The Northeast Arc Users Group (NEARC) is a regional group of people from many disciplines who are interested in geospatial technology in some form or other. You join by showing up or joining the email list- all are welcome! NEARC is a non-profit organization that hosts a 3-day conference every fall at venues around New England. NEARC also hosts a one-day spring meeting. Previously, Spring NEARC has been held at UMass and Smith College.
This year on May 8, Spring NEARC will be held at the University of Connecticut!
As a NEARC Board member and this year’s chair of the Spring Host Committee, I have been hard at work to bring a top-notch gathering to Connecticut. Highlights include:
- UConn’s own Debs Ghoush keynote presentation about the role of GIS is social aspects of health.
- A full-day of Esri sessions covering topics such as ArcGIS Overviews, Insights for ArcGIS, ArcGIS Enterprise, Python, ArcGIS Utility Network, ArcGIS Online and Workforce for ArcGIS.
- Three more concurrent sessions covering topical areas such as Transportation, UAVs, Web Maps, GIS Management, Utilities, Data Collection, Analysis and more!
- Two optional (RSVP required) hands-on workshops – Publishing Historic Maps as Tile Cache on ArcGIS Online and Introduction to ArcGIS Pro.
- Poster session and contest with at least 28 posters!
- Lunch in the UConn Student Union.
- Post-conference social at the True Blue Tavern on the UConn campus.
This is a great opportunity for all levels of geospatial folks AND it is in our own back yard! To learn more and register, visit the Spring NEARC web page. I hope to see you there!
