2009

• April 28-29, 2009, I Hotel & Conference Center, Champaign, Illinois
  
  
• October 12-13, 2009, Westin Lombard Yorktown Center, Illinois

2008

• April 21- 22, 2008, Crowne Plaza Hotel in Springfield, Illinois
  Conference Co-Chairs: Curt Abert and Shelley Silch
  Program Brochure
  

• November 5-6, 2008, Westin Lombard Yorktown Center, Illinois
  

2007

• April 30 - May 1, 2007, Crowne Plaza Hotel in Springfield, Illinois
  Conference Co-Chairs: Barb Clauser and Curt Abert
  Program Brochure
  
  
• November 26 - 27, 2007, Oak Brook Marriott Hotel in Springfield, Illinois
  Conference Co-Chairs: Pat Keegan and Kevin Gibbs
  Program Brochure

2006

• April 20-21, 2006, Crowne Plaza Hotel in Springfield, Illinois
  Conference Co-Chairs: Barb Knox and Scott Dragoo
  Program Brochure
  Pictured above are the 2006 student award winners. From left to right: Leah Talaber from Elmhurst College, Patrick Joyce from Northwestern and Mike Allison from Western Illinois University.

Honored at the 2006 spring conference was Jim Carter, a long-time supporter and energy behind the student night seminars, as being nominated and receiving the distinction of being a Distinguished Member in ILGISA. Congratulations Jim!

• November 13-14, 2006 - Oak Brook Marriott, Oak Brook, Illinois
  Conference Co-Chairs: Chris McGarry and Mary Clement
  Program Brochure
  

2005

• April 21-22, 2005, Crowne Plaza Hotel in Springfield, Illinois
  Conference Co-Chairs: Terri Arnold and Scott Dragoo
  Program Brochure
  

  Four Outstanding Student Awards were presented. Pictured here from left to right: Anthony Pleasant from Eastern IL Univ., Dan Millen from Western IL Univ. and Ben Kinney from Northern IL Univ. Not pictured is Josh DeFrates from Illinois State University.

  
  
• November 14-15, 2005, Oak Brook Marriott in Oak Brook, Illinois
  Conference Co-Chairs: Pat Keegan and Chris McGarry
  Program Brochure
  

  	This is the never ending awards table of plaques presented at this year's Fall conference! (Actually there were more that couldn't fit on the table!) Three service awards were presented, two of which were for collaborations between multiple agencies. Congratulations to all!
  	Pictured here is Janet Agnoletti with the Barrington Area Council of Governments and Peter Ferretti with the Village of Deer Park accepting awards for the collaborative effort creating BAGIS. Other agencies not represented: Villages of Barrington, Barrington Hills, Deer Park, Lake Barrington, North Barrington, South Barrington and Tower Lakes, plus Barrington and Cuba Townships
  Pictured here are representatives from the various agencies listed to the right. These agencies worked together on the Statewide Digital Orthophotography project.	U.S. Geological Survey USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Federal Emergency Management Agency Illinois Department of Transportation Illinois Emergency Management Agency Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Illinois Department of Revenue Illinois Historical Preservation Agency Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission Cook County DuPage County Kane County Lake County McHenry County NGIA CATS
  	Pictured here is William (Bill) Faedtke (left) accepting his service award from 2006 ILGISA President Kingsley Allan. Bill is being recognized for his continuous support of ILGISA, students, and his dedication to DuPage County. Congratulations Bill!

2004

• April 13-14, 2004, Crowne Plaza Hotel in Springfield, Illinois.
  Conference Chairs: Rob Krumm and Kingsley Allan
  Program Brochure
  Outstanding Student Awards:
  • Scott Gass, Illinois State University
  • Cameron Rex, Northeastern Illinois University
  • Peter Stewart, Wheaton College
  • Martin Arnold, Northern Illinois University

• November 8-9, Hilton Hotel, Lisle, Illinois.
  Conference Chairs: Pat Keegan and Chris McGarry
  Program Brochure

• 	Dahlberg Distinguished Achievement Award to Jim Westervelt, Jim Westervelt of the US Army Corp of Engineers Research Laboratory of Champaign, Illinois
  	2004 Service Award to Dr. Michael Sublett of Illinois State University
  	2004 Service Award to Tom Nicoski with Kane County
  	2004 Service Award to Tim Johnson and Bob Lindquist, GIS Solutions

2003

• April 8-9, 2003 Spring ILGISA Conference, Radisson Hotel, Bloomington, Illinois
  Conference Chairs: Rob Krumm and Kinglsey Allan
  Program Brochure
  
• November 17-18, Hilton Hotel, Lisle, Illinois.
  Conference Chairs: Ruth Anne Tobias and Larry Gunderson
  Program Brochure

  Dahlberg Distinguished Achievement Award to Gail Krmenec, US Census Bureau.

