NENA - the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) Is the Voice of 9-1-1™

About URISA - The Association for GIS Professionals - Founded in 1963, the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) is a non-profit association for professionals involved in improving urban and regional environments through the use of information technology. For more information, visit www.urisa.org.

September 8-11, 2014 New Orleans, LA

About NENA - The National Emergency Number Association (NENA) is The Voice of 9-1-1™. NENA was established to promote implementation and awareness of 9-1-1 as North America's universal emergency number. NENA has grown to become the leading professional non- profit organization dedicated solely to 9-1-1 emergency communications issues. For more information, visit www.nena.org

Items of Note…...... …....2

Schedule-at-a-Glance...... 3

Pre-Conference Course...... 4

Monday Agenda...... 5-8

Tuesday Agenda...... 9-12

Wednesday Agenda...... 13

Speaker Biographies…...... 14-20

Restaurant List……………..…………………………………...... 21

Committee Members ...... 22

Hotel Map……………...... 23

Wi-Fi Access Complimentary Internet access for attendees is available in all breakout rooms and in common areas by connecting to the Doubletree Meeting wireless network and entering 1820 for the password.

Please note that by participating in this conference you agree to be bound by the terms of the NENA Intellectual Property Rights Policy. Visit www.nena.org/ipr to review the policy.

Sunday, November3

8:00AM – 5:00PM Registration (Foyer A)  Tom East, GISP, N. Kentucky Area Planning Commission, Fort Mitchell, KY Pre-Conference Workshop - Building an Address  William Barrett, City of Marion, Marion, IL 8:30AM – 5:00PM Repository Using FGDC Standard: Implementing Quality & Data Sharing (Grand B) Pre Conference Workshop—GIS & 8:30AM – 5:00PM  Rachel Kilby Bello, Gilford Metro 911, Greensboro, NC NG9-1-1 for the PSAP (Grand C)  Marc Berryman, ENP, Mission Critical Partners, Tomball, TX  Kathrine Cargo, GISP, ENP, Orleans Parish Communications District, Monday, November 4 New Orleans, LA 8:00AM – 5:00PM Registration (Foyer A)  2008/2009 Chair - Gordon Chinander, GISP, Metropolitan Emergency Services Board, St Paul, MN 8:30AM - 10:30AM Continental Breakfast (Foyer A)  Andrew Flora, US Census Bureau, Washington DC 9:00AM –10:15AM Welcome & Keynote Address (Grand A-C)  Doug Foster, LPP, MCIP, Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Sydney, NS Canada 10:30AM– Noon Breakout Sessions (Grand A-C & E)  Vonda Gafford, Midland Emergency Communications District, Noon – 1:15PM Roundtable Luncheon (Regency C) Midland, TX  Stuart Irby, US Census Bureau, Washington DC 1:30PM – 3:15PM Breakout Sessions (Grand A-C & E)  Allison Johnson, GISP, City of Lynchburg, VA 3:30PM – 5:00PM Plenary Session (Grand A-C)  2010 Chair - Kathy Liljequist, GISP, GeoComm, St Cloud, MN 6:00PM – 9:00PM Networking Social  Liliana Selimovic, GISP, Niagara Region, ON, Canada  Burt Ray Simpson, GISP, Ekistic Address Integration Management, Tuesday, November 5 Hillsdale, NJ 8:00AM – 1:30PM Registration (Foyer A)  Michael Walls, GISP, PMP, AICP, Westin Engineering, Louisville, KY  Martha Wells, GISP, Spatial Focus, Inc., University Park, MD 8:30AM - 10:30AM Continental Breakfast (Foyer A)  2011 Chair - Sara Yurman, GISP, Spatial Focus, Inc., Decatur, GA 9:00AM –10:30AM Breakout Sessions (Grand A-C & E) 11:00 - Noon Plenary Session (Grand A-C) Noon - 1:00PM Lunch on your own 1:00PM - 2:45PM Breakout Sessions (Grand A-C & E) 3:00PM - 4:00PM Plenary Session (Grand A-C) Wednesday, November 6 8:00AM – 10:30AM Coffee Service 9:00AM - Noon Interactive Session on Addressing (Grand A-C)

