Mark Hartman, CSO for the City of Phoenix, Arizona, talks about the importance of leveraging technology to create sustainable cities. Test.

Author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Paul Salopek discusses his decade-long walk from Africa to South America.

Marine biologist Dr. Vanessa Pirotta and location intelligence expert Brett Dixon discuss the use of drones and GIS to study humpback whales.

Brian Kennett, VP of digital advertising at the Minneapolis Star Tribune, describes how geospatial technology has helped provide key insights about its advertisers’ customers.

Andy Dent, Program Director at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, explains the role location intelligence plays in CDC’s response to public health emergencies and disease outbreaks.

Stephen Bourne, Project Director at Atkins, explains the power of simulating climate change events to improve predictive models and guide infrastructure decisions.

Kirby Brady, Chief Innovation Officer for the City of San Diego, explains the power of map-based data visualization to contextualize social justice issues and inform civic decision making.

Tahirah Mahan-Thomas, Managing Director of Location Intelligence and Retail Analytics at CBRE, discusses the critical role human analysis plays in the commercial real estate industry.

Christopher Zara, senior staff news editor for Fast Company, discusses promising technologies that are accelerating digital transformation.

Archaeologists Marcello Canuto and Thomas Garrison explain how studying ancient cultures can help humanity mitigate the effects of climate change on communities.