URISA Digest
September 5, 2013
Calling all Writers!

If you are interested in contributing articles for URISA's Managing GIS column in ArcNews or for URISA's GIS PROFESSIONAL, email Wendy Nelson.

Catch a URISA Workshop at one of these events:  

 

GeoAlberta 2013 -  

September 23-25 

URISA Workshop: Asset Management

  

2013 Kentucky GIS Conference
September 30-October 2 URISA Workshop: Field Automation Options for Local Government 

 

URISA members receive discounts at this event:   

 

Geospatial & Engineering International Conference: Entering and Expanding Global Business Opportunities   

November 13-14
Washington, DC  

 

Other Chapter Happenings:

 

FLURISA webinar line-up

 

URISA Ontario Chapter Municipal Enterprise GIS Workshop - September 24

 

URISA Caribbean Chapter  - Regional Workshop on Open Source Technologies and Web Mapping - November 6-8 

 

Celebrating 20 years... CalGIS 2014 - April 14-16, 2014 in Monterey, CA! 

Please respond by September 16. Contact Peter Croswell if you have questions.
giscorps
Click here for the August  GISCorps newsletter   and get ready to celebrate this amazing volunteer program's 10th Anniversary during GIS-Pro 2013!  
    
Join URISA as a Corporate or Business Partner!  
Partnership details are posted online, along with a directory of current URISA partners.    

GIS-Pro 2013...almost here!

GIS-Pro 2013: URISA's 51st Annual Conference for GIS Professionals

September 16-19, 2013

Providence, Rhode Island

Join us to share ideas about GIS leadership and management, ROI, strategic planning, collaboration and best practices, and learn about BI technologies, HTML 5 and REST, overcoming web mapping application challenges, and GIS in the Cloud.

Just in... more than 40 AICP CM credits have been approved for GIS-Pro 2013.
   
A Conference-At-A-Glance has been added to the conference website for an easy overview of the numerous education and networking opportunities at your disposal, along with all of the committee meetings .  

 

Much-anticipated keynote sessions will feature "GovGirl", take a look at her video about preparing for the zombie apocalypse, Patrick and David from the UNH Technology Transfer Center, and Professor Mustard of Brown University who will talk about the Mars Rover.  

 

Thought Leaders (including Clare Brenner from Tumml and Joe Ferreira from MIT) will discuss the blurred lines between public and citizen facing apps and how they connect to back-office government systems.  

Valuable education and networking events with additional reasons to participate being added regularly, including Pete Croswell's Introduction to Microsoft Project Workshop (Sept 17) and the Esri-Sponsored Events and Workshops: ArcGIS Online Workshop, Sept 15; win cash prizes!; and 3D GIS Mapping and LiDAR Labs, Sept 18.

Make valuable connections during the Speed Mentoring session, Maptionary networking and geocaching events...and at the URISAlympics at Dave & Busters!  

Check out the complete conference program with speaker and event details and register today!   

 

If you can't get away for the full conference, consider a one-day registration! The deadline to secure your room at the conference rate at the Omni Providence has passed but there may be a few rooms left. Don't delay another moment: call Omni Reservations at (800) 843-6664 and reference "GIS-PRO 2013/URISA".
 

Get Involved with the PPD

The URISA Professional Practices Division (PPD) is seeking volunteers! The PPD is responsible for defining and developing the GIS profession at the technical, analytical, and managerial levels. It creates professional practice guides; proposes and possibly issues professional practice standards (and/or serves on other standards-issuing bodies); crafts recommended practice guidelines; creates new workshops directly through staff, contractors, and volunteer contributors; operates URISA Labs; and generates URISA publications related to its area of responsibility. If you are interested in one or more of these areas and you would like to work with other professionals in PPD please contact the Professional Practices Division Chair, Kevin Mickey, at 317.371.4479 or  kmickey@iupui.edu.  

FEMA Flood Plain Mapping Program

URISA Members - If you have a familiarity with the FEMA flood plain mapping program and wish to participate in a 60-90 minute conference call to provide input during the week of September 9 (day/time to be determined), please email Al Butler by Friday, September 6 at 5PM Eastern time. Note that the number of participants is limited to ten (10) individuals.

More Events of Note & Deadlines

GIS in Transit Conference
October 16-17, 2013 in Washington, DC
Early registration discounts through September 6

Locating the Future Conference
At the intersection of GIS & 9-1-1.
November 3-6, 2013 in St Louis, MO
Early registration discounts through September 23

    

18th Annual GIS/CAMA Technologies Conference February 24-27, 2014 in Jacksonville, FL
Abstract submissions due by September 23  
Sponsorship and exhibitor details now online. 
URISA Leadership Academy
May 5-9, 2014 - Calgary, Alberta
Second 2014 offering will be held in the U.S.
(likely Louisville, Kentucky in October/November)
Thank You... 
...to all of the URISA volunteers who contribute year in and year out to making our programs second-to-none! When you're at GIS-Pro, check out some of the committee and division meetings (including the PPD noted earlier) and stop in to see what they're all about. You are very welcome to participate and get involved!

The new URISA Board term begins on September 19, and we will welcome Carl Anderson, Amy Esnard, Jochen Albrecht and Ashley Hitt to the Board. Allen Ibaugh will begin his term as URISA President (Al Butler will pass the gavel) and we say goodbye to Greg Babinski, Tom Conry, Nancy Obermeyer and Chris Thomas who will complete their terms on the Board at the same time. You've been great!

Speaking of long-time URISA members and volunteers... congratulations to Tom Tribble who is retiring from the NC Center for Geographic Information & Analysis after 29 years! Tom is a former URISA Board Member and volunteer, and one of the leaders in the NC GIS Community. Enjoy!!!

Wendy Nelson

(847) 824-6300 

Executive Director, URISA    

 

    

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