Noon Adjourn

8:30AM - 5:00PM 1111 Mississippi- Lafayette Square 2000 Market St. Building an Address Repository Using the FGDC Standard: 314-241-9999 314-421-1388 Business/Casual- American Contem- Casual (Next door on corner of Market Implementing Quality & Data Sharing th Grand B porary and 20 )

Instructors: Martha Wells, GISP & Colleen Sharpe

This URISA Certified Workshop will help you understand the addressing pro- 6504 Delmar in The Loop 620 Market cess, managing address data, and organizational challenges. It will guide you in St. Louis , MO 63130 314-421-1540 developing a Master Address Repository that serves the needs of the entire 314-727-4444 Business/Casual- Steaks & Seafood organization. The workshop will also review the Federal Geographic Data Com- Casual - American mittee Street Address Data Standard, and help you understand how the standard can help you build quality address data. 2100 Locust 736 S. Broadway 314-241-2337 GIS & NG9-1-1 for the PSAP St. Louis , MO 63102 Casual - American st Grand C 314-621-8811 (On corner of 21 and Locust) Instructor: Marc Berryman, ENP Casual – Cajun/Creole

GIS is a critical component of Next Generation 9-1-1. Even if you are not plan- 1415 South 18th Street- Lafayette ning to implement NG9-1-1 in the near future, it is important to realize that it 2144 Market Square will probably take more time than you realize to get all your data ready. Munici- 314-421-6969 314-865-3522 palities and PSAPs who currently develop and maintain their own data for ad- Business/Casual - American Ecletic Business/Casual- American Contem- (Corner of Market and 21st) porary dressing and mapping must now understand how NG9-1-1 data requirements will impact their current processes. Much of the required data for NG9-1-1 is being used in PSAPs today for map displays, call routing, and address verifi- 34 S. Old Orchard Ave. 2017 Chouteau- near Lafayette cation. This NENA course explains how and why GIS must be reconciled and St. Louis , MO 63119 Square synchronized with existing ALI and MSAG records and what PSAPs will need 314- 968-0061 314-241-8989 to do with their existing data to prepare for NG9-1-1. Casual – Featured on Diners, Drive-in Business/Casual- American Contem- and Dives porary

During the class, attendees will explore how MSAG Coordinators, Database analysts, and GIS professionals will work together to build and maintain the Union Station– South end of Mall PSAP’s data needs. Designed to be informative, entertaining, and easy to 314-231-4040 understand, this course reviews the data development required for NG9-1-1. Casual Dining - Seafood Progressively building on a solid foundation, attendees will come away with a better understanding of NENA’s concepts and principles of a fully NG9-1-1 th PSAP environment, and the data needs to meet today’s and tomorrow’s 9-1-1 201 S. 20 St. 314-621-0666 challenges Business/Casual - Italian (On 20th Street inside the Drury Inn)

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9:00AM - 10:00AM Bill comes to NextGen 9-1-1 with a GIS background in the natural sciences and works for the Fairbanks North Star Borough in interior Alaska. The Fairbanks North Star Borough has addressing authority over a mix of rural, urban, and light industrial development comprising 7400 sq miles with a population of Tim Oliver, GIO/Assistant CIO about 100,000. He works not only as a producer of addressing and 9-1-1 GIS for Horry County, South Carolina data but also as a consumer of the data as a District Chief for Chena Gold- stream Fire and Rescue on the western outskirts of Fairbanks, and has been an active firefighter/medic for 14 years.

