Esri & The Science of Where Esri

International Monetary Fund Senior Economist Serkan Arslanalp explains how real-time supply chain visibility keeps international trade moving in the era of climate change and natural disasters.

Ned Mitchell, research civil engineer at the US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, explains how a digital twin of the Mississippi River's ports and channels helps the flow of commercial goods.

Allie Kelly, executive director of The Ray—a non-profit, clean energy innovator using leading technology to respond to the changing climate—explains the imperative of greenifying the U.S. power grid at a recent talk at the Esri User Conference before an audience of data scientists, geographers, and innovators.

Dr. Susan Natali, Arctic program director and senior scientist at Woodwell Climate Research Center, discusses the effect of permafrost thaw and wildfires on northern ecosystems, the Arctic population, and the global climate.

Dr. Susan Wolfinbarger, team lead for the US Department of State's Location-based Observations for Conflict Analysis, Trends, and Evidence (LOCATE) initiative, discusses The Conflict Observatory, a geospatial hub that aggregates data from IOT devices and social media sites to aid in the distribution of humanitarian resources in global conflicts.

Steve Boyes, founder of the National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project, discusses the effort to preserve the ecosystem of Botswana's Okavango Basin and build resilience to the impacts of climate change.