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
