topic Re: Online EUC Conference Proceedings (in)availability in User Conference Questions

Online EUC Conference Proceedings (in)availability

SteveCole — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 17:56:27 GMT

A few years back, ESRI moved away from sending CD/DVDs of the conference proceedings (let's just limit the discussion to the technical workshops for now) because the content was getting posted to the website. Cost savings, environment, blah blah blah.

I went searching for the slides from a workshop FROM THIS PAST YEAR'S CONFERENCE and hardly of the slide PDFs are posted. What the hell, ESRI? Either post the stuff or give us back our mailed CD/DVDs.

Specifically, I was looking for "ArcGIS Server Performance and Scalability: Optimizing GIS Services." This isn't exactly a niche topic.

Re: Online EUC Conference Proceedings (in)availability

DeborahWilson — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 18:02:44 GMT

I think they are pushing folks to spend the money and buy the recordings. I just have a hard time justifying the cost – I think it was/is $500 or so.

Deb

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Re: Online EUC Conference Proceedings (in)availability

RebeccaStrauch__GISP — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 18:35:20 GMT

Have you seen this page?

2016 Esri UC Proceedings | 2016 Esri International User Conference It says 2016, but the recordings/slides are actually 2015 UC.

Personally, for an organization, the purchased recordings are well worth it since it has the presentation and sound all sync'd and can be share on a network drive for the organization (been very valuable for our agency). If you pre-order or order at the conference, it's much cheaper than post conference. Welcome to ESRI Online | ESRI Online for pricing...only $299 if you only want to stream (more reasonable for one-person shop).

Re: Online EUC Conference Proceedings (in)availability

SteveCole — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 19:21:19 GMT

Deborah Wilson is spot on- they absolutely WANT you to buy the recordings. I'm well aware of their existence and I have no interest in them. There's no doubt that the recordings offer a fuller experience but I am content with just having access to the slides.

How many times at a technical workshop has one of the ESRI staffers told the audience, "...if you didn't get that link in the slide, don't worry, the slides will be posted after the conference.."?

Re: Online EUC Conference Proceedings (in)availability

RebeccaStrauch__GISP — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 19:27:06 GMT

Steve Cole wrote:
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How many times at a technical workshop has one of the ESRI staffers told the audience, "...if you didn't get that link in the slide, don't worry, the slides will be posted after the conference.."?

Very true on the quote.

Re: Online EUC Conference Proceedings (in)availability

MelitaKennedy — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 01:28:52 GMT

I probably shouldn't throw my colleagues under the bus, but it's up to the presenters to upload the files either before/during/after the conference. We do get emailed (and reminded) several times to do so by the organizers. I've sent a note to one of the presenters asking about it.

Melita

Re: Online EUC Conference Proceedings (in)availability

MelitaKennedy — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 22:54:03 GMT

And, he said he's going to look into it (uploading the presentation).

Re: Online EUC Conference Proceedings (in)availability

MelitaKennedy — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 23:02:16 GMT

It's uploaded. This should be a direct link to the powerpoint.

The presenter also asked me to send his apologies for not uploading last summer.

Melita

Re: Online EUC Conference Proceedings (in)availability

SteveCole — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 00:00:44 GMT

Excellent, thank you Melita Kennedy for facilitating this.