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This forum brings together the growing community of weather, climate, and ocean science professionals to share advances in data collection, analysis, and our understanding of climate and ocean interactions. Join this community as it forges new and better concepts in ocean and atmospheric analytics and applications.   Get event details >> ... View more

The Imagery Summit helps you transform your raw data from terrestrial, aerial, and satellite sensors into powerful multidimensional content. Discover how the ArcGIS imagery platform helps you harness geospatial information and supports multiple cross-domain industries to drive success.   Get event details >> ... View more

CFTA takes places August 4-6 in a virtual format to bring together campus FM technology professionals and solution leaders for two afternoons of engaging sessions. Learn and discuss best practices, connect with your peers, hear more about the latest innovations, and feel energized to design and manage your campus systems navigating the path forward.   Get details and register >> ... View more

Welcome to the 2021 Esri Education Summit   This year's Esri Education Summit is virtual. Below is the agenda with links to each session. Recordings will be available in 6 weeks at www.esri.com/proceedings or you can watch them on YouTube. **Zoom links were removed following the Summit   Summit Day 1: Monday, June 21   8:00 a.m. — 8:45 a.m.   Room 1 - Higher Education Plenary Session: Design Thinking in GIS Education  Room 2 - K-12 Education Plenary Session: Beyond the Tunnel    9:00 a.m. — 9:45 a.m.   Room 1 - Building and Sustaining GIS Education Communities  Room 2 - Get Creative  Room 3 - Resilient GIS Education  Room 4 - ArcGIS Online Orgs for Schools I: Starting Well or Fixing an Oops   10:00 a.m. — 10:45 a.m.   Room 1 - Inspiring Change: Perspectives on Embracing New Technologies Room 2 - Building Better Beyond the Classroom  Room 3 - Leveraging Librarian Power: Enhancing GIS Instruction Through Co-Teaching  Room 4 - ArcGIS Online Orgs for Schools II: Managing for Effective Instruction and Utility   11:15 a.m. — 12:00 p.m.   Room 1 - Engaging Students in Community Issues  Room 2 - GIS Across the Curriculum  Room 3 - Campus Digital Twins: Improving Operations with Spatial Data Integrations Room 4 - Field Data Collection: Power Without Pain    12:15 p.m. — 1:00 p.m.   Room 1 - Pandemic Inspired Pedagogical Innovations  Room 2 - Using GIS to Prepare for Life After High School  Room 3 - Navigating Esri's Educational Resources: Finding What You Need When You Need It  Room 4 - We Have Data! Now What?    1:15 p.m. — 2:00 p.m. Special Interest Group Meetings (SIG)   Room 1 - Spatial Data Science  Room 2 - Academic Libraries Room 3 - Higher Education Curriculum Development  Room 4 - K12 Networking: The Office is Open    Summit Day 2: June 22   8:00 a.m. — 8:45 a.m.   Room 1 - Best Practices for Managing GIS in the Era of Modern GIS  Room 2 - The Power of Focus: Projects across Space and Time  Room 3 - Location Intelligence Enriches Business Education  Room 4 - People Mapping: Finding and Using Demographic Data   9:00 a.m. — 9:45 a.m.   Room 1 - Supporting the Use of Modern GIS Across Your Institution Room 2 - Research on Building Student and Teacher Capacity  Room 3 - Novel Approaches to Learning with Data Room 4 - Creating Virtual Geoscience Teaching Resources with ArcGIS    10:00 a.m. — 10:45 a.m.   Room 1 - Providing Access to Non-SaaS Components of Modern GIS  Room 2 - Teaching with a GIS Toolkit Room 3 - Adventures in Credentials  Room 4 - Using ArcGIS StoryMaps in the Classroom    11:15 a.m. — 12:00 p.m.   Room 1 - Map Smarter: Get Started with the new Map Viewer  Room 2 - GeoHumanities: A New Perspective on Digital Humanities Room 3 - Resources for GIS Education and Professional Development  Room 4 - Teaching Modern Remote Sensing   12:15 p.m. — 1:00 p.m. Special Interest Group Meetings (SIG)   Room 2 - Climate Change  Room 3 - K-12 Content Colleagues  Room 4 - Higher Education License Administrators   Visit this hubsite for more resources.  ... View more

