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Tuesday, May 19 — Welcome Event
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Ice Breaker Social / Dinner
Mountain Tap Brewery
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Wednesday, May 20 — Workshops
Bristol Hall
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7:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Registration
Bristol Hall Lobby
7:30 AM – 8:00 AM
Pastries & Coffee
Bristol Hall Lobby
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
- Communicating the Business Value of GIS by Creating a Strategic Portfolio
Austen, Cait, Eli (Esri)
Bristol Hall Room 204 - Vendors / Map Contest Viewing
Bristol Hall Room 220/221
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Break
Bristol Hall Lobby
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
- Experience Builder Workshop: Designing, Configuring, and Evaluating Accessible GIS Apps
Brian Clarkson (Ardurra) & Brett Governanti (City of Casper, WY)
Bristol Hall Room 204 - Vendors / Map Contest Viewing
Bristol Hall Room 220/221
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Lunch on your own
1:30 PM – 3:30 PM
- Modern App Building in ArcGIS
Austen, Cait, Eli (Esri)
Bristol Hall Room 204 - Vendors / Map Contest Viewing
Bristol Hall Room 220/221
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Break
Bristol Hall Lobby
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Vendor Presentations
Bristol Hall Room 220
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Vendor Social
Snow Bowl
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Thursday, May 21 — Presentations
Academic Center, 3rd Floor
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7:30 AM – 3:00 PM
Registration
Academic Center, 3rd Floor
7:30 AM – 8:00 AM
Pastries & Coffee
Academic Center, 3rd Floor
8:00 AM – 8:10 AM
- Welcome and Introductions
Nicholas Case, WyGEO President & Brock Saylor, GISCO President
Auditorium, 3rd Floor - Map Contest Viewing
Academic Center 208
8:10 AM – 9:15 AM
Keynote: From Ridge to Reef: A Mostly Improvised Approach to Geography
Kitty Currier
Auditorium, 3rd Floor
9:15 AM – 9:45 AM
Colorado State GIS Coordinator Update
London Walker & Ai Lena Tomioka
Auditorium, 3rd Floor
9:45 AM – 10:15 AM
Break
3rd Floor
10:15 AM – 10:45 AM
- Wyoming State GIS Coordinator Update
Heidi Martin
Auditorium, 3rd Floor - Map Contest Viewing
Academic Center 208
10:45 AM – 11:15 AM
GISCO / WyGEO Updates
Brock Saylor & Nicholas Case
Auditorium, 3rd Floor
11:15 AM – 11:45 AM
App Development Best Practices and Design
Kevin Christy (Dewberry)
Auditorium, 3rd Floor
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM
Lunch on your own
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM
- Indoor GIS: Step-by-Step Guide to Implementation and Sustainment
Brock Saylor (Langan)
Auditorium - FME Tips and Tricks for Everyday Workflows
Kevin Christy (Dewberry)
Academic Center Room 217
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
- Administering an ArcGIS Online/Enterprise Organization
London Walker (State of Colorado)
Auditorium - USGS 3D National Topography Model
Cynthia Ritmiller (USGS)
Academic Center Room 217
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM
- Lessons Learned and the Benefits of a Cloud-based GIS
Brock Saylor (Langan)
Auditorium - Building Wyoming’s Next-Generation Elevation Infrastructure
Shannon E. Albeke (WyGISC) & Yaneev Golombek (Woolpert)
Academic Center Room 217
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
- Smarter Field Workflows: Integrating AI into Data Collection
Kevin Christy (Dewberry)
Auditorium - GPS/GIS at Steamboat Ski Resort
Jake Ingle (Steamboat Ski Resort)
Academic Center Room 217
3:00 PM – 3:15 PM
Break
3rd Floor
3:15 PM – 3:45 PM
Mapping Contest Awards
Auditorium, 3rd Floor
3:45 PM – 4:15 PM
Beyond the Hype: How to Make AI Work for Your GIS
Kevin Christy (Dewberry)
Auditorium, 3rd Floor
4:15 PM – 4:30 PM
Wrap up
Auditorium, 3rd Floor
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM
- GISCO Membership Meeting
Auditorium - WyGEO Membership Meeting
Room 217
See you in Saratoga, WY in 2028!