The Changing faCE OF gis

October 29, 2009
8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Burnaby Hilton
6083 McKay Avenue, Burnaby,
Canada V5H 2W7

On October 29th, 2009, the British Columbia Chapter of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA BC) hosted a one day seminar on “The Changing Face of GIS”. Speakers presented their experiences on how GIS is changing within their organization. PRESENTATIONS are available below.

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PRINTABLE SEMINAR MATERIAL
agenda - ABSTRACTS - Speaker Biographies - SPONSORS - newsletter

SEMINAR AT A GLANCE

PRESENTATIONS, ABSTRACTS and SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES Applications Without Developers: GeoBC's Mash-up Wizard – ABSTRACT , BIO , PRESENTATION The Simplification of VanMap: A New Generation – ABSTRACT , BIO , PRESENTATION UBC Simple Web Mapping with Editing Capability – ABSTRACT , BIO , PRESENTATION GIS and Transportation Projects: The Lighter Side – ABSTRACT , BIO Redesigning GeoWeb DNV: The District of North Vancouver's GIS Website – ABSTRACT, BIO Spatially Enabling the BC Coroner Service – ABSTRACT, BIO Keep It Simple Stupid: or If the Shoe Fits Wear It – ABSTRACT, BIO , PRESENTATION Retooling the Thought Process – ABSTRACT , BIO , PRESENTATION Mapping Emergencies: 9-1-1 through to the EOC – ABSTRACT , BIO , PRESENTATION Neogeography and the Structural Effect – ABSTRACT , BIO , PRESENTATION

AGENDA 8:00 - 8:30 a.m. Registration Doors Open and Breakfast and coffee INTRODUCTION 8:30 - 8:50 a.m. Welcome to the Seminar - The Changing Face of GIS Sean Simpson, President, URISA BC PRESENTATIONS 8:50 - 9:20 a.m. Neogeography and the Structural Effect Speaker: Chris North, VP, Product Innovation and Client Advocacy, DMTI Spatial 9:25 - 9:55 a.m. GIS and Transportation Projects - The Lighter Side Speaker: Nicole Jung, Project Consultant - GIS Analyst, Critigen 9:55 - 10:25 a.m. Coffee Break 10:25 - 10:55 a.m. Applications Without Developers: GeoBC's Mash-up Wizard Speaker: Chris Spicer, Head - Access Services, GeoBC 11:00 - 11:30 a.m. Spatially Enabling the BC Coroner Service Speaker: Clarence Lai, Spatial Information Analyst, GeoBC 11:30 - 12:40 p.m. Lunch Break 12:40 - 12:55 p.m. Retooling the Thought Process Speaker: Derik Woo, Manager - Geomatics Services, Township of Langley 12:55 - 1:10 p.m. Keep It Simple Stupid: or If the Shoe Fits Wear It Speaker: Bill McKay, GIS Coordinator, City of Surrey 1:10 - 1:25 p.m. UBC Simple Web Mapping with Editing Capability Speaker: Jerry Maedel, GIS / RS Analyst, University of British Columbia 1:25 - 1:40 p.m. The Simplification of VanMap: A New Generation Speaker: Jonathan Mark, GIS Manager, City of Vancouver 1:45 - 2:15 p.m. Redesigning GeoWeb DNV - The District of North Vancouver's GIS Website Speaker: Shawn McLeod, GIS Manager, District of North Vancouver 2:20 - 2:50 p.m. Mapping Emergencies: 9-1-1 through to the EOC Speakers: David Hamilton, Manager - Public Safety & GIS, E-Comm Daniel Stevens, Manager of Emergency Planning, City of Vancouver 2:50 - 3:40 p.m. Closing Remarks and Door Prizes

Thankyou for joining us on October 29th to see the creative new ways GIS is being used today!

AN "ALMOST PAPERLESS" SEMINAR
URISA BC helped the environment by minimizing the amount of printed material handed out at the seminar. All materials (seminar program, speaker biographies, presentations abstracts, etc.) will remain available after the seminar on the URISA BC website at www.urisabc.org .

URISA BC thanks the SPONSORS and PRESENTERS for making this event possible .