Register now for the upcoming GIS in Action conference March 29 & 30, 2011.

Please mark your calendars for the NINETEENTH  Annual GIS In Action Conference, hosted by the Columbia River Region of the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) and the Oregon-Southwest Washington Chapter of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA). Each year ASPRS and URISA collaborate to hold this informational conference on current issues in the Geospatial Information Community. Join us for what will surely be another successful opportunity to meet with colleagues in the geospatial industries and organizations, to learn about emerging topics and recent advances in GIS applications, and to discuss our problems and solutions together. Don’t miss this amazing opportunity to meet and network with GIS professionals from the region.  Find out who is doing what, and how.

Preliminary Conference Program available
Conference program has been updated. Please visit the GIS In Action Website for more information. To download the preliminary program, click here.  

Venue
Portland State University  will graciously host this year’s conference for the second consecutive year! The raving positive feedback from the 2010 conference survey has led us to use the PSU facility once again. Holding the conference at Portland State creates exciting opportunities to include PSU students from other departments, members of the open source community and engineering, surveying and natural resources professionals who are all an important part of the GIS community. 

Call for posters!
Submit your entries for the poster session at the conference.  Open categories for posters are:
- Technically advanced applications
- Collaborative GIS
- GIS for 'real-world' problem solving
- Innovative application of GIS

Information for poster submissions, please contact vshandas@pdx.edu

Technical Tracks
There will be at least three tracks each day consisting of panel discussions debating hot-topics, traditional sessions with two-to-three presentations per session, and technical workshops providing in-depth discussion of issues and training in applications most relevant to the geospatial community.



Guest speakers will present on both days. 
 On Tuesday morning, JIM GERINGER (Former Governor of Wyoming) will speak. Wednesday guest speaker is yet to be announced.

Conference Highlights:
- The Exhibit Hall will open on Tuesday at 8:00AM and remain open until Wednesday at 2:00PM. The hall will feature as many as 20 vendors in GIS related technology and services. This is an opportunity to see and discuss the latest advances in the industry.

- The Vendor Social will be held on Tuesday evening from 5:00PM to 7:00PM in the Exhibit Hall. Join your peers in a more relaxed atmosphere with food and beverages. Entertainment to be yet announced.

- The Poster Session will be held during the Vender Social. Ballots for the People’s Choice are included in your registration packet. Please take it to the Exhibit Hall and vote.
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2011 Washington GIS Conference
Mapping Washington's Future!
May 9th-11th, 2011 - Lynnwood Convention center

The planning committee for the 2011 Washington GIS Conference is busy developing another standout annual conference. At this time we are seeking workshop presenters and invite you to submit a proposal to conduct a workshop for WAURISA members and the Washington GIS community at large in 2011. For details go to http://www.waurisa.org/conferences/2011/Call_for_Workshop_Presenters_2011.pdf

Call for papers and vendor information will be broadcast shortly.

We'd love to hear your ideas! If you have suggestions please contact the planning committee at 2011WAGISConference@waurisa.org.

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The 9th Annual URBAN ECOLOGY & CONSERVATION SYMPOSIUM will be held on Monday January 24, 2011 from 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. at Portland State University, in the Smith Center Ballroom

The symposium will focus on urban environmental issues and the practical application of related ecological and social sciences in the greater Portland, Oregon / Vancouver, Washington region.  The focus will be on networking, building partnerships, and exchanging information.  Planned events include a series of oral presentations, a poster session, two keynote speakers, raffles, and a post-symposium social.

For more details about the symposium, including the program agenda, information about the keynote speakers and a link to  the registration page, visit www.uercportland.org.


Early Registration Deadline: January 7, 2011.  The fee includes lunch for those who pay by the early deadline.

     Registration standard rate: $30; 
     Student rate: $15.
     On-line Registration Deadline:  January 18, 2011.
     Registration at door: $35 (check or cash only, no credit cards) as
space is available, does not include lunch.
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AAG Community College Travel Grants
Due November 1

Support from this grant program is awarded to outstanding students from community colleges, junior colleges, city colleges, or similar two-year educational institutions to attend the next AAG Annual Meeting. These travel funds are generously provided by Darrel Hess and Robert and Bobbé Christopherson. The award consists of meeting registration, one year membership in the AAG, and a travel expense subsidy of $500 to be used to defray the costs of attending the AAG Annual Meeting. More information at http://www.aag.org/cs/grants/college_travel
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ASPRS Technical Exchange
 
