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The reason for that first meeting and all subsequent ones has been the same: for users and Esri staff to get to know each other better. In the intervening years, the event has grown enormously. In 2023, Esri UC had more than 18,000 in-person and 10,000 virtual attendees from 130 countries. Over more than four decades, the conference has provided an opportunity for Esri\u2019s users and staff to share, learn, celebrate, and grow closer as a community.\r\n\r\nIn his opening address, Dangermond highlighted a select group of maps from the thousands that were submitted by users for this year\u2019s conference. Reviewing these submissions led Dangermond to conclude, \u201cYou are working on just about every issue we are facing.\u201d\r\n\r\nAfter this overview of the challenges that users are addressing with GIS, Dangermond moved on to this year\u2019s conference theme, GIS\u2014Creating the World You Want to See. He asked the audience to think of a few words or phrases that would describe the kind of world they wanted to see. Following a few minutes of silence, he shared phrases that captured his vision for the future: healthy, prosperous, equitable, peaceful, secure, sustainable, and in balance with nature.\r\n\r\nHe noted that achievements in science, technology, and culture have led to the overwhelming success of humans as a species and the exponential growth of the human population, which is threatening the viability of the planet.\r\n\r\n\u201cIt\u2019s my sense we are living a little recklessly\u2026we\u2019re living beyond our means,\u201d said Dangermond. \u201cThis just simply isn\u2019t sustainable.\u201d However, despite imminent threats to our future, he believes humans still have a choice and they can and will create a sustainable future.\r\n\r\n\u201cWe\u2019re going to have to take collective responsibility for imagining and designing and creating solutions and implementing them everywhere. We need to move quickly. There\u2019s no time for fooling around,\u201d he cautioned. Dangermond believes that GIS professionals \u201chave and will have an enormous role to play in creating the future of our planet. You and your work are essential for creating a sustainable future.\u201d\r\n\r\nThis is because sustainability starts with geography. The geographic approach is the key to holistically solving problems and is the foundation for positive action. GIS, the technology for implementing the geographic approach, is advancing rapidly. It is making information pervasively available and expanding the capability for action. The work of organizations using GIS is becoming interconnected into a geospatial infrastructure of distributed servers\u2014a system of systems.\r\n\r\nDangermond supplied a few examples of organizations that are employing this approach to tackle ambitious programs. The United Nations is using a system of systems approach for managing the information needed to realize its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which seek to protect the planet and improve the lives of its people. The US Geological Survey adopted this approach for conservation planning to achieve 30x30, the conservation goal of protecting 30 percent of the planet\u2019s land and water by 2030. The International Geodesign Consortium relies on GIS for creating a global plan that is based on sustainability goals. GIS underpins the efforts of each of these organizations and is providing the tools to create a better future.\r\n\r\nAfter acknowledging how the GIS profession is expanding and becoming more impactful, he observed, \u201cYet it's still not enough. The challenges that I described are really a big bunch of challenges. On the other hand, I think you're up to it.\u201d\r\n\r\nThat deep belief in the ability and commitment of the GIS community is Dangermond\u2019s thesis for this conference. GIS professionals will have an important role to play in creating a sustainable world.\r\n\r\n\u201cCreating the world that you want to see, I think, is going to require GIS, this geographic approach. And most importantly, it's going to require you going all in, doing the work, mobilizing, understanding, calling forth the best of you. 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