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54th Annual Conference
Updated Conference Schedule
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| Wednesday, August 19th | |
| 7:00 am – 12:00 pm | Fishing Tournament (ticket required) |
| 7:30 am – 4:00 pm | MEMBER BENEFIT SEMINARS (Separate registration-NOT included in conference package) #1 Enhancements to National Spatial Reference System (6 hours) Instructor: Dave Doyle #2 Professional Ethics (3 hours) Instructor: Jack Breed Surveying and Mapping Issues A to Z (3 hours )Instructors: Jack Breed and Claire Duchemin |
| 7:30 am – 8:00 am | Registration |
| 8:00 am – 4:00 pm | Seminar |
| 11:15 am – 12:45 pm | Lunch (on your own) |
| 12:45 pm. – 4:00 pm | Seminar |
| 11:00 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 |
| 5:15 pm | Board buses |
| 6:15 pm | Welcome Barbecue (ticket required) |
| Thursday, August 20th | |
| 7:00 am – 12:00 pm | Golf Tournament (registration required) |
| 7:30 am – 4:00 pm | MEMBER BENEFIT SEMINARS (Separate registration-NOT included in conference package) #1 Boundaries in Florida (6 hours) Instructor: Lamar Evers #2 Future of the Surveying Profession: A National Perspective (3 hours) Instructor: John Matonich Forensic Photogrammetry (3 hours) Instructor: Bon Dewitt |
| 8:00AM - 4:00PM | Spouse Hospitality Suite |
| 9:00AM - 5:00PM | Conference Registration Desk |
| 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Women in Surveying Luncheon (New Day & Time)(register here) |
| 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 (ticket required) (New Function) |
| 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm | Game Night/UF Social (registration required; must be 21 years old) (Revamped function) |
| Friday, August 21st | |
| 7:30 am – 7:55 am | General Business Session Breakfast |
| 8:00 am – 12 noon | General Business Session |
| 9:00 am – 5:00 pm | Conference Registration Desk |
| 8:00 am – 4:30 pm | Spouse Hospitality Suite |
| 10:00 am - 7:00 pm | Exhibit Hall Grand Opening (New Day & Time) |
| 10:00 am – 10:30 am | General Business Session Break & Door prize drawings |
| 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Exhibit Hall Lunch (Individual purchase) |
| 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 (New Time) |
| 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm | Exhibitors’ Reception, Golf & Fishing Awards and Door Prize Drawings (ticket required) (New Time) |
| 7:00 pm – | FSM PAC Dinner @ Zen (ticket required) (Revamped function – full sit down dinner) |
| Saturday, August 22nd | |
| 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 – 4:30 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 | Tech Session Registration (Track IV presented by ASPRS) |
| 8:00 am – 10:00 am | Tech Sessions Tier I (registration required) Track I Surveying and Mapping Safety and Crime Prevention Instructor: Katherine Owen Track II Surveying the Future: GIS, Lasers, Lidar and More Instructor: Rick Pryce Track III Florida Laws (Must attend Tiers I, II & III to receive credit) Instructor: Jeremiah Slaymaker Track IV Introduction to Photogrammetry for Land Surveyors Instructor: Evan Brown |
| 10:30 am – 12:30 pm | Tech Sessions Tier II (registration required) Track I Elevation Certificates and the Community Rating System Instructors: Tom Brownell, Robert Jackson and Mike Whitling Track II Utilizing Title Information in Survey Projects Instructors: Steve Sharpe and Wendi McAleese Track III Florida Laws (Must attend Tiers I, II & III to receive credit) Instructor: Jeremiah Slaymaker Track IV Introduction to Airborne Sensors Instructor: Brian Murphy |
| 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm | Lunch (on your own) |
| 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Tech Sessions Tier III (registration required) Track I History of Central Florida Surveying Instructors: Tom Snow and Michael Garcia Track II NGS Ten Year Plan and the Grav-D Program Instructor: Ronnie Taylor Track III Florida Laws (Must attend Tiers I, II & III to receive credit) Instructor: Jeremiah Slaymaker Track IV Digital Elevation Modeling in a GIS World Instructor: Alvan Karlin |
| 6:00 pm – 6:30 pm | Reception – Cash Bar |
| 6:30 pm | Annual Installation Banquet (ticket required) |
| Sunday, August 23rd | |
| 8:00AM | Board of Directors Breakfast |
| 8:30AM | Board of Directors Meeting |
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