Geospatial Dimensions of Emergency Response Symposium

This event will be the first ever to address the application of mapping technologies such as GIS, GPS, and remote sensing to emergency and disaster response. The Symposium will kick off with half-day seminars on Sunday and Monday, March 9 and 10. Technical sessions will continue through Tuesday, March 11 and Wednesday, March 12.

In offering this specialized education, GITA is seeking to meet the following critical goals:

• Provide educational sessions about the application of geospatial technologies to emergency and disaster response that are applicable to individual responders, operational managers, and support personnel in both communities,

• Draw the geospatial professional and emergency response communities together in an effort to improve communication between the two groups, 

• Foster a better understanding between the two communities of the roles and responsibilities of each, and

• Encourage and assist the communities to maintain an ongoing dialogue so that all are better prepared to assist and achieve maximum efficiency in times of disaster and emergency.

The Geospatial Dimensions of Emergency Response Symposium will be held as a separate event, but will be conducted in parallel with GITA’s Geospatial Infrastructure Solutions Conference. There will be a shared exhibit floor and registration, and social events will be open to attendees of both conferences. GITA will make every effort to facilitate crossover. Attendees will benefit from a dialogue that will provide emergency responders critical exposure to the various technologies available to enable their efforts in an emergency situations, while simultaneously giving the geospatial community direct ‘ground-zero’ information about the geospatial needs and requirements of emergency response teams.

The Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA) is a nonprofit educational association serving the global geospatial community.