CalGIS 2025

CalGIS 2025

Welcome to the CalGIS Conference, taking place in Sonoma County, California, April 14-16, 2025! This is where you review the comprehensive educational program for the conference and plan your agenda.

Registration, hotel details, and sponsorship opportunities are available here.

7:00pm PDT

CalGIS 2025 Pre-Game Networking

1:00pm PDT

GeoAI and AI Assistants in the ArcGIS System Salon IJason Latoski • Delia Wahby Geospatial Workflows Reimagined: Agile Management & Cognitive Flexibility SonomaRachel Marquez, GISP, PMP • Christina Brunsvold, MS, GISP Interactive Emergency Mapping: Using Open-Source and Hard-to-Find Data for Real-World Scenarios Salon IIRhena Berning • Peter Griffin

5:00pm PDT

CalGIS Networking: Make a plan!

6:00pm PDT

Giving Back: Mapathon GIS & Greens: Putt-Putt & Networking at Scandia! Scandia Family Fun Center

8:00am PDT

Coffee Break with Exhibitors

8:30am PDT

Welcome & Keynote Address: Watch Duty: Empowering Communities with Real-Time Wildfire Intelligence Salon III + IVSean Phayakapong • Nick Russell

10:00am PDT

Coffee Break with Exhibitors

10:30am PDT

Elevating Remote Sensing & Infrastructure with AI Salon IISoorya Narayan Satheesh • Kevin Brown • Connor Burns Power and Simplicity of Geospatial Analysis using DuckDB Salon IClaire Palmer, GISP Transforming 911 Call Routing: The Role of GIS in California's NG911 Evolution SonomaRachel Marquez, GISP, PMP • Natasha Potter • Lauren DiGiovanni, MGIS, GISP, ENP

12:00pm PDT

CalGIS Hosted Lunch Salon III/IV

1:00pm PDT

Coffee Break with Exhibitors Grand Ballroom Foyer

1:30pm PDT

Geospatial Solutions for Environmental & Cultural Preservation Salon IIJack Daley • Peter Hansen • Adam Lodge Driving Collaboration: The Role of GIS in the California Road Sharing (CARS) Initiative SonomaGene Barrera • Natasha Potter • Aaron Ott Esri Gold Sponsor Session: Esri - A Comprehensive System of Record, Insight, and Engagement Salon IJason Latoski • Delia Wahby

3:00pm PDT

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Grand Ballroom Foyer

3:30pm PDT

California Dreaming... Inspiration, Innovation, and Impact Salon III/IVChristina Brunsvold, MS, GISP • Andrea Perez, MSGISci • Soorya Narayan Satheesh • Kevin Volz, GISP • Marc Epstein

5:00pm PDT

Mappy Hour with CalGIS Sponsors Grand Ballroom Foyer

6:00pm PDT

Poolside with CalGIS TBA

8:00am PDT

Coffee Break with Exhibitors Grand Ballroom Foyer

8:30am PDT

Advancing Environmental Intelligence with LiDAR & 3D Elevation Data SonomaFrancesca Rohr • Jacob Mark • Drew Decker Enhancing Emergency Response & Flood Resilience with GIS Salon IILauren DiGiovanni, MGIS, GISP, ENP • Jennifer Buchanan, GISP, ENV SP, CFM • Chris Ferrari, P.E., CFM Standards, Open Data, and Cloud Transformation in GIS Salon IRoland Martin • Ryan Lopez • Udaya Bhasker Cheerala

9:30am PDT

Coffee Break with Exhibitors Grand Ballroom Foyer

10:30am PDT

Mapping for Impact: How Counties Use GIS to Solve Critical Community Challenges Salon IOlga M Tambazidis • Andrea Perez, MSGISci • Rina Hutajulu • Krystal Corzine • Roland Martin • Jason Latoski Interactive Mapping for All: Leveraging OpenAI API to Build Accessible GIS Solutions Salon IIHarit Shah Modernizing Hydrography Channel Extraction SonomaJane A Schafer-Kramer • Drew Decker • Joel Osuna-Williams • Erik Fintel

12:00pm PDT

1:30pm PDT

Closing Panel: Sharing Geographic Data in California Salon III/IVLothar Petrik • Ryan Lopez • Sandi Stroud • Drew Decker • Jason Latoski

4:00pm PDT

CalGPN General Membership Meeting + Board of Director's Meeting

5:00pm PDT

After Hours Hangout: Sharing Stories and Giving Back to the Community TBA