Critical Infrastructure Protection

• GIS - A Must for Assessing New Pipeline Safety Rules
  William J. Meehan, ESRI
  
  
• OpenGIS Interoperability: A Requirement for Critical Infrastructure Protection and Homeland Security
  Christopher Tucker, IONIC Enterprise, Inc.
  
  
• Spatial Technologies for Management of Water Collection and Distribution
  Elizabeth Burns, Arizona State University
  
  
• Strategic and Practical Uses of Remote Sensing in Emergency Management
  Allen Jakobitz, Washington State Emergency Management
  
  

Data Management

• The Benefits of Data Alchemy-Discover the Data That's Out There and How to Mine It
  Kecia Pierce, Intergraph
  
  
• Building A Collaborative Approach to Data Management
  Kevin Peters, Advantica
  
  
• The Complementary Roles of GIS and Joint Use Management
  John L. McCoy, Utility Support Systems, Inc.
  
  
• Data Cleanup in a Live Production Environment
  David Bloom, Florida Power & Light Company
  
  
• Deriving Value from the Asset Data Management Process
  John A. Middlestead, DTE Energy Gas/MichCon
  
  
• Development of GIS Database for Water Resources Planning in Bangladesh and Geo-Spatial Tools for Planners
  Md. Shah Alamgir, University of Quebec
  
  
• Improve Your Business Position
  Carsten Roensdorf, Ordnance Survey
  
  
• The Perfect Circle: Streamlining Data Management
  Bruce B. Taylor, Clayton County Water Authority
  
  
• Selecting the Right GPS for your GIS Mapping Project
  Sharon Jones, Lafayette College
  
  
• The Value of Time
  Roxanne Cox-Drake, ESRI
  
  

E-Biz

• Augmenting Existing EAI with Web Services in Order to Reduce GIS Integration Costs
  Mark Hing, GE Energy
  
  
• GIS Data Portals - Myth or Reality
  Clint Brown, ESRI
  
  
• Using Web Services to Integrate GIS Into the Enterprise
  Joseph Hershman, Miner & Miner
  
  
• Web Services - A Replacement for Desktop GIS?
  Steve Grise, ESRI
  
  
• Web-based GIS - Putting the Pieces in Place
  Dan Mahar, EMA, Inc.
  
  

Federal Geospatial Strategies

• A Vision for Consistent, Seamless, Geographic Information for the Nation: National Map Lessons Learned, Status and Directions
  Vicki Lukas, U.S. Geological Survey
  
  
• Applying GIS to the New Gas HCA Rule
  Ron Brush, New Century Software, Inc.
  
  
• Briefing OGC's Critical Infrastructure Protection Initiative Phase 2 (CIPI2)
  Nadine Alameh, Global Science & Technology
  
  
• Development and Applications for the National Map - "Next Generation Digital Topographic Map" for the Seattle, Tacoma, Washington, Urban Area
  H.L. Case, U.S. Geological Survey
  
  
• The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's Role In Homeland Defense And Security
  Bert Beaulieu, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  
  
• The National Map Partnership Project and Decision Support: Lake Tahoe, California
  Christian Raumann, U.S. Geological Survey
  
  
• The New GIS - The City of Kansas City, Missouri
  Dawn Hilderbrand, City of Kansas City
  
  
• Space Shuttle Columbia Debris Recovery Enhanced with GIS
  Ron Langhelm, FEMA Region X
  
  
• West Nile Virus: Geographic Information Systems Modeling and Field Operations
  Strite Potter, Links Point
  
  

The Human Factor

• Considering the Life in Project Life Cycle - The Human Perspective
  Bud Porter, Origin GeoSystems, Inc.
  
  
• Implementation and User Acceptance of GIS in the Field
  Patricia F. Noble, Chesterfield Cty. Utilities Dept.
  
