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February 20th, 2019
Registration is now open for the 2019 Washington GIS Conference

Washington URISA (WAURISA) invites you to join your fellow GIS professionals at the only statewide GIS conference in Washington State – the 2019 Washington GIS Conference, May 20 – 23 at the Greater Tacoma Convention & Trade Center in Tacoma.

Conference registration is open! WAURISA is pleased to announce that Conference registration (https://waurisa.org/event-3149626/Registration) is now open to register for workshops and the conference. This year WAURISA is proud to have two full days of high caliber workshops along with two days of the conference. The workshops range from ½ day sessions to 1-day classes. For a full list of this year’s workshops and information on the Washington Government GIS Leaders meeting, check out the Workshops webpage (https://waurisa.org/Workshops). We are again returning to the Hotel Murano Tacoma for the conference hotel and workshops. More information can be found on the conference webpage (https://waurisa.org/Washington-GIS-Conference).

Check out the conference webpage (https://waurisa.org/Washington-GIS-Conference) for more information about this year’s keynote (William ‘Bill’ Johnson – @MappingGuy https://twitter.com/MappingGuy?lang=en), the Call for Presentations, Call for Submissions to the Richard ‘Dick’ Thomas Memorial Student Presentation Competition & Award, Call for Posters, Maps, Web Applications, or Scripts, and the Call for Exhibitors.

Keep up to date with all the latest conference news by following WAURISA on Twitter (https://twitter.com/WAURISA), LinkedIn Group (https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3740111/) and Company (https://www.linkedin.com/company/waurisa-washington-urisa-/), and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/WashingtonURISA/) pages. Visit our website at https://waurisa.org/Washington-GIS-Conference, or join our email list at https://us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=d7fa0ff42ba20e40d87ed5164&id=25c6823a9a. The hashtag for this year’s conference is #wagis19.

About WAURISA

The Washington State Chapter of URISA (http://www.waurisa.org/) recognizes, supports, and encourages professional growth through continuing education, communication, technical development, and service to its members and others in the field of geospatial and information technologies. It is a non-profit association of GIS professionals using geospatial technology to solve problems in state, regional and local government. WAURISA members are from many disciplines, including planning, transportation, public works, the environment, emergency services, and utilities. They are dedicated to advancing the effective application of GIS technology in decision making and streamlining government operations and services.