Who Should Attend and Why

The Big Picture

The ESRI Health GIS Conference provides a place for you to learn the value of GIS, exchange information with your peers and industry leaders, and explore issues and trends critical to your work. Discover the big picture of GIS, from specialized capabilities and opportunities to managing and sharing geospatial data and analysis for community health programs, health care delivery, hospitals, epidemiology, disease surveillance, health research, and more. Health professionals across disciplines, including public health, hospitals and health systems, managed care, social services, and academic health, are encouraged to attend this inspiring forum.

What You’ll Experience

• Connect with fellow attendees and industry leaders
  Network with your colleagues, ESRI staff, and thought leaders who are using GIS successfully. Discover best practices, share your own real-world experiences, and collaborate on solutions to problems.
• Learn firsthand how GIS is essential technology
  Further your GIS education and get updated on the latest geospatial advancements and solutions for health. From patient needs and disease prevention to community health planning and health policy, professionals in both the public and private sectors will see the importance of GIS software and data.
• Hear about actual GIS applications in your line of work
  Listen to presentations on GIS applications by users, view the latest GIS capabilities during technical demonstrations given by ESRI staff, meet new people during networking events, and attend discussion forums on topics relevant to your work.
• Give feedback and receive technical guidance
  Attend technical sessions and user presentations to gain an increased understanding of how you can better use GIS across your organization. Plus, take the opportunity to pose your software questions one-on-one to ESRI technical analysts.
• Be part of the health GIS user community
  Join an active community of peers to share health GIS resources, gain valuable insights from the work of others, and network at the Health User Group (HUG) social.

Be part of shaping global health. Join us for the 2008 ESRI Health GIS Conference.