about <strong>Sarah Bell</strong> was trained in cartography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and began her professional cartography career at the National Park Service. She then went on to work at an independent cartography company, creating maps for clients like the U.S. Forest Service, the National Park Service, and private companies. Following her time at the National Park Service, Sarah earned her M.S. in Geography, where she created mapping & viz products for community disaster recovery during her work as a data visualization designer for Western Washington University's Resilience Institute.<br>Today, Sarah works at Esri where she provides mapping and data-visual solutions for global customers. She has an appreciation for well-established cartographic standards and rules, but also eager to push and bend those rules.<br>When she is not mapping and designing, Sarah is rock climbing, running, and enjoying the outdoors with friends and family.<br><br>
One of the most challenging things about using Python in GIS is, it's hard to know if you're really getting better. Or rather, knowing how to get better is hard. In the same way that many of us spent a lot of time, ""wanting to learn Python"" but not knowing where to start. Or ""learning Python"" and not knowing how to apply the language at work.
This presentation is the presentation that I wished I would have had when starting my geospatial Python journey. It is a brief review of the developer practices that I've picked up along the way. We'll cover the following:
• Conda & Using ArcPy in an IDE • Formatters & Linters • Logging • Version Control • Functions & Type Hinting • Secrets Management
Web Editor’s goal is to make GIS data editing easy for you and your team members. For ArcGIS Pro users, Web Editor can supplement editing workflows. With it, GIS professionals can empower others to do their own data editing work themselves, instead of doing the editing work for them. Web Editor enforces data rules when data is captured, so less QA work is needed.
Chris Marsh is a Senior Solution Engineer on the State and Local Government Team at Esri, supporting Alaska and Oregon. With over 25 years of experience in Geographic Information Systems, Chris brings extensive expertise in enterprise implementations, system integrations, and web... Read More →
Are you ready for the new datum? A new National Spatial Reference System (datum will be launched in 2026. Implemented by the National Geodetic Survey, NATRF2022 will supersede NAD83-2011. Per WA RCW, this will become the datum of record when the change happens. With this change will come new state plane projections (north zone, south zone, and a new statewide projection), as well as low distortion projection (in development). In addition, the US Survey foot has bene deprecated, and all new projections will reflect the change to the international foot. This session provides the background, the potential impacts for WA, and examples of how engineering/surveying and GIS firms and organizations are preparing for the changes.
Over the past year, the King County GIS Center embarked on a sizeable effort to overhaul publishing, distribution, and data access for the county’s internal enterprise GIS data library. Instead of directly connecting to an on-prem enterprise geodatabase, users will now access hosted feature services through ArcGIS Online, allowing for faster access and better scalability. To facilitate the migration, the King County GIS Center developed a suite of tools including a robust ETL process, renewed Spatial Data Catalog, metadata cleanup effort, new ArcGIS Pro Add-In, and educational content on a Hub site. Join us as we dive into data discoverability, distribution, and tools to make it easier for our users to find the data they need.
Topics include:
• Overview – Transitioning users from a custom data access plug-in in ArcMap to using web services in ArcGIS Pro.
• ETL and more – Get a peek into our ETL process, and the added functionality around categorizing, tagging, and sharing of data.
• Metadata cleanup – How the Enterprise Data Modernization project daylighted metadata problems and how we addressed them.
• Spatial Data Catalog – A new application to search for King County data, allows for more robust searchability than built-in ArcGIS Online tools. Designed to be as accessible as possible.
• Add-In and educational content – Instead of creating custom tools for data access within -ArcGIS Pro, we provide education to our users on how to access the data they are familiar with.
Esri’s support for Python offers a number of opportunities for automating everyday tasks and generating reports. From reporting to pushing data around, generating ID values in ArcGIS Online or making calls to web APIs, this presentation is intended to introduce you to some of the tools and approaches to automating common (and not so common) tasks. Using lots of examples, the presenter will walk you through resources, how you can get started, things to watch out for, and how to run your automation tools effectively.
Explore ArcGIS real-time data integration and analysis, learn how real-time GIS supports quick decision-making through live geographic data visualization. Discover how real-time GIS can assist in problem-solving by offering immediate insights for addressing spatial challenges effectively.
