Plenary Session

Wednesday, February 22

9:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.	Morning Session, Ballrooms A–C, Third Level
11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.	Hosted Lunch, Hall D, Second Level
1:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.	Afternoon Session, Ballrooms A–C, Third Level

Join Esri staff and federal government professionals as we explore how GIS helps us understand our world and our nation. The morning Plenary Session will begin with an enlightening government keynote by Department of the Interior deputy secretary David J. Hayes. Immediately following, Esri president Jack Dangermond will provide an update on the latest innovations in ArcGIS, new patterns in cloud GIS, and a vision for the future of GIS.

The afternoon session promises to deliver an exciting new approach to understanding GIS in our federal government. Like the morning session, it is designed for GIS professionals, executives, and first-time attendees. You will have the opportunity to hear short stories about amazing GIS efforts and accomplishments across many different agencies intermixed with Esri demonstrations of the latest advances in ArcGIS. The afternoon session is an opportunity to learn about new GIS capabilities, prepare for the future, and to leverage the best ideas and approaches to tackling many of the hard problems facing our world.

Keynote Speaker

David J. Hayes
Deputy Secretary of the United States
Department of the Interior

David J. Hayes was confirmed as deputy secretary of the Department of the Interior on May 20, 2009. He serves as the department's chief operating officer and has authority over all the department's bureaus and agencies. Hayes is involved in implementing the secretary's priorities for the Department, including climate change, conservation of our treasured landscapes, responsible energy development on our public lands and offshore resources, fulfilling our trust responsibilities to American Indians and Alaskan Natives, western water issues, and other matters relating to the mission to conserve our nation's natural and cultural resources.

Throughout his career, Hayes has been involved in developing progressive solutions to environmental and natural resources challenges. He served as the deputy secretary and counselor to the secretary of the interior in the Clinton administration. He is a former chairman of the board of the Environmental Law Institute, served as a senior fellow for the World Wildlife Fund, and was the vice-chair of the Board of American Rivers. Hayes was a consulting professor at Stanford University's Woods Institute for the Environment and has written and lectured widely in the environmental and natural resources field. He also worked for a number of years in the private sector, where he chaired the Environment, Land and Resources Department at Latham and Watkins, an international law firm.