Thursday

Meet in the Sheraton Lobby to carpool to the race location.

Join us bright and early Thursday morning for a Fun Run or Walk. We will meet at 6:30 am (it’s not that early-the sun will be up!) to carpool to the Clive Greenbelt Trail just a couple of minutes away. The run & walk will be held concurrently on the paved trail along the creek in the woods. Light refreshments will be provided after the event, and we plan to have everybody back in plenty of time to clean up before the first morning session begins at 9 am.

Prizes will go to the first place male and female runners and walkers!

Please sign up through the conference registration. There are no additional costs to participate.

Breakfast in the Ballroom

The registration desk is located in the Waterfall Atrium area. Please stop by the desk to register for the conference or if you have any questions regarding the conference.

Announcements in the Ballroom.

This presentation will introduce the basics of Esri’s Arcade expression language that can be used throughout the Esri platform. We’ll also review and demonstrate various ways to use Arcade expressions in labels, symbology, popups, edit form calculations, field calculations, and more!

Presenter: Hunter Ray
Hunter serves as the Technical Services Manager at Cloudpoint Geospatial, helping provide solutions and technical support for ArcGIS Enterprise deployments. He also helps develop solutions for coupling Esri's Field Apps with ArcGIS Enterprise to streamline client workflows for data collection and management. He received his Bachelor of Science in Zoology from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 2011 and a Master of Science in GIS & Web Map Programming from the University of Wisconsin – Madison in 2020. Hunter earned the designation of certified GIS professional in 2022.

The “ArcGIS for Collector” App has been evolving in both the iOS and Android versions since 2013. It was recently retired in 2022.
In this presentation, we will cover the replacement for ArcGIS Collector: “What’s New with ArcGIS Field Maps” and what is on the horizon?
Highlights:
• Overview of ArcGIS Field Maps (View, Collect and Track).
• Tips for using ArcGIS Field Maps Web App Builder.
• Tips to setting up ArcGIS Field Maps on iOS and Android.
• Integrating High Accuracy GNSS Receivers with ArcGIS Field Maps.
• What’s on the horizon for ArcGIS Field Maps?

Presenter: Andy Kline, GPS/GIS Application Specialist - Seiler Geospatial
Graduated from Michigan State University with a Bachelors of Science in Economic Geography, with minors in Geographic Information Science and Data Analytics. I enjoy solving problems and developing custom solutions for customers.

Presenter: Jay Riester, Sr GPS/GIS Application Specialist - Seiler Geospatial Milwaukee, WI
Jay Riester is a Certified Trimble Mapping GNSS Trainer and has a Geography degree from UW-Oshkosh, WI. He has worked in the GPS/GIS data collection and Mobile Imagery industry for 27 years.
Since 2007, Jay has worked for Seiler Instrument/Geospatial as a Sr. GPS/GIS Application Specialist providing to customers GNSS technical support and field solutions and support for both Trimble and Esri field applications.

This presentation is for those who are new to, or entertaining the idea of editing parcels in ArcGIS Pro with Esri's parcel fabric model and tools. This will go over the basics of how the model is designed, how to migrate data into a local and enterprise parcel fabric, basic editing workflows, and quality control tools. Though this presentation is intended for beginners, intermediate and advanced users are welcome to attend and contribute!

Presenter: Van O'Brien
Van has been with Sidwell for 23 years, and currently holds the position of Snior GIS Analyst. He has helped many counties implement Esri's parcel fabric technology over the past decade through design, workflow development and training. Van is a native of DeKalb, Illinois and has travelled down I-80 and US 20 more times than he wishes to admit during his career at Sidwell.

Lunch in the Ballroom

The IGIC Board will hold a meeting in the Polk Room. All IGIC members (or just IGIC curious) are encouraged to attend.

This session will discuss Esri’s modern network management options: the Utility Network, and the Utility Data Management Solution. We will discuss coordinated operations tools and solutions that involve the entire organization in creating and maintaining a trusted and dynamic system of record for those who manage water, sewer, stormwater, electric, gas, and telecommunication infrastructure. Finally, we will see how this system provides the operational awareness required to make decisions on how to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and build a more resilient collection and conveyance system.