What:   ASPRS Tech Exchange
When:  October 29, 2010 - 9:00AM to 3:00 PM
Where: Vancouver Water Resource Education Center
            4600 SE Columbia Way
            Vancouver, WA 98661
Cost:    $35 (includes lunch), ASPRS members $25 & students are free ($10 for lunch)
Registration: 2010TechnicalExchange
 
This event is an informal opportunity for people who are interested in the topics of GIS, photogrammetry, and remote sensing to learn more about what's going on in our own region in resource management, government, academia, and business. The information exchange is a day-long event in which local practitioners may present a 20-minute talk on one of their current or recent projects. This is also an opportunity to learn new techniques, meet new contacts, and refresh old ones.

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Oregon AFS has organized a Salmon in the City symposium that will take place at the University Place (310 SW Lincoln Street) in Portland, Oregon on October 14, 2010. This one-day symposium will look at the impacts of urbanization on salmon and steelhead, how these impacts might be minimized or eliminated, and how fish will respond to restoration efforts. We have lined up an exciting panel of speakers to address the topics surrounding this issue.

Details are available in the attached flyer and on the Oregon AFS website (http://www.orafs.org/SalmonIntheCity.htm).

Register Now! Space is limited and the cost is only $30.
https://www.123signup.com/register?id=mtjzx

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact: Demian Ebert (daebert@pbsj.com, 503-222-7275) or
Mike Reed (Michael.Reed@portlandoregon.gov, 503-823-3399).
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Kool Apps 2010 09/14/2010
 

Announcing Kool Apps 2010 featuring Open Data and Open Source:  Friday, September 24 at Portland State University 

This all day event is free! It is co-sponsored by the PDX-Open Source GIS users group, a special interest group of OR-URISA.  

This event is coordinated with WhereCampPDX, and attendees are encouraged to attend both events!

Attendees should plan on bringing a laptop to participate in the hands-on portion and a three-hour walk-thru of selected open source GIS applications. 


Agenda:
9am - 11am : OpenStreetMap - Presented by Cloudmade
11am - Noon : The Open Source GIS stack - Presented by PDX-OSGIS
Noon - 1pm: Lunch on your own
1pm -3pm : The Open Source GIS stack
3pm - 5pm : Invited demos of projects solved with open source gis tools.

Beverages and light snacks provided by OR-URISA

This event takes place at Portland State University, in the Smith Center's VanPort Room (#338).  Registration is free but space is limited to 72 participants.  

Please Register for Kool Apps    
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ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2010 Google Travel Grants for Female Students
URL: http://acmgis2010.cs.ucsb.edu/google_female_grant.html

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As part of Google's ongoing commitment to support women in computing, we are pleased to announce the 2010 ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS Google Female Student Grants to encourage more female computer science students to attend and participate in the ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2010 Conference, November 2-5 2010, San Jose, California, USA. The winners will receive 00 USD towards conference travel-related costs. We invite all female computer science PhD students to apply.

Selection Criteria
* The recipients must be female students enrolled and pursuing a PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or technical field related to conference subjects.
* Priority will be given to students authors with accepted papers at ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2010.
* The recipients must register and attend the full conference.
* The funding will be used for student travel-related support only.

Committee
Peggy Agouris
Elisa Bertino
Wei Ding
Silvia Nittel
Laura Toma (chair)
Elizabeth Wentz

Application Process
To apply, send an email by Friday September 17 to ltoma@bowdoin.edu with subject heading 'Google ACMGIS 2010 travel grant' and containing a single pdf document with:
* your CV (containing your full name and e-mail address, current address and contact phone number).
* 1-page statement (no more than 600 words) about why you wish to attend the conference and why attending it is important to your research, work, and/or future career.