Our world has evolved from a world of information to a world of intelligence. It Kelly has 10+ years of experience involving land development within the public is imperative that we as GIS and public safety professionals not only discern sector. She has worked for Ada County since 2005 where she has been admin- the difference between information and intelligence, but be prepared to meet istering street naming and addressing for the Assessor’s Office since 2009. the needs of our end users. Prior to this she held a position as an Associate Planner for Development Ser- vices. The ability to provide “information” overload is simple. The ability to provide “only” the actionable or relevant information requires planning, forethought, and experience. It is imperative that government embrace technology as a core Sara is a founding partner in Spatial Focus, Inc, a consulting firm specializing in component in the solution of delivering actionable information to decision mak- addressing and spatial data. In that capacity she has worked nationally and ers. Actionable information is only the relevant information associated with the internationally, handling projects in locations as diverse as Little Rock, Arkan- decision at hand. sas, Bandah Aceh, Indonesia and Abu Dhabi. Sara is a member of the Address Standard Working Group, chairing the Quality Control section of the FGDC Technology has long been used as a support tool in the decision-making pro- Address Standard. Prior to the Spatial Focus startup, Sara served as a GIS cesses used by government. Two important trends are impacting the service Manager for local, regional and state governments. She has been a URISA delivery and decision making process for government. They are 1) “big data” member throughout her career, currently serving on the board of Georgia and 2) remote or mobile access. These trends are moving technology from a URISA. support tool to a requirement in providing the pertinent information, at the right time, at the right place. Decision makers must be informed when making deci- sions. Regardless of whether that decision maker is behind a desk, in the field, or at the scene of an incident, “information” is key to making informed deci- sions.

The role of location based intelligence is critical to first responders and decision makers. What is actionable intelligence? How can we deliver actionable intelligence to first responders and decision makers? How can we take ad- vantage of these rapidly changing technologies to affect our organizations? .

10:30AM - Noon Jake is a graduate from the University of Delaware where he received his B.A. in Geography. He started working for ESRI in 2005 where he was a Technical Support Analyst for over 4 years. He switched positions in 2009 to

a Solution Engineer where he currently works with account managers to help As jurisdictions look at address maintenance, not just master address repository provide demos, presentations, tech support, and implementation to custom- creation, innovative and collaborative methodologies have arisen. This session ers. showcases three different jurisdictions and their collaborative efforts in address maintenance.

Ken is the founder and CEO of International Computer Works, Inc. and Presi- dent of the Florida MapInfo User Group. Ken has been involved in analyzing diverse organizational requirements in both the public and private sector for  Martha Wells, GISP, Spatial Focus, Inc., University Park, MD the duration of his professional career on fronts ranging from large scale IT  Sara Yurman, GISP, Spatial Focus, Inc., Decatur, GA equipment acquisition to software design, implementation, and training strate-  Robert G Appleby, rGA Associates, Inc., GA gies. As the CEO of ICW founded in 1988, Ken has been responsible for the  Ed Biggs, Cobb County IT, Marietta, GA development of software for use with GIS ranging from data translators to  Matthew Goodman, E-9-1-1, St. Louis County, MN school choice. ICW initiated the development of the GeoAuthor® first devel-  Wayne Brewer, City of Raleigh, Raleigh, NC oped for an award ICW received from the Secretary of State of Wyoming in  Colleen Sharpe, former GIS Manager, City of Raleigh, NC 1995. GeoAuthor® is now installed in school districts, planning departments, emergency responders and elections offices across North America.

Martha is President of Spatial Focus, Inc, and co-chair of the Address Stand- ards Working Group of URISA. She is co-author of the United States Thor- How is Big Data helping with NG9-1-1 and the maintenance of quality address- oughfare, Landmark and Postal Address Standard, and of the URISA Ad- ing layers? Learn how local, state and federal projects are implementing part- dressing workshop. Her background is in Urban and Regional Planning, and nerships and workflows to integrate multiple data sets together to enhance the GIS. Her current work focuses on addressing practices and data manage- overall results. ment at the local, state and federal levels.

 Cathy came to GIS in 2002 from a background in computer systems and ap- William Barrett, 911 Coordinator, City of Marion, Marion, IL plication development. Throughout this time her focus alternated between system software solutions and applications development. She discovered  GIS in 2001 and became interested in using it to map a caving project area. Ken Tozier, GISP, CEO, International Computer Works, Inc, Temple With GIS, she has combined her interest in geography, maps and a flair for Terrance, FL analysis with her technical background in computer systems and applications.  She is currently a GIS Analyst for the City of Austin, (TX), in the 911 Address- ing group, and is working on her GISP.

