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Produced by the Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri, formerly ESRI), the Esri International User Conference (Esri UC) is the world's largest event dedicated to geographic information system (GIS) technology.〔(Pellegrini, Maria. ''GEOconnexion International Magazine''. ESRI User Conference 2008 Report. Pp. 52-54. )〕 It is held annually in the United States, usually for one week in July at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. The Esri UC dates back to 1981. In 2008, conference attendance grew to more than 14,000 attendees.〔(Lawson, Aly. ''ArcNews Online''. )〕 The conference offers more than 600 GIS user presentation sessions, 300 exhibitors, 275 technical workshops, 100 special interest, regional, and user group meetings, and 600 map posters and special displays from more than 100 countries. Thousands of professionals from different industries attend the Esri UC.〔(Lawson, Aly. ''ArcWatch: Your e-Magazine for GIS News, Views, and Insights''. )〕 There are more than 40 conference tracks divided into the categories of technology, science and modeling, and industry. The tracks include the topics of business, defense, education, environment, government, health and human services, natural resources, public safety, transportation, and utilities. There are also preconference seminars, a Plenary Session, a Map Gallery and Virtual Map Gallery, GIS concept and industry sessions, panel sessions, lightning talks, an Esri Showcase, a Conservation Showcase, an Academic GIS Program Fair, a Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Awards Ceremony, and special displays of GIS by organizations such as the National Geographic Society, the National Academy of Science, and the Smithsonian. The Exhibit Hall runs for three days during the event – Tuesday through Thursday – and provides access to Esri business partners and alliances, hardware and software vendors, and solution and data providers. There are additional activities to participate in including a 5K, Golf Tournament, and Tennis Tournament. In 2009, four conferences took place concurrently with the Esri UC (the Esri Business GIS Summit, Esri Education User Conference, Esri Homeland Security GIS Summit, and Esri Survey & Engineering GIS Summit.) The Esri Defense and Intelligence Executive Track, Esri Senior Executive Seminar, Remote Sensing and GIS gathering, and Climate Change GIS Special Program also took place during the event. A certain amount of complimentary conference registrations are often available with an organization's ArcGIS software maintenance plan. == History == The first Esri UC took place in 1981 in Redlands, California, at Esri Headquarters, with 15 users, and has been held annually ever since including being held in Palm Springs, California, from 1987 through 1996. The conference was the brainchild of Esri President and Founder Jack Dangermond.〔(''Esri Company History''. )〕 Keynote Speakers Prior to 1986, no keynote speakers were featured. *1986 – Dr. Duane Marble, Professor of Geography and Computer Science, State University of New York, Buffalo *1987 – Dr. Roger Tomlinson, the primary originator of modern, computerized GIS (known as "the father of GIS" ) *1988 – Dr. Robert Aangeebrug, executive director, American Association of Geographers *1989 – Dr. Peter Thacher, assistant secretary general, United Nations *1990 – David Andere from the Kenya Rangeland Ecological Monitoring Unit; David Rhind, geographer and professor, Birkbeck College, University of London; Dr. Kent Smith, Esri consultant; Otto Simonette, director, United Nations Environment Program; and Nancy Tosta, staff director, Federal Geographic Data Committee, and special assistant to the Secretary of the Interior *1991 – Ralph Nader, attorney, author, lecturer, consumer advocate, political activist, and former independent and Green Party candidate for president of the United States *1992 – Dr. Paul Ehrlich, author of the book The Population Bomb *1993 – Dr. James Burke, author of the book The Day the Universe Changed and the PBS television series ‘Connections’ *1994 – Dr. Edward O. Wilson, the Pellegrino University Research Professor in Entomology for the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University *1995 – John Kenneth Galbraith, economist, Harvard University *1996 – Bruce Babbit, Secretary of the Interior *1997 – Dr. Ian McHarg, professor emeritus of landscape architecture and regional planning, Harvard University, author of the book Design with Nature *1998 – Dr. Carl Steinitz, professor of landscape architecture and planning, graduate school of design, Harvard University Graphics Lab; Dr. Hasso Plattner, cofounder of SAP AG, a multinational enterprise software development and consulting corporation *1999 – Dr. Sylvia Earle, oceanographer and former chief scientist for the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) *2000 – Dr. Charles Groat, director of United States Geological Survey (USGS) *2001 – Michael Fay, ecologist, conservationist, and National Geographic Society Explorer *2002 – Cynthia Moss, conservationist and wildlife researcher and writer who started the Amboseli Elephant Project at Amboseli National Park in Kenya *2003 – Peter Hillary, adventurer and Mt. Everest climber, son of Sir Edmund Hillary *2004 – Dr. Rita Colwell, president, National Science Foundation (NSF) *2005 – Dr. Jane Goodall, anthropologist and chimpanzee researcher 〔(''GIS Cafe''. )〕 *2006 – Bob Kerrey, former Democratic governor and senator of Nebraska and president of The New School university in New York City 〔(''ArcNews Online''. )〕 *2007 – Wangari Maathai, Nobel Laureate and founder of "The Green Belt Movement" 〔(''ArcUser Online''. )〕 *2008 – Dr. Peter H. Raven, director, Missouri Botanical Garden 〔(''V1 Magazine''. )〕 *2009 – Hernando de Soto Polar, economist, author, and president of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy; Willie Smits, biologist, chairman of the Masarang Foundation, and founder of the Borneo Orangutan Survival 〔(Wheeler, Carla. ''ArcWatch: Your e-Magazine for GIS News, Views, and Insights''. )〕 *2010 – Richard Saul Wurman, architect, graphic designer, and expert in how to make complex information understandable.〔(''Esri International User Conference 2010: Keynote Speaker Biography'' )〕 *2011 – Jacqueline McGlade, Executive Director European Environment Agency.〔(''Esri International User Conference 2011: Keynote Speaker'' )〕 *2012 – Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Director General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature.〔(''Esri International User Conference 2011: Keynote Speaker'' )〕 *2013 -- Sam Pitroda, Business Executive, Indian Technology Policy Advisor. *2014 -- Penny Pritzger, United States Secretary of Commerce and Dr. Kathleen Sullivan, Under Secretary of Commerce for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.〔(''Looking Back at the 2014 ESRI Conference Held in San Diego'' )〕 *2015 -- Governor Martin O'Malley, Governor of Maryland. 〔(''Keynote: Governor Martin O'Malley'' )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Esri International User Conference」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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