2026 WA GIS Conference

2026 WA GIS Conference

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8:00am PDT

Registration and Refreshments Meydenbauer Center

9:00am PDT

Plenary and Keynote 404-406

10:30am PDT

Teaching GIS After April 24, 2026: A University Perspective on Title II WGAC 2.1 Accessibility Standards 407-408Stacy Warren Modernizing DNR's Custom GIS Viewers 409Anna Ballasiotes Using risk & condition to develop asset management strategy 403Raymond Chow Esri's GeoAI Capabilities 401-402TJ Abbenhaus

11:00am PDT

Building the future broadband map of your county 409W. Nick Pappin Happy Citizens and Empowered Agencies Using GIS Permitting Technology 403Brett Ruoti GIS Digital Accessibility at the City of Seattle 407-408Zinta Smidchens • Catherine Wendland • Suzy Brunzell

11:30am PDT

Mapping Aquatic Biodiversity in Washington using Environmental DNA 409Allison Ying Modernizing Valuation: Leveraging GIS to Improve Assessment 403Kyle Wikstrom One and a half centuries of topographic mapping at USGS 401-402Elaine Guidero

12:00pm PDT

Lunch Meydenbauer Center

1:30pm PDT

Identifying Wildfire Risk Using Geospatial Technology 409Molly Jackson GIS Career: How to Map it? 407-408Shaun O'Neil • David Kreinheder • Nat Henry • Catherine Crook • Katie Heim Using GIS to Understand Tribal Treaty Rights 403Michelle Totman Zero to Production: A GIS Professional's Process for Building Real Apps with AI 401-402Adam Cabrera

2:00pm PDT

Drone to map, Now What? – KC Wastewater Drone Program to Support Sustainable Infrastructure 409Joseph Geigel, GISP • Peter Keum • Jason Celeste

2:30pm PDT

Break Time Meydenbauer Center

3:00pm PDT

Land Cover for Environmental Applications 409Kevin Fuchs What "They" Don't Tell You About WAB-to-ExB Migration 401-402Harkeerat Kang • Adam Cabrera GIS vs. IT—or GIS with IT? Defining the Future of Enterprise GIS 407-408Fernando Llamas Jr • Tamara Davis • Zinta Smidchens • Sabra Schneider • Jill Oliver Building Statewide GIS Career Pathways to Agriculture and Natural Resources 403Heather Spalding • Daniel Cuevas • Jeffry Rhodes

3:30pm PDT

High Resolution C-CAP Land Cover Data for Puget Sound 409Bret Folger Beyond the Prompt: Finding and Following the Golden Thread in Long-Duration AI-Centric GIS Projects 401-402Tim Rawson

4:00pm PDT

Cover Crop Mapping in Skagit County: A Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing Approach 409Emma Tomaszewski From Maintenance Burden to Innovation Engine 403James Gutierrez

4:10pm PDT

OSM Efforts to Support Safe Routes to School 407-408Clifford Snow

4:30pm PDT

Sponsor and Main Conference Social Meydenbauer Center

2026 WA GIS Conference

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