MONDAY, MAY 4th, 2026
PRE CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
Must Register Separately for these Items
Click Here for Workshop Descriptions
| Aransas | Laguna Madre | Copano | |
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Morning |
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| 8AM - 12PM |
Esri Training - Instructor Create Dynamic Analytics with ArcGIS Dashboards $ 150 |
ESRI Training- Instructor Intro to ArcGIS Arcade- Custom Visualization (FULL DAY) $ 300 |
AllTerra Precision in the Field: Advanced Workflows with ArcGIS FieldMaps & Trimble GNSS $150 |
| Afternoon | |||
| 1PM - 5PM |
Esri Training - Instructor Unlocking Insights: Exploring GeoAI in ArcGIS $ 150 |
ESRI Training- Instructor Intro to ArcGIS Arcade - Custom Visualization (FULL DAY) $ 300 |
Bowman Asset Management Made Easy through Survey123 and PACK $ 150 |
TUESDAY, MAY 5, 2026
PRE CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
Must Register Separately for these Items
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| Aransas | Laguna Madre | Copano | |
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| 8AM - 12PM |
Esri Training - Instructor Migrating to Experience Builder
$ 150
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New Edge Services Enterprise Configuration $ 150 |
DATAMARK Routing the Future: GIS in NG9-1-1 $ 150 |
| Afternoon | |||
| 1PM - 5PM |
Esri Training - Instructor Widgets, Widgets, Widgets in ArcGIS Experience Builder
$ 150
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New Edge Services Enterprise Configuration $ 150 |
City of Lawton- Kristi Shannon Introduction to Mapping with ArcGIS Pro $ 150 |
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5:00 PM - 8:00 PM Meet & Greet & Exhibitor Social in the Hotel Atrium (Light refreshments until 6 PM; cash bar open until 8 PM) |
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 2026
Conference Opening Session
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| 7:30 AM-9:00 AM | REGISTRATION (FOYER) |
Coffee/Pastries (Corpus Christi Ballroom) |
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| 9:00 AM-10:45 AM | OPENING SESSION Corpus Christi Ballroom |
Welcome Conference Committees Conference Agenda Contributor Contributions Founders & Award Winners Scholarship Winners 2026 SCAUG Officer Introductions |
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| 10:45 AM-11:30 PM |
KEYNOTE ADDRESS Corpus Christi Ballroom |
Rick Smith, Ph.D., GISP, SIT Conrad Blucher Institute for Surveying & Science Executive Director |
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| 12:00 PM-1:00 PM | CATERED LUNCH - Corpus Christi Ballroom |
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SESSIONS |
Track 1 Esri Tech Sessions- Aransas | Track 2 - Laguna Madre | Track 3 - Copano |
Matagorda |
| 1:00 PM-1:30 PM |
Creating Accessible Web Apps with ArcGIS Esri - |
Beyond the Floodplain: A Consequence-Based View of Flood Risk in North Texas Katy Overbey, GISP, CFM & Samuel Amoako- Atta, GISP, CFM- Halff Associates |
Exhibitor Showcase What can you do with GPS in 2026? The bleeding edge of mobile data collection Christopher Zuniga - Bad Elf |
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| 1:40 PM-2:10 PM |
ArcGIS Field Apps: Best Practices for Field Workflows Esri - |
Building a Secure Public-Facing GIS Service Health Dashboard for Municipal Infrastructure Antonio Williams & Juan-Carlos Torres - City of Carrollton |
Exhibitor Showcase Providing ROI to Council: How Geospatial Fleet Data Turns Operational Metrics into Public Accountability Mark Bowden - Argos Consulting |
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| 2:20 PM-2:50 PM |
ArcGIS AI Assistants: Foundations and Capabilities Esri - |
The Creation of Texas' First Countywide Fire Department Alicin McCloud - Denton County |
Walkability in Indian Country Pamela Skraastad-Jurney Cross Timbers Consulting, LLC |
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| 3:00 PM-3:30 PM |
EXHIBITOR BREAK Corpus Christi Ballroom |
EXHIBITOR BREAK Corpus Christi Ballroom |
EXHIBITOR BREAK Corpus Christi Ballroom |
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| 3:40 PM-4:10 PM |
Your Modern GIS: Automating Imagery Analysis with AI Esri - |
NG 911 and GIS from Past to Present: How does it all fit together James Allen & Shelly Dragg - Carter County |
Innovating the GIS Pipeline: Programs That Work for Student and Employers J. Scott Sires & Victory Dan-Dukor- Dallas College |
