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Esri Developer & Technology Summit

March 9–12, 2027 | Palm Springs, California

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Learn. Connect. Build.

Whether you’re building custom GIS solutions or extending and automating ArcGIS, this is the Esri event built entirely around how you work.

Plenary Session
Tech sessions & presentations
Peer learning
Esri Tech Zone
Networking

Discover what’s new and what’s next

Explore the latest capabilities and tools in ArcGIS designed to help you build, automate, and scale with confidence.

Get a front row seat at the Plenary Session to learn about:

Esri’s roadmap for developer technologies
The expanding role of AI across ArcGIS, including geospatial AI, AI assistants, and agentic AI
New SDKs, services, content, and solutions built to boost your productivity

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The deepest dives on ArcGIS, only here

No other event offers as many in-depth sessions on ArcGIS technical capabilities. Choose from sessions for a wide range of technical roles and skill levels.

175+ technical sessions
50+ demo theater presentations
20+ user presentations

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Learn from peers innovating with ArcGIS

Attend user presentations designed to give you insight you can apply right away. Leave with actionable, practical tips from your peers on topics like:

Automating processes with Python scripting
Managing and securing enterprise GIS
Building apps using location services

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Talk to the Esri experts who build ArcGIS

The Tech Zone is the place to get your questions answered and participate in hands-on learning. Explore 15+ tech areas that cover everything from development to architecture, including:

ArcGIS products and capabilities
Data and location services
Game engine app development
Strategy and design review

You’ll also get a chance share your ideas and feedback with Esri developers and staff. Let us know what’s working for you and help shape the future of ArcGIS.

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Develop connections that advance your work

Beyond sessions, this year’s social events offer fun and energetic opportunities to continue building meaningful connections. Highlights include:

Welcome social: Kick off the event and chat with fellow attendees over complimentary food and drinks
SpeedGeeking: Join rapid-fire tech demos and socialize with presenters
Dev & Tech Summit Party: End on a high note with the annual dodgeball tournament, food, games, music, and more

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Present your work in Palm Springs

Inspire Esri’s global community of developers, system architects, DevOps engineers, and more with a presentation about your innovative use of GIS.

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Uniting those who bring ArcGIS to life

This event is for anyone building, customizing, architecting, and automating spatial solutions and systems at any scale or complexity.

Developers

Build smarter, faster, and more scalable geospatial apps using the latest APIs, SDKs, and scripting tools. Explore the latest AI-enabled workflows for ArcGIS developers.

Get expert feedback in code review sessions and explore real-time spatial analysis and cloud integrations.
System architects

Design and build GIS architectures that support today's enterprise needs and tomorrow's opportunities. Explore deployment options, strengthen security, and improve reliability. Learn how to incorporate emerging capabilities such as AI and cloud-native technologies.
System administrators

Deliver secure, reliable, and scalable GIS operations. Explore deployment and administration strategies while learning best practices for user management, content governance, system support, and ongoing maintenance.
DevOps engineers

Optimize and automate your GIS infrastructure to support reliable, secure, and scalable operations. Learn how to streamline deployments, improve system performance, and integrate ArcGIS with AI and other enterprise technologies.
GIS technologists

Create focused web and mobile experiences using ArcGIS Experience Builder. Customize the collection, delivery, and visualization of maps and tools to the web with ArcGIS Dashboards and ArcGIS Survey123. Automate and extend ArcGIS with commercial off-the-shelf tools and workflows.