:00 - 7:30 PM
Veteran users of Esri’s geographic information system (GIS) technology, and those interested in
learning more about leveraging the software in any industry. You’ll explore the latest in ArcGIS tools and strategies, discover how everyone can leverage the geographic knowledge you create, and get answers to your questions. See demonstrations of quick and easy map publishing and advanced analysis. Plus, hear key information shared at the 2013 Esri International User Conference. Hors d’oeuvres and refreshments will be served.
GIS-Pro 2013 Ignite
7:30 - 9:00 PM
Lightning talks, frivolity, and education! Attend URISA’s GIS-Pro 2013 IGNITE session for fast-paced presentations, with some entertainment mixed in. You’ll be glad you did!
