Program

Twenty-Third Annual Northwest GIS User Conference - Sun Valley, Idaho October 20 – October 24, 2008

Workshops | Workshops | Keynote Speakers | Call for Presentations | Call for Posters

Pre-Conference Workshops Monday, October 20 – Tuesday, October 21
8:00 am – 5:00 pm	Powering Your Geodatabase and Model Builder For Management/Analysis  Kessler GIS	Lupine Room
8:00 am – 5:00 pm	ArcGIS Desktop II: Tools and Functionality  ESRI	Edelweiss Room
8:00 am – 5:00 pm	ArcPad 7 for Mobile GIS  EDS	Ram Room
8:00 am – 5:00 pm	Using ArcGIS Spatial Analyst  Juniper GIS	Aspen Room
8:00 am – 5:00 pm	Introduction to Geoprocessing Scripts Using Python  ESRI	Camas Room
Evening Workshops Tuesday, October 21
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm	Understanding and Working with Projections and Transformations in ArcGIS  Juniper GIS	Aspen Room
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm	GPS Photo Link  EDS	Camas Room
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Managing a GIS  Kessler GIS	Lupine Room
Conference Schedule Tuesday, October 21
4:00 pm – 7:00 pm	Conference Registration	Inn Promenade
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Social	Limelight A
Wednesday, October 22
7:00 am – 8:30 am	Breakfast	Continental
7:00 am – 5:00 pm	Conference Registration	Inn Promenade
8:45 am – 9:00 am	Welcome  Bart Butterfield – Conference Chair	Limelight C
9:00 am – 10:00 am	Keynote Address  Jim Geringer - ESRI	Limelight C
10:00 am – 10:30 am	Break	Inn Promenade
10:30 am – 12:00 pm	Plenary Session  Marty Balikov – ESRI	Limelight C
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm	Lunch	Continental
12:00 pm – 5:00 pm	Vendor and Poster Setup	Limelight B
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm	ESRI Technical Sessions
	Session A: ArcGIS Server 9.3 - Designing and Deploying Map Services for Performance	Limelight A
	Session B: Enterprise GIS - The Fundamentals of a Successful Implementation	Limelight C
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm	Break	Inn Promenade
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm	ESRI Technical Sessions
	Session C: Creating Web Applications with the ArcGIS Javascript API	Limelight A
	Session D: Dissemination and Mobility with ArcGIS 9.3	Limelight C
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm	Vendor Exhibit, Poster Show and Dinner	Limelight B
Thursday, October 23
7:00 am – 8:30 am	Breakfast	Limelight B
7:00 am – 10:00 am	Conference Registration	Inn Promenade
8:00 am – 1:00 pm	Vendor and Poster Area Open	Limelight B
8:00 am – 10:00 am	User Presentations
	Enterprise GIS Round Table	Limelight A
	Natural Resources/Environment	Limelight C
	Imagery Acquisition	Ram Room
10:00 am – 10:30 am	Break	Limelight B
10:30 am – 12:00 pm	User Presentations
	Finding Spatial Data	Limelight A
	Work Flow/Automation	Limelight C
	Spatial Decision-making Support Tools	Ram Room
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm	Lunch	Limelight B
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm	Board Meeting	Camas Room
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm	User Presentations
	Hydrography Round Table	Limelight A
	3-D Visualization	Limelight C
	State and Local Government	Ram Room
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm	Break	Inn Promenade
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm	User Presentations
	Application Design	Limelight A
	Web-based Event Response Tools	Limelight C
	GeoSpatial Content Distribution	Ram Room
5:30 pm – 9:00 pm	Banquet     John Northrop's Jazz Rangers	Limelight B
Friday, October 24
7:00 am – 8:30 am	Breakfast	Continental
9:00 am – 10:00 am	Keynote Address  Bern Szulkalski - ESRI	Continental
10:00 am – 10:30 am	Break	Inn Promenade
10:30 am – 12:00 pm	Business Meeting and Raffle	Continental
12:00 pm	Adjourn

 Register online (external link) or download the form to mail or fax.