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| 4:20 PM-4:50 PM |
Building Real- Time Situational Awareness with ArcGIS Esri- |
Breaking up with ArcMap: A Story on Modernizing the Address Data Management System Antonio Williams - City of Carrollton |
Bridging the Digital Divide Matt Hiland - Sanborn Geospatial |
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| 5:00 PM-8:00 PM |
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Dinner on your own SOCIAL TBA |
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THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2026
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| 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | REGISTRATION (FOYER) |
Coffee/Pastries (Corpus Christi Ballroom) |
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| SESSIONS | Track 1 - Aransas | Track 2 - Laguna Madre | Track 3 - Copano | Matagorda |
| 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM |
From Launch to Enterprise: Scaling a Municipal ArcGIS Enterprise Portal Hayden Hunt- City of Oklahoma City |
Auditing GIS Data: A Practical Toolkit for Finding Hidden Problems Neil Rose - City of New Braunfels |
From Orthos to Intelligence: Scaling Land Use/Land Cover Mapping with the help of AI Heather Geyer- Fugro |
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| 9:40 AM - 10:10 AM |
Making Enterprise GIS Work: A Framework for Enterprise- Scale Geospatial Success Richard M. Osuamkpe- City of Midland, TX |
Exhibitor Showcase Optimizing Infrastructure Decisions for Sustainable Growth Brent Wilson- Woolpert |
The Golden Age of SAR: Advanced InSAR Applications for Texas & Beyond Danielle Smilovsky, PhD - Conrad Blucher Institute |
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| 10:10 AM- 10:40 AM |
EXHIBITOR BREAK Corpus Christi Ballroom |
EXHIBITOR BREAK Corpus Christi Ballroom |
EXHIBITOR BREAK Corpus Christi Ballroom |
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| 10:40 AM- 11:10 AM |
From Data Silos to a Regional GIS Portal: Developing SWODA's Interactive Data Hub Daniela Spade, PhD - OU Center for Spatial Analysis |
Not Ready for Utility Network? How the Trace Network? How the Trace Network Can Keep Your Agency Moving Forward Neither Perkins - WSB |
Leveraging GIS to Consolidate and Communicate Water Resource Needs Identified during the Cherokee Nation Drought Resiliency Study Willard Gustafson - Freese and Nichols Inc |
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| 11:20 AM- 11:50 AM |
Building a Sustainable GIS Program in San Patricio County Nate Lickteig- Blue Raster & Colton Landgrebe - San Patricio County |
Building Accurate Underground Utility Networks Victoria Huerta- Jones & Nathan Jones - AGS Group, LLC |
SCAUG and YOU Garri Grossi - SCUAG North Texas Representative |
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| 12:00 PM- 1:00 PM |
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CATERED LUNCH - Corpus Christi Ballroom
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| 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
TxDOT ROWs Synergistic GIS Workflow Carol Valdez- Texas Department of Transportation |
Legends of the Tri-Force: Using StoryMaps, Field Maps and Survey123 for Asset/ Project Management Patrick R. Gray- City of McAllen |
So You Think You Know What a Digital Twin is... Jason Nyberg - NV5 Geospatial |
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| 1:40 PM - 2:10 PM |
ConstructGIS Manager: Managing Utility Construction Using ArcGIS and Power Apps Tracey Foster Milton, GISP - Waggoner Engineering |
Public Safety Improvement Plan for Historic Downtown Grapevine Events Betsi Chatham - City of Grapevine |
Super- Resolution Enhanced Monocular Depth Estimation for Urban Surface Modeling from PlanetScope Imagery Jose A. Pilartes- Congo Texas A&M University- Corpus Chrisi |
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| 2:20 PM - 2:50 PM |
Exhibitor Showcase Beyond the Blueprint- Transforming Plan Review with Embedded GIS Lauren Galvis - Avolve |
A GIS Approach to Manage Capital Improvement Projects Sergio Castro, GISP - City of Edinburg |
Pedals & Platforms: A Spatial Look at Bike and Subway Access Johnny McGlone - STV |
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| 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | CLOSING SESSION / DOOR PRIZES |
Corpus Christi Ballroom | ||
| CLOSE | EXHIBIT TAKEDOWN | HAVE A SAFE TRIP HOME! |
South Central Arc Users Group P.O. Box 96 Ardmore, OK 73402 |
