Conferences, Workshops and Trainings

Conferences

ESRI User Conference 

The ESRI User Conference is held every year in San Diego, California at the San Diego Convention Center. The User Conference is a valuable way to learn more about the techniques and applications of GIS. Up to five complimentary tickets are available for each CSU campus. Registrations are for the entire five days of the conference; no partial registrations are available. We ask Board Members to designate faculty and staff who wish to claim tickets before March 1st of every, unclaimed registrations are distributed on a first come, first served basis after March 1st. 

ESRI Education Summit

The ESRI Education Summit is typically held the weekend prior to the ESRI User Conference in July. Through plenary sessions, user presentations, and hands-on workshops, this conference provides learning opportunities for GIS professors and instructors. Our agreement with ESRI allows participants who have registered for the ESRI User Conference to also request complimentary tickets to the ESRI Education Conference. 

Workshops and training

Instructor-led training

These ESRI courses are usually two, three, or five days in length and are offered remotely. You can view current Instructor-Led course offerings (under the Formats drop-down select the Instructor-Led option to view all Instructor-Led trainings). 

The CSU receives 20 complimentary days per contract year (October 1 - September 30) for faculty and staff.  Training registrations are on a first-come-first-served basis. If you are interested in taking an instructor-led course, please contact the GIS Specialty Center Administrator at gis@sfsu.edu with the following: 

  • Your name
  • Department
  • Contact information (Phone # and E-mail) 
  • Course information (name, ID#, location, and date) 

Virtual campus

Each CSU campus has unlimited access to certain online courses through ESRI's Virtual Campus. These courses are freely available to all CSU-affiliated faculty, staff, and students. If you are connected to your respective campuses' MyESRI portal, you can register for E-Learning courses via the ESRI Training Catalog linked below. If you are not connected to your campus MyESRI portal please contact the Technical Representative on your campus and request an invitation to join. 

Web courses 

These are interdisciplinary GIS exercises for colleges and universities that develop spatial reasoning and analysis skills. All CSU-affiliated faculty, staff, and students are eligible to take these web courses.