Presenter: Chase Fisher - Solution Engineer Team Lead - State and Local Government - ESRI
Chase is a GIS professional with almost two decades of experience in State and Local Government. Prior to Esri, he worked in city and county GIS administration and owned his own drone and GIS consultancy company. Chase is also an FAA-certified remote pilot and loves helping governments evolve how they operate, by implementing GIS to make intelligent data-driven decisions. In his free time, he spends as much time as possible outdoors hunting and fishing…

In this presentation, we will introduce a custom Soil Quality Restoration application, which was built using ArcGIS Experience Builder. This application was built as a function specific mechanism to engage citizens in estimating their cost to participate in a stormwater grant the City of Johnston is offering residents.
Dave will highlight how the application came to fruition and the proof of concept using Arcade, and Kyle will delve into the more technical aspects of creating the application using ArcGIS Experience Builder and why that platform was chosen. Kyle will also address some Arcade functions used to enable the application and common workflow questions when creating a web application. We will explore how the application came to life and the key features of this solution, including the ability to create additional measured areas to be either included or excluded from the initial estimate.

Presenter: Dave Croll - GIS Coordinator - City of Johnston
Dave Croll is the GIS Coordinator for the City of Johnston. In his role at Johnston, Dave creates and maintains municipal GIS data and produces maps and applications that use data to engage with internal and external customers of the City and it’s residents.
Presenter: Kyle Wikstrom - Solutions Architect - Pro West & Associates
Kyle Wikstrom serves as a Solutions Architect at Pro-West, where he leads the GIS Solutions team and helps local government organizations evaluate, configure, and deploy solutions through Esri’s ArcGIS Platform. Kyle stays informed of emerging location technologies and designs solutions that are based on common workflow patterns that address critical business needs.

Afternoon Break in the Ballroom

ITAG Banquet in the Ballroom

Murder Mystery

Rooms will be open and available for a networking and fun after the evening Banquet & Entertainment. Bring your own games, beverage, snacks, etc., and catch up with fellow ITAG attendees.

Meet in the Sheraton Lobby to carpool to the race location.

Join us bright and early Thursday morning for a Fun Run or Walk. We will meet at 6:30 am (it’s not that early-the sun will be up!) to carpool to the Clive Greenbelt Trail just a couple of minutes away. The run & walk will be held concurrently on the paved trail along the creek in the woods. Light refreshments will be provided after the event, and we plan to have everybody back in plenty of time to clean up before the first morning session begins at 9 am.

Prizes will go to the first place male and female runners and walkers!

Please sign up through the conference registration. There are no additional costs to participate.

Breakfast in the Ballroom

The registration desk is located in the Waterfall Atrium area. Please stop by the desk to register for the conference or if you have any questions regarding the conference.

Announcements in the Ballroom.

ArcGIS Experience Builder is built on the latest web technologies. As more capabilities are added to Experience Builder, it might be time to consider modernizing your ArcGIS Web AppBuilder apps. In this session, you will learn how to improve your app with the most modern technology Experience Builder offers while keeping a consistent user interface and workflow to minimize the impact on your existing audience. We will talk about Experience Builder templates, building complete experiences and mobile optimization.

Presenter: Mitch Winiecki - Solution Engineer - Local Government - ESRI
Mitchell Winiecki is a Solution Engineer with Esri that specializes in local government. He has worked in the GIS realm for almost 20 years with diverse roles ranging from Cadastral Surveyor in Alaska to Engineering Technician and GIS Consultant in Minneapolis. He currently lives and works in St. Paul, MN. Fun fact: an avid outdoorsman, Mitch summited Denali on July 4th, 2006 during a solo expedition that took 20 days.

Overview of importing and exporting of data, workflow design and tools, and GIS Integration.

Presenter: Tracy Troutner - Sr. Technical Analyst - Schneider Geospatial
Tracy serves as the Senior Technical Analyst for Schneider Geospatial, with extensive years of experience with GIS development. Currently he is working as a technical resource for the GeoPermits product, working with clients and internal staff on complex issues and helping with product development. His education includes degrees in community and regional planning, public administration, transportation, and a graduate certificate in GIS. During his career Tracy has worked in regional, tribal, state, and federal governments, as well as civil engineering and GIS/technology firms. With his broad government experience and technical abilities, he can successfully implement online permitting solutions and management workflows that work for organizations.

Lunch in the Ballroom

The IGIC Board will hold a meeting in the Polk Room. All IGIC members (or just IGIC curious) are encouraged to attend.

