Name: Advisory Committee Efforts to Update Laws Surrounding the Definition of “Practice of Surveying”
Start: 2024-10-10T08:30:00-0400
End: 2024-10-10T10:00:00-0400

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.

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Thursday October 10, 2024 8:30am - 10:00am EDT

Massachusetts

This panel session will provide an overview and update on a collaboration between URISA Policy Advisory Committee and the National Society of Professional Surveyors. This work group’s mission is to provide recommendations to the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) Model Law on the definition of the “practice of surveying”.

GIS Professionals and Surveyors Continue Working to Clarify Professional Responsibilities
Bruce Joffe, GISP, Principal Emeritus, GIS Consultants, Piedmont, CA
Ed Wells, GISP, Retired, University Park, MD
Tim Burch, PLS, Executive Director of National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS)
Gary Kent, PLS, served on the Indiana Board of Registration for Professional Surveyors since 2004

Moderators

Kim McDonough

URISA Past President, Retired

Speakers

Bruce Joffe, GISP

Principal Emeritus, GIS Consultants

Founding Principal of GIS Consultants, Bruce has been providing GIS planning and implementation management services, public policy formulation, and organizational therapy to cities, counties, and utility companies for over 40 years.Bruce was Chair of URISA's Policy Advisory Committee... Read More →

Ed Wells, GISP

Past President of URISA, Retired

Ed Wells was one the four principal co-authors of the FGDC address standard. He served as Technical Editor for the NENA workgroup that drafted the Civic Location Data Exchange Format (CLDXFv1), and is an active member of CLDXFv2 workgroup. He has been an active participant in the... Read More →

Tim Burch, PLS

Executive Director, National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS)

Timothy W. Burch, PLS, is the Executive Director of the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS). He served as President-Elect, Vice President, and Secretary (2015-2019) of the Board of Directors and as Governor/Director representing Illinois (2007-2014). Tim has been involved... Read More →

Gary Kent, PLS

Owner, Meridian Land Consulting, LLC

Gary Kent is a Professional Surveyor with Schneider Geomatics in Indianapolis where, after 37 years, he transitioned in 2020 to part-time status and formed Meridian Land Consulting to provide training, consulting and expert witness services. Gary has served on the Indiana Board of... Read More →

Thursday October 10, 2024 8:30am - 10:00am EDT
Massachusetts

Interdisciplinary Panel

GIS-Pro 2024

Kim McDonough

Bruce Joffe, GISP

Ed Wells, GISP

Tim Burch, PLS

Gary Kent, PLS

Attendees (4)

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