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| Subject: | [gislist] Webinar Invitation: The Geospatial Industry - An Overview |
| Date: |
02/07/2006 11:45:02 AM |
| From: |
Nikolas Schiller |
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I thought this might be of interest to GeoCommunity's GIS List.
Respectfully,
Nikolas R. Schiller
Careers in Geography Program Coordinator
Association of American Geographers
1710 Sixteenth Street NW
Washington, DC 20009-3198
Telephone: 202-234-1450
Fax: 202-234-2744
E-mail: nschiller@aag.org
Web: http://www.aag.org <http://www.aag.org/>
Webinar Invitation:
The Geospatial Industry - An Overview
The President's High Growth Job Training Initiative serves as a national
model for working with leaders in high growth/high demand and
economically vital industries to develop solutions to workforce
challenges and to make strategic investments that address specific needs
for these industries. Employment in the Geospatial industry is on the
rise. Because the technology's uses are so widespread and diverse, the
geospatial market is growing at an annual rate of almost 35 percent,
with the commercial subsection of this market expanding at the rate of
100 percent each year. The worldwide market for geospatial technologies
has enormous potential. The most frequently quoted growth figures
estimate the geospatial market at $5 billion in 2001, with projected
annual revenues of $30 billion by 2005. This growth is due to many
factors, including the sector's importance to national economic and
security interests.
Workforce3 One is pleased to offer a series of insightful webinars that
overview each of the targeted industries. These webinars feature
business leaders and their education, economic development, and public
workforce investment partners discussing the industry's workforce
challenges and the successful demand-driven solutions implemented. Do
not miss this informative high-growth industry webinar:
The Geospatial Industry - An Overview
Presenters:
Mary Ann Stewart, Project Manager, Geospatial Information & Technology
Association
Doug Richardson, Executive Director, Association of American Geographers
Cyndi Gaudet, Director of the Jack & Patti Phillips Workplace Learning
and Performance Institute, University of Southern Mississippi
Chuck Thomas, President, William F. Goodling Advanced Skills Center
Moderator:
Brad Wiggins, Business Relations Group, ETA, DOL
Date:
February 15, 2006
Time:
2:00pm Eastern (1pm/Central, 12pm/Mountain, 11am/Pacific)
Length:
90 minutes
Description:
Many sectors of the economy are coming to depend on geospatial
technology and information to aid in make more effective decisions and
improve daily operations. The federal government uses it to manage
forests, develop defense strategies, establish tax valuations and employ
census data to determine voting districts. Utility companies use it to
automate transmission and distribution networks and to build and service
pipelines and communication networks. Cities are using geospatial
technologies for applications as diverse as routing sanitation and
emergency vehicles, replacing water mains, and matching equipment to job
requirements. Private companies use geospatial information to make more
informed decisions in areas ranging from site selection, to marketing
demographics, to analyzing competition. Once a tool that was affordable
only to the largest organizations, geospatial systems have become a
cost-effective option for even the smallest organizations.
This Webinar provides an overview of the geospatial technology industry
and sectors, key occupations and career opportunities, skills and
education, key workforce challenges, and the investments that ETA has
made to address those challenges.
Register Now!!!
Registration for this Webinar is limited and seating is on a first-come,
first-served basis. Please click the link below to login to Workforce3
One and register today!
http://www.workforce3one.org/public/skillbuilding/webinar_info.cfm?id=87
<http://www.workforce3one.org/public/skillbuilding/webinar_info.cfm?id=8
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