  
• Keeping GIS Project Teams On Track: Managing Expectations and Controlling Scope
  Donald Ramsay, LogicaCMG
  
  
• Maximizing the User to Successfully Implement GIS Technologies
  Theresa Trainor, Baltimore Gas & Electric Company
  
  
• Survivor GIS - From the VAX to the Field
  Barbara J. Saunders, DTE Energy Gas/MichCon DTE/MichCon Gas Map
  
  
• Wars and Rumors of Wars: Change Management and Enterprise GIS Implementation
  Jeffrey Meyers, Miner & Miner
  
  

Mobile

• Asset Management 101 - Field Driven...Field Enabled!
  Pat Drinnan, Aquila Networks Canada
  
  
• Dealing with Extreme Growth: Integrating Office and Field Operations into a Single Asset and Resource Management Environment
  Dudley J. Sondeno, Southwest Gas Corporation
  
  
• Finding Facilities in the Great Plains
  Michael Muilenburg, Great Plains OneCall/Locating Svc
  
  
• GeoEngineering in a Mobile Environment
  Peter van Muyden, EPCOR
  
  
• Going Mobile: An Electric Utility Software Developer's Perspective
  Richard Isle, United Svcs Grp/Great River Energy
  
  
• Implementation of DIDS (Distribution Inspection Data System)
  Barney T. Yoshioka, Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc.
  
  
• Implementing the City of Phoenix Water Services Department Enterprise Mobile Application Program Solution (MAPS)
  Greg Ramon, City of Phoenix, WSD
  
  
• Implementing an Enterprise-wide Field-data-acquisition Program to Drive the Automated Lifecycle of As-builting and GIS Systems.
  Wayne Lindsay, Las Vegas Valley Water District
  
  
• Real-Time, Wireless GIS Updating: Closing the Workflow Loop
  Phil Graniero, University of Windsor
  
  
• Updating your GIS using Field Engineering Tools
  Sean Solberg, MiniMax Corporation
  
  
• Use of a System - Does It Mean Success?
  Pat Morrow, EMA, Inc.
  
  
• Video Based Roadside Asset Tracking
  Andy C. Shaw, Enterprise Information Solutions, Inc.
  
  

Municipal Perspective

• Affordable Infrastructure Management
  Kevin Van DenBruel, Sierra Systems Group, Inc.
  
  
• The Benefits and Obstacles of GIS Implementations: Recent Perceptual Shifts and Implications for City and Regional Planning Organizations
  Toru Otawa, University of Idaho
  
  
• Innovative Economic Development
  Robert Montgomery, Schneider Corporation
  
  
• Integrating Geospatial Technology at the City of Bellevue
  Brook Durant, City of Bellevue
  
  
• Lessons Learned in Building a Foundation for Technology-enabled Business Transformation of Utility Operations
  Chris Hill, City Utilities Of Springfield
  
  
• The Real Meaning of Integration - Achieving Integration Success Using GIS
  Kathleen Spivey, IT Nexus
  
  

Network Operations Management

• Data Quality for Outage Management Systems
  Darren Payne, Red Planet Consulting, Inc.
  
  
• Fire Hydrant Painting Program
  Alida Cameron, EPCOR
  
  
• From Desk-Drawer to Desktop - Developing & Implementing A Collaborative Fiber Facility Network Management & Design System
  Mark McDougald, Byers Eng. Co. SpatialAge Stlns.
  
  
• Managing Outages - What are My Options?
  Frank B. Weiss, KEMA
  
  
• Network Modeling for a Dynamic World
  Flynt Jones, Duke Energy
  
  
• On-line Transaction Processing On a Five Million Subscriber Geospatial Database
  Alcymar Vaz Gigliotti, CPqD
  
  
• Providing Electrical Service Before, During and After Inclement Wear
  George Orellana, SAIC
  
  
• Schematic Visualization of Operational Data with GIS
  Patrick Dolemieux, ESRI
  
  

New Technology

• Database Driven GIS: Bringing Real-Time, Mission Critical Location Services
  Xavier Lopez, Oracle Corporation
  
  
• GML - Experiences from the Field
  Don Murray, Safe Software Inc.
  
  
• Innovating Fieldwork with Wireless Web GIS and Third-Generation Mobile Services
  Shinsuke Nakanishi, NTT Infrastructure Network Corp.
  
