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Past Conferences: 2005 | 2004 2006 Gallery of Images New York State GIS Conference at the Crowne Plaza Resort and Golf Club, Lake Placid on Oct. 23-24, 2006 Meet Talbot Brooks and Twyla McDermott, two key people who responded to the hurricane Katrina. They will be part of a spellbinding panel at beautiful Lake Placid. The panel will demonstrate GIS techniques used to analyze storm surge, power outages and map out missing persons reports and calls for service during this incredible time. Step aboard the "brain bus" where volunteers worked non-stop at 12 workstations to provide timely information to decision-makers and rescuers. Learn about team building and real applications that made a difference and helped so many. This year's conference is supported by sponsorship from CDM, ESRI, Hewlett Packard, IAGT, Manifold Systems, MapInfo, James W. Sewall, PAR Government, TeleAtlas, and Trimble. ESRI IAGT CDM Manifold System MapInfo PAR Government Systems Blue Marble James W. Sewall Trimble Hewlett Packard TeleAtlas MAP Contest - this year's WINNERS! 7th Annual Partnership Award - Deadline is September 27th Related Articles on Emergency Management: Read more about the many uses for GIS in emergency situations. Sponsored by the State University of New York, College of Environmental Science & Forestry Privacy Policy ESF Outreach Contact our Office Past Conferences: 2005 | 2004 2006 Gallery of Images New York State GIS Conference at the Crowne Plaza Resort and Golf Club, Lake Placid on Oct. 23-24, 2006 Meet Talbot Brooks and Twyla McDermott, two key people who responded to the hurricane Katrina. They will be part of a spellbinding panel at beautiful Lake Placid. The panel will demonstrate GIS techniques used to analyze storm surge, power outages and map out missing persons reports and calls for service during this incredible time. Step aboard the "brain bus" where volunteers worked non-stop at 12 workstations to provide timely information to decision-makers and rescuers. Learn about team building and real applications that made a difference and helped so many. This year's conference is supported by sponsorship from CDM, ESRI, Hewlett Packard, IAGT, Manifold Systems, MapInfo, James W. Sewall, PAR Government, TeleAtlas, and Trimble. ESRI IAGT CDM Manifold System MapInfo PAR Government Systems Blue Marble James W. Sewall Trimble Hewlett Packard TeleAtlas MAP Contest - this year's WINNERS! 7th Annual Partnership Award - Deadline is September 27th Related Articles on Emergency Management: Read more about the many uses for GIS in emergency situations. Sponsored by the State University of New York, College of Environmental Science & Forestry Privacy Policy ESF Outreach Contact our Office Past Conferences: 2005 | 2004 Presentation Abstracts for 2006 (in order by conference schedule) Thanks to all who submitted a presentation abstract. If you have any questions about this year's program, please email Maureen Wakefield, [email protected]. Mailing Address: ESF Outreach, 221 Marshall Hall, SUNY-ESF, 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, NY 13210. Phone: (315) 470-6817, Fax: (315) 470-6890. Presenter Guidelines: As a presenter or co-presenter, I understand the following: I must register for the conference with ESF Outreach and pay the registration fee (regular registration rate ends on Wednesday, Oct. 4th). I will be responsible for costs related to transportation, room and board. I will be responsible to make hotel overnight room reservations (room cut off date is Friday, September 22). My contact information will be included in the program and on the web. Audio Visual Guidelines: Equipment and Format for your presentation You will have access to a conference supplied laptop computer (XP) with CD Drive and USB ports for flash memory with PowerPoint 2003. An LCD projector will be stationed in each meeting room. Please email [email protected] if you will need internet access as part of your presentation or an overhead projector or a slide projector. Plan on bringing a 20 minute PowerPoint presentation on a USB flash drive (also referred to as: Jump drives, pocket drives, pen drives and thumb drives) or on a CD. Please test your presentation upon arrival in the speaker-ready room. If your presentation requires a DVD to play, please bring a laptop with that technology. There will be a 5 minute Q&A and 5 minutes allotted for transition to the next speaker. Please load your presentation onto the provided laptop at the start of the session (first thing in the AM, during the AM break, during the end of lunch, or during the PM break). Sponsored by the State University of New York, College of Environmental Science & Forestry Privacy Policy ESF Outreach Contact our Office Past Conferences: 2005 | 2004 Conference Registration: Online with a credit card or use the Registration Form for check payments, vouchers and purchase orders. Please scroll down for registration fees and refund policy. Pay ONLINE with Visa or Mastercard (no American Express). Your registration will be processed immediately