World GIS Day at Ventura College

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A GIS conference for Santa Barbara, Ventura and the surrounding region

Friday, November 19, 2010 

8:00-3:30


SEE Photos from 2010 Event at bottom of page

Sponsored by:

Ventura College GIS and

The Channel Islands Regional GIS Collaborative (CIRGIS)

2010 Major Vendor/Organization Support to date:

ESRI and

The Channel Islands Regional GIS Collaborative (CIRGIS)

See below for more vendors who are supporting this conference

Featured Keynote Speakers:

Emergency Operations GIS

Laura Hernandez, Ventura County Sheriff/OES Coordinator

Michael Harris, Santa Barbara County OES Director

LOCATION: The old Wright Public Library (adjacent to the East Parking Lot). 8:30am-9:40am
Registration is still outside SCI 116 at 8:00 (maps available at registration)

Schedule (click here)

Registration (includes free lunch): Registration for 2010 is closed for online registration, please register on site. When registration opens, pleas send an email to gisday@vcccd.edu with the following information in your message (confrmation of registration will be forthcoming):
    Name, Company/Organization, Address, Phone, Email
    Want lunch? Yes or No
    Will you bring a poster? Yes or No or Don't Know Yet? (You can decide later. If you do plan on bring a poster you can just show up with the poster and we'll try to find a spot for it.)
If you would like lunch, please register by 5pm Tuesday, Nov. 16.
If you don't need lunch, you can register through noon Nov. 18 or just register on site on the 19th.
Early registrations as opposed to walk-ins are appreciated, though registration on the day of even is perfectly fine!

Interested in presenting your GIS work via paper and/or poster? Contact Zacharias Hunt (cell: 805-568-3038)
(Everyone please consider bringing a poster for the poster session. There will be good prizes this year for best posters.)

Are you a vendor who would like to show your products? Contact Mary Hurley

2010 Confirmed Vendor List:
CIRGIS (cosponsor), ESRI (cosponsor), Earthdata Systems, Dudek, Kasraie Consulting, California Survey & Drafting Supply, Source Graphics, Latitude Geographics, Cartograph, Nobel Systems, GIS Inc.                        

More are in the process of being confirmed - Geospatial companies/organizations, please join us as a vendor/sponsor of this event.

General Information: contact: gisday@vcccd.edu at Ventura College (for more detailed information on GISDay and the facilities, contact Steve Palladino.)

2010 Organizing Committee:
Steve Palladino, Ventura College: spalladino@vcccd.edu  805-654-6400 x1365
Zacharias Hunt, County of Santa Barbara Geograhic Information Officer, Zhunt@co.santa-barbara.ca.us, 805-568-3038
Dawn Robbins, GIS Consultant: dawnrobbins@sbcglobal.net 805-415-6266 (cell)
Dave Endelman, City of Oxnard: dave.endelman@ci.oxnard.ca.us
Mary Hurley, Digital Globe/AirPhoto USA: marycookhurley@gmail.com 805-701-2467
Paul Van Zuyle, Penfield Smith Engineers: Paul@westlakegis.com

Map to Ventura College's Science Building
Directions: Once you get to campus see map above.

From Ventura or farther north: Hwy 101 South to Hwy 126 East. Go east on Hwy 126 until the Victoria Ave exit (first exit!).  Left over freeway on Victoria until major light at Telegraph Road.  Left on Telegraph.  Ventura College ahead on your right at the 3rd light (Day Road). Either park right there in the East Lot and pick up a schedule outside of Science Building (SCI) room 116 and walk up to the Campus Theater (5min walk). If you are running late or don't want to walk, you can turn right on Day Road, then left at the light on Loma Vista Rd. Just past the theater, you can park in the West Lot. If you park on campus you will need to buy a $1 daily permit from one of the yellow parking pass dispensers.

From Oxnard or farther south: Hwy 101 North to the Victoria Ave exit (2nd exit after the Santa Clara River Bridge).  Right on Victoria continue for a few miles until major light at Telegraph Road.  Left on Telegraph.  Ventura College ahead on your right at the 3rd light (Day Road). Either park right there in the East Lot and pick up a schedule outside of Science Building (SCI) room 116 and walk up to the Campus Theater (5min walk). If you are running late or don't want to walk, you can turn right on Day Road, then left at the light on Loma Vista Rd. Just past the theater, you can park in the West Lot. If you park on campus you will need to buy a $1 daily permit from one of the yellow parking pass dispensers.


GIS DAY SCHEDULE

Ventura College Sciences Building

8:00 - 8:30  Registration (Morning registration will take place outside SCI 116 near the East Lot, but schedules will be available outside the Ventura College Theater on the west side of campus. Registration will continue through the day outide SCI 116.)

8:30 - 8:40  Conference Welcome and Orientation (Campus Theater)

8:40 - 9:40 Keynote (Old Wright Public Library off Day Road adjacent to Ventura College's East Parking Lot.)
Featured Speakers:
Emergency Operations GIS
Laura Hernandez, Ventura County Sheriff/OES Coordinator
Michael Harris, Santa Barbara County OES Director

9:45-10:30 Vendor Showcase (SCI 113 and SCI 119) and Coffee Break (SCI 120 between vendor rooms)

10:30 - 3:30 Vendor Exhibits (SCI 113 and SCI 119) Continuation of vendor displays.
Vendors can begin to set up at 8am. GIS Day Participants are encouraged to visit exhibits all through the day.

10:30 - 12:30 Breakout Sessions (SCI 116, SCI 222, SCI 221)
Presentations by GIS users from around the Tri-County area. (see detailed Schedule at event)

12:30 - 1:15 Lunch (Science building loading dock, around the corner from SCI 116)
Free for pre-registrants (see top of this page).

1:15 - 1:45 Poster Session (Breezeway between SCI 119 and Loading Dock.) Judging until 2:45, awards at 3:15.
Poster presentations with maps that show how GIS is used to manage parks, map oil pipelines, do city planning, and the like. (Posters will be up all day until 3:30)

1:45 - 3:00 Sponsor Presentations  (SCI 116) - Come join our primary sponsors as they showcase the use of their GIS products.

1:45 - 2:30 ESRI “Getting to know ArcGIS 10”

2:30 - 3:15 CIRGIS: Your regional GIS Collaborative. This will be an OPEN meeting where we'll explore the CIRGIS DataView interactive map and discuss the status of CIRGIS projects, such as the updated web site, recent aerial imagery acquisition, and the plans for the next aerial image project.

3:15 - 3:30 Poster Session Awards, Raffle, Cookies (Breezeway) [possibly a bit earlier]

For more information contact Steve Palladino, Ventura College, 805-654-6400 x1365, spalladino@vcccd.edu


Ventura College GIS webpage

GISDAY Poster (Word format)

Last updated November 17, 2010

Photos from our 2010 GIS Day. Click on photo for larger image

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