Events

2025 WNYGIS Summer Social

Hello everyone! We would love to have you, your family, and friends join us for an evening at the Chestnut Ridge Park “Commissioner’s Cabin”. This is a rain or shine event on Wednesday 06.25.2025. The WNYGIS Steering Committee will be providing / grilling hamburgers and hotdogs.  We’ll also have some side dishes and desserts.

Basic drinks are provided, but feel free to bring your own along with lawn chairs to hang out along the water:
Chestnut Ridge Park Commissioner’s Cabin

Register here.

Looking forward to seeing you all,
WNYGIS Steering Committee

GIS Day 2024

Come join us on November 19, 2024 in the Jacqueline Vito LoRusso Alumni & Visitor Center SUNY Buffalo State University for GIS Day 2024.
Speakers are from 1:00 – 4:00 with a social hour after to catch up with your GIS peers. Free parking is available at lots G-20, G-21, G-22, R-14 and R-15.

NOTE: This is the day before the official GIS Day.

WNY GIS Day Event Information

Speakers:
Jennifer Werfritz – National Fuel Gas
Allen Young – Erie County Soil and Water Conservation District
Karyn Tareen – Geocove
Mark Scott – ESRI

Register here.

2024 WNYGIS Summer Social

Wednesday June 26, 2024

Outer Harbor Buffalo, 225 Fuhrmann Boulevard, Buffalo NY 14203 | map

5pm-8pm

Join us at Outer Harbor for the 2024 Summer Social. WNYGIS will provide burgers, hot dogs, water and soda.
BYOB and a dish to pass.

Register Here

2024 Upcoming Events

Upcoming events for 2024. Details will be posted as we get closer to the event.

June 26: Summer Social, Outer Harbor

November 19: GIS Day with Buffalo State

December 6: Jingle Mingle, Free Street Tavern

2023 Jingle Mingle

Tuesday, DECEMBER 12th 2023

Wayland Brewing
3740 North Buffalo Street, Orchard Park, NY | map

5:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Happy Hour Specials (Cash Bar)
Come join the GIS community for some holiday cheer!

2023 WNYGIS Summer Social

Thursday August 24, 2023

Buffalo Harbor State Park, Shelter 3
1111 Fuhrmann Boulevard, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA | map

5pm – 9pm

Join us in Buffalo Harbor State Park at Shelter 3 for the 2023 Summer Social. WNYGIS will provide burgers, hot dogs, water and soda.
BYOB and a dish to pass.

Register here

2022 Jingle Mingle

Thursday, DECEMBER 1th 2022

Lenox Grill
140 North Street Buffalo, NY 14201 | map

5:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Happy Hour Specials (Cash Bar)
Come join the GIS community for some holiday cheer!

NYS GeoSpatial Summit Watch Party

This year’s format for the NYS GeoSpatial Summit is a blended in-person and virtual watch party. Our section is planning to convene at the Dnipro Ukrainian Cultural Center on September 29th from 2 pm to 7 pm and will include dinner for members who are current with their dues ($20 for non-members) and a cash bar.

Please register at Brown Paper Tickets – Link

Check your NYSGIS Association membership status – Link

NYSGIS asked if we could assemble a 5 minute slideshow showcasing what we are working on. Please send us a screenshot of one of your notable projects with brief descriptions that we could add to the presentation.