Name: GIS-Pro 2024: Super-Sized Opening Session
Start: 2024-10-08T09:00:00-0400
End: 2024-10-08T11:00:00-0400

Welcome to GIS-Pro 2024: URISA’s 62nd Annual Conference, taking place in Portland, Maine! This is where you review the comprehensive educational program for the conference and plan your agenda.

We are pleased to collaborate with the New England Chapter of URISA on this important event.

Go to this page to register for the conference and make travel plans; review sponsor and exhibit packages, and check out young professional and student opportunities. Early bird registration discounts are available until August 1.

Tuesday October 8, 2024 9:00am - 11:00am EDT

State of Maine

Welcome to GIS-Pro 2024 and our super-sized opening session!
Hear from conference and URISA leadership about the not-to-miss highlights of the coming days.
Take every opportunity to celebrate the community, make connections, and share your thoughts and ideas with your fellow attendees. Don't pass up the chance to expand your professional support system this week!

Climate Resilience & GIS
Our opening keynote will focus on something we are all concerned with, particularly in coastal areas like Portland, Maine: Climate Change and Community Resilience. This session will be a discussion of the uses of GIS as a tool in Climate Resilience and Adaptation activities. The panelists represent a variety of organizations all working to define, prepare, and assist communities in their work to understand the issues facing them and to develop policies, actions, and responses to the changes ahead. GIS has become an important tool to bring together the disparate data, policies, agencies, and communities involved in these processes. The panel will discuss their work and thoughts on how GIS can and will be used as we move forward.

Jamie Carter, Northeast Region Geospatial Coordinator, NOAA, Portland, ME
Eileen Johnson, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Studies, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
Tora Johnson, Co-Director, Sustainable Prosperity Initiative, Sunrise Economic Council, Machias, ME
David Reidmiller, Director, Climate Center, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, ME

Why You Should Care About the NSDI
We'll follow that with an important discussion about the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI), how local government can participate in the NSDI and its role in supporting local government. Emphasizing the critical importance of local data, the panel will discuss the role of local data to the NSDI, collaborative strategies for advancing the NSDI, the role of standards, and the way ahead for local governments and the NSDI.
Broad stakeholder involvement is crucial for defining roles, responsibilities, authoritative data content, and governance structures. Attendees will be challenged to actively engage and contribute to the conversation furthering the development and implementation of the NSDI. Local Governments can aid FGDC in determining the specific themes where local governments are the primary data developers and discuss how they interact with their state data stewards. By sharing insights, best practices, and opportunities for participation, the panel aims to advance a collaborative approach to implementing the NSDI that enhances urban planning, disaster response, resource management, and public services. Join us to play a part in shaping a more connected and data-driven future for the Nation.

Josh Delmonico, Executive Director, Federal Geographic Data Committee, Reston, Virginia
Lynn Dupont, Lynn Dupont, GISP, ASLA, GIS Manager/Principal Planner, New Orleans Regional Planning Commission, New Orleans, Louisiana
Curtis Pulford, Manager - Enterprise Geographic Information System, City of Phoenix, Arizona

Moderators

Thomas Fisher, AICP, GISP

Enterprise Geospatial Technologies Administrator, Cuyahoga County

With over 29 years in the field of GIS, Tom Fisher is currently the Enterprise Geospatial Technologies Administrator for the County of Cuyahoga in Ohio. He leads a staff of five GIS professionals in the County’s Department of Information Technology. Mr. Fisher will assume the presidency... Read More →

Pravin Mathur, GISP

Consultant, Climatebase

Pravin Mathur is an Independent Consultant . He is a Past President of Chesapeake URISA and serves on the Advisory Board of Virginia's Geographic Information Network (VGIN).Till recently he was leading as the Senior Program Manager for the Homeland Infrastructure Foundation Level... Read More →

Kara Utter

GIS Consultant and Owner, Dynamic Visions GIS

GIS Consultant and owner of Dynamic Visions GIS. With over 10 years of experience in GIS, I have worked with local, state, and federal government entities, as well as the nonprofit and private sectors. I spent the last five years building and coordinating a County-level GIS program... Read More →

Speakers

Jamie Carter

Northeast Region Geospatial Coordinator, NOAA

Jamie Carter is a remote sensing analyst with NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management (OCM) and serves coastal communities primarily in the Northeast Region. He has a bachelor’s degree in Ecology from Tulane University, a master’s degree in Physical Geography from Oregon State... Read More →

Eileen Johnson

Senior Lecturer in Environmental Studies, Bowdoin College

Eileen Sylvan Johnson is Senior Lecturer in Environmental Studies at Bowdoin College. She teaches environmental social science courses that integrate digital and computational technologies with a particular emphasis on spatial analysis, GIS and remote sensing. Her research focuses... Read More →

Tora Johnson

Co-Director, Sustainable Prosperity Initiative, Sunrise County Economic Council

Tora Johnson joined SCEC in January 2024 as co-director of the Sustainable Prosperity Initiative. A social scientist and geographer, Tora has a master’s degree in human ecology from College of the Atlantic and a PhD in human dimensions of natural resources from the University of... Read More →

Dave Reidmiller

Director, Climate Center, Gulf of Maine Research Institute

Dr. Dave Reidmiller is the inaugural Climate Center Director at GMRI. In his role, Dave leads an interdisciplinary team of experts to co-develop climate services with coastal and marine stakeholders. The Climate Center employs a user-centered Science—Engagement—Solutions framework to deliver upon this aim with a view to ensuring coa... Read More →

Lynn Dupont, GISP, ASLA

Principal Planner, GIS Manager, New Orleans Regional Planning Commission

Nominated by URISA, Lynn Dupont was appointed in 2022 to serve a 3-year term on the NGAC, a US Federal Advisory Committee focused on providing advice and recommendations on national geospatial policy / management issues, the advancement of the US National Spatial Data Infrastructure... Read More →

Josh Delmonico

Executive Director, Federal Geographic Data Committee

Josh Delmonico has served in various positions leading Geospatial programs for the Department of Defense where his portfolio included architecture, engineering, standards, test and certification, enterprise system development, modeling and simulation, 3D, AR/VR, artificial intelligence... Read More →

Curtis Pulford

Enterprise GIS Manager, City of Phoenix

Curtis is the Enterprise GIS Manager for City of Phoenix, the fifth-most populous city in the United States. It is also the state capital and largest city in the state at 517.9 square miles. Our metropolitan area is the 11th largest by population in the United States, with approximately... Read More →

Tuesday October 8, 2024 9:00am - 11:00am EDT
State of Maine

Keynote Address

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