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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

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Tuesday, November 19 • 10:30am - 12:00pm
Utilizing Geospatial Techniques to Improve Disaster Response

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This session discusses the use of UAVs and GIS for acquiring geospatial data, and for disaster and emergency response after major hurricane events.

  • Enhancing Spatial Data Acquisition for DRM Activities in Rural Guyana
    Dina Khadija Benn, Lecturer, Department of Geography, University of Guyana, Georgetown - Guyana
  • Development of a GIS Web Portal to Assist on Puerto Rico (PR) Recovery after Hurricane Maria
    Javier Acosta, GISP, CIO & VP, TrackIt, LLC, San Juan, Puerto Rico



Moderators
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Alan Mills

Geographer, Alan Mills Consulting Ltd

Speakers
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avatar for Javier Acosta Hernandez, MSIS, GISP

Javier Acosta Hernandez, MSIS, GISP

CIO & VP, Trackit, LLC
With Civil Engineering, Database Design and GIS education, plus 26yrs experience on GIS implementation projects and 10yrs as a GISP.- Produced Location Analysis, support and progress reporting for Disaster recovery efforts for the telecommunication, power and other government and... Read More →

Utilizing Geospatial Techniques to Improve Disaster Response pdf
Tuesday November 19, 2019 10:30am - 12:00pm AST
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  Breakout Session