  
• One County's Experience with Automated Indexing
  Bob Deaver, UCLID Software
  
  
• Revitalizing Enterprise Applications with GIS Web Services and Real Time Data
  Tadeo H. Schultz, Ajilon Consulting
  
  
• Semi-automatic Orchestration of Geo Web Services
  Andreas Matheus, Technische Universitaet Muenchen
  
  
• Septic System Field Mapping Work Management Model Using Open Standards and Web-based Services
  Venu Kanaparthy, Mississippi State University
  
  
• Technology Trends in the Spatial Industry
  Peter Batty, Ten Sails
  
  
• Using Model Driven Architecture (MDA) for Integration
  Charles Savage, Ubisense
  
  

System Architecture

• A Generic Spatial Database Schema for a Typical Electric Transmission Utility
  Muniru Owoola, Maltais Geomatics, Inc.
  
  
• Developing a GIS Evolution Plan: How Do We Know What to Do Next
  Robert J. Sarfi, Boreas Group, LLC
  
  
• Enterprise Spatial Infrastructure - A Framework for Design and Deployment
  Susan Romeo-Gilbert, Accenture Business Svcs. for Utilities
  
  
• Geospatial Interoperability by Design
  Kurt Buehler, Open GIS Consortium, Inc.
  
  
• GIS Architecture as a Base of Enterprise Information System and Its Implementation
  Takao Mori, Tohoku Information Systems Co., Inc.
  
  
• The Role of Geospatial Information - Its Future for Utilities
  Jack Dangermond, ESRI
  
  
• The Semantic Integration Framework At TVA
  Ken Newberry, Tennessee Valley Authority
  
  
• System Architecture Alternatives for Enterprise AM/FM Operations
  Dave Peters, ESRI
  
  
• Using GIS Technology to Maximize Operations Data Marts
  Tom Helmer, KEMA
  
  

System Integration

• The Asset Management Business and Technology Program
  Paul J. Yarka, TAG The Asset Group
  
  
• Changing to Integrated Solutions at NPPD
  Morris Kemper, GE Energy
  
  
• CRM in the GIS Project Life Cycle
  Juan Montoya, Analytical Surveys, Inc. (ASI)
  
  
• Integration of Spatial Technology for the Purposes of Visualization, Analysis, and Planning
  Kenneth Seiler, PJM Interconnection
  
  
• Implementing Geospatial Resource Management - How to Maximize the Benefits
  Brian Martin, Accenture
  
  
• Integrated Resource Planning for Multi-utility Services
  Arthur Spencer, Intergraph
  
  
• Integrating Best of Breed GIS and OMS: Is a Standard Interface Possible?
  Tom Huras, Extensys Inc.
  
  
• Lessons in Geospatial Data Warehousing - A Proven Approach to Enterprise Data Integration
  Graham Morgan, Atos Origin
  
  
• Live Integration of Geospatial Technology With Enterprise Systems - Functional Perspective
  Lawrence Brys, Anchorage Water/Wastewater Utility
  
  
• Silo Busters - A Geospatial Solution to System Integration
  Gail M. Trask, Byers Eng. Co. SpatialAge Stlns.
  
  

User Presentations

• CALL USA - Automating "Call Before You Dig" Processes for a Major Utility
  Jonathan D. Pickus, Las Vegas Valley Water District
  
  
• Innovative GIS Business Strategies to Do More with Less
  Linda Gerull, Pierce County
  
  
• NorthWestern Energy Improves Vegetation Management Efficiency with GPS and Mobile Application
  Steve Shannon, NorthWestern
  
  
• Siting Linear Facilities with Geographic Information Systems
  Jesse Glasgow, Photo Science, Inc.
  
  
• Utility Hydro Generation GIS Applications
  Bernie J. Osiowy, Manitoba Hydro
  
  

Work Management

• Asset GPS Data Collection and Maintenance Solutions Using Off the Shelf GPS Software With a Focus on GASB34
  Tim O'Brien, Earth Touch Solutions, LLC
  
  
• Enterprise Workforce Optimization
  James Morrow, ViryaNet Ltd.
  
  
• Integrating Geospatial Information and Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) Technologies
  Skip Heise, EMA, Inc.
  
  
• Integration of GIS and EAM
  Ray Hahne, Chelan County PUD
  
  
• OMS is from Jupiter, WMS is from Saturn - Integrating Different Worlds
  Shirley Stadjuhar, Stadjuhar Consulting