Deadlines
Application Submission: Friday, September 17th, 2010
Decisions/Notifications: Friday, October 1st, 2010
Acceptance by the recipient: Friday, October 8th, 2010 (conference registration must be completed)

The winners will be notified by email and their names will be published on the conference webpage. The payment will come directly from Google.
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CARTOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SOCIETY announces

2010 ESRI USER CONFERENCES:
FULL CONFERENCE REGISTRATIONS AVAILABLE FOR STUDENT VOLUNTEERS

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: Monday, May 24, 2010

The Cartography and Geographic Information Society (CaGIS) is once again pleased to announce the availability of a limited number of FULL CONFERENCE REGISTRATIONS available for students to act as booth volunteers ("ambassadors") at the 2010 ESRI User Conference (12-16 July), the ESRI
Education User Conference (10-13 July), in San Diego, CA. CaGIS and its affiliated organizations will offer full registrations (worth up to $1395) to the User Conference and the Education User Conference. These ambassadors
will, in return, be responsible for staffing the CaGIS information booth at the exhibition pavilion of the conference for allotted periods of time during the conference. We are looking for volunteers who will appropriately and positively represent the society to the public. Students must (a) be
enrolled in an undergraduate (BA or BS) or graduate program, (b) be a current CaGIS member (not a member? join now: http://www.cartogis.org/), (c) have research and/or career interests that align with the mission of
the society, and (d) be outgoing, friendly, and professional in appearance and manner. Students selected to staff our booth at previous conferences are encouraged to apply for the opportunity again this year.

Our awards cover only the conference registrations. Travel and other expenses related to attending the conference are the responsibility of the volunteer.

To apply, please: 
-- send an e-mail describing how you meet the above criteria to Dr. Rob Edsall, Student Activity Coordinator of CaGIS, at edsal001@umn.edu, and


 -- arrange for your advisor or another faculty member who knows you and your research/career interests to send an e-mail to the above address affirming your status as a student and addressing the preference criteria.

In both e-mails, please indicate "ESRI Conference Volunteer Application" in the subject line.

Please address any questions regarding this program to Dr. Edsall. The deadline for applications is Monday, May 24, at 5:00pm CDT.
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2010 STUDENT CONFERENCE ON CONSERVATION SCIENCE (SCCS-NY)
American Museum of Natural History
New York City
3-5 November 2010
http://symposia.cbc.amnh.org/sccsny/

APPLICATIONS BEING ACCEPTED THROUGH 18 MAY 2010

In November 2010, the American Museum of Natural History’s Center for Biodiversity and Conservation will host SCCS-NY, the Student Conference on Conservation Science in New York City. Designed for graduate students, recent post-doctoral fellows, and early-career professionals, the conference specifically targets those pursuing or considering a profession in conservation science.

This conference is a unique opportunity for those beginning their careers to present their work before established leaders in science, policy, and management. In addition to formal presentations, there will be numerous opportunities to interact with established conservation professionals at workshops, informal gatherings, and networking events.

SCCS-NY is sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History’s Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, in collaboration with the Bard Center for Environmental Policy, Fordham University, the Mason Center for Conservation Studies, Princeton University, the Richard Gilder Graduate School (AMNH), SCCS-Cambridge, the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, The Nature Conservancy, and Wildlife Trust.

SCCS-NY is a sister conference to the highly successful SCCS-Cambridge, begun in 2000 by the University of Cambridge, and the newly developed SCCS-Bangalore.

GUEST SPEAKERS

Sir Peter Crane, Ph.D. - Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. Dean of the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and Professor of Botany, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

James Gibbs, Ph.D. – Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York

Joshua Ginsberg, Ph.D. - Senior Vice President, Global Conservation Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York

Andrés Gómez, D.V.M., Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York

Martha Groom, Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Ecology and Environmental Studies, University of Washington Bothell & Seattle, Washington


MENTORING TASKFORCE
Dozens of conservation professionals will be on hand during the conference to provide personalized feedback, lead workshops, host working lunches, and offer networking ideas. (See the website for a list of confirmed participants.)

WORKSHOPS
A series of workshops will be offered by experts working in diverse aspects of conservation science and education. Topics will include:
1) Ecological risk analysis for conservation biology
2) Conservation Action Planning: developing conservation strategies for applied conservation projects
3) Advances in monitoring and quantitative ecology in conservation science
4) Expanding your teaching toolbox: an introduction to active and scientific teaching approaches
5) Modeling ecological niches and geographic distributions: what, why and how?"

WHO SHOULD APPLY
Those wishing to participate in SCCS-NY should have completed, or be conducting a research project in any conservation-related course of study within the natural sciences, social sciences, or humanities. Selection for participation will be based on the quality of one’s application as well as its relevance to conservation. Applications are encouraged from the following:

Graduate Students
Recent Post-Doctoral Fellows
Early-Career Professionals
Undergraduates (research project must be of thesis-level quality)

TO APPLY, please go to http://symposia.cbc.amnh.org/sccsny/
DEADLINE: 18 May 2010
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