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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.

Aaron Menconi

8:30am PDT

Opening Plenary and Keynote - Creating Capacity in Times of Change: Understanding the Brain and Moving Forward CascadiaDr. Jessica Lorenz

10:30am PDT

ArcGIS Pro and Python: Potentially Helpful Bits and Bobs Classrooms 1-4David Howes

11:30am PDT

Linux for GIS Professionals Classrooms 1-4Rachel Gugler

12:00pm PDT

Lunch Buffet (Provided) Cascadia

1:30pm PDT

Tactile Cartography with 3D Terrain Modeling Classrooms 1-4Chance Morrison

2:00pm PDT

A GIS Workflow for 3D Printing Topgraphic Models Classrooms 1-4Noah Flick

2:30pm PDT

Stepping Out of The Shadows: Utilizing Invariant Color Spaces to Build a Shadow Mask in ArcGIS Pro Classrooms 1-4Kate Pope

3:30pm PDT

OpenET: Open Source Satellite-Based Evapotranspiration Data for Improved Water Management AtriumGarshaw Amidi-Abraham

3:39pm PDT

Lightning Talks Round 8 - Spatial Patterns of Salp Blooms in the California Current: A Decade of Change ColumbiaJo Lipps

3:48pm PDT

Lightning Talks Round 8 - LiDAR in Complex Natural Forest: Practical Implications for Inventory and Management ColumbiaAvishek Hamal

4:00pm PDT

Identifying Patterns of Residential Summer Landscape Irrigation Via Remote Sensing Classrooms 1-4Daniel Welch

8:30am PDT

Snowplows, traffic cameras, and an unfixable Esri bug - A tale of resilience Classrooms 1-4Lauren McKinney-Wise

11:00am PDT

Accessibility Updates AuditoriumLauren McKinney-Wise • Emma Brenneman • Hallie Liu Rogers

12:00pm PDT

Lunch Buffet (Provided) Cascadia

2:30pm PDT

(in)visible Oregon Classrooms 1-4Joseph Bard

3:30pm PDT

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