Presentation Abstract: R is a popular open-source programming language used for statistical computing and graphics and is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux-based systems. It provides a wide range of statistical and graphical techniques, making it a powerful tool for data analysis. This introductory lecture will cover the basics of R programming, data types, and variables. We will also explore how to read and manipulate common data files, create basic plots, and visualize spatial data using R. By the end of this lecture, attendees will have a basic understanding of the R programming language and be ready to explore more advanced topics on their own. No prior programming experience is required.
Topics to be covered:
• Installing R and RStudio IDE
• Expanding R’s functionality with downloadable packages
• Basic data structures: vectors and data frames
• Reading data from CSV files, Excel spreadsheets, and shapefiles
• Visualizing data using ggplot
• Creating choropleth maps using Leaflet for R

Presenter: Christopher J. Seeger - PLA, GISP - ISU
Christopher J. Seeger, PLA, GISP is a Professor and Extension Specialist at Iowa State University. Trained as a landscape architect focusing on spatial and community data, he has integrated his interests of geospatial technologies, collaborative design technologies, crowd-sourcing (Public Participation GIS and Volunteered Geographic Information), and data visualization to develop local and current datasets that can be used as indicators in the community planning, design, and decision-making processes.

Presenter: Jay Maxwell - Data Analyst - ISU
Jay Maxwell is a Data Analyst for Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. At Extension, he maintains the codebase for the Data for Decision Makers series of reports on Iowa demographics broken down by county, city, and voting districts. He uses R extensively to acquire and prepare US Census data and create maps used in the reports

This session will describe the efforts at the Missouri Department of Conservation (DOC) to bring the state’s hydrography and wetlands dataset to be “best in class” within the U.S. Aerial Services and NV5 are working together with the MO DOC to create an elevation-derived hydrography network based on recently acquired Lidar. Ponds, lakes, rivers, streams, springs, beaver dams, and culverts are all being included in one of the most comprehensive hydrography models anywhere in the U.S. This important work will help define the connectivity (& blockages) in watersheds and provide superior tools for flow modeling of water. If you can’t define “karst”, “monotonicity”, “geomorphon”, “hydro-enforcement”, and “HUCs”, then by all means join in for this fantastic story hour! Take this experience back to your staff and begin a similar project in your State or County.

Presenter: Mike Tully - CP, GISP - Aerial Services, Inc.
Mike Tully is the President & CEO of Aerial Services, Inc. located in Iowa and has been leading ASI for two decades. He is a certified photogrammetrist and GIS-professional, holds an B.S. in Forest Management, a M.S. in Forestry Entomology, and a Masters in Business Administration. Mike enjoys helping professionals understand remote sensing and mapping and providing solutions to geospatial problems.

Afternoon Break in the Ballroom

ITAG Banquet in the Ballroom

Rooms will be open and available for a networking and fun after the evening Banquet & Entertainment. Bring your own games, beverage, snacks, etc., and catch up with fellow ITAG attendees.

Meet in the Sheraton Lobby to carpool to the race location.

Join us bright and early Thursday morning for a Fun Run or Walk. We will meet at 6:30 am (it’s not that early-the sun will be up!) to carpool to the Clive Greenbelt Trail just a couple of minutes away. The run & walk will be held concurrently on the paved trail along the creek in the woods. Light refreshments will be provided after the event, and we plan to have everybody back in plenty of time to clean up before the first morning session begins at 9 am.

Prizes will go to the first place male and female runners and walkers!

Please sign up through the conference registration. There are no additional costs to participate.

Breakfast in the Ballroom

The registration desk is located in the Waterfall Atrium area. Please stop by the desk to register for the conference or if you have any questions regarding the conference.

Announcements in the Ballroom.

Instructor: Rick Zellmer

Instructor: Rick Zellmer

Lunch in the Ballroom

The IGIC Board will hold a meeting in the Polk Room. All IGIC members (or just IGIC curious) are encouraged to attend.

Instructor: Rick Zellmer

Afternoon Break in the Ballroom

ITAG Banquet in the Ballroom

Rooms will be open and available for a networking and fun after the evening Banquet & Entertainment. Bring your own games, beverage, snacks, etc., and catch up with fellow ITAG attendees.

Meet in the Sheraton Lobby to carpool to the race location.

