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56th Annual Conference
Updated Conference Schedule
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| Wednesday, August 10th | |
| 8:00 am – 3:30 pm | WEDNESDAY SEMINARS |
| 8:00 am – 8:30 am | Registration |
| 8:30 am – 3:30 pm | Seminar |
| 11:15 am – 12:45 pm | Lunch (on your own) |
| 8:00 am – 5:00 pm | Conference Registration Desk |
| 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm | GIS Users Group Meeting |
| 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Spouse Hospitality Suite |
| 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm | Surveying and Mapping Council |
| 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm | Surveyors in Government Meeting |
| 6:15 pm | Welcome Barbecue (ticket required) |
| Thursday, August 11th | |
| 7:00 am – 11:00 pm | Fishing Tournament (registration required) |
| 7:00 am – 12:00 pm | Golf Tournament (registration required) |
| 8:00 am – 3:30 pm | THURSDAY SEMINARS (Separate registration-NOT included in conference package) #1 ALTA/ACSM Standards – 6 hours General Instructor: Gary Kent #2 The Utility and Accuracy of Network RTK Surveys – 3 hours General Instructors: Scott Harris and Earl Soeder GIS Data Design and Production for Surveyors and Mappers – 3 hours General Instructor: Tom Tibbitts |
| 8:00 am – 8:30 am | Registration |
| 8:30 am – 3:30 pm | Seminar |
| 11:15 am – 12:45 pm | Lunch (on your own) |
| 8:00 am – 4:00 pm | Spouse Hospitality Suite |
| 8:00 am – 5:00 pm | Conference Registration Desk |
| 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm | Women in Surveying Luncheon |
| 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm | GPS Users Group Meeting |
| 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm | Board of Directors’ Meeting |
| 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm | Past State Presidents’ Dinner – 500 South “The Back Nine” (pay on your own) |
| 9:00 pm – 12:00 am | Game Night (registration required; must be 21 years or older) |
| Friday, August 12th | |
| 7:30 am – 7:55 am | General Business Session Breakfast |
| 8:00 am – 12:00 pm | General Business Session |
| 9:00 am – 5:00 pm | Conference Registration Desk |
| 8:00 am – 4:00 pm | Spouse Hospitality Suite |
| 10:00 am – 6:00 pm | Exhibit Hall Open |
| 10:00 am – 10:30 am | General Business Session Break, Exhibit Hall Grand Opening & Door prize drawings |
| 1:00 pm – 5:20 pm | Exhibitor Spotlight Series |
| 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | FSM PAC Meeting |
| 2:15 pm – 3:00 pm | Exhibit Hall Break |
| 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Chapter Presidents’ Workshop |
| 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm | Exhibitors’ Reception |
| 7:00 pm – | FSM PAC Dinner (ticket required) |
| Saturday, August 13th | |
| 7:00 am – 8:15 am | Fellowship of Christian Surveyors’ Breakfast (ticket required) |
| 7:30 am – 12:00 pm | Conference Registration Desk |
| 8:00 am – 4:00 pm | Spouse Hospitality Suite |
| 8:00 am – 5:00 pm | Certified Survey Technician (CST) Exams |
| 8:00 am – 8:30 am | Registration |
| 8:30 am | CST Exams Begin |
| 7:30 am – 8:00 am | Saturday Seminars Registration |
| 8:00 am – 9:40 am | Saturday Seminars Tier I (registration required) Track I Spanish Land Grants (Must attend Tiers I, II & III to receive credit) – 6 hours General Instructor: Joe Knetsch Track II Power Line Surveying – 2 hours General Instructor: Bobby Tuck Track III Chapter 556: Underground Safety – 2 hours General Instructor: Brad Martin |
| 10:00 am – 11:40 am | Saturday Seminars Tier II (registration required) Track I Spanish Land Grants (Must attend Tiers I, II & III to receive credit) – 6 hours General Instructor: Joe Knetsch Track II Integrating Point Cloud Data into ArcGIS and Civil 3D – 2 hours General Instructor: Christy Graves Track III Insurance in the Surveying and Mapping World – 2 hours General Instructor: Seth Swanson |
| 11:40 pm – 1:00 pm | Lunch (on your own) |
| 1:00 pm – 2:40 pm | Saturday Seminars Tier III (registration required) Track I Spanish Land Grants (Must attend Tiers I, II & III to receive credit) – 6 hours General Instructor: Joe Knetsch Track II Following in their Footsteps – Retracing Public Land Surveys in Florida – 2 hours General Instructors: Mike Garcia and Tom Snow Track III eLOMA Training – 2 hours General Instructors: Andrew Brown and Matthew Van Wie |
| 6:00 pm – 6:30 pm | Reception – Cash Bar |
| 6:30 pm | Annual Installation Banquet (ticket required) |
| Sunday, August 14th | |
| 8:00AM | Board of Directors Breakfast |
| 8:30AM | Board of Directors Meeting |
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