Who Should Attend and Why

Build Opportunities for Your Business

Surveyors and engineers who attend the summit will discover how GIS technology builds new opportunities both in the field and in core business functions. This will be the largest summit yet, with sessions and activities of interest to anyone in the surveying and engineering industries. You’re invited to see firsthand how ESRI technology creates opportunities in your line of work.

What You Can Expect

Listen to Brent Jones, Survey, Cadastre, and Engineering Industry Manager at ESRI, provide an overview of what attendees can expect at the 2008 ESRI Survey & Engineering GIS Summit.
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• See how others in your field are using GIS
  Learn from real-world examples and examine your colleagues’ newest projects. Find out how GIS is used to create new infrastructure data, integrate CAD data, manage construction projects, collect data in the field, and more.
• Hear from ESRI industry experts
  Attend panel discussions and set up one-on-one meetings with ESRI staff to find out more about the direction of GIS and the significant role surveying and engineering are playing. Delve into current hot topics and share your own knowledge and questions.
• Learn about the latest technology
  Visit the summit’s GIS Solutions EXPO to learn more about GIS and related surveying and engineering technologies. ESRI staff and business partners will be on hand to demonstrate and explain added functionality.
• Get access to resources
  Network with industry leaders to gain valuable insight about their business processes and experience with emerging markets. Also learn from your peers how to collect, manage, and share disparate data in a single-server environment.
• Stay connected
  Discuss key topics and technology products for completing field tasks and enhancing your business practices. Hear how to address current issues and future trends with ESRI GIS solutions. Pinpoint the hardware, software, data, and services that best fit your ever-changing needs.

See for yourself how GIS offers surveyors and engineers new business opportunities in GIS mapping, land surveying, data management, modeling, and problem solving capabilities.

• Surveying
  • Land Management
  • Geodetic Control
  • GPS Technology
  • Survey and GIS Technology Case Studies
  • Integrating Survey and GIS in
    —National survey control frameworks
    —National mapping programs
    —Cadastre and land records systems
• GIS & Mapping
  • Implementing GIS
  • GIS Mapping Using GPS
  • Government
  • Utilities and Transportation
  • Public Works
• Engineering
  • Engineering and Construction
  • Engineering and Design
  • Engineering Analysis