Press Releases

URISA is honored to welcome an esteemed group of industry thought leaders to participate in a panel discussion on Thursday, September 30, 2010 during GIS-Pro 2010: URISA’s 48^th Annual Conference for GIS Professionals in Orlando. The moderated session will discuss such topics as:

• Where is the Industry going?
• What are the next hot trends, issues, opportunities, emerging technologies?

The participants in this session will include:

In an effort to provide GIS-Pro 2010 exhibitors unparalleled access to an interested and influential audience, URISA is pleased to feature an exhibition that is completely integrated within the conference. The meeting space has been arranged so that the exhibition is part of the general session room, where keynote and plenary sessions will occur throughout the conference and also where lunch and breakfast sessions will take place.

August 9, 2010 (Des Plaines, IL) - URISA is pleased to announce the results of its 2010 Board of Directors Election. Greg Babinski, GISP will become President-Elect of the association. Tom Conry, Nancy Obermeyer, GISP and Christopher Thomas will begin their terms as members of the Board of Directors, at the close of GIS-Pro 2010: URISA's 48th Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida, September 28-October 1, 2010.

Zsolt Nagy, GISP, will draw on his current and previous experiences to speak on the directions and opportunities to identify, collaborate, and advance geospatial priorities during the Closing Plenary Session at GIS-Pro 2010: URISA’s 48th Annual Conference for GIS Professionals in Orlando.

URISA is pleased to announce Stan Meiburg as the opening keynote speaker at GIS-Pro 2010 in Orlando. Stan Meiburg is the Acting Regional Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 in Atlanta, Georgia. In his keynote address, “From Environmental Information to Environmental Action: Challenges in Using GIS for Environmental Protection,” Mr. Meiburg will discuss the barriers to the use of GIS applications in setting environmental policy and producing environmental improvement.

Did BP Fail Standard of Care Tests?

Dr. Barry Wellar, Professor Emeritus, Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Ottawa, Canada, questions whether a possible failure to properly apply standard of care tests contributed to BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Dr. Wellar, a distinguished research scientist and President of the Information Research Board, will discuss the BP case at two featured conference sessions during URISA’s 2010 GIS-Pro Conference in Orlando, Florida.

June 15, 2010 (Des Plaines, IL) – URISA - The Association for GIS Professionals - is pleased to announce the Third URISA GIS in Public Health Conference, taking place June 27-30, 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia. The conference program is developed through a Call for Presentations which will be issued shortly.

For Immediate Release

May 18, 2010 (Des Plaines, IL) – URISA is pleased to announce that Marcus Z. Rouhani, Airport GIS Program Manager for the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, will provide the  Keynote Address at this year’s URISA Leadership Academy (ULA). The ULA will be presented in Baltimore, Maryland, June 14-18, 2010.  

For Immediate Release: URISA’s GISCorps has launched its 60th Mission!

May 5, 2010 (Des Plaines, IL) – In April 2010, GISCorps, a program of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA), received a request for a volunteer from one of its long-time partners, the Information Management and Mine Action Program (iMMAP). This project was GISCorps’ 60th mission!