Ryan Richardson is a GIS professional with a passion for using technology to solve complex problems. He currently works as a Solution Engineer at Esri, supporting the State and Local Government team out of Esri's regional office in Olympia, WA. Additionally, he is a FAA Part 107 UAV... Read More →
In 2025 and 2026 the US will implement a new spatial datum — NATRF2022. The adoption of the new reference scheme will be pervasive and impact every area of GIS and spatial data handling in the US. Not only does the basic measurement premise change but the conceptual datum model is different as well. The change, however, will not be instantaneous and legacy data will need to be used alongside that generated in the new datum for years to come.
This presentation will provide insight into the origins and purpose of the new datum, how it may affect your work, what you should be aware of as the plan proceeds, key pitfalls to look for with new data products, and how you can better prepare yourself for the coming changes. The talk will address the key datum design issues, State Plane Coordinates, low-distortion projection concerns, as well as legal and regulatory issues.
This is an opportunity to learn about the coming changes and hear about the potential issues from someone who experienced the last datum change from NAD27 to NAD83 (and lived to tell about it).
Michael Kulish, PLS Michael Kulish has been practicing and teaching in the geospatial arena since the 1980s. A licensed Professional Land Surveyor for more than 40 years, a GISP, and a geospatial instructor at Olympic College for more than 30 years, he has worked in public and private... Read More →
Why is data so important for modern government and why is there a need for better data sharing? This presentation will focus on the state’s goals and newly released Enterprise Data Strategy to create a unified data ecosystem to help state agencies make better decisions. Joanne will walk through examples of how we can combine spatial and non-spatial data to improve efficiency and services. Partnerships, pathways and people help make that magic happen and Joanne will focus on what we as a GIS community can do to help accomplish these goals.
In this presentation, I'll share how I developed an automated workflow using ArcGIS Pro ModelBuilder and Python scripting to tackle the challenge of integrating and spatially aligning sewer tap data for the City of Kent. I aimed to create a robust solution that seamlessly merges tabular data from external sources with our existing spatial datasets, ensuring accuracy and consistency across our databases. My process started by importing and processing the tabular sewer tap information, which includes details such as asset IDs, measurement values, and timestamps. I then joined this data with the spatial sewer main features, enabling me to calculate precise tap locations along the sewer lines. I incorporated data filtering and statistical analysis to determine maximum distances, and I established a linear referencing system to accurately position tap points. I utilized custom Python scripts and Arcade expressions to derive attributes such as the directionality of the tap point from the line (DownLRC – left, right, or center) and identifying the most recent tap record (IsLatest). I focused on achieving accurate spatial alignment by generating route event layers, accounting for both on-line and offset tap locations. Finally, this process is scheduled to run on a weekly basis using VisualCron, where the newly processed tap data is appended to the existing sewer tap point feature class, effectively updating our geodatabase. This automated solution has significantly reduced manual data entry and processing time, minimized errors, and enhanced the spatial accuracy of Kent’s sewer infrastructure data. By integrating external data sources and implementing rigorous spatial analysis, I've created a reliable and efficient method for displaying up-to-date and accurate sewer tap information, thus assisting our field crews with regular pipeline inspections and maintenance.
My name is Andy Sauls. Originally from Houston, TX, I relocated to the South Puget Sound area in November 2023. I hold a Masters in Urban Planning with a specialization in GIS and group facilitation. My expertise encompasses developing GIS processes, procedures, and spatial models... Read More →
Prior to GIS technology Washington Department of Health (WADOH) operated with limited ability to access, search, or share authoritative geospatial data. This made collective and collaborative workflows difficult, as processes are siloed, primarily paper-based, and manual. Moving to a web-based, Enterprise GIS platform supported WADOH’s Data Modernization Initiative and empowered agency staff to create and share content more effectively.
Using configurable solutions available in our Enterprise GIS platform (such as Esri’s Experience Builder, Dashboards, and Survey123) and other existing technical solutions (such as Power Automate Flow) we can streamline common workflows and create systems that are connected, adaptable, and sustainable. During this session, Tonya will share WADOH’s modernization story and examples of how GIS is helping transform public health workflows.
