WestMan GIS Users' Group Meeting 2011

Event: 10th Annual WestMan GIS Users' Group Meeting
Date: Friday, March 18th, 2011
Location: Brandon University
Time: 8:30-4:15

General Information

Assiniboine Community College and Brandon University would like to extend an invitation to all GIS users, educators, and vendors in the WestMan region and beyond to attend the tenth annual WestMan GIS Users' Group Meeting. This is your opportunity to share and learn about geomatics projects occurring throughout the province, discuss issues related to GIS education, database development, data collection, software and hardware; or showcase your company’s products and services.

Agenda

8:30 - Registration
9:00 - Welcoming Remarks
9:15 - Geomatics Applications in Grampians National Park, Australia (Sean Frey, RMNP)
10:00 - GIS at the Seine-Rat River Conservation District Jodi Goerzen (SRRCD)
10:30 - Refreshment Break
11:00 - ESRI Canada Update (Scott Labonte, Account Manager, ESRI Canada)
12:00 - Lunch Break (Networking)
1:00 - MGUG News Update (Richard Lebedynski, MB Hydro & Ariel Lupu, Hatch Ltd.)
1:30 - Mobile LIDAR (Darren Wanless, Cansel & Daniel Brooker, ATLIS Geomatics)
2:00 - Quantum GIS FOSS (Bob Bruce, MB Lands and Geomatics Br.)
2:30 - Refreshment Break
3:00 - From UAV Imagery to Precision Ag
Application (Juerjen van der Sluijs, BU; Rejean Picard, MAFRI; Nicole Rabe, ACC)
3:45 - RMNP’s New GIS Lessons DVD (RoseMarie Péloquin, RMNP)
4:15 - Adjournment

Registration

The full-day registration fee is $30*, payable upon arrival (cash or cheque) and covers:
- Attendance for all sessions
- Refreshment breaks
- Buffet Lunch
- Parking
* Registration is free for students and presenters. The registration desk will be located inside the main doors of the Health Studies Complex; marked “Entrance” on the attached campus map. Please RSVP to: wiseman@brandonu.ca by Friday, March 11th

Parking

Parking is available in Lot 5. A parking pass should be printed and displayed on the dash of your vehicle. Your parking has been prepaid; you do not need to put money in the ticket dispenser.