7:30 am - 5:00 pm | | Registration |
7:30 am - 5:00 pm | Trade
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Gallery
7:30am
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| Trade Show (Union Room), Map Gallery (Franklin Foyer) |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Continental Breakfast (in Trade Show Area) |
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Franklin A | Franklin B | Franklin C | Franklin D |
8:30 am - 9:00 am | Prioritizing Natural Areas for Habitat Restoration in Parks of Hamilton County through Use of GIS Hongmei Wang (Northern Kentucky University), Jessica Spencer, Margaret Minzner, Zurijanne Carter (Great Parks of Hamilton County), Amy Code | Using AGO for Data Organization and Economic Development AnalysisLaura Hess (Columbus 2020), Jay Knox (Columbus 2020) | Getting off the Ground: How Grove City is Implementing a UAS ProgramDevin Brooks (City of Grove City), Daryl Lotz (City of Grove City), Nick Soltes (City of Grove City), Todd Hurley (City of Grove City) | ODOT’s Implementation of Collector for Asset ManagementAnthony Clark (Ohio Department of Transportation), Michael Weakley (Ohio Department of Transportation) |
9:10 am - 9:40 am | Raising the Next Generation of GIS Professionals: Letters from the TrenchesRobbyn Abbitt (Miami University) | Python + QGIS + Qt = Field Data Collection AppKevin Surbella (IJUS) | From Idea to ApplicationMelissa Williams (City of Columbus), Jaclyn Cardillo (City of Columbus) | The Nuts & Bolts of GIS: Get It Surveyed?John Woodard (Davey Resource Group) |
9:40 am - 10:10 am | Break (in Trade Show area) |
10:20 am - 11:20 am
(60 minutes) | Fantastic Beasts (and Where to Geolocate Them)Todd Tucky (Heartland GIS)
(60 minutes)
| Automating Service Publishing in an Optimized Server EnvironmentJoe Guzi, Brandon Longenberger (Stark County GIS) (60 minutes)
| Women in GIS: Challenges and OpportunitiesKelly Wright (LJB, Inc)
(60 minutes)
| Data Observation Utilizing Survey123 within Collector for ArcGISCraig Bruner (City of Hamilton) (60 minutes)
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11:20 am - 1:00 pm | Lunch Break (On Your Own)
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1:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Utilizing GIS for Fire Resource ManagementCarissa Signore (County of Summit), Dennis Tubbs (County of Summit), Michael Benson (Copley Township Fire Department), Stephen Knittel (County of Summit) | Connecting Field and Office: An Innovative Approach to Vegetation Management and Utility Mapping
Justin Walters (Davey Resource Group) | Enterprise Open Data Initiative in Indianapolis Cheryl Spencer (Woolpert) | Beyond GIS - Integrating GIS with Billing Software to Create Operational EfficienciesKerry Zwierschke (Bennett & Williams) |
1:40 pm - 2:10 pm | USGS Update on National Map, 3DEP, US Topo, ...Charles Hickman (U.S. Geological Survey) | Cincinnati’s GIS-Based Customer Service Request System: 15 Years of Success Alexandria Horne (Cincinnati Area Geographic Information System ) | Small City GIS and Lessons LearnedTiffany Taylor (City of Sandusky) | Enterprise Data Collection – It’s Not Just an Asset AnymoreJohn Puente (ODOT) |
2:10 pm - 2:40 pm | Break (in Trade Show area) |
2:40 pm - 3:10 pm | The Future of LidarJeff Lovin (Woolpert) | ArcGIS Pro: An IntroductionRyan Sellman (Esri) | All You Need is... GISTom Harner (MVRPC), Kathryn Youra-Polk (MVRPC), Martin Kim - (MVRPC) | Using Mobile GIS Applications for Municipal Utility Asset ManagementMark Beatty (Utility Technologies, LLC) |
3:20 pm - 3:50 pm | The Missing Piece to the GeoSpatial Imagery Database of Record
Frank Daly (CycloMedia Technology Inc.) | A More Open Data Portal for County GIS Data and ApplicationsJesse Glascock, Jon Woyame (3SG Plus) | An Introduction to Project Management Concepts and PracticesRosemary Haverkos (City of Hamilton) | Automated Procedures to Improve Data QualityCathy Wicks (Stantec Consulting), Ryan Branch (Stantec Consulting) |
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Harmonizing Geospatial Metadata StandardsRyan Bowe (Woolpert) | Publishing to Open Data Portal – Our 1-2-3-4 WorkflowMatt Fancher (City of Columbus), Jaclyn Cardillo (City of Columbus) | Best Practices for Implementing a GIS PlatformAnna Sokol (Esri) | High Accuracy Bluetooth Data Collection, On a Budget! Nick Kroncke (Ohio Valley Regional Development Comission) |
4:45 pm - 5:45 pm | | Ohio GIS User Group Meeting (Franklin A) 
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6:00 pm - 8:00 pm | | Ohio Chapter of URISA Social (off site) All conference registrants are welcome.

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CPD certificates for P.E./P.S. will be offered for each workshop and technical session (excluding General Sessions and Lightning Rounds) for a maximum of 10.0 CPD hours. Please note that the final determination of what qualifies for CPD credit ultimately lies between the license holder and the State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors.