On May 26, 2004, the British Columbia Chapter of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA BC) hosted a one day seminar entitled:
Web Solutions to Infrastructure & Asset Management
Date: May 26, 2004
Time: 8:00 am – 3:55 pm
Location: Ramada Plaza Conference Resort 10251 St. Edwards Drive, Richmond, BC
The seminar had three tracks:
Track 1: Infrastructure and Asset Management Tools
The first track provided information about GIS tools for infrastructure and asset management. The presentations will focus on tools and techniques for construction and development of an enterprise Infrastructure Management System. This track also included case studies of applications available for assets management.
Track 2: Applications built on top of Web-based GIS solutions
The second track focused on buisiness applications built on top of web based applications for asset maintenance and management and explored how they can be integrated with other information systems and processes.
Track 3: Web enabled data sharing and Sensitive data
The third track dealt with role of intranet and interent in sharing data. This also included a panel discussion on data sharing in a web based environment. In addition to the available data sharing standards the panellists discussed issues about sharing sensitive data.
We have a dynamic lineup of speakers including:
- Developing Asset Management software in Alberta ‐ Lessons Learned
Presented by Rod Schatz, UMA Engineering
- Managing Municipal Utilities using GIS
Presented by Tom Palizzi, Azteca Systems
- Web Mapping and Engineering Drawings
Presented by Jeff Jewell, Engineering Systems and Derik Woo, City of Burnaby
- Vancouver’s VanMap-based Business Applications
Presented by Zsigmond Balogh and Meng Li, City of Vancouver
- Asset Management on the Web ‐ Where are we and where are we going?
Presented by Jim Higgs and Barry Davis, City of Burnaby and Dan Kaloutsky, Hansen Canada
- Weaving a Solution: Web Technologies and Capital Projects
Presented by Bill MacLeod, City of Abbotsford
- Spatial Direct at the City of Richmond
Presented by Stuart Jones, City of Richmond and Mark Stoakes, Safe Software
- Panel: Using Open GIS Services For Internet Mapping Applications
Presented by Doug Cates, Moxi Media Inc
- Panel: Community Mapping Network
Presented by Rob Knight, Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection
- Panel: Data Sharing ‐ Keeping the Shared Data Up-To-Date
Presented by Mark Stoakes, Safe Software
- Panel: ICIS ‐ a Province wide data sharing initiative: Challenges & Rewards
Presented by Terry Naylor, ICIS