OSPS Fall Seminar

The OSPS 2026 Fall Seminar will take place on Thursday and Friday, October 15 and 16 at the Doubletree by Hilton Canton Downtown. Registration is now open for OSPS members. Non-member registration will open on August 10.

Register Online

*If your employer is paying your registration, please select "Pay With Check by Mail" when you check out. This will save your registration in the system as we wait for payment.

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Schedule

Thursday, October 15
7:00 am - 5:15 pm Registration  
7:00 - 8:00 am Continental Breakfast  
8:00 - 10:00 am History of Akron Surveys Paul Couch, PS / Eric Arters, PS
10:00 - 10:15 am Break  
10:15 am –12:15 pm State Board Investigations Jason McLean / Dylan Markley
12:15 - 1:00 pm Lunch Buffet  
1:00 - 3:00 pm Gain Efficiencies & Promoting the Profession Kevin Woeste, PS, LS, PLS
3:00 - 3:15 pm Break  
3:15 - 5:15 pm Working with County Offices - Carroll & Stark Counties Jared Akins, PS / Dan Houck, PS
     

Friday, October 16
7:00 am - 4:30 pm Registration  
7:00 - 8:00 am Continental Breakfast  
8:00 - 10:00 am Cadastral Surveying  Joseph Fenicle, PhD, PS
10:00 - 10:15 am Break  
10:15 am - 12:15 pm Mapping Prehistoric Pathways: A Surveyor's View of Caves, Megafauna, and the First Peoples of the Americas  David Bodo, Jr., PS
12:15 - 1:00 pm Lunch Buffet  
1:00 - 2:30 pm Landlocked by Design: Ohio’s Five-Acre Loophole and the Parcels We Pretend Are Fine David Bodo, Jr., PS
2:30 - 2:45 pm Break  
2:45 - 4:15 pm ODOT: Things You Need to Know Raymond Foos, PS

Hotel Information

Doubletree by Hilton Canton Downtown

320 Market Avenue
Canton, OH 44702
330-471-8000

  • Registrants are responsible for their own room arrangements.
  • The DoubleTree Hotel has offered a group rate of $129/night plus applicable taxes.
  • Reservations can be made online or by calling 800-774-1500 and tell them you are with the OSPS Fall Seminar.
  • Reservation deadline is September 14, 2026. 

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