Proposed Webinar Series · 2027

The Modern Public Works Department

The Modern Public Works Department — technology, infrastructure and operational intelligence for local government.

National webinars covering roads, infrastructure inspection, buried utilities, predictive maintenance, workforce productivity and capital investment.

Starting with the challenge, not the tool.

Sessions in this series

Upcoming

Series overview

Modern Public Works departments must maintain aging infrastructure, improve service levels and make better infrastructure decisions with constrained budgets and staffing. That starts with knowing what assets they own, where they are and what condition they are in.

Six national webinars covering roads, infrastructure inspection, buried utilities, predictive maintenance, workforce productivity and capital investment — starting with the challenge, not the tool.

ASSESS → AUTOMATE → UNCOVER → PREDICT → EMPOWER → PRIORITIZE \n\n\nOne thread runs through all six: every session depends on the same foundation — knowing what you own, where it is and what condition it is in. GIS and connected asset data link inspection, maintenance, workforce and capital planning.

This is not a technology series looking for places to apply products. It is a practical Public Works program built around the problems municipalities need to solve — and where technology can deliver measurable operational value. Each event becomes an Asset Mapping Intelligence Report: a permanent, searchable record of the session.

Why attend

From infrastructure condition to capital investment.

  • Improve infrastructure condition and asset visibility.
  • Move from reactive toward risk-based and predictive maintenance.
  • Increase workforce productivity without simply increasing workload.
  • Make more defensible capital-investment decisions.
  • Automate difficult, repetitive or hazardous inspection activities.
  • Connect field operations, asset information, work management and capital planning.

Technology Landscape

The Technology Behind Modern Public Works

The series explores where emerging and established technologies can solve specific operational and infrastructure challenges — without starting with a product or platform.

GIS & Asset Management
AI & Analytics
Mobile Mapping
Drones & Robotics
Sensors & IoT
EAM / CMMS
Digital Twins
Inspection Technology
Pavement Management
Water Intelligence

Who Should Attend

Built for the people who run it.

Leadership & Finance

  • City and County Managers
  • Assistant Managers
  • CFOs and Finance Directors
  • Capital Planning, Budget and Procurement

Infrastructure & Operations

  • Public Works Directors
  • City and County Engineers
  • Transportation and Road Managers
  • Facilities, Fleet and Capital Projects

Utilities

  • Water Directors
  • Wastewater Directors
  • Stormwater Managers
  • Utility and Infrastructure Managers

Data & Technology

  • GIS Directors and Managers
  • IT Directors
  • Asset Management Leaders
  • Data, Analytics and Digital Transformation Teams

Also relevant to Planning, Emergency Management and other teams responsible for community resilience and infrastructure performance.

More Than a Webinar

Webinar + Intelligence

Everything the session produced, in one place.

Each event becomes an Asset Mapping Intelligence Report — a permanent, searchable record of the session. The full write-up, the archived video, every audience question and answer, a practical field guide, a glossary, direct speaker contacts, and supporting material from the technology partners who took part.

Released to registered attendees. Permanently linkable. Built to be used long after the live date.

Compiled editorially by AssetMapping.Events from the session recording and transcript. Statements are attributed to the speaker who made them. Partner-supplied material is clearly labeled as such.

Watch the session

The archived presentation plays inside the report, with chapters and slide downloads.

Speaker contacts

Direct contact details for every presenter, plus follow-up answers to questions that ran out of time.

GIS Certification Institute — GISP
GISP Continuing Education CreditsAsset Mapping events qualify for GIS Certification Institute continuing education credits,  Attendance Certificates  available upon request. Visit www.gisci.org to self-submit the event curriculum for approval.