and securely online when you pay online. Print the Registration Form and mail or fax your registration with a check payable to "SUNY Research Foundation", or with a purchase order or voucher. Mailing Address: ESF Outreach, 221 Marshall Hall, SUNY-ESF, 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, NY 13210. Phone: (315) 470-6817, Fax: (315) 470-6890, email: [email protected] Lodging: A new block of rooms is available at the Golden Arrow Hotel, 2559 Main Street, Lake Placid, NY. You may call 1-800-582-5540 and mention NYS GIS conference for a discount room rate of $89. Cut off date is Friday, October 8, 2006. The hotel is about a 2 minute walk 500 feet uphill to the Crowne Plaza Resort and Golf Club. The block of rooms has been used up at the Crowne Plaza Resort and Golf Club at the conference rate of $89 single or double per night. You may check-in at 4:00 pm and check-out at 11:00 am. No more room reservations may be made by calling (518) 523-2556 or to register online Click here. The deadline for room reservations was September 22, 2006. Registration Deadline: Registrations and check payment must be received by Wednesday, October 4, 2006 to qualify for the early discount. Government or corporate purchase orders received by the deadline qualify for the early discount. Registration fees: Early rate, received by Wednesday, October 4, 2006: $135 Registration $ 85 Student Registration $ 75 One day Registration $595 Exhibitor Registration Standard rate, received after Wednesday, October 4, 2006: $165 Late Registration $115 Late Student Registration $105 Late One day Registration $675 Late Exhibitor Registration Your registration fee includes materials, access to exhibits, workshops and sessions with continental breakfast, breaks and lunch on Monday and Tuesday, and a reception on Monday. Banquet tickets for Monday evening: Tickets for dinner on Monday are available for an additional fee of $30 each. Please indicate the number of tickets when you register and if you prefer a vegetarian entree. Refunds: Participants who wish to cancel must give written notice by October 4, 2006 to receive a refund minus an administrative fee of $50. After that date refunds will not be made. No refund requests by phone, please. Substitutions are permissible at any time. SUNY-ESF reserves the right to cancel a program in the event of insufficient registrations. A full refund will be given if a program is cancelled. Sponsored by the State University of New York, College of Environmental Science & Forestry Privacy Policy ESF Outreach Contact our Office Past Conferences: 2005 | 2004 Steps for EXHIBITOR REGISTRATION: Early rate, received by Wed., Oct. 4, 2006 is $595. Fee includes one full registration for the person in the booth, all meals, the 8 ft by 10 ft booth space, pipe and drayage, sign, skirted table, chair, waste receptacle). 1. Register for the conference and arrange lodging 2. View current booth assignments here and phone Terry Sakowski, Outreach Secretary to select a booth at 315-470- 6817 or by email at [email protected]. 3. Submit exhibitor information for the program here. Please submit new information even if you exhibited last year. 4. Download the hotel request form for electrical service, a phone line or Internet connection here. Exhibit Setup and Schedule: Set up begins on Sunday from 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Set up continues on Monday from 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM. Exhibit area opens Monday at 10:00 AM. - 6:30 PM and Tuesday at 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM. Exhibitor Tear down is after 2:00 PM on Tuesday. Shipping: Label packages with the following information: From: Exhibitor's Name/Address/Contact Name To: Crowne Plaza NYS GIS EXPO Company Name/Booth Number C/O Crowne Plaza Lake Placid Resort One Olympic Drive Lake Placid, NY 12946 Be sure to mark each box shipped: "NYS GIS Conference, October 23-24, 2006." Exhibit Decorating Company: Clifton Park Convention Services will be our decorator (Betty Voss; phone (518) 877-7449). Clifton Park will provide booth piping and drapes, a table, two chairs, a company sign, and a wastebasket. Contact Clifton Park directly for other equipment needs, such as additional tables or drayage. Security: Meeting rooms and exhibit rooms will be locked on Monday night from the close of the reception at about 6:30 PM until exhibits open again at 8:00 AM on Tuesday. Public areas cannot be secured. Download and Print Exhibitor Packet (PDF) Interested in becoming a sponsor for this year's conference? Download and Print Sponsor Information (PDF) Sponsored by the State University of New York, College of Environmental Science & Forestry Privacy Policy ESF Outreach Contact our Office Past Conferences: 2005 | 2004 Winners of the 2006 NYS GIS map competition First Prize Winner: Mapping Glacial Lake Fort Ann: Paleoindian Settlement Systems of the Hudson Valley Lowlands Susan Winchell-Sweeney 70 Bartram Road Sharon, CT 06069 [email protected] Second Prize Winner: Ward Pound Ridge Reservation Paul Gisondo Westchester County Dept.