Critical Infrastructure Protection

• A Community Framework for Critical Infrastructure Protection: The GECCo Pilot Program
  David DiSera, EMA, Inc.
  
  
• Emergency Mapping
  Jeff Harrison, GeoLeaders
  
  
• Identifying Sensitive Critical Infrastructure Data
  Brent A. Jones, James W. Sewall Company
  
  
• Protecting Critical Infrastructure, a Key Role for GIS
  Roxanne Cox-Drake, ESRI
  
  

Data Acquisition & Maintenance

• Data Quality Triage
  Deb Bradbury, Enspiria Solutions, Inc.
  
  
• Electronic Data Collection Using Mobile Computing Technologies
  Rex van Olst, Witwatersrand University
  
  
• Enabling the Flow of Data Across Municipal and County Governments
  Dave Murray, City of Westminster
  
  
• GIS Modeling to Support Operations
  Kenneth Lenser, Velocitie, Inc.
  
  
• QA/QC: A Checklist for Assurance and Control
  Robert Borchert, United Svcs Grp/Great River Energy
  
  
• Strategies for Success In Large-Scale Data Development Projects
  Emmy Andrews, Farallon Geographics, Inc.
  
  
• The Automated Digital Redline and As-Built System
  Wayne Lindsay, Las Vegas Valley Water District
  
  
• The Benefits of Data Integration - The Data, The Tools, and Several Case Studies
  Kecia Pierce, Intergraph Mapping & GIS Sltns
  
  

Mobile Applications

• Deploying Mobile GIS and Workforce Management Technology to Track, Measure and Improve Utility Field Services
  Greg Ramon, City of Phoenix, WSD
  
  
• Field Automation at PECO Energy
  Ira Weiss, Exelon Corporation
  
  
• Field Design Using GPS
  Pat Drinnan, Fortis Alberta
  
  
• GPS Applications for Utilities: Challenges to Adoption
  Mark C. Hatfield, KEMA
  
  
• GPS Applications in Motion: Moving beyond Automatic Vehicle Location to Full Enterprise Integration
  Michael Forbes, Links Point
  
  
• Mobile Asset Notebook (MANO) Empowers HBWSs Operations andintenance Crews with GIS Capabilities in the Field
  Skip Heise, EMA, Inc.
  
  
• Mobile GIS, Tracking and Wireless Solutions for Utilities
  Christian Solomine, CompassCom, Inc.
  
  
• Optimize Work Processes and ROI - Go Mobile!
  Arthur Spencer, Intergraph Corporation
  
  
• Portable Utilities Map Application - Providing GIS From The Office To The Field
  Steven Jenkins, Chesterfield Cty. Utilities Dept.
  
  
• Spatially Referenced Real Time Data Content and the Dynamic Content and its Benefits to the Mobile Workforce
  Skip Parker, NAVTEQ
  
  
• The Last Mile of Field Work -- Integrating Spatial Data Back Into the Office
  Milosz Stasik, ESRI
  
  

Operations Management

• Data Intelligence - The Basis for Successful Application Deployment
  Frank Fata, JCMB Technology Inc.
  
  
• Data: The Key to Successful System Integration
  Mike Rigney, Osmose Utilities Services, Inc.
  
  
• GIS Improves Public Service In Oslo
  Anne Grete Froseth, Oslo Water & Sewerage Authority
  
  
• TRL - The Real Landbase: Enterprise Applications and Data Distribution
  Robert F. Austin, Michael Baker Jr., Inc.
  
  
• Utilizing Mobile Handset GPS and Data Collection in Wireless Network Network Optimization
  Corey Clinger, Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
  
  

People Issues

• Change Management is just Training and Communication - Right? WRONG!!
  Stan P. Weber, Stan P. Weber Executive Consulting
  
  
• CPFL: GIS Implementation Outside the US
  Adam Tonkin, Enspiria Solutions, Inc.
  
  
• People Make the Difference - Staff for Project Success
  Byron Thibodeaux, Intergraph Corporation
  
  
• Picking the Right Tool from the GeoStuff Holster Set
  John A. Middlestead, DTE Energy Gas/MichCon
  
  
• Whose Voice is Missing? - Coordinating Multiple Perspectives in GIS Solutions
  Karen Ball, Intergraph Corporation
  
  
• You Want Me To Do What? -Technology Driven Change
  Ken Brelsford, GE Energy
  
  

Planning, Design & Engineering

• CATV Engineering and Geospatial Technology
  Jeffrey Eichler, Bentley Systems, Inc.
  
  
• Incorporating Grid-based Terrain Modeling into Linear Infrastructure Analysis
  Joseph Berry, University of Denver
  
  
• Spatial Load Forecasting: Bringing GIS to T&D Asset Management
  Jessica Noonan, PacifiCorp
  
  
• The Benefits of Integrated Design
  Robert P. Laudati, GE Energy
  
  

Project Management

• Key Indicators in GIS Project Development and Evaluation
  Dan Shannon, TELUS Communications
  
  
• Post Implementation Syndrome - Moving to the Next Level
  Joseph L. Hobbs, Tier 3, Inc.
  
