Registration Now Open for the 21st Annual MN GIS/LIS Fall Conference & Workshops

The MN GIS/LIS Fall Conference and Workshops registration opened on Wednesday, August 3rd.  Early registration ends on September 16th.

This year's event in St. Cloud will once again include the EPC promotional booth, and a variety of educational presentations on the use of geospatial technlogies for emergency response.  They include:

• Using GIS in Search and Rescue in a Natural Environment – Simon Morgan, Three Rivers Park District
• Deploying Next Generation 9-1-1: GIS needs from a State Perspective – Dan Falbo, ESRI; Jackie Mines, ECN-DPS
• MNDOT and Counties Team up to Crowd-source Emergency Events – Sonia Dickerson, MN DOT
• Carver County Flood Mapping: Quick and Efficient Map Updates for Road Closures – Chad Riley, Carver County
• Next Generation GIS and 2011 Floods: A review and next steps – Dan Falbo, ESRI; John Blood, HSEM; Kay Anderson, Cass County; Paul Weinberger, MNDOT; Jim Bunning, Scott County; Pete Henschel, Carver County
It is particularily heartening to see two members of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety involved in these presentations for the first time: Jackie Mines and John Blood.  Please be sure to give them a warm welcome to the conference and attend their events if you can!  Full agenda and registration information can be found here.

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Alabama Devotes Entire State GIS Conference to Emergency Response

In the wake of a series of devastating tornado events earlier this year, Alabama recently announced its 2-day state GIS conference would be devoted entirely to natural and man-made disaster response.  The Rocket City Geospatial and Alabama GIS Conference will be held in Huntsville, AL, on November 15, 16.  Event keynote will be delivered by Spencer Collier, Alabama's Director of Homeland Security. 

Registration information, call for presentations, agenda and more can be found here.

Comment: Alabama has been exceptionally progressive in seeing geospatial technologies as intergral to emergency preparedness and response.  Their development of Virtual Alabama following Katrina, has served as a guidepost for similar efforts by the federal government (Virtual USA) and several states, to include Minnesota.

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Featured Speakers for URISA/NENA Addressing Conference Announced

From the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA):


"URISA and the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) are pleased to announce the feature speakers at the 2011 URISA/NENA Addressing Conference taking place next month in New Orleans (August 15-18, 2011 at the Marriott New Orleans). Michelle Thompson, PhD from the University of New Orleans will open the conference and Steven Johnson, representing OpenStreetMap US, will close the conference."


To learn more about the conference, go here.


Comment: Two members of the EPC are on the Conference Committee:


Gordon Chinander, GISP, Metropolitan Emergency Services Board, St Paul, MN, and


2010 Chair - Kathy Liljequist, GISP, GeoComm, St Cloud, MN

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The 5th Annual HAZUS User Conference - August 10-12, Seattle, Washington

The 5th Annual Hazus Conference will be held on August 10-12, 2011 at the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building at 915 2nd Ave, Seattle, WA. The Hazus Conference, sponsored by FEMA Mitigation Division is the premier risk assessment conference for GIS specialists, emergency managers, geologists, state/local planners, educators and private entities that are using Hazus for decision-making and response planning. This year’s conference will include two and a half days of educational sessions, hands-on training, and one-of-a-kind networking opportunities.

Click here for agenda.

Click here for other event information.

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Abstract Submission Deadline for the 2011 Minnesota Government IT Symposium is June 14th

Details can be found here: http://mngts.org/itsym/

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GeoMOOSE Accepted for Three Hour Workshop at FOSS4G

It was announced today that Bob Basques, member of the EPC, has been selected to conduct a three hour workshop on the Minnesota developed GeoMOOSE program at the prestigious international Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) Conference, organized by OSGeo.  The conference will be held in Denver, CO, September 12-16.

Learn more: http://2011.foss4g.org/

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