The International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO) and the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) are pleased to announce the 16th Annual GIS/CAMA (Geographic Information Systems / Computer-Assisted Mass Appraisal) Technologies Conference, to be held March 12-15, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency in San Antonio, Texas. The educational program is developed through a review of submissions received through the Call for Presentations. The committee welcomes the submission of individual papers, complete sessions, and lightning talks and has proposed a list of suggested topics for consideration (all abstracts received will be reviewed and considered for the conference program regardless of the list below):

• Modeling unstable markets using advanced techniques
• Funding assessment operations and projects
• Mobile technology in action
• Raising public understanding – New ways of showing the public what we do and how we do it
• Best practices and lessons learned
• Technology implementations
• GIS in crisis – Sharing data instantly using GIS when nature wreaks havoc
• For Better or For Worse – Keeping staff engaged in the face of cutbacks and other workforce development challenges
• ROI – Resource or technology investments that paid off
• On the Up and Up - Tales of recovery after economic or natural disaster
• The best idea we had this year was…
• Mineral rights – big business or bust?
• Public data versus privacy rights
• Utilizing GIS tools for appeals
• Going viral – using YouTube and other social media
• Parcel Numbering
• Web interfaces - from electronic submission of appeals to comparable sales maps for public use
• Statistical models for commercial property
• Personal property from PCs to wind farms
• From the Alamo to Australia –National and international valuation models
• Utilizing GIS for change detection
• Geospatial valuation tips and tricks
• GIS in the ‘Cloud’
• The value of ‘Green’ construction
• IGNITE – 5-7 minute presentations on anything and everything GIS and CAMA

Abstract submissions will be accepted until September 23, 2011. The link to the Call for Presentations and general conference information is: http://www.urisa.org/conferences/2012gis_cama