  
  ILGISA 2003 Service Awards:
  
  

  Sheena Beaverson, Illinois State Geological Survey	William Holland, GeoAnalytics
  Sheryl Oliver, ILGIC (picture not available)
  Pictured above are the first Student Award Honorees! From left to right: Aaron Kyle Covey, Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais Thomas Laue, Illinois State University Jordan B. Decker, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Not pictured is Bernard Bauer, Northern Illinois University

2002

November 4-5, 2002 Fall ILGISA Conference, Wyndham Hotel, Lisle, Il Conference Chairs: Nina Savar and Zorica Nedovic-Budic Program Brochure Dahlberg Distinguished Achievement Award to Darryl Williams, USGS National Mapping Division, Rolla, MO. ILGISA Service Awards: Leslie Berns, Natural Resource Supervisor, DuPage Forest Preserve District Kevin Burden, CIO, Cook County Assessor's Office The GIS2GPS Team (Edward Gorny, Nancy Gorny, Denis Kazelas, and Glenn Polloway) Pictured here from left to right: Leslie Berns, Darryl Williams and Kevin Burden. The GIS2GPS Team was unable to attend the 2nd day to receive their award as they presented a free workshop for teachers in K-12 on the first day of the conference. Congratulations to all! April 9-10, 2002 Radisson Hotel, Bloomington, Illinois Conference Chair: Kingsley Allan Program Brochure

2001

2000

• April 18-19, 2000 - 6th Annual Spring Conference, Urbana Holiday Inn
  First day - three concurrent workshops, Vendor reception and Student Night
  Second day - two concurrent topical sessions throughout the day
  Dr. Marsha Cook Woodbury, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois, was the keynote speaker talking on Information Ethics.
  Program Brochure
  

• November 6-7, 2000 - Lisle/Naperville Radisson, Lisle, Illinois
  First day - three full day and two half day workshops, Vendor reception and Student Night
  Second day - three concurrent topical sessions throughout the day
  Paul Dye, Flight Director of NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston , was the keynote speaker talking about the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
  Program Brochure

  Dahlberg Distinguished Achievement Award to Richard Hilton, GIS Manager, Lake County Management Services Department

  ILGISA Service Awards:

  Tim Oliver, GIS Director, Rock Island County

  Alan Hobscheid, GIS Coordinator, Cook County, Department of Office Technology

  McLean County GIS Consortium (Jason Grootens, Hark Hocking, Kevin Kothe, Randy Nydegger, Troy Olson)

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• April 20-21, 1999, 5th Annual Spring Conference, Holiday Inn, Urbana
  First day - three concurrent workshops; Student Night in evening (first of its kind); Local Government Special Interest Group at night
  Second day - three concurrent sessions
  Program Brochure

• November 1 - 2, 1999, Lisle/Naperville Radisson, Lisle, Illinois
  First day - three concurrent workshops
  Student night in evening
  Second day - three concurrent sessions
  GIS privacy and public access issues were the subjects of the plenary panel discussion, led by William Holland of GeoAnalytics, Inc.
  Program Brochure
  

  Dahlberg Distinguished Achievement Award to Don Rich, Illinois Department of Transportation

  ILGISA Service Awards:

  Kingsley Allan, GIS Manager, Illinois State Water Survey
  Robert Krumm, Geologist/GIS Manager, Illinois State Geological Survey
  Zorica Nedovic-Budic, Professor, Urban & Regional Planning, University of Illinois

  
  Pictured above from left to right: Don Rich, Rob Krumm and Kingsley Allan

• February 1998, No. 6, ILGISA Newsletter

• April 21-22, 1998, 4th Annual Spring Conference, Holiday Inn, Urbana, IL
  First day: three concurrent workshops
  Second day: Robert Wedgeworth, University Librarian UIUC, keynote speaker; two concurrent sessions
  

• June 1998, No. 7, ILGISA Newsletter

• November 4, 1998, IMAC Meeting, IDOT Springfield (Illinois Map Advisory Committee); Illinois Department of Transportation

• December 3-4, 1998, Lisle/Naperville Hilton, Lisle, Illinois
  First day: three concurrent workshops; open session to the public in the evening
  Second day: Three concurrent sessions throughout the day
  Public Policy Issues Surrounding GIS, panel discussion moderated by William Holland of GeoAnalytics, Inc. was the keynote program.
  

  No Dahlberg Distinguished Achievement Award was given.

