GIS Day is coming!

The keynote speaker will be Amy Newbury from Maxar Technologies, a global leader in satellite technology located in Westminster. She’ll be discussing how Maxar uses imagery captured by their satellites for humanitarian efforts.

Expect an exciting talk about data wrangling and spatial analysis using Python & ArcGIS by Alberto Nieto, an Engineer at ESRI.

Please register in order to get the zoom link for the day’s events!

Here’s the full schedule:

10:00 am: Keynote Address: Amy Newbury, Senior Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff, Maxar Technologies. “Using Satellite Imagery to Unlock Infinite Possibilities for a Better World”

11:00 am: Tech Showcase: Alberto Nieto, Product Engineer – Spatial Statistics, ESRI. “Data Science in ArcGIS: From Wrangling Data to Analysis Using Python and Spatial Statistics”

12:00 pm: Break

12:15 pm: Lightning talks delivered by professionals from the Nature Conservancy, Mapbox, USGS, as well as faculty and student from CU Boulder and Colorado Springs.

1:15 pm: Break

1:30 pm: Career Panel. Get career advice from GIS professionals in local and federal government, private companies, and nonprofits.

2:30 pm : Wrap up and Closing

Their website will be updated soon with information about all of the lightning talk presenters.

Please drop in for all or parts of GIS Day! And pass along to any colleagues/parties who may be interested.

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