Stuart Irby, Geographer, United States Census Bureau, Washington, DC

12:00PM - 1:15PM Jennifer is the Manager of GIS Services at East-West Gateway Council of Gov- ernments in St. Louis, Missouri. Ms. Reiman and her staff support the Council’s mission of creating solutions across jurisdictional boundaries by providing regional maps, database reports and spatial analysis services for an eight-county See packet insert for list of topics region of Missouri and Illinois. She earned a B.S. in Environmental Studies & Regional Planning from the University of Kentucky in 2004 and has been at 1:30PM - 3:00PM East-West Gateway since 2007.

Deb has been actively involved in hundreds of public safety GIS projects during her tenure with GeoComm. As a GIS Consultant, Deb is responsible for project Common Operating Platforms is a critical function for successful address updates. management of projects involving GIS data development, GIS data mainte- In this session, learn how to set up processes and procedures for updating ad- nance, address conversions, training, and GIS data analysis. These projects dress information, in a common format that all parties have access to. range from rural counties to large urban regions and the federal government. Deb achieved ENP certification in January 2011, and is actively involved  in NENA workgroups and document review. Cathy Winfrey, GIS Analyst, City of Austin 911 Addressing, Austin, TX

 Darlene is the GIS Director for T&M Associates. She has 15 years of experi- Cathy Winfrey, GIS Analyst, City of Austin 911 Addressing, Austin, TX ence with implementing enterprise GIS applications for federal, state and local  Address Connections entities. Ken Denson, Data Wrangler, Spatial Focus Inc, Decatur, GA

Charles has been working with address data at Spatial Focus for three years. He's been writing code for money since 1986, and installed his first Linux distri- bution (Slackware!) in 1996. He holds a BA in classical languages from Car- leton College. Addresses are a universal way to locate oneself. Regardless of an address being in the Japanese style of addressing or conventional North American Address styles. In this session, we learn of the implementation of address standards in far Colleen retired as the Geographic Information Services Manager for the City of reaching locations. Raleigh on March 1, 2013. She worked at the City for 29 years and was involved in the development and implementation of several enterprise systems  including GIS, Land Development & Permitting, Cityworks, Stormwater Billing and the Master Address Repository. She is now working part-time as a con- Bill Witte, GIS Specialist - E911 Addressing, Fairbanks North tractor for the Raleigh Public Utilities Department and continues her work as a Star Borough, Fairbanks, AK member of the statewide Geographic Information Coordinating Council and chair of its Technical Advisory Committee. 

Zachary Lancaster, Data Wrangler, Spatial Focus Inc, Decatur, GA  Sara Yurman, GISP, Director of Information Services, Spatial Focus Inc, Decatur, GA

3:30PM - 5:00PM Tim has played a major role in the coordination between Infrastructure Ser- vices and Application Services to assure delivery of applications to all WAN users. Additionally, he has worked on the integration and interoperability of all systems with the County’s GIS system.

Horry County’s GIS centric line of business applications and intrinsic GIS has enabled the county to make amazing strides in integration of the GIS technolo- In 2009, in a collaborative effort between URISA, NENA and the FGDC, the US gy. Currently the focus is on delivering GIS technologies on mobile platforms, Thoroughfare, Landmark and Postal Address Standard was created. In 2013, with the goal of cross platform development reducing the need for OS specific with changes in the utilization of addresses for NG-9-1-1 and beyond, the need to revise this standard has arisen. This session will update attendees on the development and maintenance of the applications. process, procedures and steps needed to update this landmark standard.