Join us bright and early Thursday morning for a Fun Run or Walk. We will meet at 6:30 am (it’s not that early-the sun will be up!) to carpool to the Clive Greenbelt Trail just a couple of minutes away. The run & walk will be held concurrently on the paved trail along the creek in the woods. Light refreshments will be provided after the event, and we plan to have everybody back in plenty of time to clean up before the first morning session begins at 9 am.

Prizes will go to the first place male and female runners and walkers!

Please sign up through the conference registration. There are no additional costs to participate.

Breakfast in the Ballroom

The registration desk is located in the Waterfall Atrium area. Please stop by the desk to register for the conference or if you have any questions regarding the conference.

Announcements in the Ballroom.

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Presenters: James Bierly, Secure Point Solutions

Presenters Bio: James Bierly is the founder and principal cybersecurity consultant for Secure Point Solutions, a small business focused security firm that works with clients from 1-100+ users. With 13 years in the Navy operating on both surface ships and submarines, James had an unusual transition from military to civilian; from physical security to selling cars, James ultimately found opportunities to learn Information Technology while working overseas. He has 16 years of experience working with state and local agencies, ag tech, and technology giants Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard.

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Workshop Description: As cybercriminals continue to evolve their tactics and methods, the risk of ransomware attacks has become more significant, making it imperative for IT administrators to protect against zero-day attacks. Join us as we dive into the Royal ransomware attack on the City of Dallas to understand how cybercriminals outsmart even the most robust security infrastructures and why prevention-based solutions can't guarantee 100% protection. Learn how BullWall intervened and see firsthand how an automated ransomware containment solution responds to live ransomware attacks to reduce the impact on your organization.

Presenters: Don McCraw, Director of Sales Engineering

Presenters Bio:Don McCraw, the Director of Sales Engineering for BullWall, lives in Houston, Texas, and has 25+ years of experience as an Information Technology Professional. He previously worked as an Engineer in the U.S. Air Force Intelligence and CheckPoint, among other technology companies, Hewlett Packard, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and DXC. As an accomplished technical expert with experience in developing multi-layer security infrastructures, he manages and leads the U.S. technical team as BullWall experiences rapid growth in the North American market.

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Title: Enterprise Connectivity

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Presenters: Dr. Matt Behrens

Presenters Bio: State of Iowa Chief Information Officer

Lunch in the Ballroom

The IGIC Board will hold a meeting in the Polk Room. All IGIC members (or just IGIC curious) are encouraged to attend.

Title: OCIO Local Government Program Update

Workshop Description:A program update from Jess Flaherty on whats going on right now with the OCIO.

Presenters: Jess Flaherty

Presenters Bio: Jess Flaherty is the Local Government Program Manager at the Iowa Department of Management Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) and is charged with leading the outreach to local governments, education institutions, and non-profits. She has worked in state government for over 15 years as a program and project manager. Jess obtained her Prosci Certified Change Practitioner certificate in 2021 and is a Certified Public Manager. Jess is a proud Iowa native and resides on the farm, with her husband and three children.

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Afternoon Break in the Ballroom

ITAG Banquet in the Ballroom

Rooms will be open and available for a networking and fun after the evening Banquet & Entertainment. Bring your own games, beverage, snacks, etc., and catch up with fellow ITAG attendees.

Meet in the Sheraton Lobby to carpool to the race location.

Join us bright and early Thursday morning for a Fun Run or Walk. We will meet at 6:30 am (it’s not that early-the sun will be up!) to carpool to the Clive Greenbelt Trail just a couple of minutes away. The run & walk will be held concurrently on the paved trail along the creek in the woods. Light refreshments will be provided after the event, and we plan to have everybody back in plenty of time to clean up before the first morning session begins at 9 am.

Prizes will go to the first place male and female runners and walkers!

Please sign up through the conference registration. There are no additional costs to participate.

Breakfast in the Ballroom

The registration desk is located in the Waterfall Atrium area. Please stop by the desk to register for the conference or if you have any questions regarding the conference.

Announcements in the Ballroom.