Tonya Kauhi is a techno-optimist who uses GIS as her superpower to engage and educate the community and provides geospatial insights to help Washington State Department of Health staff make informed business decisions. She has over 25 years’ experience planning, coordinating, developing... Read More →
For over 10 years, the WA DNR Nearshore Habitat Program (NHP) has been researching methods to transplant and restore populations of eelgrass, Zostera marina, in South Puget Sound. At a series of small research meadows, eelgrass has been transplanted using different combinations of methods and donor sources and each summer NHP staff conduct surveys of the test plots to assess their performance. In 2019, uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS or “drones”) were added to the suite of tools deployed at the sites, which has enabled estimates of total eelgrass shoots to be calculated by combining in situ density observations and area delineations based on the aerial imagery. Then in 2024, DNR announced plans to break ground on a project to remove the fish passage barrier near Joemma Beach State Park – the site of the largest of our eelgrass research meadows – and restore Whiteman Cove to a free-flowing tidal estuary. In anticipation of the project, NHP decided to expand our efforts to include RTK-enabled (real-time kinematic) drone surveys over the entire tidal flat, which enable the production of high-resolution digital elevation models using structure-from-motion photogrammetry software. These models allow DNR to track channel formation and sediment deposition in the restored system, and to observe in real time if there are any impacts from the project on the eelgrass research meadow nearby. This talk will present lessons learned over five years of monitoring transplanted eelgrass populations with high resolution drone imagery, the initial results of comparing the RTK drone-based elevation models of the restored estuary, and finally how these products are being shared with the public using web products such as ArcGIS Experience Builder.
Nearshore Ecologist, WA State Department of Natural Resources
Tyler Cowdrey is a Nearshore Ecologist with the WA State Department of Natural Resources, Nearshore Habitat Program. His work focuses on monitoring nearshore marine vegetation and their associated habitats with remote-sensing tools, including uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS).
With the transition from the National Hydrography Dataset to the elevation-derived 3D Hydrography Program (3DHP), data producers and data users are thinking about how to leverage these data to maximize the value to specific programs and use cases. This presentation will discuss additional derivatives and attributes such as fine-scale catchment delineation, topographically derived bank-full, catchment area, stream order, etc. as well as adjacent datasets such as stormwater networks, wetlands, and landcover that can be further integrated to potentially increase the utility of the base 3DHP data for Washington's user base.
Mischa lives in Corvallis, OR and serves as Analytics Practice Lead for NV5 Geospatial with over 20 years of direct experience developing applied remote sensing and GIS solutions. Mischa holds a BS in Natural Resources from University of Massachusetts and an MS in Wildlife and Fisheries... Read More →
This presentation is intended for anyone interested in using or learning more about Field Maps for ArcGIS for field data collection. The topics to be covered include: • Database design including the creation of join tables and domains. • Important considerations in web map creation. • How the underlying database and web map design influence how Field Maps interacts with the data. • How to write and implement Arcade expressions. • How to create layer filters. • Offline use. • Exporting photo attachments stored in the database to a file folder.
Michelle has spent thousands of hours working in the field under all sorts of conditions ranging from perfect conditions to extreme heat, freezing rain, biting insects, and everything in between. This background, has proved indispensable in configuring over a half-dozen data collection... Read More →
Through a grant from the CDC Foundation, Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department has had the opportunity to begin work on developing an Informatics Strategic Plan. This presentation will cover the topic of informatics, data governance and the work involved in developing an informatics strategy and how GIS plays a role in the process.
GIS Administrator, Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department
Maria is a geospatial professional who specializes in providing GIS solutions for Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department where she started in 2020 on their COVID response team. Her work focuses on project and data management, demographic analysis, and business processes. She has... Read More →
Kelp forests are critical nearshore habitats, and understanding their spatiotemporal distribution across Washington State is essential for effective stewardship and management. Current floating kelp maps in Washington consist of a patchwork of multiple datasets in various formats, including remotely sensed classified imagery from fixed-wing aerial and drone surveys, as well as lines and polygons from kayak- and boat-based surveys. This diversity makes comparison and spatiotemporal change analysis challenging at the statewide level. To address this, the Nearshore Habitat Program at the Washington State Department of Natural Resources developed a linear extent model for floating kelp distribution. This model summarizes annual kelp presence along 1-km coastal line segments using the best available and most up-to-date survey data. The linear extent model builds on legacy data structures to ensure compatibility with other marine vegetation geospatial datasets. It employs multiple ETL pipelines to synthesize a variety of data streams into a single, synoptic map of kelp forests in Washington State. This new dataset is already being utilized by marine vegetation researchers and managers. This presentation will cover the technical aspects of developing this statewide spatial dataset, including the use of Python scripting for data processing and automation, methods for harmonizing spatial data from disparate sources, and strategies for sharing geospatial datasets with users of varying technical expertise.