 Kim, a sales engineer, Intrado Inc., has been actively involved with the Public Safety 9-1-1 community for the past 9 years. With over 28 years of experience URISA Address Standard Working Group Panelists: in mapping and GIS, Kim is also a past 9-1-1 Coordinator, State of Florida E9-1-1 Board Member and Treasurer for the Florida NENA Executive Board. She has been instrumental in implementing numerous Enterprise GIS Martha Wells, GISP, Spatial Focus, Inc., University Park, MD Solutions, Geospatial Mapping, and 9-1-1 applications. Her expertise brings a Sara Yurman, GISP, Spatial Focus, Inc., Decatur, GA broad perspective to the application of advanced systems in emergency re- Hilary Perkins, GISP, City of Maryland Heights, MO sponse. Ed Wells, GISP, Washington Metro Area Transit Authority, Washington, DC

Hilary has over 20 years experience working with GIS in both the public and 5:00PM - 6:30PM private sector. She is currently the Comprehensive Planner for the City of Mar- yland Heights, Missouri. Her previous GIS and planning work in transportation, environmental, urban planning, and community development has provided a variety of leadership and management opportunities on a wide range of pro- Think pictionary, but for maps! Teams will be formed to recreate a map, but jects. She is keenly interested in the use of GIS by the public and community- access to the map is restricted. The best recreated map (according to the based organizations for addressing the complex information needs associated with solving regional problems and creating consensus-driven solutions. group) will win bragging rights! Hilary is the Past President of the Urban and Regional Information Systems

Association (URISA) and is a founding mother of the URISA Leadership Acad- emy. She also serves on URISA’s Program Committee and as a Steering Committee member for URISA’s newly formed Vanguard Committee. She has received a number of URISA awards including Leadership, Service, and the Barbara A. Hirsch Special Service Award. She is a Certified GIS Professional (GISP), a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners, a member of the Executive Committee of APA’s Transportation Planning Division, and a Board Member on TRB ABJ60 Committee on Geographic Information Science & Applications.

9:00AM - 10:30AM Matthew is the Co-Founder and CFO of aisle411. A serial entrepreneur with company financing expertise, Matthew develops financial plans that leverage all aspects of the capital markets including equity, debt, convertible debt and strategic financing. He has identified nascent technology and turned it into working products that generate millions of dollars in revenues. He also focuses on strong Intellectual Property strategies including writing patents, filing trade- Military installations offer unique challenges with regards to addresses. This marks and copyrights, and ensuring trade secrets are protected. Building com- session showcases the work being done to implement E-9-1-1 address stand- panies, creating strong teams, managing company cash flows and focusing on ards on military installations. strong investor value are Matthew’s strengths. He is a big supporter of entre- preneurs and the St. Louis start-up culture and has raised funding for multiple start-ups. Matthew sits on multiple company and organizational boards. Mat-  thew has an MBA with a specialization in MIS from Southern Illinois University- Amy Hrdlicka, NEMAP Project Lead, Geographic Information Ser- Edwardsville (SIUE). vices, Inc, Muscatine, IA

Zachary graduated from Georgia State University in 2011 with a degree in Ge- ology. I started with Spatial Focus in February 2013 as an address data analyst to assist with the USVI project providing assistance in compiling and QC’ing address data and assisting with the fieldwork. Currently I am working as a part Statewide addressing projects are beneficial at every level of state govern- of the Spatial Focus production team. ment. From DOT to Emergency Management and Public Safety, learn how states have implemented Master Address Programs and are utilizing technolo- Dan graduated from Idaho State University in 2005 with a master’s degree in gy to accomplish their goals. geology and a post-graduate certificate in GIS. Before coming to the Ada County Assessor’s Office as a GIS Analyst, he worked for the National Weath-  er Service, Idaho Dept of Water Resources, and ISU’s GIS Training & Re- search Center. Back in those days, he thought addressing was simple. Adrian Clark, Sr GIS Analyst, Arkansas Geographic Information Of- fice, Little Rock, AR Tim Oliver has twenty-two years experience serving in local government: ten  years as Director of Zoning, Building, GIS & Economic Development for Rock Jake Skinner, Solutions Engineer, Esri, Chesterbrook, PA Island County Illinois; and twelve years with Horry County, South Carolina’s IT/ GIS Department. As GIO for the County he is responsible for all application  support, development, deployment and GIS. This includes the GIS integration to the County’s line of business applications. Deb Rozeboom, ENP, GIS Consultant, GeoComm, Saint Cloud, MN

Horry County has implemented a number of enterprise software solutions for Public Safety (CAD, Police Records, Fire Records, Jail Records, AVL and mobile), CAMA (Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal), Public Works, Code En- forcement, Planning and Zoning, Register of Deeds, Content Management, Enterprise Reporting, and Asset Management.

