PDC Participates in ESRI International User Conference

PDC Updates | Jul 26, 2010

PDC exhibited in the Public Safety Showcase during the ESRI International User Conference.

Chief Information Officer Chris Chiesa led a delegation of four Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) users from PDC who participated in the ESRI International User Conference (IUC) and the concurrent Homeland Security GIS (HLS-GIS) Summit in San Diego, California, July 10–16. The PDC contingent included Senior Imagery Analyst & Geospatial Database Manager Rich Nezelek, Geospatial Information Analyst Colin Lindeman and Programmer Kevin Madaya, all of whom attended and participated in various events in connection with ESRI IUC and HLS-GIS.

Chiesa was invited to speak in a plenary session at the HLS-GIS. However, since he was traveling from the UN-SPIDER Africa Workshop, “Building upon Regional Space-based Solutions for Disaster Management and Emergency Response for Africa” in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and could not reach San Diego in time. Nezelek spoke in his place. Other speakers in the session included representatives from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, Louisiana State University Police Department, and Department of Homeland Security Office of Intelligence.

PDC representatives at the ESRI International User Conference, left to right: Chris Chiesa, Kevin Madaya and Colin Lindeman. Rich Nezelek is not pictured. (Photo: Rich Nezelek, PDC.)

During the Emergency Response Data Sharing session of the Data Fusion track on Day 2, Chiesa presenting a briefing, which he co-authored with Geospatial Information Specialist John Livengood and PDC Liaison to DoD-DC Malinda Braland, titled “DisasterAWARE—Decision Support Applications for Disaster Early Warning and Response.”

PDC exhibited in the Public Safety Showcase during the International UC, and provided demonstrations on DisasterAWARE, the Natural Hazards and Vulnerabilities Atlas, Global Hazards Information Network (GHIN), PDC’s new iPhone/iPad applications—iEMOPS and Disaster Alert (PDC’s World Disaster Alerts), or iDA—and the PDC Active Hazards Widget, in addition to presenting general overviews of PDC’s program and activities.

On Tuesday evening, PDC was co-sponsor of the California-Hawaii-Nevada Regional User Appreciation meeting, and utilized the opportunity to provide live demonstrations of iEMOPS/iDA for iPhone and iPad.

For additional, related information, refer to:

Learn more about ESRI, and the ESRI conferences online.
Read a story about the July 15 release of PDC Disaster Alert for iPhone and iPad Users.
Have an iPad or iPhone? Download PDC’s free Disaster Alert app at iTunes or AppShopper.
Take a look at PDC products mentioned in this article at PDC’s public website: Natural Hazards and Vulnerabilities Atlas, Global Hazards Information Network (GHIN), DisasterAWARE functionality and a DisasterAWARE Overview.

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