Texas GIS Forum
NOVEMBER 3-7, 2025
FULL AGENDA
Workshops: MON & TUE
Our workshops provide access to in-depth training from industry leaders that help further your professional skills and networking opportunities. Registration for workshops is sold separately.
Sessions & Exhibits: WED & THU
Explore two days of talking sessions and exhibit booths to hear about the latest advancements in the private and public sector and connect with the geospatial community.
Texas GIS Community Meeting: FRI
Free admission and open to the public! Join the conversation as Texas GIS community members give quarterly updates and open the floor to discussion.
November 3 - November 7, 2025
Monday
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Scripting in Arcade
TeachMeGIS
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
All About the Apps (ArcGIS)
TxDOT8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Widgets, Widgets, Widgets in ArcGIS Experience Builder
Esri
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Mastering ArcGIS Pro: Unleashing Advanced Capabilities
Esri
Tuesday
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Python Primer
TeachMeGIS
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Introduction to Popular GIS Workflows in Global Mapper
Blue Marble Geographics8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Optimizing Field Work with ArcGIS: Part I
Esri
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Hands-on Lidar Analysis in Global Mapper Pro
Blue Marble Geographics
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Optimizing Field Work with ArcGIS: Part II
Esri
Wednesday
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Registration and Breakfast
Location: Atrium & Patio
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Location: Big Tex
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Keynote Presentation
Ariel Waldman is an explorer and filmmaker whose imaginative projects explore the world below our feet and beyond our atmosphere. Her expeditions to Antarctica focus on filming life under the ice, which became the subject of her TED Talk. Ariel is a National Geographic Explorer and often collaborates with research teams around the world. An art school graduate who pivoted to science, Ariel was recognized by the Obama White House as a Champion of Change in Citizen Science.
Location: Big Tex

Ariel Waldman
National Geographic Explorer; Filmmaker; Author; Former NASA Advisor
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Break with Exhibitors
Location: Atrium
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Session
Speedy, Massively Scalable, and Low Maintenance: Exploring Cloud Native Geospatial
Chris Repka, Texas Geographic Information Office
Location: Lil Tex
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Session
Water Budget for Texas Regional Water Planning Areas
Priyanjali Bose, Meadows Center for Water & the Environment/Dept. of Geography & Environmental Studies, Texas State University; Robert Mace, Meadows Center for Water & the Environment
Location: Big Tex
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Session
Texas Population Projection Story Map: Enhancing Our Communications with Data Users
Jeffrey Jordan and Saloni Rajput, University of Texas at San Antonio
Location: Balcones
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Session
The Adventures of Compost Bin Buddy: A Community GIS Project
Russell Taylor, Stonebench Consulting
Location: Lil Tex
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Session
Fostering Open Source GIS Support via a newly established university OSPO
Alex Marden, University of Texas at Austin
Location: Big Tex
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Session
A Dash of Salt: GIS Principles, Process, and Practice for Election Information
Phillip Burkhart, Smith County IT
Location: Balcones
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Lunch
Location: Atrium & Patio
Included in pricing.
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Session
Sponsor Presentation
Location: Big Tex
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Session
Sponsor Presentation
Location: Lil Tex
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Sponsor Presentation
Location: Big Tex
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM
Break with Exhibitors
Location: Atrium
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM
Session
Evolving a GIS Training Program from Launch to Legacy
Ashley Schutt, Brad DeHart, TxDOT
Location: Lil Tex
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM
Session
Next Generation 9-1-1 GIS Data Requirements for 2025 and Beyond
Richard Kelly, 1Spatial Inc.
Location: Big Tex
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM
Session
Widgets are so passe are you ready for components?