  ILGISA Service Awards:

  Larry Gunderson, GIS Manager, City of Naperville

  Richard Vaupel, Northern Illinois University Laboratory for Cartography and Spatial Analysis

  Adams County GIS 2002 Project (Richard Klusmeyer, Joye Baker, Chuck Bevelheimer, Pat Poepping, Mark Warren, Michael Klinger)

  
  Rich Vaupel, Larry Gunderson, Mark Warren, Joye Baker, Pat Dahlberg,
  Gail Krmenec, chair of the Awards Committee

  

• April 15-16, 1997 - 3rd Annual Spring Conference, Chancellor Inn, Champaign
  First day: two concurrent workshops; IMAC meeting in late afternoon
  Second day: two concurrent sessions throughout the day.
  Keynote: presentations by local researchers on advanced GIS techniques for display and analysis;
  

• July 1997, No. 4, ILGISA Newsletter

• September 1997 - No. 5, ILGISA Newsletter

• December 4-5, 1997, GIS in Illinois Conference, Oak Brook Hyatt, Oak Brook, IL
  First day: two concurrent workshops
  Second day: three concurrent sessions throughout the day
  Bernard J.Niemann, Jr., University of Wisconsin, author of a series of profiles on GIS pioneers was the keynote speaker

  Dahlberg Distinguished Achievement Award to Robert L. McLeese, U.S. Natural Resource Conservation Service.

  ILGISA Service Awards:

  Liane Suloway, Illinois Natural History Survey

  Nina Savar, Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission

  
  Liane Suloway, Robert McLeese, Nina Savar

  

• February 14, 1996 Winter Conference, Springfield
  Brett Manning, Director, IDNR, was the keynote speaker; concurrent sessions emphasized planning applications
  Feb 13 IMAC meeting in afternoon in Springfield
  

• March 1996 - No. 2, ILGISA Newsletter

• June 3-4, 1996 - 2nd Spring Conference, Chancellor Hotel, Champaign
  First day: seminar on Implementing the FGDC Metadata Standard with Billy Tolar IMAC meeting late in afternoon
  Second day: John Moeller, FGDC, was keynote speaker; plenary session on the New Satellites; two concurrent sessions.
  

• July 1996 - No. 3 ILGISA Newsletter

• September 16, 1996, Fall Seminar, Chicago Hilton and Towers
  Two concurrent programs

• November 18, 1996, GIS in Illinois Conference, Marriott Hotel in Schaumburg, IL
  Dr. Michael Goodchild, Director of the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis was the keynote speaker, three concurrent sessions throughout the day

  ILGISA Distinguished Achievement Award to Dr. Richard E. Dahlberg, Department of Geography, Northern Illinois University.

  ILGISA Service Awards:

  Dr. Donald E.Luman, Illinois State Geological Survey

  Tom D'Avello, U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service

• February 22, 1995 - ILGISA Board meets at IDOT in Springfield
  Approved the By-Laws of the New Organization
  

• April 20, 1995 - Richard Hilton coordinates a full-day GIS seminar at Illinois Lake Management Association

• June 6, 1995 - IMAC meeting in Champaign

• June 7, 1995 - ILGISA Conference at Chancellor Hotel, Champaign, first mid-state conference

• July 1, 1995, No. 1, ILGISA Newsletter

• December 4-5, 1995 - GIS in Illinois Conference, Marriott Hotel in Schaumburg, IL
  First day: ILGISA holds its first annual business meeting
  Second day: Joel Morrison, U.S. Bureau of the Census, keynote address
  

  ILGISA Distinguished Achievement Award to Charles O'Connor, City of Chicago.

  ILGISA Service Awards:

  Mark Joselyn, Illinois Natural History Survey
  Dr. Pete Trott, Director, Regional Development Institute, Northern Illinois University

  
  Mark Joselyn, Dr. Pete Trott, Charles O'Connor

• August 25-26, 1994
  ILGISA Organizing Committee meets in Urbana to discuss the formation of a new organization
  

• November 7-8, 1994 - GIS in Illinois Conference, Woodfield Hilton, Arlington Heights, IL
  First day: Four full-day professional seminars
  Second day: Tom Ryder, Illinois State Representative and Chair, Geographic Information Management Technology Task Force, was the keynote speaker; concurrent sessions
  
• Ruth Anne Tobias, Regional Development Institute, Northern Illinois University, was given the first ILGISA award before any name was assigned to the award.
  
  

• November 8-9, 1993, GIS in Illinois Conference, Woodfield Hilton, Arlington Heights, IL
  First day: three concurrent workshops
  Second day: Dr. John Bossler, Center for Mapping, Ohio State University, was the keynote speaker; student day program; two plenary and thirteen concurrent sessions

Drs. John Bossler and Richard Dahlberg

• October 21-22, 1992 - GIS in Illinois Conference, Woodfield Hilton, Arlington Heights, IL
  First day: workshop in the morning; afternoon: Jack Dangermond, Keynote speaker; three concurrent sessions
  Second day, morning only: plenary session and nine concurrent sessions
  

• December 5-6, 1991 - GIS in Illinois 1991, Woodfield Hilton, Arlington Heights, IL
  First day: William E. Huxhold, keynote speaker; one workshop first day
  Second day: ten concurrent sessions
  

• August 9, 1990 - DeKalb County Farm Bureau
  "Soil Surveys, Tax Maps, GIS, and the Local Decision Maker"
  This event was attended by 220 persons from 43 counties.