GIS MANAGEMENT ACADEMY

Workshops from the Academy will be offered in the afternoons of Tuesday, May 2nd 1:00 pm to 4:30pm and Wednesday, May 3rd – 1:30 pm to 5:00pm

Register - Select Registration including workshop option

Presenter:  Workshops will be led by Greg Babinski.

Greg Babinski is a GIS management consultant and founder of GIS Management Consulting Services LLC, located in the greater Seattle area.

Between 1998 and the end of 2021 he served as GIS Manager, GIS Finance Manager and GIS Marketing& Business Development Manager for the King County GIS Center in Seattle. Previously he worked for nine years as GIS Mapping Supervisor for the East Bay Municipal Utility District in Oakland.

He holds an MA in geography from Wayne State University. Greg is a GISP – Certified GIS Professional.

Greg is Past-President of URISA and founder and Past-Chair of URISA’s GIS Management Institute. In 2005 he founded The Summit – the Washington State GIS Newsletter. In 2019 Greg was awarded an EthicalGEO Fellowship by the American Geographical Society. In addition to GIS consulting, he is a GIS researcher, author, and instructor. He has spoken about GIS management across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Greg has taught GIS for Public Policy as an instructor with the University of Washington Evans Graduate School of Public Administration.

In his spare time Greg likes ‘hiking steep, narrow and dangerous trails that lead high above the clouds to awesome views’.

Three (3) workshops will be held each afternoon of BeSpatial’23 (2 days):

•  Promote and Grow your GIS for Successful Geospatial Managers
•  GIS Funding, Budgeting and Financial Management for GIS Managers
•  GIS Return on Investment (ROI) Fundamentals

These workshops are being offered as part of your BeSpatial'23 registration!  Choose the BeSpatial including workshop registration option 

Registration closes on April 28, 2023 at midnight

Register today