  
• Project Management Skills
  Donnette Putman, Intergraph Corporation
  
  
• Project Methodology: Critical Element in Project Success
  Rebecca Dozier, Idea Integration
  
  
• What is the PMBOK and What Can It Do For Me?
  Ken McVearry, Osmose Utilities Services, Inc.
  
  

ROI/Business Case

• Best Practices -- Making the Business Case for Vendors
  Mary Ann Stewart, Mary Ann Stewart Engineering, LLC
  
  
• Building the Business Case for an Enterprise GIS
  Daniel Childs, Southern Company
  
  
• Enterprise Benefits Through Automated Routing and Scheduling
  Wolfgang Hall, ESRI
  
  
• Enterprise GIS - If You Build It, It Will Fund
  William J. Meehan, ESRI
  
  
• Field Design Integration: Increasing GIS ROI from Both Ends
  Jeff Baumer, MiniMax Corporation
  
  
• Finding your Spatial Return on Investment in Local Government
  Mark Doherty, Intergraph Corporation
  
  
• How to Leverage Your GIS Investment
  Don Breitweiser, MapFrame Corporation
  
  
• Make The Case To Deliver Real Value
  Carsten Roensdorf, Ordnance Survey
  
  
• Making The Business Case For GIS: How To Get Budget Approval And Executive Support
  Ross Smith, PA Consulting Group
  
  
• Practical Application of GIS to Integrity Management
  Chad Zamarin, Colonial Pipeline Company
  
  
• The Real Benefits of Geospatial Applications for Cable MSOs
  Scott A. Casey, GE Energy
  
  

System Architecture

• GIS XML Vocabularies And Their Applicability
  Pedro Pacheco, GE Energy
  
  
• Planning for Productive Enterprise GIS Operations
  Dave Peters, ESRI
  
  
• Publishing GIS Data through Location-Based Services
  Michael Hamsa, GeoSpatial Innovations, Inc.
  
  
• What Does COTS Really Mean?
  Karen M. Bachmeyer, Intergraph Corporation
  
  

System Integration

• Data Sharing, Benefits and Technology; The Hawaiian Way
  Barney T. Yoshioka, Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc.
  
  
• Developing GIS Data Transfer With XML
  John Hedstrom, United Svcs Grp/Great River Energy
  
  
• Effectively Managing and Analyzing Asset Data to Support Asset Management
  Rodney Dell, TAG The Asset Group
  
  
• Knowledge Management Strategy
  Susan French Smith, KEMA
  
  
• Re-Engineering: Engineering and Operations
  Samuel Newman, Cobb EMC
  
  
• System Architecture Overview For The Field Level Asset Management Environment (FLAME) Project
  Judy A. Haas, UGI Utilities, Inc.
  
  
• The Benefits of Integrated Work Management and Geospatial Design: Three Company Profiles
  Brimmer Sherman, Intergraph Corporation
  
  
• The Multi-Faceted Asset - The Jewel of the Asset Intensive Utility
  Charles Drinnan, LogicaCMG
  
  

Technology Directions

• A GIS-based Solution for Cable Protection
  Jay Miller, Level 3 Communications, Inc.
  
  
• Emerging Technologies in the Geospatial Industry
  Ignacio Guerrero, Intergraph Corporation
  
  
• Enterprise Geographic Information Servers: a New Information System Architecture
  David Maguire, ESRI
  
  
• GIS Is Just Getting Started
  Jack Dangermond, ESRI
  
  
• Sentient Computing: from Graphical User Interface to Geographical User Interface
  Peter Batty, Ten Sails
  
  
• Spatial and Data Versioning Extensions to RDBMS enable Open Enterprise Infrastructure Management Solutions
  Geoff Zeiss, Autodesk, Inc.
  
  
• The Advances of Integrated Geospatial Applications in Workforce Management and Field Service Optimization
  Naomi Kellett, GE Energy
  
  
• The New Economics of GIS Interoperability
  Dennis F. Beck, Spatial Business Systems, Inc.
  
  
• The Wired Database: Managing Network Data Models In an RDBMS
  Xavier Lopez, Oracle Corporation
  
  

Web Applications

• Automated and Integrated Call Before You Dig
  Dave Stahovich, UGI Utilities, Inc.
  
  
• Current Considerations Designing a Web Mapping Site
  Roger Harwell, Intergraph Corporation
  
  
• Enterprise GIS Based on True Interoperability
  Pieter Meijer, Rijkswaterstaat AGI
  
  
• Taking it to the Streets: The Future of Municipal Web Portals
  Carey Mann, Bentley Systems, Inc.
  
  
• Web Based GIS - The Easier Solution
  Mary H. Adams, Georgia Power Company
  
  

Work & Asset Management

• Field Force Work Management Business Processes and Implementation Strategies
  Bill Elliott, har*GIS L.L.C.
  
  
• It Is Only Natural: Understanding The Relationship Between - Assets and The Resources Deployed To Manage Them
  Ted Pelecky, LogicaCMG
  
  
• Leveraging Work and Maintenance Management Systems as an Integral Component of Your Asset Management Strategy
  Brian Martin, Accenture
  
  
• Quantitative Pipeline Risk Assessment
  Martin Thorne, Advantica
  
  
• Riding the Right Wave -- Driving Out Utility Costs the Intelligent Way
  Bradley Kitterman, LogicaCMG