WLIA 2025 Annual Conference Appleton

WLIA 2025 Annual Conference Appleton

8:00am CST

Quiet Room Cortland

8:30am CST

Registration Convention Center Foyer

9:30am CST

Building Experience with Experience Builder Rosewood/LindenEric Passler • Jesse Papez Emerging GIS Technology Bond/CrownDavid M Buehler • Tyler DeBruin Introductory Level ArcGIS Pro Parcel Fabric Parchment/OaktagFrank Conkling Performing "Cadastral Like" Parcel Mapping OaktagDoug Avoles • Laurence E Johns III, PLS, EMT Python, Population, and Optimization: Automating Data Processing with Python and ArcGIS Pro Notebooks Briarwood/EbonySamantha Olivieri • Jess Hoffelder

12:30pm CST

Lunch Grand Ballroom Board and Nominee Lunch Redwood

1:30pm CST

Experience Builder Handbook PippinWendy Leonard • Javier Salazar Implementing Asset Management OaktagJon Schwichtenberg Leveraging GIS for Community Change Briarwood/EbonyFrank Romo Parcel Fabric Office Hours ParchmentFrank Conkling Practical AI Use for GIS - Establishing Your Own Personal AI Tutor McIntoshPhilip Marty

2:00pm CST

Wisconsin Land Information Council (WLIC) Meeting Redwood

4:30pm CST

Land Information Officers Network (LION) Meeting Evergreen

6:00pm CST

"The Opening" - Backyard BBQ Grand Ballroom

8:30pm CST

Late Night Social w/ The Chris Haise Band at Gibson Music Hall Gibson Music Hall

8:00am CST

Breakfast with Exhibitors Grand Ballroom CD New Member Meet-UP Grand Ballroom CD Registration Convention Center Foyer Quiet Room Cortland

8:30am CST

Morning General Session Grand Ballroom ABJohn Nelson • Kimberly Christman

10:15am CST

Exhibit Hall Opening Grand Ballroom

10:30am CST

Leveraging GIS for Telecommunications Design Hub Rosewood/LindenZach Nemeth • Isaac Sorensen Linking GIS to Community Collaborative Grants PippinTyler DeBruin • Lindsey Smith Making Wisconsin Historic Aerial Imagery Available to the World EvergreenJim Lacy Utility Asset Management Using Esri’s Web Experience Builder Briarwood/EbonyLou Rada • Samantha Keehan A GIS Professional's Guide to Navigating Generative AI McIntoshChris Dickerson • Emily Sudar FuzionView: 811 - Underground Data Mapping Parchment/OaktagBob Basques Essential Skills You Didn't Know You Needed Bond/CrownJennifer Borlick • Andy Faust • Jon Schwichtenberg • Zach Nienow • Kelly Felton • Jeremiah Erickson • Larry Cutforth • Adam Dorn • Eric Damkot • Kimberly Meinert • Michael Koutnik ESRI Hands-On Learning Lab (HOLL) Lawrence

11:00am CST

The Journey of Making Our First ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript Application (Making WHAIFinder v3) Rosewood/LindenHayden Elza Crash Course on Safer Streets: Paving the Way with Data PippinCasey Peters Modeling Urban Forest Canopy in Wisconsin EvergreenRobert Smail BIM Supports 3D Asset Management Briarwood/EbonyEmily Champagne

11:30am CST

Data Automation with ChatGPT McIntoshAndy Hess Using the Esri GIS Request Management Solution to Track, Organize, and Share GIS Projects Rosewood/LindenBrad Blumer • Megan Roessler Integrating Microsoft Power BI and GIS for Improved Data Visualization and Analysis Parchment/OaktagElisabeth Geiger Cross-Species Connections: How Turtles Find Love Beyond Their Shells PippinMike Zuege • Jessica Hatch • Barbara Koldos • August Neverman WROC 2025 - Program Update EvergreenAndy Faust • Zach Nienow The Integration of GIS at WisDOT Briarwood/EbonyAdam Feidt • Bill Shockley • Tony J. Van Der Wielen • Joe Klang

