| | Wednesday, May 7th | |
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| 8:00am - 9:00am | Registration | Foyer |
| 9:00am - 10:00am | Official Opening Ceremony - Master of Ceremonies; Dwight Neal National Anthem: Invocation: Jordan Gongora Welcome: Loretta Palacio, Managing Director, TBSL Welcome: Heath Hill, Account Manager, Central America and the Caribbean Esri, Keynote Address: Jose Cardona, Chief Operating Officer, BCB Holdings Limited and The Belize Bank Limited Awards | Riverhall |
| 10:30am - 11:45am | Opening Plenary: GIS Progress towards National Development Esri Technology Update - Heath Hill Dangriga Town Council – Mayor Gilbert Swaso, Curlet Gamboa, Tania Arz; Dangriga Town Council My Virtual City – Isake Perez & Rebecca Bradley; St. Catherine’s Academy Belize Electricity Limited – Rolando Santos and Navid Ahmadiyeh; BEL Sugar Industry Management Information System - Jessamyn Ramos, Gregorio Canto, Sugar Industry Research & Development Institute (SIRDI) | Riverhall |
| 11:45am - 1:00pm | Lunch | Biltmore Courtyard |
| 1:00pm - 2:00pm | GIS in Business: Customer & Market Analytic - Heath Hill; Josue Paz, TBSL Location Intelligence & Analytic in Tourism - Pamela Kersh, Esri; Marion Cayetano Using Feature Services - Juan Carlos Tarazona, Esri; Andrew Link, TBSL | Toucan A Riverhall Toucan B |
| 2:00pm - 3:00pm | GIS 101 - Andrew Link; Julian Crawford, TBSL Migrating Data to the Information Model - Templates - Pamela Kersh; Marion Cayetano Location Intelligence & Analytic Banking & Insurance - Juan Carlos Tarazona; Josue Paz Latest advancements in GIS use for Forest Management - Dr. Percival Cho, Forest Department | HOLL Riverhall Toucan A Toucan B |
| 3:00pm - 3:15pm | Break | Biltmore Balcony |
| 3:15pm - 4:15pm | Local Government Transformation: The Roadmap to GIS Integration for Town Councils - Mayor Gilbert Swaso and Staff; Dorian Enriquez, San Ignacio, Santa Elena Town Council; Marion Cayetano Using ArcGIS Templates in Your Workflow: (Emergency Management Scenario) Pamela Kersh; Josue Paz BEL’s Roadmap to GIS Integration - Rolando Santos, Navid Ahmadiyeh Hands-On Learning lab - Telling Your Stories Using Maps in ArcGIS Online - Julian Crawford | Riverhall Toucan A Toucan B HOLL |
| 4:15pm - 4:15 | Wrap-Up Session Welcome Reception | Riverhall |
| Thursday, May 8th | ||
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| 8:00am - 8:30am | Registration | Foyer |
| 9:00am - 10:00am | Plenary: ArcGIS Online - Step for Success - Pamela Kersh; Juan Carlos Tarazona; Andrew Link, Marion Cayetano, Josue Paz | Riverhall |
| 9:30am - 10:15am | Plenary: The Resurrection of “The Need for a Multipurpose Cadastre” & its Role in the Application of Modern Land Records Technology - John McKenna, Trimble Navigation | Toucan B |
| 10:15am - 10:30am | Break | Biltmore Balcony |
| 10:30am - 11:15am | Urban Planning/City Engine - Josue Paz, Marion Cayetano Applying Gis to Conservation & Sustainable Development - Jaume Ruscalleda, Ya’axche Data Collection and Integration: Collector App - Juan Carlos Tarazona; Andrew Link Hands On Learning Lab: Story Maps - Julian Crawford | Toucan A Toucan B Riverhall HOLL |
| 11:15am - 12:15pm | Fundamentals of Web GIS - Juan Carlos Tarazona; Andrew Link Location Intelligence & Analytics for the International Market - Pamela Kersh; Marion Cayetano NSDI Data Integration and Data Sharing - Alfred Cho, Elam Torres, Land Information Centre, NSDI | Riverhall Toucan A Toucan B |
| 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm | Lunch | Biltmore Courtyard |
| 1:15pm - 2:00pm | The Development of Crime Data Analysis - Harry Noble, PC Jose Tillet - The Belize Police Department Use of GIS in The Belize Sugar Industry Management Information System (SIMIS): Jessamyn Ramos, Gregorio Canto Hands On Learning Lab: - Julian Crawford | Toucan A Toucan B |
| 2:00pm - 2:45pm | GIS in Telecommunications - Juan Carlos Tarazona; Marion Cayetano Application Development within the Belize Meteorological Department - Frank Tench, Belize Meteorological Service Sleepwalking Into the Future: The Case for Incorporating GIS into The Curriculum - Scott Sires, Brookhaven College Geotechnology Institute , Joseph Kerski, Esri; Marion Cayetano | Toucan A Toucan B HOLL |
| 2:45pm - 3:30pm | Plenary: Web GIS from Field to Office - Juan Carlos Tarazona; Andrew Link | Riverhall |
| 3:30pm - 4:40pm | Closing | Riverhall |
TBSL is an established Belizean IT solutions company that provides high quality and cost-effective business solutions to the corporate market with a management team of 20 years of GIS and business solutions experience combined.