{"id":521452,"date":"2024-05-01T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uat.esri.com\/en-us\/industries\/blog\/?post_type=blog&p=521452"},"modified":"2024-05-02T16:47:24","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T16:47:24","slug":"thats-a-wrap-lessons-learned-at-the-2024-esri-enterprise-public-sector-cio-summit","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/industries\/blog\/articles\/thats-a-wrap-lessons-learned-at-the-2024-esri-enterprise-public-sector-cio-summit","title":{"rendered":"That\u2019s a Wrap: Lessons Learned at the 2024 Esri Public Sector CIO Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 12th<\/sup> Annual Esri Public Sector CIO Summit was perhaps one of the most exciting and inspirational events to date.<\/p>\n\n

Each year we have hosted the CIO Summit, themes have emerged as we develop the agenda.  In the past, we have seen an emphasis on topics such as the rise of the Chief Innovation Officer, Gov2.0, civic hackathons, incubators for startups, rapid application development, citizen engagement, data-driven decisions and much more.  Some themes have had real staying power and others\u2026 well, they have come and gone.<\/p>\n\n

The themes that came to light at this year\u2019s event revolved around GIS as an enterprise system, the need to support equity efforts across departments, cybersecurity, machine learning and artificial intelligence, and emerging disciplines CIOs could introduce GIS to in their information technology planning.<\/p>\n\n

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Sharing a Vision for Governments<\/h2>\n\n

The two-day event focuses on the current state of GIS and IT integration, legislative and technology trends, and patterns that are emerging across the government IT landscape.<\/p>\n\n

Esri founder and president, Jack Dangermond, presented his vision<\/a> of an enterprise GIS. He shared that GIS is a tool for working in a digital twin and can expand opportunities for artificial intelligence. In an eye-opening session Microsoft\u2019s<\/a> James Collins, Public Sector Leader of the Americas, presented an update of the current development activities between the Esri and Microsoft. He demonstrated Microsoft\u2019s dedication to the Esri GIS platform.  James shared examples of integration with Azure, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Power BI as well as a sneak peek of Microsoft Fabric. <\/p>\n\n

An overarching goal of the event is to showcase the best state and local government implementations to the CIOs in attendance. This year we chose to highlight the work of Keith Durbin, CIO and Colleen Herndon, ITS Assistant Director from the Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County, TN<\/a>. Their presentation discussed their dedication to creating a \u201cculture of GIS\u201d\u2014an environment where nearly every department has leveraged the power of GIS for data-driven decision making. The team also demonstrated their support of major initiatives of Mayor Freddie O\u2019Connell. These priorities included affordable housing investments and transportations improvements to drive a more sustainable Metro Nashville.  The Enterprise Approach to GIS Award was presented to Metro Nashville by Jack Dangermond in recognition of this work. <\/p>\n\n

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Jennifer Higgs, GIS Manager, Keith Durbin, CIO, and Colleen Herndon, ITS Assistant Director, receive the Enterprise Approach to GIS Award from Jack Dangermond on behalf of Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County, TN.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

No event would be complete unless we offered a balanced vision for state and local governments.  Insights were drawn for long-time GIS advocates GovExec Media, the National Association of Counties (NACO), and the National Association of State CIOs (NASCIO).<\/p>\n\n