Brent Porter, Austin Community College, Bureau of Economic Geology
Location: Balcones
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Session
Polygons and Persistence: Mapping TxDOT’s Right of Way One Segment at a Time
Dave Andresen, TxDOT
Location: Lil Tex
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Session
Austin Resource Recovery: Automating and Innovating
Heather Ketten, City of Austin - Austin Resource Recovery
Location: Big Tex
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Session
Flood Monitoring and Response for Hays County
Marla Kostuk, Halff; Will Baumann, Hays County Office of Emergency Services
Location: Balcones
3:45 PM - 4:30 PM
Sponsor Presentation
Location: Big Tex
4:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Forum Social
Location: Atrium & Patio
Thursday
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Registration and Breakfast
Location: Atrium & Patio
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM
Session
Leveraging Technology in Disaster Recovery: Advancing Fiscal Responsibility through Innovation Stewardship
Shawn Strange, Zachary Stern, Texas General Land Office
Location: Lil Tex
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM
Session
Modernizing an Organizational GIS Data Repository across ArcGIS Platforms
Ari Kukushkin, John-Cody Stalsby, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Location: Big Tex
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM
Session
Living Waters: Drilling Site Suitability Analysis
Eli Seal, Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Location: Balcones
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM
Session
Avoid these five map design mistakes!
Sally Holl, Austin Community College
Location: Lil Tex
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM
Session
Broadband data mapping and analysis to strategize increased availability and quality of internet service in Deep East Texas
Priya Sankalia, Sanborn Map Company; Connor Sadro, Deep East Texas Council of Governments
Location: Big Tex
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM
Session
City of Austin's Property Profile Web Map Application
Dwayne McClam, Surya Rathanlal, City of Austin
Location: Balcones
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Break with Exhibitors
Location: Atrium
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Session
Getting our Ducks in a Row: From Basemaps to 3D Campus Wayfinding
Deborah Massaro, Austin Community College District
Location: Lil Tex
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Session
Applicability of the Nighttime Light Data as an Ancillary Tool to Estimate the Population at the County and Place Level of Texas
Muhammad Salaha Uddin, Jeffrey Jordan; Insitute of Demographic and Socioeconomic Research, University of Texas at San Antonio
Location: Big Tex
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Session
From Layers to Apps: Auditing Downstream Dependencies in ArcGIS Online with Python
David Gimnich, City of Austin Transportation Works & Austin Community College GIS Department
Location: Balcones
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Session
Base Level Engineering in Texas
Nathan Brock, Manuel Razo; Texas Water Development Board
Location: Lil Tex
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Session
Mars 2020 Mission Tracker
Bruno De Castro Sousa, Uilvim E.G. Franco, Rice University
Location: Big Tex
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Session
Integrating ArcGIS Enterprise and ServiceNow to optimize Work Order Generation – A Case Study
Vince Rosales, CyberTech Systems and Software; Dylan Campbell, Rayburn Electric Cooperative
Location: Balcones
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Lunch
Location: Atrium & Patio
Included in pricing.
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Session
Sponsor Presentation
Location: Big Tex
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Session
Sponsor Presentation
Location: Lil Tex
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Sponsor Presentation
Location: Big Tex
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM
Break with Exhibitors
Location: Atrium
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM
Session
Shingles to Pixels: Texas Building Footprint Project
Miguel Segura, AECOM; DianaJoyce Ojeda, Texas Water Development Board
Location: Balcones
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM
Session
"Rapid" 3D Bridge Models Using Drones, 360 Cameras, and Gaussian Splats
Travis Scruggs, TxDOT
Location: Big Tex
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM
Session
AGO Storage Bloat: Identification and Management with Python
Michael Potts, Eric Blazewicz, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Location: Lil Tex
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Session
Crossroads in Automation: TxDOT’s Statewide Intersection Inventory Solution
Chris Bardash, John Phillips, TxDOT
Location: Big Tex
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Session
A Journey of App Modernization with ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript
Nathan Smith, City of Round Rock
Location: Balcones
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Session
GIS Applications for Permitting and Regulation at the Railroad Commission of Texas
Jared Ware, James Harcourt, Railroad Commission of Texas
Location: Lil Tex
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
Keynote Presentation
J.B. Sauceda is the host and executive producer of Texas Country Reporter the longest-running independently produced TV show in the country. As a lifelong Texan and seasoned storyteller, he leads a team of filmmakers across the state to document the lives of everyday Texans doing extraordinary things.
Location: Big Tex

J.B. Sauceda
Host and Executive Producer of Texas Country Reporter
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Closing Remarks
Location: Big Tex
Friday
Free admission! Everyone is welcome to attend.
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration and Breakfast
Location: Atrium
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
4th Quarter Texas GIS Community Meeting
Location: Big Tex
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