Meet the Higher Education Plenary Speakers for the 2021 Esri Education Summit   The 2021 Esri Education Summit is taking place virtually Monday, June 21- Tuesday, June 22 and will be covering a variety of topics such as the role of GIS in teaching problem solving and how to equip students for success in a range of 21st century careers. Join us for the Higher Education Plenary Session on Monday, June 21st at 8:00 a.m. (PDT) and hear from the following guest speakers as they share their expertise on Design Thinking in GIS Education:   Kristen Kurland, Carnegie Mellon University    Kristen Kurland is a Teaching Professor of Architecture, Information Systems, and Policy at Carnegie Mellon University’s H. John Heinz III College and School of Architecture, and holds a courtesy appointment in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Professor Kurland's research focuses on interdisciplinary collaborations in health, the built environment, and spatial analysis using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and 3D visualization. She works closely with colleagues and students on health, urban design, economic development, sustainability, and 3D projects. Professor Kurland is a Past President of CMU’s Andrew Carnegie Society and recently served as a Trustee of Carnegie Mellon University.  She also is the co-author of the GIS Tutorial series of books, including GIS Tutorial, GIS Tutorial for Crime Analysis, and GIS Tutorial for Health.   Uwe Brandes, Georgetown University   Uwe S. Brandes is a professor, faculty director of the Urban & Regional Planning Program, faculty director of the Georgetown Global Cities Initiative. He is a scholar-practitioner in the field of urban design and sustainable urban development, with more than 25 years of experience in the planning, design, and development of new buildings, the public realm, and community development partnerships. As a practitioner, he has prepared plans in New York City, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Berlin Washington, D.C., he managed the creation of the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative (AWI), an urban partnership to re-imagine and transform the most polluted river in the Chesapeake Bay into a model of socially-inclusive sustainable urban development.   The Summit is free to all and you can register here. Check out the various user sessions, tech workshops, and Special Interest Groups (SIG) by exploring the agenda. ... View more

The 2021 Esri Education Summit will be held virtually June 21-22. Join a collaborative user community of forward-thinking educators and administrators sharing innovative learning and best practices about geospatial technology. We'll discuss the role of GIS in teaching problem solving and design thinking, key skills in a dynamic world. We'll also explore the growth of GIS in disciplines such as data science, health, and the humanities, and discuss how to equip students for success in a range of 21st century careers.     ... View more

Esri recently announced the 2021 ArcGIS StoryMaps Challenge for Restoring Our Ocean. This challenge officially opens August 16, 2021 and is in partnership with the National Geographic Society to increase awareness and inspire action on our ocean's most pressing problems. This challenge encourages youth and educators to use GIS and storytelling on a deeper level and connect to a larger #GenGeo movement.  Who's Eligible to Participate?    The 2021 ArcGIS StoryMaps Challenge for Restoring Our Ocean is globally open to submissions through two tracks: Track 1: High school students, precollegiate ages 14-18 Track 2: Higher education students enrolled in or accepted to a two- or four-year institution or individuals 18-24 years old High school students are required to submit their stories through a school or club leader through the official entry form. Students in higher education must be enrolled in or accepted to an accredited institution. Other individuals 18-24 must create and submit their stories from one of four accounts ArcGIS Creator or Professional, ArcGIS for Personal Use, or a free account available during the 2021 ArcGIS StoryMaps Challenge only.    Theme and Focus Areas   The theme for this challenge is to explore, protect, and conserve our oceans. Story submissions must be original and highlight any topic related to ocean health. Here are some topics to get you started: Highlight changemakers in ocean conservation. Address global warming, pollution, habitat protection, over-harvesting or poaching, local waterway management, or effects on water quality. Create unique visualizations of threats to the ocean. Amplify the seven Ocean Literacy principles. Address United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14: To conserve and sustainably use the ocean, seas, and marine resources.   Meet Our Guest Judges    This year we have an incredible group of judges eager to review your impactful story about ocean health: Dawn Wright, Esri Chief Scientist Charlie Fitzpatrick, Esri K12 Education Manager Sandra Turner, National Geographic Certified Educator Alex Tait, The Geographer at the National Geographic Society Shelby O’Neil, National Geographic Young Explorer       Winners Receive Recognition   The Esri StoryMaps team will select 10 finalists from each track where a first and second place winner will be chosen. All winners will receive recognition in the form of a certificate titled 2021 Esri Storyteller of the Year and featured on the Esri website.  The first-place winner, however, will have the unique opportunity to participate in a networking meet-and-great with a National Geographic Young Explorer.  Judges will review your submission and choose a winner based of the following criteria: Judges will evaluate each story based on: Overall design, impact, and originality. Effective use of GIS and ArcGIS StoryMaps. Effective communication about ocean restoration, protection, or conservation.   Challenge Resources   Find inspiration on the #myoceanstory hub. This site provides you with short activities that will take you step-by-step through the basics of GIS. You'll also find short videos by Ashley Du, StoryMaps team member and your summer guide through ten weeks of ocean exploration. Check out this recent interview with Dawn Wright, Chief Scientist of Esri and esteemed guest judge, as she discusses what the challenge means to her.   Stay connected with the challenge by following these accounts on Twitter: Nat Geo Education ArcGIS StoryMaps Deep Sea Dawn Esri Education   Ready to get started? Visit the submission page.  ... View more