12:00pm CST

Afternoon General Session/Lunch Grand Ballroom AB

2:00pm CST

Accessing and using USGS 3DEP Lidar Data EvergreenMitch Bergeson Utilizing Drones and Arc FieldMaps to Moniter Farmland Preservation Compliance Briarwood/EbonyMax Grueneberg Using ArcGIS Pro to Efficiently Manage Data in ArcGIS Online Rosewood/LindenAlex Lange Efficiently Managing ArcGIS with FME: How Terracon's Data Services Automates Operations Parchment/OaktagKatie Godding Artificial Intelligence and Parcels / The Search for Monuments McIntoshFrank Conkling What the Judicial Privacy Act (Act 235) Really Means for You PippinHoward Veregin • Staci Hoffman • Fred Iausly • Kristen Anderson Career Connections Bond/CrownKristen Vincent • Matthew Haffner, PhD • Frank Romo • John Nelson • Emily Champagne • Grace Condit

2:30pm CST

Creating Cartographic Quality Contours from Recent or Historic QL2 Lidar Data and Breaklines EvergreenJon Popelars Sauk County's Road to the ArcGIS Pro Parcel Fabric Rosewood/LindenKelly Felton Mapping to Support the WI DNR's Remediation and Redevelopment Program Parchment/OaktagGeoffrey House Measure Up: Leveraging UAS for Accurate Stockpile Monitoring Briarwood/EbonyPaul Crocker

2:45pm CST

AI and Redistricting: Insights from Two Recent Wisconsin Supreme Court Cases McIntoshDr. Matthew Petering, PhD

3:00pm CST

Pioneering Efficiency: Geospatial Strategies in Wisconsin Governance PippinRyan S.Smith What to Do with Your Lidar EvergreenAdam Derringer Exploring Map Automation with ArcGIS Pro Rosewood/LindenJonathan Kult • Lily Chase UTC Time ... Am I right? Parchment/OaktagDevin Carlson • Matthew Engfer

3:30pm CST

Map Gallery Opening Convention Center Foyer

4:00pm CST

Developers & Python Briarwood/Ebony Lidar & Hydrology Parchment/Oaktag Municipal and Utilities Group (MUG) McIntosh Next Generation 911 Task Force Pippin Unmanned Aerial Systems Rosewood/Linden Wisconsin Real Property Listers Association (WRPLA) Bond/Crown

5:00pm CST

Exhibitor Reception, Silent Auction Grand Ballroom

7:00am CST

Breakfast for Past Presidents Room TBA

8:00am CST

Breakfast with Exhibitors Grand Ballroom CD Quiet Room Cortland Registration Convention Center Foyer

8:30am CST

Morning General Session Grand Ballroom ABFrank Romo • Kimberly Christman

10:00am CST

Break with Exhibitors, Silent Auction Closes Grand Ballroom CD

10:30am CST

Using Esri's ADM Solution for NG911 Parchment/OaktagNathan Fazer Leveraging Volunteer Monitoring Data for Water Quality Reporting and Advocacy: The Milwaukee River Basin Report Card Bond/CrownKatie Rademacher Traveling After GIS Rosewood/LindenJoAnn Parks Asset Management For Communities and Utilities Briarwood/EbonyJon Schwichtenberg Harnessing Frequently Updated Imagery and GeoAI for Smarter Decision-Making Bond/CrownJake Tully swisstopo..Why not Wisconsin? McIntoshMatt O'Rourke • Rich Leaver Esri Hands-On Learning Lab (HOLL) Lawrence

11:00am CST

Collaborating to Create a Statewide Outdoor Recreation Asset Database PippinTaylar Foster • Emily Weber National Spatial Reference System Modernization: What it Means for Your Geospatial Data Parchment/OaktagJacob Heck Streamlining Hydrography: A GIS Methodology for Converting a Large-scale Dataset for the Official Wisconsin State Highway Map Bond/CrownJean Traudt • Howard Veregin • Ray Weigand • Jack DiPaolo History, Geography, & Maps of Middle Earth Rosewood/LindenCharles A. Green Utility Network: What Is It and How Can It Be Leveraged? Briarwood/EbonyJarod Fox

11:30am CST

Lidar in Bayfield County Parchment/OaktagHeather Lee Surveyors Using Survey123 McIntoshLindsay McClintock Collaborative GIS Efforts @ WisDOT PippinDan Johnston • Steven Doocy, P.E.

11:45am CST

Finding Your Way with USNG Up North Parchment/OaktagCarmen Novak • Brigid Reina Williams

12:00pm CST

Afternoon General Session/Lunch Grand Ballroom AB

2:00pm CST

WLIA New Board Meeting Redwood