Esri Speaker Series Podcasts

Manny Rios, chief underwriter of the USAA property and casualty insurance group, describes how he first became aware of GIS and why geospatial technology is so important to the organization.

Nancy Towne, US Army Corps of Engineers GIS team lead in Afghanistan, discusses the various ways Esri technology assists the US Army's rebuilding of Afghanistan.

Marten Hogeweg, Esri product manager for the ArcGIS Server Geoportal Extension, talks about how the Geoportal Extension assists organizations by making geospatial data and services available over the Internet.

Andrew Long, founder of Longcreative and a former senior news artist at the Arizona Republic newspaper, talks about how GIS can add more visual punch and in-depth analysis to news and investigative stories.

David Blankenship, Senior GIS Analyst, City of Colorado Springs Fire Department, discusses how his agency uses imagery and GIS to tackle the city's emergencies.

Nick Franchino, GIS manager for the Department of Regional Planning in Los Angeles County, talks about how remotely sensed data married with GIS brings departments together.

Greg Scott, Group Leader, Geospatial & Earth Monitoring Division, Geoscience Australia, discusses the integration of imagery in topographic mapping at Australia's national mapping organization.

John Florio, senior product manager for Juniper Systems, discusses the trends in mobile GIS data collection and the Mesa Rugged Notepad, Juniper Systems' latest entry into the mobile computing market.

Richard Cooke, president of ITT Visual Information Solutions (ITT VIS), talks about GIS and imagery and his newest product for working with imagery in a geospatial context-ENVI for ArcGIS Server.

At the 2010 Esri User Conference in San Diego, U.S. Census Bureau Redistricting Data Office Chief Cathy McCully explains how GIS-enabled census data is being delivered to states for use in their redistricting processes.

Esri's IT strategist Victoria Kouyoumjian discusses the significance of cloud computing as a platform for developing and delivering GIS services.

Esri's Randy Frantz discusses the Telecom events and activities that will take place at the 2010 Esri International User Conference.

Esri's Paul Christin discusses the role of GIS in Homeland Security as well as the events and activities to take place at the 2010 Homeland Security Summit.

Esri's Mark Cygan discusses the Map, Chart, and Data Production events and activities that will take place at the 2010 Esri International User Conference.

Esri's Lori Armstrong discusses the Water/Wastewater events and activities that will take place at the 2010 Esri International User Conference.

Esri's Lori Armstrong discusses the Water Resources events and activities that will take place at the 2010 Esri International User Conference.

Esri's Lori Armstrong discusses the Climate, Weather, and Atmospheric events and activities that will take place at the 2010 Esri International User Conference.

David Pimblott, Managing Director of EGL, the leading GIS consultancy in New Zealand, discusses the role of enterprise GIS in the Land Use Carbon Analysis system, which is the basis for international UNFCCC reporting.

Esri's Eric Bader talks about the integration of Java in ArcGIS Server and its significance to developers.

Esri Law Enforcement Specialist David Cook previews the events and activities planned for the Public Safety Showcase at this year's User Conference. He also discusses the many ways law enforcement agencies use GIS technology.