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2016 Feb. 18-20Bringing It Forward...Join us in Wilmington, NC for the NCSS52nd Annual Conference & Trade Show

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Conference Time is Here!Let’s head east together February 18-20, 2016 for the NCSS Conference and Trade Show. The momentum has been building over the past several years with a growing variety of vendors, excellent educational opportunities and venues that are fun for the whole family! We are excited to host surveyors from across the state at the Hilton Wilmington Riverside situated beautifully along the waterfront overlooking the retired battleship, USS North Carolina.

The Hilton Wilmington Riverside offers beautiful views and easy access to shopping and dining in downtown Wilmington. If you would like to bring your children, the North Carolina Railroad Museum is just blocks away. If the weather is nice, feel free to walk the boardwalk along Water Street or take a drive to Wrightsville Beach about 20 minutes from downtown.

We will continue our format from previous years with a full day seminar on Thursday taught by Rich Vannozzi, previously a geomatics instructor at the University of New Hampshire and currently a PhD candidate at the University of Connecticut. Jared Ownbey, instructor at AB Tech Community College, will teach a Survey Tech course for your support staff. The North Carolina Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors (NCBEES) Luncheon on Thursday will be hosted by Mike Benton. He will be offering information on the current activities of NCBEES. The Friday Plat Luncheon awards the best maps of the year submitted by surveyors from across the state. There will be concurrent sessions offered once again on the Trade Show floor throughout the day on Friday, covering a variety of topics. If one takes advantage of everything we are offering, one can come away with 11 PDHs to begin the year. We are pleased to announce that Friday evening’s keynote address will be given by Curt Sumner, Executive Director of the National Society of Professional Surveyors followed by the swearing in of your new Board of Directors for 2016.

This year’s theme, “Bringing It Forward,” reflects the need for our profession to continue to meet the demands that technology and education place upon the modern surveyor. Join NCSS as we begin a new year bringing the profession forward with the issues most important to you.

Presidential Awards BanquetFriday’s Presidential Awards Banquet is a great way to conclude our conference. The evening is graced with ceremony and celebration as we induct our 2016 Board of Directors. We will present the prestigious peer chosen “Surveyor of the Year,” and award our newest honor of “Young Surveyor of the Year,” chosen by the Board of Directors. Afterwards, we will enjoy fellowship and dancing as a relaxing way to end the evening.

Our Annual Plat Contest is underway! Send us a plat that you are proud of and you could win! Plats must have been recorded in 2015 and comply with official contest rules. Entries must be postmarked by January 29, 2016.

Winners will be presented at the Plat Luncheon on Friday, February 19. Plaques will be awarded for first place entries. A Best Over-All winner will receive a $100 cash prize, with his/her entry being entered into the NSPS National Plat Contest.Visit https://ncsurveyors.com/plat_competition for details & registration.

2015 Plat Contest

The Hilton Wilmington Riverside301 North Water Street | Wilmington, NC 28401Rooms are $121/night. (Overnight self parking included.) Room rates are guaranteed until January 29, 2016. To make a reservation, visit: www.wilmingtonhilton.com and enter the group code SUR when making your reservations. Or call 910.763.5900 / 1.888.324.8170

Vendor Appreciation Dinner & Casino Night

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dinner and Casino Night on Thursday, February 18th.

“Practical Geodesy” and “Perspectives in the Future of the Surveying Profession”

Instructed by A. Richard Vannozzi, MS, PLS

Thursday, February 18, 2016

Mr. Vannozzi is a graduate of the University of Maine where he earned a BS in Forestry w/ High Honors with concentrations in both Forest Management and Surveying in 1984 and an MS in Forestry (with a surveying emphasis) in 2006. He is also a doctoral candidate in the Department of Natural Resources (NRE) at the University of Connecticut. His research is focused on GIS Applications and Education for Land Surveyors. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Civil Technology program at the University of New Hampshire’s Thompson School of Applied Science where he teaches various courses in Surveying and Mapping. He is a Past-President of MALSCE (Massachusetts Association of Land Surveyors & Civil Engineers) and was recognized as MALSCE’s Surveyor of the year in 1998. He has received four (4) Presidential Citations from MALSCE for his work on professional standards (1) and surveying education (3). Currently he serves on the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) Board of Directors representing Massachusetts.

We will begin the day with Practical Geodesy. As the surveying profession transitions from a flat world view to a round earth view, much of the equipment and mapping tools require the application of geodetic principles in order to properly complete a project. This seminar will focus on those situations where surveyors most often have questions when utilizing these new technologies. Attendees will be able to better understand their responsibilities in those situations where they previously worked under plane surveying assumptions and now they must properly account for geodetic considerations.

In the afternoon, we will take a look at the role of surveyors in society. Standards, definitions of surveying, and society’s needs will be explored in detail. Topics will include construction layout surveys, data accumulation surveys (topographic, photogrammetric, utilities, site, hydrographic), as well as cadastral, original and retracement surveys. Our profession and practices are being impacted by today’s technology. How will surveyors engage in this evolution? Mr. Vannozzi will outline strategic changes needed for our profession and our practices.

Schedule at a Glance7:30am8:00am

12:00pm1:00pm4:30pm5:30pm6:30pm

8:00am9:30am

10:30am

12:00pm1:30pm

2:30pm3:00pm

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Registration & Breakfast“Practical Geodesy” “Training & Development for the Land Surveying Technician”Q&A Luncheon with NCBEES“Perspectives in the Future of the Surveying Profession”Seminars EndNew Board Reception (invitation only) Vendor Appreciation Dinner & Casino Night

Trade Show Opens & BreakfastTrade Show & Surveyor GamesConcurrent Sessions Pt. I “Facts About the Learned Professions” Jerry Nave “DOT Right of Way and Your Survey Plat” Tom Morgan

Plat Luncheon & General Membership MeetingConcurrent Sessions Pt. II “Recombination Surveys” Tom Morgan “Photogrammetry” Scott Williams

Trade Show & Surveyor GamesConcurrent Sessions Pt. III “Control Corner Rewrite” Jeff Jeffreys “LiDAR/UAS Right-of-Way” Jim Davis

Past President’s Reception (invitation only)Presidential Awards Banquet & Evening Entertainment Keynote Address by Curt Sumner

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2016

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2016

7:30am8:00am

Breakfast NCSS Winter Board of Directors Meeting

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2016

Two Raffles Two Great PrizesCASH RAFFLEReverse drawing. $100/ticketGrand Prize: $2,0002nd & 3rd Place: $500

CONDO RAFFLE$20/ticket or 5 for $80Grand Prize: 7 day/6 night stay in a 3 bedroom condo on Bogue Sound at Indian Beach (you pick the week!)

Grand Prize drawings will be held at the Presidential Awards Banquet. All proceeds support the NCSS Education Foundation.

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