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Welcome to the event site for URISA’s 2019 Caribbean GIS Conference in Trinidad!
Use this site to design your agenda, review presentations in-depth, and network with your peers.
Start reviewing the comprehensive workshop and training opportunities, the keynote addresses, professional development and networking events, and the abundance of concurrent breakout sessions in several focused program tracks:

Environmental Applications using Geospatial Technologies
Managing How Humans Impact the Community
Technological Advances in GIS
Governance, Education and the Future of GIS
Business Intelligence

Note that creating an attendee profile within Sched DOES NOT REGISTER you for the conference or specific workshops.
For registration and hotel information, click HERE.
For information about exhibiting at and sponsoring #CaribbeanGIS 2019, click HERE.

7:30am

Registration Hours Regency Foyer

8:30am

Achieving High Accuracy in GIS Mapping with Easy to Use Highly Efficient Mobile Tools (Half-Day Workshop) - Limited Availability Diamond/TopazSheree Cameron • Josiah Burkett Using Satellite Imagery to Optimize your Census and Downstream Uses for Civil Governments (Half-Day Workshop) JadeWendy Jacobs Hands-on Processing of LiDAR and Photogrammetry Point Clouds (Full-Day Workshop) - FULL RubyMartin Isenburg, PhD Parcel Management (Full-Day Workshop) SapphireAmir Bar-Maor • Douglas Nelson

1:00pm

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap (HOT) #CaribbeanGIS Mapathon - (Half-Day Workshop) Diamond/TopazTyler Radford Valuation Workflows in ArcGIS - (Half-Day Workshop) by Esri and Spatial Innovision JadeKathrine Smyth • Kerry-Ann Mahabeer

5:30pm

Informal Meet-Up in Lobby Lounge

7:30am

Registration Hours Regency Foyer

8:30am

Welcome & Keynote Address Regency I, II, IIIDr. June Soomer

10:00am

Coffee Break in the Foyer Regency Foyer

10:30am

Business Efficiency Improvements through Geospatial Information Solutions JadeDesmond Dougall • Sheryl-Anne Haynes, MPhil • Liora Sahar, GISP, PhD Disaster Management and Resilience Diamond/TopazTimothy Fella • Dr Gabrielle Thongs • Deston Pope • Jeremy Kirkendall, GISP • Brent Yantis, MLA Utilizing Geospatial Techniques to Improve Disaster Response RubyAlan Mills • Dina Khadija Benn • Javier Acosta Hernandez, MSIS, GISP Women in the (GIS) Geospatial Sciences: Building Leaders for Tomorrow SapphireTricia Melville, GISP • Renee Babb • Cherece Wallace • Cecille Blake • Sheryl-Anne Haynes, MPhil

12:00pm

Conference Hosted Lunch Regency IV

1:00pm

Dessert served in the Exhibit Hall - Grand Opening of Exhibition Regency V

2:00pm

Enhancing Customer Experience Using Geospatial Techniques JadeFidel Omar-Ali • Roman Gibbons, ASPRS GIS/LIS • Keyon Santlal • Melissa Joseph • Michael Ramsawak • Taariq Sookoor GIS for Resilience and Sustainable Development I SapphireBheshem Ramlal, Ph.D • Aisha Donaldson • Sarah Hosein • Danielle Richards Impacts of Disaster and Early Warning Diamond/TopazRoshaun Clarke • Jason Williams • Ruleo Camacho • Kyle Alexander, M.Sc. , B.Sc. • Dr Gabrielle Thongs Improving Management Using Geospatial Information Systems RubyCecille Blake • Valrie Grant, GISP • Janet Stewart • Simone M. Lloyd, GISP • Ranford Campbell, GISP

3:30pm

Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall Regency V

4:00pm

GIS for Resilience and Sustainable Development II SapphireRenee Babb • Carl Anderson, GISP • Timothy Fella • Joshua Spiers Data for Disaster Response Diamond/TopazDesmond Dougall • Tyler Radford • Alan Mills Location Analytics JadeCherece Wallace • Sheree Cameron • Josiah Burkett • Valrie Grant, GISP Using the Parcel Fabric in Bonaire RubyAmir Bar-Maor • Riency M. Holder • Rademier Streden • Maurison Martines

5:00pm

Networking Reception in the Exhibit Hall Regency V

8:00am

Registration Hours Regency Foyer

9:00am

Town Hall Meeting: Caribbean Geospatial Development Initiative (CGDI) Regency I, II, IIIBheshem Ramlal, Ph.D

10:00am

Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall Regency V

10:30am

Geospatial Transformation and Education Regency I, II, IIISimone M. Lloyd, GISP • Sheree Cameron • Josiah Burkett • Valrie Grant, GISP • Aleem Mahabir • Brent Yantis, MLA Land and Environment Diamond/TopazAlan Mills • Tricia Melville, GISP • Shivani Deonarine, Bsc, Msc. • Christian Seerattan • Darion Mahadeo. • Raid Al-Tahir, Dr. • Jennilyn Burrell Utilizing Geospatial Tools in Local Area Planning and Citizen Science RubyCecille Blake • Sacoby Wilson • Durwin S. Humphrey Modern Parcel Management - Gold Sponsor Session JadeKathrine Smyth • Timothy Fella

12:00pm

Conference Hosted Lunch Regency IV

1:00pm

Dessert with our exhibitors/sponsors Regency V

1:30pm

Aerial Analytics Regency I, II, IIIFidel Omar-Ali • Douglas Nelson Coastal and Marine Diamond/TopazQuincy Crooks • Kellyann Pursue • Alexa Ramirez GISP PMP • Simone M. Lloyd, GISP Environmental Justice & GIS RubyDebbie-Ann Thompson • Aleem Mahabir • Sacoby Wilson Valuation and GIS JadeKathrine Smyth

2:30pm

Refreshment Break and last opportunity to meet with our Exhibitors Regency V

3:00pm

Caribbean GIS Ignite /Lightning Talks Regency I, II, IIICraig Batstone • Alan Mills • Martin Isenburg, PhD • Lindsey Shanks • Tyler Radford • Olivia Harbison

5:00pm

Caribbean GIS 2019 Social Event Regency Foyer and Terrace

8:00am

Registration Hours Regency Foyer

9:00am

Developing GIS for Responses to Caribbean Emergencies JadeRenee Babb • Sudesh Botha • Desmond Dougall • Simone M. Lloyd, GISP Land Information for Smarter Cities RubyTricia Melville, GISP • Richard Ramsewak • Shane Ragbir GISP, PMP • Aiexa Douglas • Kathrine Smyth Up in the Sky SapphireFidel Omar-Ali • Nigel De Peza • Giatri Kavita Lalla • Raid Al-Tahir, Dr. • Martin Isenburg, PhD Urban Environment Diamond/TopazDeanesh Ramsewak • Dr Gabrielle Thongs • Nikia Gooding • Shivanie Ramcharitar

10:30am

Coffee Break Regency Foyer

11:00am

Closing Session & Keynote Address Regency I, II, IIIAllen Carroll