Call for URISA Certified Workshop Proposals

Develop two-hour, four-hour or eight hour workshops for in-person or online delivery

Each year, the Workshop Development Committee, instructors, authors and reviewers develop new workshops and update the existing workshops URISA offers.  To remain relevant, however, it is paramount that we develop new workshops to meet our members’ needs for top-quality education on the most important topics in the field.

We invite you to submit a proposal to develop a new eight-hour, four-hour, or a shorter web-based URISA Certified Workshop.  We are looking for full length or four-hour programs to fill eight-hour pre-conference workshop slots at the GIS-Pro conference and at chapter events.

New workshop proposals must identify a specific niche or need. This could be a new topic or a significant improvement of an existing workshop.  To view the current list of available URISA workshops, please visit www.urisa.org/workshops. We are also interested in offering workshops on the following topics:  Data Analytics, GIS for Emergency Management and Public Health Applications of GIS.

Not ready for the task of creating a new workshop? If you are interested in helping to update an existing workshop, we do have a slate of workshops that are in need of rework.   The following workshops need attention:

• Database Development and Conversion
• Digital Imagery & Remote Sensing
• Metadata

Criteria:

Proposers, coordinators and instructors must be URISA members. A workshop must be presented with a minimum of two instructors. The workbook may not be copyrighted by the author or contain proprietary materials which may preclude URISA's use of the workbook/workshop at other URISA conferences. If interested in submitting a certified workshop proposal, follow the schedule and steps below.

Workshop Proposal Schedule

• January 30, 2012: Proposals due
• February 27, 2012: Notification of acceptance
• April 23, 2012: First draft of workbook due
• July 29, 2012: Final draft of workbook due
• October 1, 2012: Presentation of workshops at GIS-Pro 2012, URISA's 50th Annual Conference in Portland, Oregon.

If you have any questions, please contact Education Manager, Jeni Griffith, at jgriffith@urisa.org.

Regards,
Keri Brennan - URISA Workshop Development Chair