Providing safe, sustainable water, wastewater and stormwater solutions is a critical priority for community leaders, utility managers and a reasonable expectation of citizens. Many utilities rely solely on age based deterioration to forecast asset condition and replacement strategies. This session will discuss best business practices for incorporating risk and physical condition into your asset maintenance strategy. Risk is defined as Probability of Failure and Criticality of Failure. Maintenance workers can score their assets based on these risk factors to better understand potential impact to services provided. Furthermore, adding condition assessment based on physical deterioration of assets helps prioritize where the maintenance dollars should be spent.
Raymond joined the Trimble team working as the Regional Account Manager for the Pacific Northwest and California region. He’s been in the compliance and safety industry for the past 10 years and brings a new set of experience to the Trimble team.
Grab some coffee and take a break while you make your way back to our sponsor booths to find out what emerging tools, techniques, and technology are making their way to the GIS industry.
ArcGIS Enterprise (and to a lesser extent ArcGIS Online) requires a healthy amount of user and content (data) management to keep the ecosystem healthy. And in a medium to large size organization, managing your Web GIS Users and their content can quickly become a full-time job. At the City of Tacoma, we’re using a combination of Dashboards, Experience Builder and FME to create a user and item management tool that allows us to track who owns what, how much of it they own, and even if they’ve done the requisite training for their user level. In this presentation I will demonstrate how we’ve incorporated the existing system status reports and a few other data sources to make a much more useful user and content management tool. I will also demonstrate how I’m hoping to automate more of the process in the future.
Come learn about the King County Watershed Mapping Toolbox and new countywide wetlands data. In 2023-2024, King County procured a new wetlands dataset derived from high resolution aerial imagery, LiDAR, land cover data, and local hydrology data. This new dataset is far higher resolution than the previous GIS data on wetlands in King County and will support enterprise-wide functions from Water and Land Resources to Permitting. As part of getting this data to those who can benefit from its use, King County Water and Land Resources, in partnership with the King County GIS Center, has built the Watershed Mapping Toolbox. The Toolbox, which is public facing, is built using Experience Builder. It leverages the full potential of ESRI’s low/no-code development platform, with significant use of Arcade scripting in the basemap to produce content rich and well-formatted pop-ups.
The Toolbox allows users to view wetlands, streams, likely wetland functions, beaver locations, ecological stressors, and high priority areas for conservation and restoration. It brings into the platform data from outside King County, such as WDNR Ecological Integrity Assessments, iNaturalist beaver sightings, USGS soil information, USFS riparian corridors, and more. Users can view wetland data from 1990, 1996, 2024, search for their project sites or property, and compare wetlands boundaries to aerial imagery dating back to the 1990s. A new and unique feature overlays historic General Land Office maps onto contemporary basemaps and imagery to compare historical conditions to contemporary land use. The Toolbox allows for importing GIS data, exporting PDFs, and using filtering and other tools to produce analytics. Overall, the Watershed Mapping Toolbox aims to be a platform for showcasing the variety of riparian GIS data available in King County, with the goal of breaking down access barriers to riparian data across the enterprise.
Don’t have AVL on your snowplows but wish you could provide near-real-time updates to internal staff and your residents? One method for accomplishing this will be discussed. The solution utilizes ArcGIS Enterprise, QuickCapture, a SQL Server-based enterprise geodatabase and Dashboards.
Brian Oevermann, GISP is a Senior Application Analyst-GIS with the City of Issaquah. He has been in the GIS profession for 33 years, working for the U.S. Forest Service at the Federal level, County government in Montana, and now for Issaquah. Brian is the City of Issaquah’s first... Read More →
The integration of Digital Twin technology with 3D GIS capabilities using the Esri ArcGIS platform represents a significant advancement in spatial data management and visualization. This presentation will explore how Esri's comprehensive suite of tools, including ArcGIS Reality Studio, ArcGIS Urban, ArcGIS Earth, and ArcGIS 3D Analyst Extension, enables the creation and management of realistic 3D digital representations of real-world environments. These digital twins provide a clear and immersive picture of complex systems, facilitating better decision-making and predictive planning across various industries.
