Forum Program

Welcome: 2009 Texas GIS Forum

Back by popular demand! After your first full day at the conference, what's a better idea than to join us for an evening of food and fun on Lake Austin.

Vendor Bingo

Our popular vendor bingo is a fun way for conference attendees to interact with our exhibitors. Visit each booth, get your card stamped and win some fabulous prizes. More details will be included with your registration packet.

Workshop Schedule

Take advantage of all of the learning possibilities. Click here for detailed descriptions and schedule of our workshops.

Program Schedule

The GIS Forum Program is updated frequently and is subject to change. Please check back often.

Wednesday, October 7
7:30 am - 8:30 am

Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am

Event Welcome and Opening Remarks

Carolyn Brittin and Jim Scott, TNRIS
9:00 am - 10:00 am

Keynote Event

Dylan Lorimer, Product Manager, Google Enterprise Geospatial
10:00 am - 10:30 am

Coffee Break & Vendor Exhibits
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Session A:
LiDAR Elevation		 Session B:
GIS Tools of the Trade

LiDAR and its Applications

Sean Whitehead, Capital Area Council of Governments

LiDAR - Breaklines: Contours Tomorrow's Data, Yesterday's Methods?

Brian Shirley, 3cGeo and Jack Avis, Baker-Aicklen & Assoc.

Mobile LiDAR: Survey at the Speed of Business

Stephen Clancy, Michael Baker Jr.

GIS for Government: Turn by Turn

Jeremiah Akin and Michael Castellon, Texas State Comptroller

A Picture is Equal to a Thousand Words - Use of GPS-Enabled Camera in GPS/GIS Mapping

Ashok Wadwani, Applied Field Data Systems, Inc.

GIS Training for Civil and Environmental Engineering Professionals

Durmus Cesur, San Antonio River Authority
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Sponsored Luncheon & Vendor Exhibits
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm

SWIGGIS Luncheon (Campus 1.210)
1:30 pm to 2:30 pm

Technical Demo Session - ESRI
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Break & Vendor Exhibits
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Session A:
RiskMap		 Session B:
Fire Mitigation - Preventing Disaster through applied GIS

Innovative Applications of HAZUS-MH

Shanna Michael, Watershed Concepts, AECOM

GIS for Flood Hazard Mitigation Planning

Darrin Punchard, Watershed Concepts, AECOM

Texas Statewide Map Needs Assessment Pilot Project

Melinda Luna, TNRIS

Confronting Catastrophe through GIS Applications: Wildfire Prediction & Mitigation in Texas

Ahmed Abukhater, University of Texas at Austin

Wildfire Hazard Risk Assessment Database Subdivision Survey: A Tool To Identify Mitigation Priorities

Karen Ridenour, Texas Forest Service

Fire Data Management Tool: A Spatially-Enabled Database for Fire Activities

Marion Noble and Jim Smith, The Nature Conservancy
5:30 pm to 9:00 pm

Forum Social: Evening on the Lake - Lake Austin Riverboat
Thursday, October 8
7:30 am - 8:45 am

Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:45 am - 9:00 am

Opening Remarks

Jim Scott, TNRIS
9:00 am - 10:00 am

Keynote Event

Dr. Thomas Gillespie, Department of Geography, UCLA
10:00 am - 10:30 am

Coffee Break & Vendor Exhibits
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Session A:
Transportation and Addressing		 Session B:
Regional and Local Government Solutions

GIS-based Management Systems for Street Signs - Compliance with the FHWA Standards on Retroreflectivity

Carolyn Defoore, Brown & Gay Engineers, Inc.

ArcGIS Server Replication for an Improved 911 Addressing Workflow

Thomas Schultz, Houston-Galveston Area Council

The Future of 9-1-1 GIS

Jerry Merlick and Anthony Haddad, Contact One, Inc.

Midland GIS: Journey to an Integrated Destiny

Bill Hodge, City of Midland

Central Texas Greenprint for Growth

Sean Moran, CAPCOG

Saving Money and Lives through Regional Cost Sharing and Highly Accurate Elevation Models

Doug Jacoby, Merrick & Company
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Lunch and Learn with Microsoft & Vendor Exhibits
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Technical Demo Session - PBS&J
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Break & Vendor Exhibits
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Session A:
On the Cutting Edge of Technology		 Session B:
Remote Sensing

TXDOT's Statewide Planning Map

Michael Chamberlain and Serena Pirolli, Texas Department of Transportation

One Tile at a Time

Chris Williams, TNRIS

Integrating GIS Into Enterprise Applications

Brent Porter, TCEQ

Advanced Mapping and Digital Imagery

Mark Meade, Photo Science, Inc.

Space Satellites Come to the Rescue: The International Charter in Action

Teresa Howard, The University of Texas at Austin Center for Space Research

Fusion of Hyperspectral Imagery with LiDAR Data

Jeffrey Tippen, SURDEX Corporation

Panoramic Mapping - Cover All Your Angles

Sam Moffat, Fugro Earth Data
4:30 pm - 5:15 pm

Closing Remarks, Poster Awards & Vendor Bingo Prize Drawings
Friday, October 9
9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Reserved Meeting(s)
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Registration

Registration has ended. On-site registration will begin at 7:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 7 at the Commons Center.

 

Call for Papers

Call for Papers has ended. Thank you for your submissions!

 

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