Join us for the webinar Advancing Curriculum with the Latest Image Raster Analysis Tools to learn how image and raster analysis is at the core of ArcGIS, as well as gain insights into the latest technology options, tools, and resources to suit your courses.   Register for this webinar to hear from Esri staff as they discuss: Deployment options to perform image and raster analysis in ArcGIS Scenarios and examples for each option for teaching and research  Best practices, workflows, and resources   Register now >>   **Note** Selecting "Yes" you will be attending this event, does not automatically register you for it. Please visit the registration page to sign up.  ... View more

Register for the second webinar in the Spatially Enabling Facilities Management for Campuses webinar series. Hear from leading universities, along with Esri, on April 8, 2021 at 10 AM (PDT) for a discussion and demonstration on how facilities management staff can utilize configurable Esri solutions to better support operational workflows. The goal of this webinar will be to show campuses what they can do with the GIS tools they have available to work toward building a more integrated and intelligent campus. Join us for this webinar if you’ve answered yes to any of these: Do you have facility or utility GIS data that needs to be maintained? Do you need information on the tools and best practices to collect, maintain and share that data? Do you want to hear how other campuses are using these tools?   Get details and register   ... View more

Join us for the webinar The Value of GIS in an Engineering Education: Adding Real-World Context to the Design Process to learn how to bring GIS to engineering coursework and help students ground their designs and work in real-world context.   Listen to this webinar to hear from Esri staff, along with Engineering faculty members as they discuss: The value of GIS for students, staff, and engineering programs How to incorporate GIS into your program or curriculum New tools and software (including AutoDesk and BIM integrations)   Watch the recording >>  Download presentation slides >>  ... View more

Join us for a three-part webinar series University and college facilities management departments are constrained by budgets, staff, and time. Yet the pressures to use space more efficiently, sustainably, and intelligently have only been increasing. Register for this three-part webinar series will feature leading universities, along with Esri, discussing and demonstrating how facilities management staff can deploy and use GIS to better support operations. The guiding goal of the series will be to lay out a pathway, showing campuses what they can do with the tools they have today to work toward building a more integrated and intelligent campus.   Webinar 1: From CAD to GIS: The Value of Spatially Enabling Utility and Facility Information—March 18 at 10:00 a.m. (PDT) Why is this webinar relevant to me? Do you have CAD that could be utilized in your GIS? Do you need information on the tools, techniques and best practices to convert that data? Do you need help getting started or enhancing your process? If you answered yes to any of these questions, join us for this webinar.   Download webinar slides >> Watch the recording >> Webinar 2: Configuring Solutions: Building Information and Decision-Making Tools—April 8 at 10:00 a.m. (PDT)   Watch the recording >> Download webinar slides >>   Webinar 3: Smart Campus Operations: Integrating GIS with Facility, Work, and Space Management Systems—April 29 at 10:00 a.m. (PDT) Watch the recording >>  Download webinar slides >>     ... View more

Join your colleagues and the Esri education team every first Tuesday of the month to learn about tools, data, curricular materials, and teaching approaches during these informal chats. Topic: Map Unstructured Data with Locate XT Speaker: Colby Neeb Date: Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 9:00 AM (PDT) / 12:00 PM (ET)   Get details and register >> https://gis-in-higher-education-chat-edresources.hub.arcgis.com/   ... View more

Every structure that is designed and built gets constructed in a real-world location. Yet often, the real world is ignored during the design process. The value that GIS can bring to engineering coursework is that it helps students ground their designs and work in real-world context. Students can begin to see how combining their designs with real-time, real-world contextual information not only saves time and money but also improves their overall designs.   Register for this webinar taking place on March 31, 2021 at 10 a.m. (PDT) and join Esri staff along with engineering faculty members for a discussion on: The value of GIS for students, staff, and engineering programs Ways to incorporate GIS into your program or curriculum New tools and software, including Autodesk and building information modeling (BIM) integrations   Register here >> https://go.esri.com/engineering-edu-webinar   ... View more

We've been hosting monthly GIS in higher education chats and are excited to invite you to the next one! These monthly chats hosted by the Esri education outreach team provide educators with an opportunity to learn and to ask questions about tools, data, curricular materials, and teaching approaches in GIS.   Register for this chat taking place on Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at 9 a.m. (PST) for our next chat Exploring the Urban Environment with ArcGIS Urban: Teaching City Planning, Transportation, Infrastructure, Land Use, and More.  This GIS chat will teach you how to use ArcGIS Urban in higher education and give you an opportunity to connect with subject matter experts!   Register here >> https://gis-in-higher-education-chat-edresources.hub.arcgis.com/   **Note** Selecting "Yes" you will be attending does not automatically register you for this chat.    ... View more