The WA State Chapter of Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (WAURISA) is pleased to invite you to exhibit at the annual 2018 Washington GIS Conference. The conference will be held at Hotel RL Olympia, WA.

This conference, now in its 22nd year, averages 300 attendees seeking to gain knowledge and information about GIS trends, products and services. We believe your company will benefit by being visible to hundreds of local prospective and current clients attending the conference. 

Find more details here.

The Washington Chapter of URISA (WAURISA) invites you to share your best poster, map, web applications or script with the broader community at the 2018 Washington GIS Conference.

This year’s poster presentation showcase will provide the opportunity to share and exhibit your creative talents, inspire your peers and potentially earn some cash in the process!

Submission DEADLINE: May 15, 2018

Categories

• Best Cartographic Design
• Best Analytic Presentation
• Best Data Integration
• Best Online Interactive (Web) Map
• Best Student Map
• Best Innovative Scripting or Geoprocessing Tool
• Mobile App

Find more details and ENTER CONTEST here.

We invite you to share your experience, expertise, and knowledge with col-leagues and offer solutions for success by presenting at our 2018 annual conference.

The Presentations sub-committee is seeking presenters on a wide range of GIS topics and will select presentations, panel discussions, and lightning talks to reflect an array of interests and levels of expertise. Selection will be based on the value of the proposed topic to the audience and the clarity of the abstract.

Abstracts are due March 27, 2017

Email questions to presentations@waurisa.org  

See specifics here. 

The Washington chapter of URISA invites you to submit a proposal to conduct a workshop for the Washington GIS Pre-Conference or as a standalone workshop for the 2018 calendar year.
 
We are seeking instructors to give educational presentations and workshops on a wide range of GIS topics. All submissions are welcome and will be evaluated as a potential workshop focus.     DEADLINE December 22, 2017.

Full details here!

Registration is open for the Spokane Fall Seminar.  Please join us! 

Technical Workshops and ESRI Solutions Overview

Deadline is November 2nd.  No onsite registration is available so be sure to register before the event!

The second annual Eastern Washington fall seminar will be held in downtown Spokane on November 6 - 7, 2018. 

Save the date! Washington GIS Conference, May 22 - 24, 2018

The conference will be in Olympia Washington at the Red Lion Hotel. 

Congratulations to Ann Stark, Senior GIS Analyst, City of Bellingham the recipient of the 2017 Summit Award. Ann’s contribution to the Washington State GIS community has been, and continues to be, outstanding and inspirational to us all. Her drive to bring GIS professionals together to develop solutions and expand knowledge and resources has helped many throughout the region. Ann exhibits professionalism on all levels. Her drive for excellence in the GIS profession along with her outreach, volunteerism (former WAURISA President), coordination, and mentoring makes her a very worthy recipient of the WAURISA’s GIS Person of the year (2017 Summit Award winner).

The URISA Chapter Relations Committee (CRC) has selected WAURISA as the URISA Chapter of the Year. The formal award was made at the annual URISA conference in Vancouver (Sept 26-29, 2006). There are 26 URISA chapters in the US and Canada. WAURISA was selected based on the profile that each chapter submits annually, which provided the information used by the CRC to vote for the Chapter of the Year. The Chapter of the Year award reflects the recognition by our peer chapters of what the Washington State Chapter has accomplished during the past year and the solid plans that we've put in place for the future.