GIS Concepts and Industry Focus Sessions

Learn about GIS concepts and industry trends in a series of sessions geared toward people who are new to GIS, interested in learning about new trends, or want to review the core elements of GIS. These sessions provide you with context behind GIS concepts and solutions to help you leverage your GIS investment.

You will gain a broader and deeper understanding of GIS and how it can help you solve a variety of problems using the geographic approach. In addition, industry experts will outline strategies for using geospatial technology as a core component of your enterprise, giving you a competitive edge.

Industry Focus Sessions

The following sessions were presented at the 2007 User Conference and we anticipate many of them being updated and repeated for 2008.

• Enterprise GIS and the Utility of the Future
• Homeland Security Enabled with GIS
• GIS: Shaping Global Health
• Essential Data Layers and GIS: Foundation of a Nation's Future
• Digital Government: Envisioning the Future of Delivering of Government Services
• Managing Tomorrow's Transportation System with GIS
• GIS in a Digital World and Its Capability to Develop a Sustainable Development Plan
• Enterprise GIS Trends and Workflow—Realizing Value in Commercial Business Solutions
• Managing Your Infrastructure with GIS

Concepts of GIS

• What is GIS and How Can It Help Me?
• Putting It All Together: The ESRI Product Line—Offering I
• What is Server GIS?
• Relational Database Management and Geodatabase Concepts
• Concepts of Geographic Analysis
• Five Easy Steps to Sharing Your Geographic Knowledge
• Training Considerations for Implementing GIS Technology
• The History of GIS
• The History of ESRI and Its Technology
• Putting It All Together: The ESRI Product Line—Offering II