The conference will be a Montana Association worthwhile event with many of Geographic Information Professionals opportunities for learning, networking, idea sharing, and socializing with your peers! 2010 Intermountain GIS Conference
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Detailed Conference Program Allen Armstrong 20102010 Gallatin County GIS Manager Workshop Information 406-582-3049 Challenges for a Changing World Online Registration Links [email protected] Lodging Information Jenny Connelley Vendor Application Forms Gallatin County GIS Program Assistant Submittal Procedures For Posters And Papers 406-582-3166 April 19-23, 2010 Student Scholarships [email protected] Bozeman Montana 2010 Intermountain GIS Conference April 19-23, 2010 Challenges for a Changing World Bozeman Montana
You are cordially invited to join us in Bozeman, MT, April 19-23, 2010, for the Annual Regional Guest Speaker: MAGIP Conference. William Wyckoff We are proud to be hosting the conference and have lots of fun things planned and have expanded the conference to fill the entire week. We’ve added more workshops and even some “mini-conferences” because we are all We have invited MSU faced with so many different “Challenges in a Changing Professor of Geogra- World”!! phy, You will have a chance to meet and greet some of our William Wyckoff to be our featured speaker. locals at Public Night. We’re hoping for some student The Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman is home to a world fa- presentations as well as live demonstrations of “GIS in William’s interests focus on the historical and cultural ge- mous collection of dinosaur fossils and paleontology program. Action” from vendors and users. ography of the Rocky Mountain West. His recent projects Dinosaur fossils are found in Montana rocks from the Jurassic We are working on plans to get you “out and about” to include “On the Road Again: Montana’s Changing Land- and Cretaceous periods. Dinosaur dig crew led by paleontolo- see some of sights of Bozeman, home of Montana State scape”, a book of rephotography focused on changes to gist and curator Jack Horner, science advisor to the Jurassic University Bobcats, including a tour of the Museum of the Montana’s cultural land- Park films, excavate fossils which are prepared and studied at Rockies and a visit to historic downtown. scape, and “2009 Diversity the Museum in Bozeman. Some of the most famous dinosaurs Amid Globalization: World in the world such as Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, and Dei- Region, Environment, De- nonychus can be seen on display. velopment”. Colorado has been another setting for You’ll also have an opportunity to experience the award-win- several projects that center ning changing exhibit, Survivor: Jamestown, where turning around the process of hu- one corner in the maze can mean the difference between life man landscape evolution or death. This interactive, immersive, and educational maze in the West. He has also experience is set in the original 1607 Jamestown, Virginia col- co-authored two textbooks ony. Presenting a glimpse into the struggles of the New World on world regional geogra- settlers, this exhibit engages visitors in a quest to survive the phy. conditions that only 38 of the original 104 colonists were able to endure for one year. Melding historical accuracy and the complexities of real life and death decisions, Survivor: James- town delivers a truly unique and effective learning experience.