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Data visualizations are increasingly used to communicate important information, making it essential that this information is accessible to everyone. Learn about digital accessibility essentials for improving mapping and data visualizations according to current accessibility standards. Discover the relationship between accessibility and GIS, and the features supporting accessibility across ArcGIS web, desktop, and mobile technologies. This presentation also introduces methods for evaluating and remediating data visualizations according to best practices.
Account Manager, Esri (Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.)
Claire Smith is an Account Manager on the Northeast State & Local Government team. She supports cities and towns across New England with a smooth adoption and expansion of GIS technology. Her main role is to help guide local governments in leveraging technology and services available... Read More →
Tuesday May 26, 2026 10:15am - 10:45am EDT Room 163
Tasks, a new functionality within Field Maps, provides field operations with a better way to plan and coordinate fieldwork. Tasks not only enable better collaboration and accountability, but also provide field staff with clear, prioritized to-do lists built directly into the app they already use for data collection and inspections. In this session, we’ll talk about how to get started with Tasks and configure them to support your team’s workflow.
Tom has worked at Esri for many (many) years and has helped customers both large and small in their efforts to make best use of their investment in the software. He is often seen presenting at user groups and other conferences.
Tuesday May 26, 2026 10:45am - 11:15am EDT Room 163
The term “Digital Twin” is increasingly used across industries, yet its meaning and practical value within GIS can often be unclear. This session demystifies Digital Twins in the context of GIS by clarifying what they are, what they are not, and how they differ from traditional maps and models. The presentation will highlight how Digital Twins are used to support monitoring, simulation, and decision‑making, and will connect the concept to real‑world applications across planning, infrastructure, facilities, and public sector operations.
AI-powered assistants in ArcGIS are transforming how users interact with the ArcGIS platform by making interactions more intuitive and efficient. These assistants allow you to use natural language prompts to simplify GIS tasks, helping you complete common workflows more quickly and access the information you need faster. In this session, we will discuss the current and upcoming AI assistants in ArcGIS and demonstrate how they can be used.
Tom has worked at Esri for many (many) years and has helped customers both large and small in their efforts to make best use of their investment in the software. He is often seen presenting at user groups and other conferences.
Are you looking to streamline and automate your organization’s GIS and non-GIS processes? ArcGIS Workflow Manager provides an easy to use, scalable workflow management system for managing people, processes, and products in both ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise. Its powerful automation tools transform processes like digital submissions, parcel editing, and inspections into efficient, repeatable workflows. Workflow Manager's service-driven architecture orchestrates seamless end-to-end workflows, both within and beyond GIS. This session will cover the product's capabilities and demonstrations of building a workflow process to increase organizational efficiency.
Mark Bowen is a Solution Engineer Team Lead on the Mid-Atlantic State & Local Government Team at Esri. He has nearly a decade of experience deploying and managing ArcGIS Enterprise and providing system architecture recommendations to support government agencies. His areas of expertise... Read More →
Bringing real-time data into your GIS enables you to connect with live data feeds from sensors, devices, vehicles, social media, and more. This capability allows you to understand and discover patterns and trends, as well as gain situation awareness. Come to this session to learn about real-time tools and solutions within the ArcGIS platform.
Tom has worked at Esri for many (many) years and has helped customers both large and small in their efforts to make best use of their investment in the software. He is often seen presenting at user groups and other conferences.
Realize the full potential of ArcGIS across your organization or enterprise by overcoming integration challenges with key business systems. This presentation explores high-level strategies for integrating ArcGIS with business systems, including enterprise asset management (EAM), Salesforce, Microsoft, and other systems. We will highlight technical integration patterns at the application, services, and data tiers. Find out how ArcGIS integration can support your organization's needs through native integration solutions for specific software and system providers.
Mark Bowen is a Solution Engineer Team Lead on the Mid-Atlantic State & Local Government Team at Esri. He has nearly a decade of experience deploying and managing ArcGIS Enterprise and providing system architecture recommendations to support government agencies. His areas of expertise... Read More →
Discover the world’s foremost collection of geospatial information with ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World. This resource curates ready-to-use maps, apps, and layers from Esri and the global GIS user community. Learn how to leverage this content—and contribute to it—to support work across the ArcGIS system. We will also highlight recent additions and updates to ArcGIS Living Atlas.
Matthew Deal likes connecting ideas and people through location. Using modern technology to improve cooperation and solve real world problems is a worthy task and it is one of his goals to improve and refine processes. Nothing is perfect, and so constant progress is itself a goal... Read More →
This session explores how GeoAI and AI Assistants are enhancing the ArcGIS platform to help turn spatial data into actionable insight. We’ll highlight how GeoAI automates analysis across imagery, 3D, vector, time series, and unstructured data, while embedded AI Assistants use natural language to streamline mapping, analysis, and workflow creation. Together, these capabilities improve situational awareness, operational efficiency, and service delivery across various industries.
