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VAMLIS GeoCon 2026

Annual Virginia GIS and mapping sciences conference run by the VAMLIS association

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About this event

GeoCon is the main event of VAMLIS, a professional association for mapping sciences in Virginia. The two-day 2026 edition is at the Greater Richmond Convention Center, with an evening social and vendor reception. The keynote speaker is Kyle Spencer, Chief Resilience Officer for the City of Norfolk. An agenda is published on the VAMLIS site.

Who it's for

Local Government GISUtility GIS TeamsPublic Safety GISConservation Mapping

Virginia GIS and mapping professionals. The agenda draws speakers from local governments, state agencies, water authorities, consultancies and universities, with thematic tracks including utilities, public safety and health, transit and conservation.

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Speakers

Chief Resilience Officer

City of Norfolk

Opening keynote

Cross Team Collaboration using Survey123

Soils for GIS Users

From Scan to System: Enabling Predictive Asset Management with BIM

John Watermolen

GPN GISCorps - Volunteer Opportunities

Opioid and Mental Health Community Resources

Getting Ready for WCAG

Rural County doing Big County GIS

Christina Sabochick

Leveraging ArcGIS Hub Sites for Collaborative Conservation

From Incident Data to Community Action: Building VDFP's Community Risk Reduction Framework

Jamie Christensen

Civic Vanguard Inc

Your Data Called. It Said You Never Let It Go Anywhere.

Rural County doing Big County GIS

Drew Fioranelli

Fioranelli Consulting

Your GIS Strategy Isn't About GIS

Transforming Planning & Community Development with ArcGIS

Jenni Ellsworth

Utilizing Esri Tailored Solutions for GIS request management

Jennifer Whytlaw

Old Dominion University

Introducing the PreGISP Program

Cityworks Where the Work Happens: From Storeroom to Facility Floor

See What's Happening. Explore What's Next: A Roadway Digital Twin

Lidar Strikes Again?

On the Right Track: Optimizing Rail Networks for LRS Success

Hazen and Sawyer

Centralizing LCRI Program Management Activities using GIS

Elizabeth Greenwell

Mapping Infrastructure Risk: Building a Regional Dashboard

Melanie Del Pozo

Shade the Stop: Using GIS to Prioritize Trees at Richmond Bus Stops

Frederick Water

GPS Locating For Utility protection

Tracking Site Assessments with ArcGIS Experience Builder & FME

University of Richmond

Shade Is Infrastructure: Assessing Bus Stop Shelter Design

Different Roads, Same Destination: Esri's Flexible Path to Service Requests

Delaney Resweber

Can My Mom Use This? Tips and Tricks for Building User-Friendly Web Apps

Celeste Shelton

GIS-Based HUB site and Natural Resource Management Plans for Virginia State Parks

Urban Land Evaluation and Assessment (uLESA)

Urban Land Evaluation and Assessment (uLESA)

Next Era of Asset Management System: from CMMS to AI

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Experimenting with Experience Builder: Tips + Tricks

U.S. Census Bureau

The Boundary and Annexation Survey

Town of Culpeper

The Modernization of Web Applications for Local Government

Town of Culpeper

The Modernization of Web Applications for Local Government

AI Applications in ArcGIS: The Future of Geospatial Intelligence

From Sensor to Screen: Automating a Coastal Inundation and Saltwater-Intrusion Risk Pipeline

Parrish Simmons

City of Richmond

Demystifying COGO

County of Middlesex

When Close Enough Isn't: Sub-Addressing for NG9-1-1

Shonia Holloway

City of Norfolk

It's not as easy as it looks: High-accuracy data collection of our assets!

Final Episode! Revisiting Our 2023-2025 Case...

Maximizing Efficiency of Field Data Collection

ArcGIS + Microsoft Power Platform: Connecting Spatial Data with Dataverse

Clean As A Whistle: The VGIN Report Cards and Your Data

City of Norfolk

Final Episode! Revisiting Our 2023-2025 Case...

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Policy implications of tidal datum updates

Beyond the Buzz: Practical AI Workflows for GIS Professionals

Establishing Formal GIS Governance

Western Virginia Water Authority

Transforming the Utility Network into a Trusted Asset

Making GIS Matter: Demonstrating the Value of GIS to Non-GIS Staff

Closing the Loop on Site Selection: From Parcel-Scale Suitability Modeling to Site Inquiry

University of Richmond

The future of GIS history

Andrew Freeland

The Route to Optimization: GIS Solutions for Waste Collection

High resolution oblique images for building a Digital Twin

How to use the Data Access Viewer to get elevation, imagery or land cover data

Paul Rittenhouse

County of Albemarle

The Data Hub that Could

Building Resilient Data for Rapidly Growing Communities

Gerard Bernhardt

VBMP Orthoimagery

How GIS uses Survey uses GIS

Jitendrudu Lacaraju

From Dashcam Feed to Asset Records: Road Sign Detection

Jessica Sourbeer

Getting Ready for WCAG

Using GIS to document beaver colonization on stream restoration sites

Geospatial Technologies for Monitoring Land Stewardship

Modernizing the Caltrans Level of Service Program Enabled by the ArcGIS Platform

Modernizing the Caltrans Level of Service Program Enabled by the ArcGIS Platform

Parker Bradshaw

Modernizing the Caltrans Level of Service Program Enabled by the ArcGIS Platform

Regional Ecosystem Framework (REF): Assessing and Protecting Ecological Value

Samantha Melvin

Virginia State Parks

Cultural Resource GIS in Virginia State Parks

Immaculata Mwanja

Chicago Racial Covenants

Synergy Systems

Practical ways a GIS professional can use AI tomorrow

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Drone Mapping in Seagrass

Land Management: A GIS-Centric Approach to Managing Permits, Licenses & Plan Review

Powering global real estate data with Enterprise GIS

Unlocking the Power of Indoor GIS: Real-World ArcGIS Indoors Applications

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