2025 WA GIS Conference

2025 WA GIS Conference

Ailvie Freestorm (She/Her)

Washington Dept of Natural Resources

GIS Lidar Portal Administrator

8:00am PDT

Conference Registration Cherry Parkes Lobby

8:30am PDT

Change Management - You Build It, Will They Come? Milgard Hall: Rm 311 Introduction to Developing a Drone Program and Uses in a Local Public Agency Milgard Hall: Rm 301

1:30pm PDT

Indoor GIS Technology Workshop Milgard Hall: Rm 311 Integrating Drone Data into Your GIS Workflow: Planning, Capture, Processing, and Integration for Mapping and Modeling (Part 2) Milgard Hall: Rm 301 Real-Time GIS with ArcGIS Velocity Pinkerton: Rm 131 WGGL/YPI Networking Activity Milgard Hall: Rm 110

3:00pm PDT

Washington Governmental GIS Leaders (WGGL) Milgard Hall: Rm 110

5:00pm PDT

WAGISA Welcome Social William Philip Hall

8:00am PDT

Conference Registration and Catered Breakfast Cherry Parkes Lobby

9:00am PDT

WAGISA Opening Plenary & Keynote Address William Philip Hall

10:15am PDT

Transition to Presentations TBD

10:30am PDT

Are You Ready for the New Datum? Cherry Parkes: Rm 105

11:00am PDT

Automate All The Esri Things – A Simple Guide Milgard Hall: Rm 311

11:30am PDT

Preparing for the New US Spatial Datum Cherry Parkes: Rm 105

12:00pm PDT

Catered Lunch William Philip Hall

1:30pm PDT

Leveraging WA 3DHP Network for Additional Value (NV5) Milgard Hall: Rm 110

2:00pm PDT

Integrating Disparate Datasets for Comprehensive Kelp Forest Mapping in Washington State Cherry Parkes: Rm 105

2:30pm PDT

3:00pm PDT

Using ArcGIS QuickCapture for Near-Real-Time Updating of Snowplowing Status Milgard Hall: Rm 311 Digital Twin and 3D GIS (Esri) Milgard Hall: Rm 110

3:30pm PDT

Remapping the Hydrography of Washington State: Update on Progress & Lessons on How Project Management Techniques Have Helped Meet Success Milgard Hall: Rm 301 Quantifying ArcMap and ArcGIS Pro Usage at King County Milgard Hall: Rm 311

4:00pm PDT

Beyond 2D GIS Data and Mapping: Drones, SLAM LiDAR, Gaussian Splats, and SfM, Oh My! Exploring Modern 3D GIS Data Milgard Hall: Rm 311

4:30pm PDT

WAGISA Sponsor's Social William Philip Hall

6:00pm PDT

Conference Social TBD

8:00am PDT

Conference Registration and Catered Breakfast TBD

8:30am PDT

Managing WDFW's Cultural Resource Data Milgard Hall: Rm 311 From Reactive to Proactive: GIS-Driven Disaster Preparedness for Resilient Communities (Quartic Solutions) Milgard Hall: Rm 110

9:00am PDT

GIS Request Management: The Solution You Didn't Know You Needed Milgard Hall: Rm 311

9:30am PDT

How a GIS Tech Stack Failure Taught Us to Build a Team, Not Just Tools Milgard Hall: Rm 301

10:00am PDT

10:30am PDT

Don't Panic, It's Just AI: A Developer's Handbook  Milgard Hall: Rm 311

11:00am PDT

Where Are You? Coordinates and Precision Cherry Parkes: Rm 105

12:00pm PDT

Catered Lunch William Philip Hall

1:30pm PDT

Exploring The Great Indoors Milgard Hall: Rm 311

2:00pm PDT

Mapping Arts & Culture Grant Recipients in King County Cherry Parkes: Rm 105

2:15pm PDT

Unlock Your GIS Potential: A Practical Guide to Cloud Migration (ROK Technologies) Milgard Hall: Rm 110

2:30pm PDT

Building Geospatial Community with Maptime Cherry Parkes: Rm 105 Save Time for More Interesting Work: ArcGIS Python API: Automating Repetitive Administrative Tasks Milgard Hall: Rm 311

2:45pm PDT

A GIS Strategy to Map Historic Racial Covenants Across Washington State Cherry Parkes: Rm 105

3:00pm PDT

Transition to Closing Plenary TBD

3:15pm PDT

WAGISA Closing Plenary William Philip Hall

4:00pm PDT

Conference Sendoff Social TBD