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2010 Intermountain GIS Conference ~ April 19-23 ~ Bozeman, MT
~ Challenges for a Changing World ~

Call for Papers - Closed

The Call for Papers is Closed

The Intermountain GIS Conference attracts a wide variety of GIS users from federal, state, tribal and local governments and educational institutions as well as from private organizations.  This year, we are also hoping to attract a wider audience, including people who come from related disciplines.  Our track leaders have identified many speakers already, but we are eager to hear from anyone who might be interested in responding to this call.  A preliminary list of tracks includes:
  • Tribal GIS
  • Data Sharing
  • Snow Sciences
  • Natural Resources
  • GIS Policy and Management
  • Public Health
  • America / Montana View
  • Fire
  • Census and Redistricting
  • Local Government
  • Utilities and Services
  • Energy
  • Open Source GIS
  • Vendor Track (new products and services)
Notification of acceptance will be about March 1, 2010.  All persons giving a presentation at the conference will be expected to register for the conference.

Call for Posters

Submission Deadline: March 10, 2010

NOTICE: The Submission Deadline for Posters has been extended to March 10th!


Download the Poster SUBMISSION FORM here.

MAGIP invites students and professionals to share their research and work or their cartography skills at the 2010 Intermountain GIS Conference. The Intermountain GIS Conference attracts a wide variety of GIS users from federal, state, tribal and local governments and educational institutions as well as from private organizations. The Conference is a supportive environment for both students and professionals to present posters of their work. Contest participants are limited to entering one poster in each contest category as an individual or part of a team. Any subject is acceptable as long as the entry contributes to the GIS profession and GIS is used in some form as part of the poster design.

Contest Categories:

Research Project (Student and Professional) - An illustrative presentation of research and/or analysis; includes an abstract, introduction, methodology, results, etc. along with maps and graphics.

Cartographic Design (Student and Professional) - A single map product presenting spatial data in a meaningful way; may include textual material and graphics however, the map is the main focus.

Display:

Posters formatted to ANSI-E (34"x44") size are encouraged as standard. Entries should be no smaller than 24"x24" and no larger than 48" wide and no taller than 60".

Posters should be submitted at the conference no later than 4:30pm on Tuesday April 20, 2010. Posters are to be left on display until 5:00pm on Thursday April 22, 2010. Conference staff will mount all posters; posters not picked up by the close of the conference will not be returned to the participant.

Awards:

Judged: The top two judged entries in each category for students and professionals will receive cash awards valued at $100 and $75 (four awards total). 
People's Choice: The poster that receives the most votes by conference attendees will receive a cash award of $100.

Instructions:

To enter a poster in the contest download the submission form and see the contest guidelines and judging criteria (page 2-3) and fill out the Poster Entry Form (page 4).  Return the entry form and your poster abstract via email attachment  by March 10, 2010 to JanAllyce@aol.com using the following file name format:  lastname_firstname_2010poster.doc.  Please use the subject line "Intermountain GIS Poster Abstract" in your email.

Notification of acceptance will be around March 14, 2010.  All persons submitting a poster will be expected to register for the conference.
 
 
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