Join Ron Woody and Jim Walker as they discuss robotic process automation at the United States Department of Agriculture. RPA is rapidly moving from an emerging technology, to a consistent tool in the toolbox for agencies seeking to reduce repetitive, mundane work while improving face-to-face work. More than 53 federal agencies are using UiPath, reporting significant reductions in backlog, process rework, compliance improvements, cost avoidance...

What occurs in a community is inherently geographically personal; everyone who lives in a place cares about that place. That means governments and citizens rely on each other to meet the community’s needs and shape its future. Esri’s GIS-based Smart Community Information System provides an opportunity to evolve how governments think about civic inclusion. It can help flag where people are speaking up and where are they not, which n...

Providing your street address, city and zip code in the registration is optional. But the first 100 that do provide their complete address will get a free copy of "Vacant to Vibrant" mailed to them. Vacant lots, so often seen as neighborhood blight, have the potential to be a key element of community revitalization. As manufacturing cities reinvent themselves after decades of lost jobs and population, abundant vacant land resources and intere...

Offshore wind is still a young industry in the U.S., but that’s rapidly changing. The 30 MW Block Island Wind Farm, America’s first offshore wind farm, came online in 2016 and the second U.S. offshore project, a 12 MW Dominion Energy wind farm, recently began construction off the coast of Virginia. In total, there are currently more than 25,740 MW in various stages of development off the East Coast and in the Great Lakes, with addi...

The current state of the utilities industry has led to a difficult crossroad for companies. SAP customers in utilities are looking to make more business processes digital but are faced with the challenge of whether they will have the time, budget, teams, or infrastructure needed for an implementation. Now more than ever, collaboration between the utility’s community is imperative—which is exactly what the SAP Utilities Conference p...

Overview: The Future of Mining Americas conference takes place at the Sheraton Denver from October 21-22 and builds upon the existing Future of Mining event series across the globe with a strategic level commercial and operational agenda connecting the industry across the Americas to discuss the latest mining innovations and technologies. The second edition of this conference will cover a vast range of content spanning right across the entire...

LiDar (Li detection and ranging) data is location data. If you’ve seen a semi-autonomous car before, you’ve probably seen a LiDAR sensor. LiDAR enables a semi-autonomous car to detect surroundings with lasers; it can be used to create 3D elevation maps to help farmers to increase efficiency and it can be used to visualize buildings on a map in really high detail to showcase your real estate portfolio. In this webinar, Allan Walker,...

This course will provide a thorough overview of the fundamentals of specifying the fresh and hardened properties of concrete mixes; the review of applicable codes for concrete hydraulic structures; the design philosophy and methodology of reinforced concrete hydraulic structures; and issues associated with the construction process. The course will include actual design examples of frequently used hydraulic structures utilizing current design c...

Currently, community risks consider only a few parameters such as extreme weather, employment rates and business outlooks. The current practice is a singular standard ESG score for a country or region, ignoring significant sub-national spatial differences or differential importance of ESG factors in estimating the risk profile. The result are general assessments that lack the precision of more granular/investment-grade analyses. But, the world...

Online Professional Education CourseSelf-Paced with Three Webinars with the InstructorOctober 15, 2019 – November 11, 2019Complete by December 15, 2019 Earn a Professional Education Certificate from George Washington University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science. A GWU collaboration with the Security and Sustainability Forum Course Starts: October 15, 2019. Self-Paced Videos Plus Live Webinars: Students watch twenty-three...