Attend Carlson's 3rd Annual User Conference—

Work with Carlson and You Partner with the World

Carlson Software: independent so that you can be independent, too. Yes, work with Carlson and you'll find the 27-year-old software developer will be "Partnering You With the World."

"We believe this is what the industry wants," says Bruce Carlson, president and founder of Carlson Software. "The best hardware, provided by hardware companies manufacturing GPS, total stations and scanners, and the best application software for all equipment, manufactured by independent, non-aligned software companies focused on ease-of-use, powerful feature sets, tech support and software integration and cross-product compatibility."

REGISTRATION is open for the Third Annual Carlson Software User Conference. Check out this easy-to-read GRID to get an overview of the classes scheduled over the two days.

The class schedule for the Carlson 'Partnering You With the World' User Conference, to be held November 7-10 in Louisville, Kentucky, is designed to help attendees enhance their skills and, as a result, improve their bottom line. All Carlson Software is made to both speed and ease your work -- attend the Carlson User Conference and you'll be better equipped to have Carlson Work for You. Eight "tracks" are scheduled including Survey, Takeoff Estimating, 3D Model Building & BIM, Machine Control, Mining, SurvCE/Field, Civil and an Electives track. Click on the name of the track to be able to scan the classes scheduled under that subject for each of the two days. Check out this grid with the most up-to-date class schedule to make it easier to choose courses

New location & time of year

Moving the conference's location to the home of the Kentucky Derby, Louisville, Kentucky, and the time of year to November 7-10, the 2010 Carlson Software User Conference promises to be both educational and timely. Classes will cover all aspects of Carlson's extensive product line: from its technically advanced software for surveying, civil engineering, construction, machine control, landfill compaction, and mining through to its new data collection products for crime or accident scene investigation. Coming after the release of Carlson's 2011 product line, the conference will be able to address users' questions about the latest version while highlighting the newest updates to their fullest.

Expanded classes

In addition to its traditional classes for Survey, SurvCE, Field-to-Finish, Civil, Hydrology, Mining, and GIS, the 2010 Carlson User Conference will have a greater emphasis on taking plans from design to the actual building of the project. Classes on 3D model buildingwill be expanded in the Construction track in addition to an entire track added emphasizing machine control. Several aspects of utilizing Carlson's PointCloud module will also be explored.

The class agenda for the conference has been designed with Carlson user's needs in mind. The main classes will be scheduled for Monday and Tuesday as in years past, and Wednesday's schedule will dedicated to Surveyor= GPS demonstrations and to special CSI Mobile and CSI Office classes designed specifically for law enforcement personnel. Sign up now.

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Brown Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky

The entire Carlson Software User Conference will be hosted in one facility in 2010 -- the historic Brown Hotel in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. Here is a link to the reservation page exclusively for Carlson Software User Conference attendees. With extensive conference rooms and banquet facilities in addition to their recently renovated hotel rooms, it will prove an ideal and convenient location for the conference. The local airport is a hub for Southwest Airlines and is serviced by all the major airline companies, providing direct and affordable flights from many of the major cities around the nation. In addition, the hotel provides a free shuttle from the airport, so no need for a rental car, and also free internet access throughout, another major savings and convenience.

As in years past, Carlson Software will host a welcoming reception on Sunday night (Nov. 7), and provide breakfast and lunch on Monday and Tuesday (Nov. 8 and 9), plus host a banquet with guest speakers on Monday evening.

Images from the 2009 Carlson 'Break New Ground' User Conference

(Pictured below) Heath Low and Patrick O'Connor of Position Partners of Brisbane, Australia, Francis Howard of Samaward Ghana Ltd. from Ghana, and Kristjan Eiriksson of Iceland (pictured left, left to right) are just some of the people from around the world who attended the Carlson "Break New Ground" User Conference, which was held April 5 through 7, 2009, in Lexington, Kentucky.

Here Grant Wenker (right), director of Mining Sales for Carlson, visits with Shaun Morrison of Sevell & Maher Engineering of Cumberland, Maine, and Don Sutton of Spectrum Engineering in Billings, Montana.

Apparently discussing business before the start of the Monday night banquet are Greg Ohlendorf of TJ Lambrecht Construction of Joliet, Illinois, and Mike Wehling, also of TJ Lambrecht but from Euless, Texas (pictured left, left and right).

New at the 2nd annual Carlson User Conference were the Hands On Labs where Carlson users could bring their data sets and get one-on-one attention from Carlson's exemplanary tech support staff. Here Lon Watson (pictured left), director of Carlson's tech support team, works with Scott Rahm or Amico Infrastructure in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. See more about the 2009 Carlson User Conference.

Join us at the 2010 Carlson User Conference and get yourself "project ready." Registration and class schedules are now available.