*Event Cancelled*
March 17 and 18 - Bring Your Own Laptop
Explore Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and what it can do for you. Hear from successful women with careers in the STEM field of GIS throughout Arizona and how they prepared for and succeeded in their different professions. Learn hands-on skills for creating effective Story Maps using ESRI’s ArcGIS platform from Geographer and ESRI’s Education Manager, Joseph Kerski, PhD.
Mapping Careers Presentations
What does it mean to have a career in mapping? What skills do you need to get a job in Geographic Information Systems? Come listen to a series of short presentations from successful women with careers in Arizona’s GIS industry. Hear about the technical skills they use every day and learn about different mapping careers.
Tuesday, March 17th
| 10:00-10:20am | Opening Remarks |
| 10:20-10:40am | Jenna Leveille, Deputy State Cartographer, Arizona State Land Department |
| 10:40-11:00am | Johanna Kraus, GIS Data Analyst, Northwest Fire District |
| 11:00-11:20am | Maree Archuleta, GIS Analyst, Planning, Design and Construction, The University of Arizona |
| 11:20-11:40am | Laura Bookman, Research Scientist, Arizona Geological Survey. |
| 11:40-12:00pm | Elsbeth Hoggatt, Engineering Draftsman, Tucson Electric Power |
Wednesday, March 18th
| 1:00-1:20pm | Opening Remarks |
| 1:20-1:40pm | Teresa Gregory, Project Director, Statistical Research Inc. |
| 1:40-2:00pm | Jami Dennis, GIS Data Analyst / Owner, Geodetic Analysis LLC |
| 1:00-2:20pm | Jessica Fraver, GIS Data Analyst, City of Tucson |
| 2:20-2:40pm | Chloe Jackson, Senior GIS Analyst, Pima County |
| 2:40-3:00pm | Natalie Wilson, Physical Scientist, USGS |
Telling Your Story with ESRI Story Maps Workshop
Join Geographer Joseph Kerski (ESRI Education Team) as you explore ESRI Story Maps, which allow you to combine audio, video, text, photographs, and interactive web maps to create powerful stories on any theme from local to global scale. In this workshop, you will create a story map, and combine it with an interactive web map, a field survey, and a dashboard. This four-part combination will illustrate the power and the rich data sets available in the ArcGIS platform.
Technology Requirements
University of Arizona Only (you will need a University of Arizona Netid to access).
Please go to http://uagis.maps.arcgis.com/home/index.html and use the University of Arizona login option. From there you will use your Netid credentials.
Outside of the University, you can create a limited use Free Public Account
**An ArcGIS Public Account is a personal account with limited usage and capabilities and is meant for non-commercial use only.
Please go to https://www.arcgis.com/home/createaccount.html and create an account before the event.
For more information about March Mapness, contact Jennifer Mason