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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">April 4th & 5th, 2016</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><em><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333">(Workshops April 6th)</span></b></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><img width="557" height="112" id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://www.orurisa.org/Resources/Pictures/GIA_logo.gif"></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:green">Registration is open!</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span>
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Click <em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.gisinaction.org/content/registration-and-fees" target="_blank">HERE </a></span></b></em>to register.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333">Only
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#ED145B">five weeks</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333"> until the Premier GIS conference in Oregon.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#9933CC"> </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Please mark your calendars for the <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">TWENTY-FOURTH Annual</span></strong></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt"> </span><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue"><a href="http://www.gisinaction.org" target="_blank">GIS
In Action Conference</a></span></strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">, hosted by the <a href="http://columbia.asprs.org/CRR" target="_blank">Columbia River Region</a> of the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
(<a href="http://www.asprs.org" target="_blank">ASPRS</a>) and the <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.orurisa.org" target="_blank">Oregon-Southwest Washington Chapter</a></span></strong> of the Urban and Regional Information
Systems Association (<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.urisa.org" target="_blank">URISA</a></span></strong>). </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">This year, we are back at Portland State University<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">!</span></strong> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Each year ASPRS and URISA collaborate to hold this informational conference on current issues in the Geospatial Information Community. Join us for what will surely be another successful opportunity
to meet with colleagues in the geospatial industries and organizations, to learn about emerging topics and recent advances in GIS applications, and to discuss our problems and solutions together. Don’t miss this amazing opportunity to meet and network with
GIS professionals from the region. Find out who is doing what, and how.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:22.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">PROGRAM</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:green">Preliminary
<a href="http://www.gisinaction.org/confprogram21716.pdf" target="_blank">Conference Program</a>!</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:22.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333">WEB SITE</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#ED145B">Here's our conference only <a href="http://www.gisinaction.org/gis-in-action" target="_blank">web site</a>.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:22.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1A1A1A">REGISTRATION</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#F26522"><a href="http://www.gisinaction.org/content/registration-and-fees" target="_blank">Register</a> now for the upcoming GIS in Action conference
</span></strong><em><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#F26522">April 4 & 5, 2016</span></b></em><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#F26522"> held at Portland State University. </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:22.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">WORKSHOPS</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">There are several post-conference workshops being held on Wednesday, April 6th, the day after the conference. These workshops are all offered at a discount to conference attendees. </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Here is the list of workshops with detailed descriptions on the
<a href="http://www.gisinaction.org/content/workshops-0" target="_blank">web site.</a></span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="line-height:15.75pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3B3B3B">Cartographic Workshop</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3B3B3B"> – ‘<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Cutting
Through The Graphic Clutter’</span></strong><b><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Format and schedule:</span></strong></b> Full-day workshop, April 6<sup>th</sup>, 9 AM – 3 PM</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="line-height:15.75pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3B3B3B">Extending ArcGIS: Python Geoprocessing Tools and Add-Ins</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3B3B3B"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Format and schedule:</span></strong></span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3B3B3B"> Full-day workshop, April 6<sup>th</sup>, 8:30 AM – 5 PM</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="line-height:15.75pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3B3B3B">Introduction to CartoDB for Web and Mobile Applications</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3B3B3B"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Format and schedule:</span></strong></span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3B3B3B"> Full-day workshop, April 6<sup>th</sup>, 8 AM – 3 PM</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="line-height:15.75pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3B3B3B">Create Great Web Apps – No Coding Required</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3B3B3B"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Format and schedule:</span></strong></span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3B3B3B"> Half-day workshop, April 6<sup>th</sup>, 9 AM – 12PM</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="line-height:15.75pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3B3B3B">ArcGIS Open Data: Get Started and Use Best Practices</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3B3B3B"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Format and schedule:</span></strong></span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3B3B3B"> Half-day workshop, April 6<sup>th</sup>, 1 – 4 PM</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="line-height:15.75pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3B3B3B">ModelBuilder</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3B3B3B"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Format and schedule:</span></strong></span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3B3B3B"> Full-day workshop, April 6<sup>th</sup>, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-line-height-alt:15.75pt"><strong><span style="font-size:22.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#3B3B3B">POSTERS</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#663366">Call for posters!</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#666666">Poetical Poster Contestants,</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#666666">Participants at the 2016 GIS in Action conference will have the opportunity to present a poster and engage in a competition, which includes prizes in different poster categories.
Anyone going to the conference can enter to display their poster. Details for entry to the competition are below. You can enter a digital and/or paper version. The deadline to enter is the beginning of the conference.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F">Voting will happen on all posters and winners will receive $50 REI gift certificates for first place and $25 certificate for second place for five categories.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><em><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#666666">If you plan to enter a poster please submit your poster on our
<a href="http://www.gisinaction.org/content/contest-application-posters-and-maps" target="_blank">
web site</a></span></em><span style="color:#44546A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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