URISA is honored to welcome an esteemed group of industry thought leaders to participate in a panel discussion on Thursday, September 30, 2010 during GIS-Pro 2010: URISA’s 48th Annual Conference for GIS Professionals in Orlando. The moderated session will discuss such topics as: Where is the Industry going? What are the next hot trends, issues, opportunities, emerging technologies?

The participants in this session will include:

• Ossama Alami, Geo Developer Relations Manager, Google Maps and Earth

• Clint Brown, Director of Software Products, Esri

• Joel Campbell, President, ERDAS

• Donald Fenhagen, GIS Service Area Leader, IBM Global Business Services

• Microsoft Bing Maps for Enterprise – participant TBD

• Xavier Lopez, Director of Product Management, Oracle Spatial Products Group

• Geoff Zeiss, Director of Technology, Autodesk

URISA President, Kathrine Cargo GISP, ENP, GIS Coordinator for the Orleans Parish (LA) Communications District, is looking forward to the session. “What a stellar panel! The opportunity to hear from these thought leaders, all in the same place at the same time, is extraordinary. It will certainly be a highlight of GIS-Pro 2010.”

For complete program and registration details, visit www.gis-pro.org