11:00AM - Noon

Matt is GIS Specialist for St. Louis County, MN in 2008, an entry level GIS position at GeoComm introduced Matt to the world of public safety GIS. During this time Matt was responsible for developing, maintaining, analyzing, and optimizing GIS

A showcase of innovative, real-time, on-the-fly GIS and Emergency response data for CAD systems, 9-1-1 mapping software, and NG9-1-1 readiness. Now, projects that are on the cutting edge of Next Generation implementations. as a GIS Specialist for the St. Louis County Sheriff, Matt is responsible for sup- porting GIS data in a five-county regional CAD system, and is in the process of  integrating an FGDC-compliant Master Address Repository with the county’s GIS infrastructure and CAD systems.

Christine Grimmelsman, EMT-P, FFII, MPA, Emergency Planner, Christine brings 22 years experience in the fire and emergency medical services Cincinnati Fire Department, Cincinnati, OH fields to her current role as an emergency planner with the Cincinnati Metropoli- Darlene Magold Scott, GISP, GIS Director, T&M Associates, tan Medical Response System. In her present assignment within the Cincin- Columbus, OH nati Fire Department Homeland Security Unit, she serves as a liaison with all 12 first responder disciplines (which include fire, EMS, law enforcement, emergency  management, state, local and federal governments, hospitals and public health services, among others). In her present position, Christine is charged with en- Jennifer Reiman, GIS Manager, East-West Gateway Council of suring that the Southwest Ohio, Southeast Indiana and Northern Kentucky plan- Governments, St. Louis, MO ning region is prepared to respond in the event of a large scale emergency or disaster. Chris presently maintains certifications as a firefighter, paramedic, emergency medical services instructor and hazardous materials technician and 12:00PM - 1:00PM holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration from the Northern Kentucky University.

1:00PM - 2:30PM Amy is a Geospatial Project Manager at Geographic Information Services, Inc. as well as a NEMAP Project Lead. She has provided contract support to the US Navy for over six years with a focus on facilities, asset management, and emergency response GIS solutions. She has a B.A. in Geography from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota and a Master’s in Urban Studies from the Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA.

A continuation of the discussion of Boldly Addressing Where No Address Has Been Before, the further discussion of the unique challenges of implementing Stuart began working at the Census Bureau in 1998. As project manager for the 911 address schemes on Military Installations, as well as the implementation ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTA) project for the 2000 Decennial Census, he of a national address scheme for the US Virgin Islands which previously has worked extensively with extracts from the Census Master Address File (MAF) had no addresses. Tools and techniques for the implementation of address- and a variety of U.S. Postal Service files to create and review the ZCTAs. In es, successes and lessons learned will be highlighted. 2007, he became the project manager for the implementation phase of the 2010 Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) Program, and worked closely with  partners and Census Regional Office staff to coordinate the receipt and stand- Deb Rozeboom, ENP, GIS Consultant, GeoComm, Saint Cloud, MN ardization of partner-supplied address lists, as well as the use of the lists to up-  - date the MAF. Stuart is currently assigned to the Address Programs Manage- Jared Angelle, United State Coast Guard, St. Louis, MO ment Branch, where his primary focus is on the development and implementation of new address update partnership programs.

