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MINNESOTA CHAPTER VISION
To be the leading provider of accessible and effective education and training to fulfill the needs of those individuals interested in geospatial information and technology in rapidly changing disciplines. |
Minnesota Chapter Awards $1000 Scholarship
Click here for information on the Minnesota Chapter's 2007 scholarship award recipient!
The mission of Geospatial Information & Technology Association is to provide excellence in education and information exchange on geospatial information and technology in telecommunications, infrastructure and utility applications worldwide. To further this mission, the GITA Minnesota Chapter established a scholarship award program several years ago.
EVENTS
GITA Minnesota Chapter Day-Long Conference On:
“Utilizing GeoSpatial Technologies to Improve Asset Management and Reliability”
Conference will help you learn how GIS will better administer and track your location based facilities and assets.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER – Dr. Jayant Sharma, Technical Director, Spatial Oracle USA Inc.
Dr. Jayant Sharma is Technical Director, Spatial Product Management at Oracle's New England Development Center. He has over fifteen years experience in databases and spatial information systems. He is currently focused on the product strategy, and design, of spatial components for Oracle's database and application server products, and on deployment architectures using these components. He works closely with Oracle Spatial's business partners and strategic customers. He also represents Oracle at the OpenGeospatial Consortium's Planning & Technical Committee meetings and its working groups.
When:
February 7, 2008
Where:
Eden Prairie Training Center, 7500 Flying Cloud Dr, Eden Prairie, MN
Who should attend:
Any experienced GIS person who wishes to advance the uses of GIS technologies.
Conference Topics with Panel Discussion:
GeoSpatial Database Options
Field Data Collection
Mobility and Staking
Scheduling/Asset Management
Outage Management
Aerial Photography
Conference Supporters:
| Connexus Energy |
Powel, Inc. |
| ESRI |
Pro West, Inc. |
| Gopher State One Call |
Utility Integration Solutions, Inc. |
| Intergraph |
Wright-Hennepin |
| LMIC |
Xcel Energy |
| Oracle |
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Conference Cost:
$55.00 Member
$65.00 Non member
For more information visit the CONFERENCE BROCHURE
Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
Registration is now closed. See you at the conference!
2008 EXECUTIVE BOARD
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PRESIDENT-ELECT
Open Position |
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TREASURER
Dale Nikkola
Connexus Energy
14601 Ramsey Boulevard
Ramsey MN 55303
E-mail: dalen@connexusenergy.com |
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SECRETARY
Steve Bruggeman
Powel MiniMax
930 Blue Gentian Road
Suite 1300
St Paul MN 55121
E-mail: steve.bruggeman@powelminimax.com
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AT LARGE
Rick Person, Scholarship Chair
City of Saint Paul
800 City Hall Annex
25 West Fourth Street
St Paul MN 55102
E-mail: rick.person@ci.stpaul.mn.us |
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AT LARGE
Parag Parikh
Utility Integration Solutions, Inc.
24 Benthill Court
Lafayette, CA 94549
E-mail: pparikh@uisol.com
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AT LARGE
Terry Nielsen
Utility Integration Solutins, Inc.
24 Benthill Court
Lafayette, CA 94549
E-mail: tneilsen@uisol.com
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Board Meetings
Meetings are held on the first Thursday of the month, 11:30am, at various locations.
Interested people are invited to attend and help plan events of the chapter.
BENEFITS OF GITA MEMBERSHIP
- 10% off first order from GITA bookstore
- FREE subscription to Networks, GITA's member-only newsletter
- Free Gold Paper Collection
- FREE access to GEOXchange e-mail forum
- Free Subscriptions to: GEO WORLD, Geospatial Solutions, and Energy/IT
- Discounts off GITA Annual Conference and Seminars
- Discount off the Geospatial Technology Report.
- Peer networking
- Automatic membership in your local chapter
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