Keeping Roads (and Data) Moving: Smarter Transportation with GIS

This session highlights how GIS enables a modern, connected approach to transportation—supporting asset management, real-time operations, and predictive analytics to shift to data-driven decision-making. Attendees will gain practical insight into how to leverage ArcGIS to improve operational awareness, planning, and cross-agency collaboration to deliver better outcomes.

Nate Rock

Esri

Stone Theatre

State of Michigan Update (90 minute session - Part I)

Coordinated through the State of Michigan Geographic Information Office within the Center for Shared Solutions, GIS professionals representing a variety of state agencies will present details on impactful projects and initiatives statewide.

Ulrika Zay, Mark Holmes, Kate Berg, Jeff Schmidt & Others

DTMB-CSS

Glens I & II

Forward to the Past: Modernizing GIS with Utility Network and Decoupling Integrations with FME Sync

As utilities migrate to Esri’s Utility Network, dependent enterprise systems frequently are unable to modernize at the same pace. This session highlights how Columbus Water & Power is deploying an FME-based synchronization solution to replicate changes between its Utility Network environments and legacy Geometric Network, enabling GIS modernization with minimum disruption to current systems.

Brooks E. Kelley

Avineon

Glens III

Artificial Intelligence Used to Enhance Asset Management

This session explores how AI and digital infrastructure transform roadway asset management and safety. It covers end-to-end digital pipelines leveraging vision data, AI/ML, digital twins, GIS, and work orders to enable proactive maintenance, predictive analytics for budget optimization, and translating AI detections into actionable safety KPIs that reduce risk and lifecycle costs.

Mike Natzel & Aneek Sarker

Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America

Prairie V & VI

Hands-on Demo/Workshop on Autonomous Systems for 5th-8th Students (90 minute session - Part I)

This session explores how AI and digital infrastructure transform roadway asset management and safety. It covers end-to-end digital pipelines leveraging vision data, AI/ML, digital twins, GIS, and work orders to enable proactive maintenance, predictive analytics for budget optimization, and translating AI detections into actionable safety KPIs that reduce risk and lifecycle costs.

Shelley Jeltema & Jennifer Lathom

Lansing Community College

Prairie IV

From Request to Resolution: Orchestrating Service Delivery with ArcGIS Workflow Manager

This session demonstrates how ArcGIS Workflow Manager acts as an orchestration layer to unify people, processes, and systems—enabling service requests to move from intake through completion with tracking, automation, and accountability. Attendees will see how this approach streamlines coordination, reduces effort, and creates a scalable, transparent framework for managing work from end to end.

Nate Rock

Esri

Stone Theatre

State of Michigan Update (90 minute session - Part II)

Coordinated through the State of Michigan Geographic Information Office within the Center for Shared Solutions, GIS professionals representing a variety of state agencies will present details on impactful projects and initiatives statewide.

Ulrika Zay, Mark Holmes, Kate Berg, Jeff Schmidt & Others

DTMB-CSS

Glens I & II

Saving Time and Money with PowerAutomate and GIS

The City of Decatur, IL owns several hundred vacant lots. The mowing of these lots was contracted out by the City. The cost was $700,000/year. In 2024, the City used GIS as a solution to manage their maintenance. Using Survey123, Field Maps, and Microsoft Power Automate, Decatur has effectively monitored the maintenance of City-owned land. This new work order system cut costs by over 50%.

Seth Stark

Cloupoint Geospatial

Glens III

Administering ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise at the City of Detroit

The City of Detroit manages more than 1,500 users and significant amounts of content across ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise. To support this work, the City has leveraged organizational processes, dashboards, and ArcGIS Monitor tools to streamline the migration to single sign-on, improve user and content management, and strengthen server maintenance and oversight.

Kelly Boyd

City of Detroit

Prairie V & VI