Annual Conference Agenda

Monday

Time Title Presenter(s) Location
9:00am - 10:10am From Elevation to Hydrography USGS Programs to Provide Data Access and Build Partnerships Cyndi Rachol Ellington
9:00am - 10:10am GIS Career Panel Dan Bartlett Getz
9:00am - 10:10am Getting More Value from Your Parcel Data Elizabeth Greaves Arcadia
9:00am - 10:10am Management Tips from Pixar Leadership Lessons with Woody Sully & Friends Micah Williamson, Hunter Ray Coltrane
9:00am - 10:10am Student Panel Michael Kamin PDR
10:30am - 11:00am Analysis of January 2025 Southern California Wildfires Using Remote Sensing Techniques and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Sara Fitzgibbon Coltrane
10:30am - 11:00am Email Will Kill Us All Micah Williamson Ellington
10:30am - 11:00am Finding the Value in Open Data Phil Watson Arcadia
10:30am - 11:00am Measure Up Leveraging UAS for Accurate Stockpile Monitoring Tyler Kaebisch Getz
10:30am - 11:00am QGIS 101 Intro to QGIS Joshua Carlson PDR
11:10am - 11:40am Beyond the Classroom Engaging Students in Experiential Learning with Drone Technology Mukila Maitha, Crystal Peirce Getz
11:10am - 11:40am Illinois LiDAR Data and Aerial Imagery - New Collections and Future Plans Matthew Jefferson Coltrane
11:10am - 11:40am QGIS 102 Editing and the Processing Toolbox Joshua Carlson PDR
11:10am - 11:40am SharePoint as an Interface for Non-technical Users Scott Maginity, Wig Ingente, Sigfrido Gomez Ellington
1:10pm - 1:40pm GIS at Light Speed 3 Instant Apps Before Your Coffee Gets Cold Megan Ouderkirk Arcadia
1:10pm - 1:40pm Lets discuss Gauging interest in establishing an Illinois Chapter of Women in GIS Sarai Hernandez, Katie Niermann Ellington
1:10pm - 1:40pm Navigating the Perils and the Pitfalls of Metadata A Critical Examination of Hydrographic Data Challenges Dr. Avantika Ramekar, Ph.D., Avantika Ramekar Coltrane
1:10pm - 1:40pm Streamlining Fire Hydrant Inspections Chad Bergeson Getz
1:10pm - 1:40pm Utilizing Governmental GIS Data to Efficiently Issue Oversize / Overweight Vehicle Permits Brian Young PDR
1:50pm - 2:20pm Decaturs Tri-Annual Neighborhood Condition Survey Seth Stark PDR
1:50pm - 2:20pm Hold On To Your Pearls Grandma Were Switching to OSM Meagan Briganti Ellington
1:50pm - 2:20pm Top Secret GIS Stephen Swazee Arcadia
1:50pm - 2:20pm Using ArcGIS Mobile Apps to Control Invasive Species Nick Spittlemeister Getz
2:30pm - 4:00pm Data Collection Workshop Getz
2:30pm - 4:00pm Intro to drones and photogrammetry (the low cost open source way) Sylvia Angelova PDR
2:30pm - 4:00pm Unraveling the Secrets of Business Analyst Nate Rock Arcadia
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Tuesday

Time Title Presenter(s) Location
9:00am - 10:10am 1 Imagery. Big Impact. Brooke Miller-Wagemann Ellington
9:00am - 10:10am ASCII Art Fun with ArcGIS Pro Roger Bannister Ellington
9:00am - 10:10am Dusty Shelf to Digital - Bringing Chicago Landmark reports new life using StoryMaps Eiliesh Tuffy, Alec Van Patten Getz
9:00am - 10:10am Emerging Professionals Panel Michael Kamin PDR
9:00am - 10:10am Enhancing Mobile Workflows with the new ArcGIS Field Maps Tasks Nate Rock Arcadia
9:00am - 10:10am Mapping Illinois in High Definition Brooke Miller-Wagemann Ellington
9:00am - 10:10am Mapping Stormwater Infrastructure Investment in Chicago Elyse Cooke Ellington
9:00am - 10:10am Strategies for Language Support in Browser-based Applications Scott Maginity, Sigfrido Gomez Ellington
9:00am - 10:10am Survey 123 and Dashboard for Environmental Health usage Sylvia Angelova Ellington
9:00am - 10:10am TBD? Coltrane
9:00am - 10:10am The IL Hydro Project Providing Multiscale Hydrography Data for the Masses Cameron Clark Ellington
9:00am - 10:10am Tracking Abandoned Mine Land Hazards in Illinois Sunita Mahat Ellington
10:30am - 11:00am From Requests to Results Transforming GIS Dashboards into Strategically Aligned Tools Sara Schelinski Arcadia
10:30am - 11:00am The City of Geneseo Flips the Switch on Power Outages with ArcGIS Matthew Junker Getz
10:30am - 11:00am The Making of the Chicago Brownfields Storymap Lucy Stanfield PDR
10:30am - 11:00am Water Utility Network Implementation Crystalyn DelaCruz, Mike Bledsoe Coltrane
10:30am - 11:00am Weathering the Storm - Rainfall & Flood Monitoring at the City of Naperville Kevin Steltzriede, Phil Watson Ellington
11:10am - 11:40am Effective Implementation of GIS-Based Solutions for Distribution System Work Order Management Joe Eberts Coltrane
11:10am - 11:40am Improving Waste Management Accountability With Quickcapture and Dashboards. Bradley Brewer Arcadia
11:10am - 11:40am Mapping a Vision for Pay Equity for Illinois Workers with Disabilities Anita Thomas Getz
11:10am - 11:40am The Demography of Flood Vulnerability in Chicago and Neighboring Counties Michael Sansone Ellington
1:10pm - 2:20pm GeoAI for Good Ethical Implications in Crisis Response Taiwo Agbaje Arcadia
1:10pm - 2:20pm Reenvisioning Crowd Sourcing for Problem Reporting Adam Aull Getz
1:10pm - 2:20pm Risk Based Approach to Asset Management Jeff Weaver Coltrane
1:10pm - 2:20pm USNG Emergency Location Markers - Speeding Response Times and Saving Lives Stephen Swazee Ellington
2:30pm - 4:00pm ArcGIS + AI Where to find new capabilities and how to use them   Arcadia
2:30pm - 4:00pm ArcGIS AI Where to find new capabilities and how to use them Elizabeth Greaves Arcadia
2:30pm - 4:00pm Drone Data Capture and Data Processing with Pix4D Dr. Rich Schultz Ellington
2:30pm - 4:00pm Lets Learn Arcade Joshua David Carlson Getz
2:30pm - 4:00pm The Road Goes Ever On A Journey into Experience Builder Wendy Leonard, Rebecca Joas Coltrane
  Cairo Illinois Using Sanborn Maps to Analyze the Life of a Dying City Lucy Stanfield  
  Crash Course Mapping the Road to Safety Peter Dirks, Elisa Shapson  
  Data Governance George Nikokiris  
  QGIS 201 Creating a Map Layout Joshua Carlson  
  QGIS 202 Creating a Map Atlas Joshua Carlson  
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