EWUGing 2007

Another successful conference. We had just over 200 people in attendance and 12 vendors.

A highlight for many was the talk by James Murphy of the City of Minneapolis about the I-35W bridge collapse. The presentation was top notch and discussed in a separate post.

After lunch the conference broke into sessions. The first session, 3 hours in length was a detailed session by ESRI staff about ArcGIS Server. The others focused on the applications of GIS within private-industry. Due to a scheduling issues with the hotel, one of the tracks had to be held in the hotel bar. Yep, that's right, the presentations where in the hotel bar! Only in Wisconsin. (At least the bar was closed at the time!)The day ended with a successful Vendor's Reception. We raffled off some prizes donated by our exhibitors and local businesses. (Some people were very excited to win!)
The second day got underway with a rapid series of 20-minute sessions. When the sessions went late, and there was nowhere to eat our box-lunches many attendees made due.
The "sitdown lunch" turned into a great informal networking session. Many people stuck around for quite awhile talking GIS.

If you have any comments about the conference, or ideas for next year, leave a comment.

If your interested in the final agenda or PowerPoints from the conference, check the website for the latest. They'll be added as they arrive (I'm sure I'll blog about it when they're all up).