Come hear from Mississippi's geospatial researchers and entrepreneurs as EIGS partners this year with the Mississippi Technology Alliance (MTA) and the Mississippi Research Consortium (MRC) to present the Tenth Annual Conference on High Technology which is taking place November 18-19, 2009, at the Jackson Convention Complex in Jackson, MS. Being held in conjunction with GIS Day 2009, the Conference will feature special sessions on geospatial information science and technology.

For the first time ever, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) joins Mississippi's Annual Technology Conference to celebrate world GIS day by showcasing the agency's cutting-edge technologies.

Day One of the conference features exciting presentations on Geospatial Technologies, Entrepreneur and Investor Sessions, and networking for Economic Developers. Click here to view abstracts of the Geospatial Technologies presentations: http://www.technologyalliance.ms/presentations

Day Two of the conference will feature six Breakout Sessions and the Plenary Session which will showcase GIS technology used by the Keesler Air Force Base Hurricane Hunters and the Center for Higher Learning Visualization Center. The conference will conclude with the Luncheon featuring Keynote Speaker Joel Bomgar.

Registration and more information is available at https://www.technologyalliance.ms/coht/. Special rates are available at the Jackson Marriott for conference registrants for the night of November 18th. For reservations, call 1-800-256-9194 and mention "Mississippi Technology Alliance" to receive the discount.

As an added bonus to the geospatial community, the GITA Gulf South Chapter Meeting will be held at the Conference on Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 1:30 p.m. The GITA meeting is open all present and prospective GITA members. If you have any questions, please contact Lauralee Gann or Scott Trapolino.