KEYNOTE: Planning and GIS in Hawaii: Past, Present and Future

Jesse Souki
Director, Hawaii Office of Planning

Wednesday March 7, 2012 - 8:45 to 10:15 am

For more than 20 years the State Office of Planning through the Statewide GIS Program has been the lead agency for GIS in state government and is statutorially mandated to "establish, promote and coordinate the use of geographic information systems (GIS) technology among Hawaii State Government agencies". How did this come about? What is the Statewide GIS Program doing now? What about the future?

· PAST - Important historic events , statutory mandate, important projects.

· PRESENT - Current project goals, objectives, and activities.

· FUTURE - Improved use of GIS in statewide planning, improved use of GIS across all state government (State CIO-lead initiatives)