LEAPGPN2025: Full Schedule

Welcome to the 2025 Location, Enterprise Addressing & Public Safety (LEAP) Conference program, hosted virtually by the Geospatial Professional Network (formerly URISA)!

The conference will be presented virtually, January 28-30, 2025 and we invite your your participation.
The detailed conference agenda follows.

Schedule: Tuesday, January 28 - Thursday, January 30
Presented via Zoom according to this daily schedule:

12:00 - 6:30 PM Eastern
11:00 AM - 5:30 PM Central
10:00 AM - 4:30 PM Mountain
9:00 AM - 3:30 PM Pacific

Regular breaks are incorporated.

Individual and team registration are available. Many departments and agencies have benefited from team registration which is less than the price of two individual registrations. Get a group of staff members - as many as you like - to view the proceedings together (perhaps in a conference room with snacks!) Learn and discuss the a-ha moments together!

For registration and sponsorship details, please visit: https://urisa.org/page/LEAP_Conference

12:00pm CST

Keynote: Looking Back/Moving Forward. Answering your Questions about North America’s NG9-1-1 Transition and What it Means for Today’s GIS Professional

Tuesday January 28, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm CST

Virtual

Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) promises an evolution of public safety that impacts everyone involved in reporting and responding to emergencies. This evolution will impact your day-to-day work and will require a high level of collaboration to ensure its interoperability. Hear from a reputable panel of experts how the transition will affect your GIS data, the lessons they’ve learned thus far from standardization efforts across Canada and The United States, and how you can prepare today to maximize the full potential of NG9-1-1. This panel discussion will give you the opportunity to ask your important questions to leading experts in the GIS for NG9-1-1 industry.

Speakers:
Robert Harris, ENP, GISP, Next Generation 9-1-1 Data and Solutions Manager, Esri Canada
Deb Rozeboom, ENP, PMP, GISP, Product Manager, Public Safety GIS Services, GeoComm
Brooks Shannon, ENP, Director, Emergency Communications Solutions, Esri
Sherry Massey
John Beasley

Speakers

Robert Harris, ENP, GISP

Next Generation 9-1-1 Data and Solutions Manager, Esri Canada

Robert Harris is the Next Generation 9-1-1 Data and Solutions Manager at Esri Canada. He is helping to develop standards and best practices as it relates to GIS for NG9-1-1 for Canada. He is the co-chair of the Emergency Services Working Group – TIF92, which will be laying the foundation... Read More →

Deb Rozeboom, ENP, PMP, GISP

Product Manager, Public Safety GIS Services, GeoComm

Deb Rozeboom is a Product Manager of GIS Services with GeoComm. In her 18-year career at GeoComm she has worked with countless Local, State, and Federal government agencies and Public Safety ECCs to build and maintain GIS data for 9-1-1 systems. She is a member and leader of multiple... Read More →

Brooks Shannon, ENP

Director, Emergency Communications Solutions, Esri

Brooks began his career in public safety over 20 years ago. At Esri, as Director of Emergency Communications Solutions, Brooks supports the global emergency communications market. This horizontal public safety industry encompasses emergency call-taking (9-1-1, 1-1-2, etc.), dispatching... Read More →

Tuesday January 28, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm CST
Virtual

Keynote Address

12:00pm CST

Keynote: State Perspectives on Next Generation 9-1-1 GIS Panel Discussion

Wednesday January 29, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm CST

Virtual

Speakers

Matt Gerike, PhD, GISP

Geospatial Program Manager, Virginia Geographic Information Network

Matt Gerike is Geospatial Program Manager for 9-1-1 GIS at the Virginia Geographic Information Network where he supports localities across the commonwealth. He has managed GIS offices and projects in local government, worked with state level GIS clearinghouses and data development... Read More →

Wednesday January 29, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm CST
Virtual

Keynote Address

12:00pm CST

Keynote: U.S. Federal Addressing Initiatives

Thursday January 30, 2025 12:00pm - 2:00pm CST

Virtual

Geospatial Data Act reporting requirements are changing the way federal agencies organize and share geospatial data. Census, Transportation, and USPS are the key agencies leading US federal initiatives on road centerlines, MAF/TIGER data, postal addressing, and the standards data reqiuirements that govern them. This session will provide an overview and update on key federal address initiatives and standards.

Speakers

Ed Wells, GISP

Retired, Consultant

Ed Wells was one the four principal co-authors of the FGDC address standard. He served as Technical Editor for the NENA workgroup that drafted the Civic Location Data Exchange Format (CLDXFv1), and is an active member of CLDXFv2 workgroup. He has been an active participant in the... Read More →

Thursday January 30, 2025 12:00pm - 2:00pm CST
Virtual

Keynote Address