ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing at the 2025 Esri User Conference
Esri User Conference (Esri UC), the largest GIS conference in the world, offers a variety of presentations, activities, and opportunities to chat with subject matter experts. This year’s theme GIS—Integrating Everything, Everywhere emphasizes how GIS transcends boundaries, integrates knowledge, data, content, analytics, and empowers individuals and organizations to create positive change.
The tailored agenda provided below is designed to guide you to ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing-focused activities.
Sessions
Below are the sessions focused on ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing. This custom agenda makes it easier to add these sessions to your schedule or highlight them as favorites for future access.
Special Interest Group Meeting
Gas Utility and Pipeline SIG: Aligning ArcGIS Workflows to Evolving Business and Regulatory Trends
In-person | Tuesday, Jul 15 | 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM PDT | Room 29 B | SDCC
Join us at this gathering of gas utility and pipeline industry peers to discuss how ArcGIS workflows are evolving to meet business and regulatory trends. The gas utility and pipeline industries worldwide are operating in a time of changing business and regulatory conditions. Gas utilities and pipelines increasingly rely on ArcGIS to help meet their current and anticipated future needs. Industry peers in this discussion will explore current and expected future solution needs and share experiences, ideas, opportunities, and challenges.
Topic: Gas Utilities, Pipeline
Reservation Required: This session requires a reservation to attend. Please use Add to Schedule to reserve your spot or Join Wait List to be added to the queue.
Product Sessions
ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing: An Overview
Technical Session | In-person | Tuesday, Jul 15 | 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PDT | Room 1 B | SDCC | Beginner
Learn how ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing can manage and edit pipeline networks event data in a spatial linear referencing system (LRS). This presentation provides a product overview and discusses how to manage linear referenced pipeline data and data editing, such as pipe replacements, linear referenced event behaviors, and event characteristic editing. Also, learn about a REST API to extend LRS capabilities across the enterprise and integration with ArcGIS Utility Network.
This session will be recorded for digital access.
ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing: What's New and the Road Ahead
Demo Theater Session | In-Person | Wednesday, Jul 16 | 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM PDT | Demo Expo Theater 1 | SDCC | Intermediate Level
Stay connected to the latest in ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing. This presentation showcases the newest features and capabilities of ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing in the latest ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Enterprise releases. Also, speakers discuss the features that are planned for the next release.
User Presentation
Improving Pipeline Location Intelligence
In-Person | Wednesday, Jul 162:30 PM - 3:30 PM PDT | Room 29 D | SDCC
Attend this session to learn how Enbridge Gas Transmission Midstream leverages ArcGIS and other systems to improve spatial accuracy and location accuracy around assets to help provide a complete picture at any point on the pipeline to improve data analysis capabilities. Enbridge’s EPath consists of Esri ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing/Utility and Pipeline Data Model platform migration, software implementations, Weld data management, and pipeline realignment. Also, attendees will hear about how users of either of the two PODS core data models or UPDM can leverage a range of new PODS optional add-on modules.
Showcase
Swing by the Natural Resources industry showcase area in Hall D to talk to ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing product experts. Learn about new features in the latest release, view demos, and get your questions answered.
Meet the Experts
ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing product along with global business development and project implementation experts are available for you to discuss requirements, provide feedback, and learn what's on the road map.
Expo Hours and Location
Esri expert staff, partners, and distributors are ready to help you navigate all things GIS at the conference expo located in Halls A/B/C/D. The hours are:
- Tuesday, July 15, 09.00 AM to 05.00 PM
- Wednesday, July 16, 09.00 AM to 05.00 PM
- Thursday, July 17, 09.00 AM to 04.00 PM
Navigating the conference
Be sure to review your options below and choose the best way to navigate yourself throughout the week of the conference.
- Access the event web map (powered by ArcGIS Indoors) to familiarize yourself with the convention center ahead of time and to get directions once you’re on-site.
- Install the Esri Events mobile app (iOS or Android) to navigate to the showcase, sessions, and other points of interest.
- Use the directory kiosks at the conference venue to quickly find your destination and transfer directions into the map within the Esri Events mobile app.
Resources
Review the following resources for more information about ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing.
- An Overview of ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing
- What's new in the May 2025 release of ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing
- ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing for ArcGIS Pro (scroll down to Pipeline Referencing)
- ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing for ArcGIS Enterprise
See you in San Diego!