Attendees will learn about the foundational 3D data management patterns exhibited in ArcGIS Pro, Online, Enterprise, and configurable apps, which support multi-dimensional analysis and accurate modeling. The presentation will highlight case studies and practical applications, demonstrating how ArcGIS's 3D GIS efforts enhance visualization, collaboration, and stakeholder engagement. By leveraging Esri's digital twin strategy, organizations can model real-world facilities, assets, networks, and systems, integrating different digital twin models for a holistic view.
Join TJ Abbenhaus and Ryan Richardson as they delve into the capabilities of the Esri ArcGIS platform, showcasing its role in driving smarter decision-making and innovative solutions in the realm of Digital Twin and 3D GIS.
TJ Abbenhaus is a Senior Solution Engineer at Esri Inc. With extensive experience in GIS and digital twin technologies, TJ has been instrumental in developing innovative solutions that enhance spatial analysis and visualization. TJ is passionate about leveraging technology to solve... Read More →
Ryan Richardson is a GIS professional with a passion for using technology to solve complex problems. He currently works as a Solution Engineer at Esri, supporting the State and Local Government team out of Esri's regional office in Olympia, WA. Additionally, he is a FAA Part 107 UAV... Read More →
We present a newly-created environmental dataset for storing fire history information gathered from trees in the Spokane, Washington area. The data come from fire scars preserved on trees after they have been injured in fires of the past – collecting both the quantity and timing of these scars can give a wealth of information on past fire activity, in addition to the spatial patterns gathered from the tree locations. This dataset is designed to be an ongoing collection of fire history data, with contributions from students and community members. Not only is the dataset one of exceptionally high resolution, but it is also the only effort to create a complete inventory of all the fire-scarred trees in Riverside State Park, which is the largest state park in Washington State. These data will be used in teaching activities through GIS labs on things like interpolations and hot spot analyses, but also to record the geospatial nature of past fire activity for an area at a scale not yet pursued before. We propose a presentation where we introduce the idea of fire history and fire-scar data, explore the dataset as it exists now and discuss the student work involved in creating in, and showcase some potential future uses of the dataset as it grows in feature and attribute depth. Currently the dataset is housed on the Eastern Washington University AGOL content page, but the goal is to make it public and shareable via an interactive ESRI StoryMap.
The King County IT GIS Center supports thousands of GIS users across 17 different county departments. To help track Esri user licenses, understand user activity, and support the transition from ArcMap to ArcGIS Pro, the GIS Center built the GIS License Manager application. This custom application was built using some code and does neat stuff, ties into users’ Microsoft Entra ID accounts, and reports usage for individual users down to the minute.
In addition to granular reporting, the data from this application has been aggregated into a hosted table in ArcGIS Online and used to display platform usage over time in two ArcGIS Online dashboards. These insights help the GIS Center leadership, GIS managers, and users understand what platforms are in use, and what teams might need additional help transitioning from ArcMap to ArcGIS Pro.
Join us as we discuss the technical details behind building the GIS License Manager application and obtaining usage minutes from ArcMap, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro, and ArcGIS Enterprise. We’ll also go into detail about the creation of the aggregated data dashboards using ArcGIS Online Dashboards, Arcade data expressions, and Experience Builder for display on our King County State of GIS Hub Site. https://state-of-gis.kingcounty.gov/pages/gislm
Tom is a Principal IT Engineer at King County's GIS Center. His work includes developing custom web application to support GIS data, metadata, and property reporting. Previously he worked at Kitsap County, Apple, and the City of Seattle. He graduated with a Bachelor’s in Geography... Read More →
Washington State Hydrography Dataset (WASHD) program in the Department of Ecology is leading a project to remap the hydrography of Washington State to support the new 3D Hydrography Program led by USGS. This dataset will replace the old National Hydrography Dataset with a more accurate and modern alternative for hydrography analysis and cartography. This presentation will provide an update on the status of this remapping and regions that WASHD hopes to map in the next year. We will also review how we plan to manage changes in the hydrography data structure to meet the needs of Washington state hydrography Stakeholders. While mapping hydrography appeared to be a simple straightforward process, the project quickly became complicated. We will demonstrate our Project Management framework, tools and practices that have helped WASHD define objectives and goals, documenting important decisions and issues, and managed schedules. By leveraging project management, we enhanced communication both within our team and with our numerous stakeholders, leadership, and GIS subject matter experts. We will leave time to answer questions both about the hydrography mapping and project management.