Jared is a Port Security Specialist at Coast Guard Sector Upper Mississippi River. He has provided support to in development of Coast Guard Enterprise

GIS capabilities for over eight years with a focus on system beta testing for security systems detection, prevention, response and recovery based GIS capa- What makes a good address? Standards and Quality Control? Then more bilities as well as training end users. He has a B.A. in Behavior Sciences from Standards and Quality Control! Lean how local governments applied quality the University of Louisiana and a Master's in Criminal Justice from Loyola Uni- control and standards for good addressing in their jurisdiction. versity New Orleans, LA  Dan Narsavage, GISP, GIS Programmer Analyst, Ada County Robert has over 30 years of Mapping and GIS experience and recognized as Assessor's Office, Boise, ID an industry expert with a variety of geospatial packages including ESRI and Kelly Woodworth, Addressing Technician, Ada County Assessor's Bentley MicroStation products. He has developed multiple enterprise level applications using various programming languages for public utilities and address- Office, Boise, ID ing systems. His current role as President of rGa & Associates, Inc. includes  application development and project lead. Zachary Lancaster, Quality Control Technician, Spatial Focus Inc, Decatur, GA William is a member of both NENA and URISA and is currently the 911 Coordi- Charles Shapiro, Quality Analyst, Spatial Focus Inc, Decatur, GA nator for the City of Marion, IL He received his Bachelor's Degree in Geogra-  phy from SIU-C in 2010, and his Master's Degree in GIS from SIU-C in 2012. Kim Paxton, GISP, Sales Engineer, Intrado Inc., Longmont, CO He is a member of a regional group of 911 coordinators who meet regularly to work together to address timely issues that affect the 911 industry. This group is known as CSI (Counties of Southern Illinois). The focus of their current project is to bring Next Generation 911 to each of the 15 counties involved.

Wayne is the Senior GIS Technician for the City of Raleigh, Raleigh, NC, and have worked with GIS/Addressing and Parcel Management for almost 13 years.

Butch is the Sr. GIS Analyst (Framework Data Integrator), for the Arkansas Geographic Information Office - Putting Arkansas on the Map, has held certifications as both an ENP and GISP. Butch has worked with physical addressing and GIS since 1988, providing scoping, design, and management of county E9- 1-1 systems and various types of GIS projects both inside and outside of the US. For the past 6.5 years, he has been the Framework Data Integrator for the State of Arkansas’ Geographic Information Office and is coordinating the development of the Arkansas Master Address Program.

Ken has nine years of GIS experience working at Spatial Focus as a quality control expert, database wrangler, and maintainer of Spatial Focus' web pres- ence, including the Addressing Standard Working Group TWiki.

3:00PM - 4:00PM 9:00AM - Noon

Matt Kulig, Aisle411

The FGDC Address Standard comes with a set of Quality Control queries that will tell you how many of your addresses are anomalies, along with queries Most people spend 90% of their time and life in- that will correct them wholesale. This half day interactive session will enable doors. However, understanding the indoor world users to download the free tools in Quantum GIS (qgis) and step through the can be complex especially when travelling to new locations. The indoor processing on a standardized address data set. Enjoy this interactive learning world is currently being mapped and now order and points of interest session. (POI) can be provided to everyone on their mobile devices. The crea- In order to accommodate this session, participants will need to bring a Win- tion of new data silos are being built for the indoor world to provide rele- dows Based computer (this will not work on tablets or Apple Products). Com- vant information and messages back to consumers. In the near future, puters will not be supplied for this session. Links to software and digital data you will see where you are indoors and where you are going in real time will be provided prior to this session so participants can load them onto their computers. (the blue dot), just as you can using Google/Apple/Bing Maps outdoors. Using a combination of new technologies, the indoor world is becoming  Zachary Lancaster, Quality Control Technician, Spatial Focus Inc., smarter and therefore more informative and useful to everyone. Decatur, GA  Charles Shapiro, Quality Analyst, Spatial Focus Inc., Decatur, GA  Ken Denson, Spatial Focus Inc., Decatur, GA 

Noon

GISCI Certification (GISP) points earned for attending one workshop and this Conference = 0.5 GISCI education points.

Attend- ance is recognized for con- tinuing education credits toward recertification as an Emergency Num- ber Professional (ENP) with the National Emergency Number Associa- tion, as well as for recertification credit with the National Academies of Emergency Dispatch (NAED) for police, fire and medical emergency IMAGE COURTESY OF St. Louis CVB dispatchers.