Major industry sponsors announced for ESRI UK

07 May 2010, 3:55pm

7 May 2010 – ESRI UK today announced that Microsoft, IBM and Ordnance Survey are sponsoring its Annual Conference, taking place in London, starting on 10th May 2010.

The Conference, entitled: ‘Shaping your Vision’, is a two-day event which will explore how geographic information systems (GIS) technology can improve decision-making across organisations and the wider community. The event aims to attract 500 delegates across the public and private sector interested in current and future applications of GIS technology.

Keynote speakers include Digby Lord Jones, former Director General of CBI, polar explorer Pen Hadow, John Twigg, Group Planning Director at Manchester Airports Group and Carol Tullo, Director of Information Policy and Services at The National Archives.

Conference partners Microsoft, IBM and Ordnance Survey will be supporting the Partner Exhibition, which will enable delegates to access the latest GIS innovations, products, technologies and services via the ESRI UK Partner network. The Conference exhibition hall will offer delegates networking opportunities with industry specialists, enabling visitors to shape their GIS needs to develop their business or organisation.

Day one activity includes a series of industry based scenarios and a technology showcase featuring ArcGIS 10, ESRI's major new software release.

Day two will see a series of operationally focused break-out sessions designed to encourage ideas between the public and private sector. Topics include developing a new vision for asset management, transforming customer service and insight, shaping a sustainable future and GeoFutures - future themes in GIS.

There will also be a number of dedicated technical sessions in particular, exploring developments in ArcGIS 10 and a Spatial Thinking workshop.

Online registration has now closed. However, delegates can still attend on the day. For further information, please visit the link below.

ESRI UK Conference

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