Sherryl Schown, PMP is a Senior Project Manager at Environmental Science Associates (ESA), where she leads high-quality projects that intersect technology, environmental science, and governance. Sherryl’s philosophy on project management is rooted in open communication and the humility... Read More →
As the term Digital Twin continues to grow in popularity, how do organizations understand what it means? In this presentation I will discuss that topic in more detail to help the group get a better understanding of the Digital Twin concept and how it can be leveraged to assist with organization’s modernization efforts.
From there, I will discuss the digital twin workflow from scan to BIM to GIS and then into an ALMS. Throughout we will present different data acquisition options, the conversion efforts, and wrap it up with some current use cases that are underway.
I am currently serving a one-year internship for the Cultural Resources Division of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. With no permanent GIS staff member in the division, my goal has been to establish data management and best practices for GIS data.
The Cultural Affairs Division monitors agency projects for possible impacts to archeologically significant areas and artifacts. When a project is first proposed, division archeologists determine the likelihood of disturbance to cultural sites and whether surveys have been performed, or a site survey is needed. Much of the data is Category 3 and needs to be handled securely. We work closely with tribal governments and Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation. My job is to manage geographic data for these projects.
After coming on board, my first task was to find out where and how the geographic data was being stored. I found that the data was spread out over several folders on servers (in various formats), and as zipped shapefiles attached to project tickets. There was no central, searchable location for the data.
To begin the process of organizing the data, I turned to ArcGIS Online for its versatility. I was able quickly add geodata to create a master map of Cultural Affairs projects accessible to team members.
Now I am taking data management for the division to the next level by creating a geodatabase, with customized fields and domains, to house our data. The database will reside on our SQL server and will be highly searchable.
This position has provided me with a great opportunity to build a GIS operation from the ground up. At times it has challenging, but I have enjoyed the process. My goal is to create a GIS that works for everyone in the division who needs it to do their job
GIS Intern, Cultural Ressources Division, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
GIS Analyst Certification: UC Davis Current Position: GIS Intern, Cultural Affairs Division of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Job Description: Responsible to manage, organize and maintain geographic data for Cultural Affairs division of WDFW, perform geospatial analysis... Read More →
The Forest Practices Division of the Washington State Department of Natural Resources issue permits for forest practices on private and state forest land. Our office staff, who process permits on a tight deadline and report out stats, needed a way to quickly and easily query our Oracle database data when they had no direct access and no SQL experience. They also had no ArcGIS Online access or experience. We pursued using Power BI to create a user-friendly dashboard with user-controlled filters, but hit a brick wall when it was discovered that our agency had no budget for a data gateway. In other words, we had no way to connect our behind-the-firewall Oracle data to the cloud where Power BI could ingest it. What we did have was an SDE/ArcGIS Enterprise, allowing us to access our Oracle data in ArcGIS Portal. So, after learning a little about m-code and a lot about pagination, we were able to connect our Portal feature services to Power BI via REST API, allowing us to create custom dashboards and reports that we could then embed in Microsoft Teams for easy viewing and access for all staff members at no additional cost to our divison.
GIS Programmer and Analyst, Washington State Department of Natural Resources
Janene Michaelis is a GIS Programmer and Analyst at the Forest Practices Division of the Washington State Department of Natural Resources. She writes python scripts for business operations, supports mobile GIS workflows and does ad-hoc analysis for data-driven administrative decisions... Read More →
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After-Hours Social – Keep the Conversations Going! The sessions might be done, but the fun is just getting started. Join us for an evening of relaxed networking, music, and good vibes at the official After-Hours Social! Whether you’re unwinding or making new connections, this is the place to be once the lanyards come off. Bring your badge, bring a friend, and bring your best stories from the day. All conference attendees welcome – no RSVP needed. Let’s make some memories outside the meeting rooms. See you there!