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GIS in Action 2026

Welcome to the 2026 GIS in Action Annual Conference hosted by the Oregon & SW Washington Chapter of the Geospatial Professional Network & Cascadia ASPRS.

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8:00am PDT

Remote Sensing to Restore a Degraded Jurisdictional Wetland in Urban Washington County AtriumEmma Colburn • Carly Holzschuh Survey123, Cityworks, FME – oh my! Classrooms 1-4Caroline Ayala Celestial Infrastructure: The History, Science, and Future of Global Satellite Positioning AuditoriumNoah Flick Vendor Booths Open Cascadia Map Gallery Open Cafe

8:30am PDT

Snowplows, traffic cameras, and an unfixable Esri bug - A tale of resilience Classrooms 1-4Lauren McKinney-Wise Fire Data Transparency with ArcGIS Dashboards, Experience Builder, and ArcGIS Hub AtriumTabitha Fraser

9:00am PDT

Lessons Learned and the Benefits of a Cloud based GIS AtriumBrock Saylor From Access and ArcMap to ArcGIS Pro Python toolbox: A Parks Analytics Modernization Story Classrooms 1-4Aurora Bayless-Edwards Geospatial Professional Network - PNW Board Meeting (Tentative) Columbia How a Plan to Learn AI Became a Companion for ArcGIS Pro AuditoriumTim Rawson

9:30am PDT

Mapping the Future of Gresham’s Parks Classrooms 1-4Brandon McCullough Mobile Clinic Collaborative AtriumJohn Ruffing • Heather Fara • Verian Wedeking

10:00am PDT

Break (Refreshments Provided) TBA

10:30am PDT

(Virtual) Accessibility best practices in GIS and mapping AuditoriumJessica Mccall ArcGIS Instant Apps: Engage your community Classrooms 1-4Sarah McDonald Metro Data Resource Center (DRC) Updates: New RLIS Layers, App Enhancements, and Upcoming Work AtriumMadeline Steele

11:00am PDT

Accessibility Updates AuditoriumLauren McKinney-Wise • Emma Brenneman • Hallie Liu Rogers Mapping Forgotten Routes: From Historical Texts to Interactive GIS Storytelling Classrooms 1-4Emily Westoby Animating Urban Growth: Storytelling with RLIS Housing Data in ArcGIS Pro AtriumAl Mowbray

11:30am PDT

Accessibilty Q & A AuditoriumChance Morrison • Lauren McKinney-Wise • Franz Arend • Emma Brenneman • Hallie Liu Rogers • Jon McDowell • Neil Green-Clancy ODOT Multimodal Inventory - Year 2 Updates AtriumJosh Ahmann • Theresa Conley • Ryan Peterson Designing Maps for the Next Generation: A Retrospective on the Third Edition of the Student Atlas of Oregon Classrooms 1-4Aaron Menconi • Rachel Rudick • Owen Scholes.

12:00pm PDT

Lunch Buffet (Provided) Cascadia

1:30pm PDT

Indoor GIS: Step by Step Guide to Implementation and Sustainment Classrooms 1-4Brock Saylor Responsive Mapping to a Food Access Crisis AtriumKyle Curtis • Rebbeca Robinson Geospatial data storytelling to promote street art (Panel) AuditoriumTiffany Conklin • Libby Martin • Lorena Nascimento • Elana Eisenberg • Grace Galvin • Cherise Frehner

2:00pm PDT

Bringing SCADA to the Map: Using GIS to Integrate Sensor Data for Wastewater Operations Classrooms 1-4Carrie Schmidt Geospatial Live: Real-Time GIS for Operational Intelligence AtriumChristopher Ratcliff Iverson • Devin Doring

2:30pm PDT

(in)visible Oregon Classrooms 1-4Joseph Bard Analyzing Risk with GIS at WSRB AtriumGuillaume Turcotte

3:00pm PDT

Break (Refreshments Provided) TBA

3:30pm PDT

Closing Plenary and Keynote - Spatial Storytelling: Making the Case for an Essential (Vulnerable) Service AuditoriumEvan Landman