Private sector GIS experts for ESRI EMEA U.C.

07 October 2008, 7:24pm

7th October 2008, Aylesbury – ESRI (UK), the UK’s leading provider of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), today announced the private sector speaker line-up for this year’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) User Conference. Running from 28-30 October at London’s QEII Conference Centre, over 1,000 delegates from 60 countries will attend the conference, one of the principal events in the EMEA GIS industry calendar.

“This year’s Business and Commercial Industry Track programme is a real-life showcase for the far-reaching benefits of GIS, underlining how indispensable it has become,” commented Richard Waite, Managing Director, ESRI (UK). “GIS visionaries will be sharing examples of the positive business benefits GIS can bring – including improved Return on Investment, reduced costs and increased productivity – enabling others in the industry to benefit from their experiences.”

Over 20 organisations from the private sector sector are speaking at the event, demonstrating the conference’s theme of ‘GIS for everyday life’, including:

• RSA Group - Delivering a new dimension in risk management
• Manchester Airport – ‘GIS at Manchester Airport’
• Ove Arup – ‘Modelling transport planning problems’
• Sigma Seven – ‘Greening the business case – from RoI to ERoI’
• Experian – ‘GIS & demograph analysis’
• Business Objects – ‘The potential of Geographic Business Intelligence’
• IBM (Maximo) – ‘Spatially enabling asset and service management business applications – everything starts with a map’
• Atkins – ‘OzoneWeb: a European-wide real-time delivery system for measured ozone levels
• Halcrow – ‘National coastal erosion risk mapping’
• WSP Group – ‘The impact of Google Earth on GIS professionals’

The Business and Commercial Industry Track programme will be running on day two and three of the ESRI EMEA User Conference (Wednesday 29 and Thursday 30 October 2008) following the opening day plenary session on Tuesday 28 October, where Jack Dangermond, President of ESRI Inc, will be joined by keynote speakers including Timothy Mitchell, Group Underwriting & Claims Director, RSA Group and David Shukman, BBC Environment and Science correspondent. For the full agenda and conference registration details please visit: www.gisforeverydaylife.com. Registration for the conference closes on Sunday, 12 October.

ESRI EMEA User Conference

GeoConnexion