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2017 Conference Program
The 2018 Conference Program will be posted in November.
Monday, February 13
PRODUCT PREVIEWS
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Centennial
Centennial
Learn about the newest supplier advances and best practices for specifying, planning and executing projects in Product Previews presented by exhibiting companies.
Centennial A-C
9:30 – 9:45 Maser Consulting
9:45 – 10:00 RIEGL
10:00 – 10:15 Quantum Spatial
10:15 – 10:30 BAE Systems
10:30 – 10:45 Teledyne Optech
10:45 – 11:00 GeoCue
11:00 – 11:15 Orbit GT
11:15 – 11:30 Blue Marble Geographics
Centennial F-H
9:30 – 9:45 YellowScan
9:45 – 10:00 Bentley
10:00 – 10:15 Safe Software
10:15 – 10:30 Advanced Scientific Concepts
10:30 – 10:45 USGS
10:45 – 11:00 SOMAG/PhaseOne
11:00 – 11:15 Leica Geosystems
11:15 – 11:30 Harris
ASPRS Hot Topics
Monday
13 Feb 2017
Qassim Abdullah – Woolpert
1:00 PM Exhibition Open (Closes at 7:00 pm)
Opening Session & Keynotes
Monday
13 Feb 2017
Lisa Murray – Event Director
Larry Mayer – Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, University of New Hampshire
Timothy Trainor – United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management
2:00 pm - 2:05 pm
Stretch and Greet Your Neighbor
Dr. Eric Poehler – University of Massachusetts Amherst
2:55 pm - 3:00 pm
Q&A with Keynotes
3:00 – 3:30 PM Break
Geiger-Mode LiDAR (GML) and Single-Photon LiDAR (SPL): What’s the Difference & Why Does it Matter?
Monday
13 Feb 2017
Minsu Kim – USGS Eros Data Center
Dr. Craig Glennie – University of Houston
Michel Stanier – Teledyne Optech
5:00 – 7:00 PM Happy Hour Reception on Exhibit Floor sponsored by 
Tuesday, February 14
Reporting Out: GML/SPL Applied to Large-Scale Projects
Tuesday
14 Feb 2017
Hope Morgan – North Carolina Emergency Management
Steve Nechero – USDA NRCS National Geospatial Center of Excellence
Jason Stoker – USGS
Panel Discussion – GML/SPL Applied to Large Projects
9:30 am - 10:00 am
Centennial F-H
9:00 AM Exhibition Open (Closes at 5:30 pm)
10:00 – 10:30 AM Coffee Break
Point Clouds: From Processing & Feature Extraction to Analysis & Management
Updates from the USGS
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Tuesday
14 Feb 2017
Steve Nechero – USDA NRCS National Geospatial Center of Excellence
Jonathan Gale – Textron Systems, Geospatial Solutions
Soeren Discher – Hasso-Plattner Institut, University of Potsdam
Dr. Venkat Devarajan – UTexas Arlington
Scott Pakula – PIXIA Corp.
Doug Hugo – National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Interactive Panel Discussion: Point Clouds
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Centennial A-C
Tuesday
14 Feb 2017
Dr. Ajit Sampath – USGS Eros Data Center
Barry Miller – USGS NGTOC
Karen Adkins – NGTOC
Kimberly Mantey – USGS
Cynthia Miller Corbett – USGS, Core Science Systems
Cynthia Miller Corbett – USGS, Core Science Systems
12:30 – 2:00 PM Lunch
Topo-Bathy/Shoreline Mapping
Tuesday
14 Feb 2017
Stephen White – NOAA/NOS/NGS
Nicholas Johnson – USACE JALBTCX
Carol Lockhart – Geomatics Data Solutions Inc.
Nicholas Johnson – USACE JALBTCX
Forestry
Tuesday
14 Feb 2017
Melinda McGann – U.S. Forest Service
Dr. Michael Strager – West Virginia University
Geoff Lawless – Forsite, Inc
Dr. Michael Strager – West Virginia University
3:15 – 3:45 PM Coffee Break
Multi-Sensor & Data Fusion
Tuesday
14 Feb 2017
Steven Olmsted – Arizona Department of Transportation
Wayne Wright, NOAA
Dr. Gottfried Mandlburger – TU Wien, Department of Geodesy & Geoinformation
Dr. Gottfried Mandlburger – TU Wien, Department of Geodesy & Geoinformation
New Technologies
Tuesday
14 Feb 2017
Dr. Michael Zanetti – University of Western Ontario
Doug Flint – NavVis GmbH
Ville Koivuranta – Sharper Shape Ltd.
Kris Berglund – Blue Marble Geographics
Jeff Wuendry – Velodyne
6:00 – 8:00 PM LiDAR & Lager at Wynkoop Brewery sponsored by 
Wednesday, February 15
UAVs & LiDAR
Wednesday
15 Feb 2017
Lewis Graham – GeoCue Group
Ricardo Passini – BAE Systems GP&S
Curtis Parks – RME Geomatics
Curtis Parks – RME Geomatics
Panel Discussion: UAVs and LiDAR
9:30 am - 10:00 am
Centennial A-C
Bathymetry LiDAR & Topobathy
Wednesday
15 Feb 2017
Amar Nayegandhi – Dewberry Consultants LLC
Chris Macon – USACE JALBTCX
Russell Faux – Quantum Spatial, Inc.
Russell Faux – Quantum Spatial, Inc.
9:00 AM Exhibition Open (Closes at 4:00 pm)
10:00 – 10:30 AM Coffee Break
Coastal Monitoring
Wednesday
15 Feb 2017
Dr. Neil Slatcher – 3D Laser Mapping
Clementine Chirol – National Oceanography Centre Southampton
Chuyen Nguyen – Texas A&M – Corpus Christi
Lindy Betzhold – Baldwin Group
Lindy Betzhold – Baldwin Group
New Developments in Mobile Mapping
Wednesday
15 Feb 2017
Qassim Abdullah – Woolpert
Josh Rayburn – Leica Geosystems
Harald Teufelsbauer – RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems GmbH
Mobile Laser Scanning in GNSS-denied Areas
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Centennial F-H
Qassim Abdullah – Woolpert
12:00 – 1:30 PM Lunch
Landslide Detection & Mapping
Wednesday
15 Feb 2017
Brian Halchak – The Williams Companies, Inc.
Ben Haugen – Maptek
Ben Haugen – Maptek
Analyzing LiDAR Information for Decision-Making
Wednesday
15 Feb 2017
Douglas Hallum – University of Nebraska, NITC GIS Council
Dr. Arno Buecken – RWTH Aachen University
Dr. Arno Buecken – RWTH Aachen University
2:15 – 2:30 PM Short Break
UAS vs. Manned Aircraft: Appropriate Applications, Planning & Processing Workflow
Wednesday
15 Feb 2017
Mike Tully – Aerial Services, Inc.
Ken Kranz – Cognizant
Russell Faux – Quantum Spatial, Inc.
Russell Faux – Quantum Spatial, Inc.
Unique Applications
Wednesday
15 Feb 2017
Mike Meiser – Woolpert
Vihang Jani – NIST
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
3:10 pm - 3:30 pm
Centennial F-H
Mike Meiser – Woolpert
Discussion with Advisory Board
Wednesday
15 Feb 2017
Qassim Abdullah – Woolpert
Thursday, February 16
Harris LiDAR Workshop
Thursday
16 Feb 2017
Extracting Information from LiDAR Data
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Agate Meeting Rooms A & B
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