Title: Hyperconverged Infrastructure for State and Local Government Abstract:

Workshop Description Municipal institutions like governments, government agencies, and other public entities are adopting hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) at a rapidly increasing rate to reduce IT costs. Infrastructure, including servers, storage, virtualization, and disaster recovery can be complex using traditional methods. Scale Computing is often the HCI solution of choice to replace traditional solutions because it meets the needs of these public sector organizations with greater ease and at the lowest cost.
Scale Computing SC// software eliminates the need for traditional IT silos of virtualization software, disaster recovery software, servers, and shared storage, replacing these with a fully integrated, highly available platform for running applications. Using patented Hyper- CoreTM technology, the SC// self-healing platform automatically identifies, mitigates, and corrects problems in the infrastructure in real time, enabling applications to achieve maximum uptime even when local IT resources and staff are scarce.:

Presenter: Alan Conboy, Field Chief Technology Officer

Presenters Bio: A thought leader in Hyperconvergence technology, Alan is a 30 year industry veteran and a technology evangelist who specializes in designing, prototyping, selling, and implementing disruptive storage and virtualization technologies. At Scale Computing, Alan helped build the worldwide presence of Scale Computing Platform (formerly, HC3). He designed and created the proof of concept, and then prototyped an industry-changing virtualization solution that conjoined virtualization, compute, high-availability and storage into Scale Computing's clustered solution. This was developed into Scale Computing’s Platform and the industry term "Hyperconvergence" was coined to describe it.

Title: Training the Untrainable

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Presenters: Derek Olson, IT Director of Kossuth County

Presenters Bio: Derek is a hands-on IT Executive with 20 years of experience bringing technology solutions to a wide variety of environments who brings an experienced voice to attendees. Listen as his focus on customer service helps guide you towards educating your end users.

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Lunch in the Ballroom

The IGIC Board will hold a meeting in the Polk Room. All IGIC members (or just IGIC curious) are encouraged to attend.

Title: Ransomware & Other Cyber Risks: Making Sense of Cybersecurity Headlines and Actionable Items for Mitigation

Workshop Description: Ransomware and other cyber-attacks continue to take place and organizations, including the education field, are finding that they do not have the resources, bandwidth, or tools in place to identify, detect and prevent such attacks. What are your actionable next steps in the midst of all that noise? In this session, Ben Hall, Senior Information Security Consultant at HBS, cuts through the rumors to unpack the headlines and provide a clear summary of the current cybersecurity landscape and what actions you should be taking. This presentation will contain some of the tactics that cyber criminals have in their playbook and learn practical tips, basic security, and risk mitigation techniques you can implement to send the bad guys looking for easier targets. Covered topics to include: Updated defenses you’ll need against the latest cyber-attacks How to handle and respond to the rise of attacks Essential steps that can help detect and prevent scenarios like some of more recent and infamous breaches Steps you can take now to limit the damage if hackers come after your system

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Presenters Bio: Ben is a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and a Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE) with 15 years of Governance, Risk, Compliance, Information Security, and Information Technology experience in the Banking, Financial, Insurance and Healthcare sectors. Prior to joining HBS, he held positions as Information Security Officer, Risk Manager, Lead IT Security and GRC Analyst, IT Operations Supervisor, and Systems Administrator. As a Senior Information Security Consultant for HBS, he works with clients to support their information security, risk management and compliance efforts. Ben has expertise in third-party risk management, change management, access control, security operations, business continuity and disaster recovery, security and risk management, and security awareness. Additionally, he has experience in IT governance, risk and compliance across numerous regulatory frameworks and has worked in IT operations, giving him a holistic view of how security impacts IT operations. Ben served as the VP of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) board for the Des Moines, Iowa Chapter from July of 2019 to May 2022 and is active in the local ISACA and InfraGard chapters.

Title: A Quest for Soft Skills: Helping IT Directors Sell Their Projects

Workshop Description: Sharing insight into how I've grown in my leadership skills and examples of how I have successfully persuaded others to adopt change.

Presenters: Trent Kurtz

Presenters Bio: Behold! The conference attendees shall be graced with the presence of a Cybersecurity professional who goes by the name of Trent Kurtz. A master of technology, a champion of soft skills, and as some call him the Trentinator. Our hero shall share insights on utilizing soft skills to win people to your way of thinking.

Afternoon Break in the Ballroom

ITAG Banquet in the Ballroom

Rooms will be open and available for a networking and fun after the evening Banquet & Entertainment. Bring your own games, beverage, snacks, etc., and catch up with fellow ITAG attendees.