8/12/2019 Justify Trip to ESRI
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To:From:Re: Esri International User Conference Proposal
I would like to attend the Esri International User Conference
(Esri UC) July 1!1"# $%1# in &an 'ieo# California
This conference *ro+ides fi+e days of technical instruction#
,I& trainin# and networkin with *eers at s*ecial interestrou*
meetins and reional user rou* meetins I ha+e access to indi+idual
,I& technoloy lessons at the -ands!.n/earnin /a0 t the Tech
&u**ort &howcase area# I can et answers to all of our
orani2ation3s 4uestions lso# I will 0ea0le to attend sessions a0out
s*ecific industry im*lementations we can emulate and demos that
show me how to e5tendthe reach and ca*a0ilities of ,I&
technoloy
In short# the Esri UC is the 0est way for our orani2ation to 0e
sure we are ettin the most +alue from our ,I&in+estment
6ore than 17#%%% *rofessionals attend Esri UC from nearly e+ery
commercial sector# o+ernment orani2ation# and non!*rofit field This
a0undance of user8to8user communication o**ortunities is essential
for learnin a0out real!life ,I&e5*eriences# 0est *ractices# and
ti*s
This is an es*ecially im*ortant year for me to kee* u* with
chanes in eos*atial technoloy 0ecause of ra*idad+ancements in the
field ,I& is 0ecomin more *owerful and accessi0le# and I need
to know how we can le+erae itsca*a0ilities to make the most of our
resources and kee* u* with our *eers
-ere are three sessions I will attend that can immediately
affect our current *ro9ects:
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To add the Esri Education GIS Conference to your request:The
weekend 0efore the Esri UC# ,I& *rofessionals in the education
field will ather for a more s*eciali2ed ,I&e+ent called the
Esri Education ,I& Conference (EdUC) I would like to attend
this e+ent as well to et more in!de*th insiht into ,I& issues
s*ecific to education The EdUC focuses on how ,I& im*ro+es
critical thinkin skillsand decision makin inside the classroom#
across cam*us o*erations# and in *olicymakin It offers hands!on
worksho*s and access to teachin materials and other educational
resources
To add the Esri National Security Summit to your request:The
weekend 0efore the Esri UC# ,I& *rofessionals in the homeland
security field will ather for a more
s*eciali2ed ,I& e+ent called the Esri ;ational &ecurity
&ummit I would like to attend this e+ent as well to learna0out
0est *ractices from to* *u0lic safety *rofessionals and et more
in!de*th insiht into how orani2ations use,I& to 0etter meet
their missions and interate information systems to o*timi2e
technoloy in+estments
To add the Esri Business Summit to your request:The weekend
0efore the Esri UC# *rofessionals in 0usiness orani2ations will
ather for a more s*eciali2ed ,I&e+ent called the Esri
