2026 TSPSymposium Agenda

SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Sunday, March 15, 2026

3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Registration

Monday, March 16, 2026

6:30 AM – 3:00 PM
Registration

7:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Hot Topics of 2026
Shane Neally & Drew Blessing
McLennan Hall — 2 Ethics/PDH

9:30 AM – 9:45 AM
Coffee Break

9:45 AM – 11:45 AM (Concurrent Sessions)
Boundaries — Josh Leamons
McLennan Hall — 2 Ethics/PDH

Writing a Surveyor’s Report — Mark Neugebauer & Dorothy Taylor
Texas North 113 & 114 — 2 PDH

Fundamentals — Stephen Matovich
Texas North 115 — 2 Ethics/PDH

Military Liaison — Raymond Amador, Jr.
Texas South 116 — 2 PDH

11:45 AM – 12:45 PM
Lunch

12:45 PM – 1:45 PM (Concurrent Sessions)
SAC Panel Discussion
Moderator: Lance Kinney
Panelists: Jason Jernigan, Connor Brown, David Rolbiecki & Kenneth Yazel
McLennan Hall — 1 Ethics/PDH

Duties and Ethical Responsibilities of the Professional Land Surveyor
Stan Piper
Texas South 116 — 2 Ethics/PDH (continues until 2:45 PM)

1:45 PM – 2:45 PM
Quality Control
Mike Grogan
McLennan Hall — 1 Ethics/PDH

2:45 PM – 3:00 PM
Coffee Break

12:45 PM – 5:00 PM (Extended / Concurrent Sessions)
Preparing for the LSLS Exam
Dillon Harp, Bill Merten & Mark Neugebauer
Texas North 113 & 114

Math 101 — Samuel Shumaker
Texas North 115

3:00 PM – 5:00 PM (Concurrent Sessions)
Pecos Valley Railroad: Unraveling Its Title and Tale
Robert Davis
McLennan Hall — 2 PDH

CPR — Adam Maywhort
Texas South 116

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

7:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Registration

7:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Riparian Cases
Ethan Hopkin
McLennan Hall — 2 PDH

9:30 AM – 9:45 AM
Coffee Break

7:30 AM – 11:45 AM (Concurrent Sessions)
CST Exam Prep — Trisha Lund
Texas South 116

Math 301 — Angela Weller
Texas North 115

Texas Specific Surveying Exam (TSSE) Prep — Jason Jernigan
Texas North 113 & 114

9:45 AM – 11:45 AM
How to Organize Survey Data
Miguel Escobar
McLennan Hall — 2 PDH

11:45 AM – 12:45 PM
Lunch

12:45 PM – 2:45 PM
Resources of the GLO
Mike Grogan
McLennan Hall — 2 PDH

12:45 PM – 5:00 PM (Concurrent Sessions)
Working Sketches
Jason Jernigan & Mark Neugebauer
Texas North 113 & 114 — 4 PDH

NCEES Exam Prep — Ethan Hopkin
Texas South 116

Math 401 — Samuel Shumaker
Texas North 115

2:45 PM – 3:00 PM
Coffee Break

3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Geospatial Data Best Practices
Unal Okyay
McLennan Hall — 2 PDH