Houston's Largest GIS Event
The Houston Area GIS Day is the largest showcase of its kind on how Geographic Information Systems are used in the City of Houston and surrounding areas. The first GIS Day was held on November 2001 at the University of Houston-Downtown campus. The 2014 GIS Day events will be held in November 2014 for both professionals and students.
Business people, educators, students, and the general public will be given a free access pass to products and services that encompass the GIS program. Since its debut, this event has grown steadily to achieve a prominent position with public, private and governmental agencies in the GIS field. The Houston GIS Day has received national recognition at the Annual ESRI User Conference. Every year, the GIS Student's Day event alone brings in over 300 students and educators from the Houston Independent School District. We hope more schools will take part in this event. It is a good investment that gives students the opportunity and motivation to pick an area for their future career studies. Prizes will be awarded for school essay projects and GIS Mentorship Projects.
The 2013 Houston Area GIS Day was a success with over 20 Exhibitors and over 300 people attend the event. Keynote Speakers Gary Scoffield, and David Martinez from ESRI, and other GIS Presenters gave great presentations that ran throughout the day. We had 262 students in attendance from the City of Houston and surrounding area schools during the Students' Events. We had many outstanding submissions for the Map Gallery contest, and, we congratulate the winner of the 'Best in Cartographic Design' & 'Best in Content / Analytical Presentation' catagories. Make sure you check out all the submissions on out website. We look forward for another great time next year!
For Professionals; 9:00AM to 4:00PM
Admission: Free and open to the public
November 2014
For Students; 9:00AM to 2:30PM
Admission: Assigned Schools and Teachers. Free lunch will be provided. Expect lots of Free Gifts.