Awards
Congratulations to the Esri award winners
Explore the awards and recipients honored at the 2024 Esri User Conference.
Awards
President’s Award
This year's recipient
United States Agency for International Development GeoCenter
About the award
The President's Award is personally chosen by Esri president and founder Jack Dangermond. It is the highest honor given to an organization, for it recognizes one that uses data-driven decision-making to impact the world in a positive way. Past recipients include smaller organizations that create answers for their communities through resource allocation, larger organizations that build systems to reach millions of people in times of need, and groups that protect and conserve our natural environment—all through the use of GIS.
Making a Difference Award
This year's recipients
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
About the award
The Making a Difference Award honors organizations and individuals who use GIS to positively impact their communities. Selected by Jack Dangermond and Esri leadership, the Making a Difference Award acknowledges the exceptional use of GIS in contributing to a better world. Past recipients for the Making a Difference Award include nongovernmental organizations (NGOs); nonprofit organizations; local, regional, and national governments; and educators and thought leaders.
Enterprise GIS Award
This year's recipient
City of Raleigh
About the award
The Enterprise GIS Award recognizes organizations that have achieved greater efficiency, improved collaboration and transparency, and increased engagement from both internal and external stakeholders. Selected by Jack Dangermond and Esri leadership, the Enterprise GIS Award honors those who have excelled in their implementation of an enterprise-wide GIS. Past recipients of the Enterprise GIS Award include city, state, and regional governments and international organizations that have effectively deployed an enterprise solution to achieve results across their geography.
Special Achievement in GIS Awards
About the award
Esri users are nominated by Esri leadership and distributor organizations, with finalists selected by Jack Dangermond. These organizations set new standards throughout the GIS community.
The Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Awards were announced during this year's Plenary Session on July 15, 2024.
Map Gallery Awards
About the awards
The Map Gallery is central to Esri UC because it's one of the most extensive and comprehensive collections of GIS work globally. It serves as an indicator of trends and shifts in technical and cartographic practice. Each year, our users' work inspires, moves, and challenges us to innovate and try new things. The most visually stunning maps are selected as winners in each category. These maps exemplify cartographic excellence.
The winners were announced on Friday, July 19, at the close of the conference.
Young Scholars Award
This year's recipients
| Winner's name | Country/Region |
|---|---|
| Glenn Kong | Australia |
| Alysha van Duynhoven | Canada |
| Zhang Chen | Hong Kong |
| Diana Marcela Mendoza Collazos | Colombia |
| Finn Jakob Strunk | Germany |
| Melani Anahí Ambi Morales | Ecuador |
| Boddepalli Navjoth | India |
| Naura Fadiya Hanan | Indonesia |
| Paolo Storelli | Italy |
| Takumi Sugahara | Japan |
| Dohyuk Im | Korea |
| Nour Khairallah | Lebanon |
| Syed Ahmad Fadhli Bin Syed Abdul Rahman | Malaysia |
| Sayfeddine Khatem | Netherlands |
| Wendy Requena | Panama |
| Ewa Babula | Poland |
| Miguel Miranda Torres Pires | Portugal |
| Stefan Valeriu Borode | Romania |
| Farhad Baagiel | Saudi Arabia |
| Shannon Fisher | South Africa |
| Nilay Tellioğlu | Turkey |
| Rachel Cribben | United Kingdom |
| August Sawmann Nyygaard | Denmark |
| Raminta Povilaitytė | Lithuania |
| Aleksei Kupavõh | Estonia |
| Maryam Khan | Pakistan |
| Michael Kumaglo | Ghana |
| Okikiri Favour Oghenekobiro | Nigeria |
| Gabriela Reséndiz-Colorado | Mexico |
About the award
Esri continually works to develop the next generation of GIS leaders. The Young Scholars Award program allows Esri, our international distributors, and the international education team to recognize the exemplary work of current undergraduate and graduate students majoring in geospatial science disciplines at international universities. Winning entries come from all over the world and are selected by a university panel formed by Esri distributors in the recipient’s respective country.
Esri Innovation Program Student of the Year Award
This year's recipient
Cathryn Hunt
MGIS, Penn State University
About the award
The Esri Innovation Program (EIP) confers special status and benefits on select university programs with demonstrated excellence in geospatial research and education. These programs challenge students to develop innovative applications based on the ArcGIS system and related elements of the geospatial technology ecosystem.
2023 ArcGIS StoryMaps Competition
About the award
Esri and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) cohosted the 2023 ArcGIS StoryMaps Competition, which invited storytellers worldwide to create place-based stories about conserving the earth’s lands and waters.
Storytellers submitted entries through one of two tracks. Each track offered a category for students enrolled in a college, university, or other institution of higher education.
Track 1
An ArcGIS StoryMaps story or collection about an Indigenous or community-led conservation project.
Track 2
A place-based research project, scientific study, or scholarly article built with ArcGIS StoryMaps.
Our guest judges selected a winner, runner-up, and student winner from the finalists in each track. IUCN, Esri, and the Our Towns Civic Foundation each selected one winner for a special award.
Congratulations to our inspiring storytellers.
Esri Community Contest—MVP Awards
This year's recipients
Johannes Lindner
Dan Patterson
Joshua Carlson
Joel Bennett
Chris Counsell
Alexander Bureaux
About the award
The Esri Community Contest recognizes the most valuable participants (MVPs) in the Esri Community. This award recognizes users for their technical expertise, community spirit, and willingness to help their peers by providing useful information. Within the Esri Community, users can post questions, start discussions, share valuable knowledge, and collaborate with other members. The top three MVP recipients are chosen based on the number of solutions they've provided to their peers in the community.
