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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dear colleagues,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">I write to invite you and yours to attend the <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.esri.com/en-us/about/events/ocean-gis-forum/overview__;!!Mih3wA!SkyzL6j_GDGiP3qPEf9ivGFw082_SvQCCOZ9aygeqY41HSMaiq2YAVkNNEitL0k$" target="_blank"><span style="color:purple">Esri
Ocean, Weather, and Climate GIS Forum</span></a>, November 4-5, 2020. This meeting will be completely virtual and under complimentary registration to all in your organization or on your campus! I would be especially grateful if you <b>could pass the word on
to your students, </b>as this meeting is particularly well-suited for them. This is especially if they wish to present a paper to a more intimate and supportive audience, while making valuable professional contacts. The current paper <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.esri.com/en-us/about/events/ocean-gis-forum/get-involved/call-for-papers__;!!Mih3wA!SkyzL6j_GDGiP3qPEf9ivGFw082_SvQCCOZ9aygeqY41HSMaiq2YAVkNTTNLhaQ$" target="_blank"><span style="color:purple">abstract
deadline</span></a> is <b>September 25<sup>th </sup></b>and the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.esri.com/en-us/about/events/owc-forum/get-involved/map-gallery__;!!Mih3wA!SkyzL6j_GDGiP3qPEf9ivGFw082_SvQCCOZ9aygeqY41HSMaiq2YAVkNuZSc_u4$" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">digital
map submission deadline</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(including story maps) is<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>October 2<sup>nd</sup></b>. Both deadlines will soon be
<span class="apple-converted-space"><b>extended to October 8<sup>th</sup>.</b></span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">We are offering a very exciting Forum in this virtual format, with a potent array of speakers, virtual networking, and new information and insights for this growing community. We are also extending
a warm welcome to (and focused content for) our Atmospheric Science/Climatology/Applied Meteorology users. We continue to focus on new and substantive areas, such as large scale bathy data collection and processing, 3D and 4D analytics, new applications for
imagery, big data processing, climate adaptation, disaster response, and much more. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Of particular interest should be our <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.esri.com/en-us/about/events/owc-forum/agenda/plenary__;!!Mih3wA!SkyzL6j_GDGiP3qPEf9ivGFw082_SvQCCOZ9aygeqY41HSMaiq2YAVkN6B92kKE$" target="_blank"><span style="color:#954F72">virtual
keynotes</span></a> by:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:black">Research
meteorologist Dr.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Sasha Gershunov</b>, Scripps Institution of Oceanography</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">New executive director of the Schmidt Ocean Institute, Dr.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Jyotika Virmani</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(formerly of XPRIZE)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Executive director of the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP), Dr.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Steve Weisberg</b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Associate Director of the Georgia Tech’s Center for Spatial Planning Analytics and Visualization,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Tony Giarrusso</b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Chief of coastal management for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Coastal Resources,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Jill Andrews</b> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">We will also offer technical tutorials, as well as a Technical Plenary comprised of a unique set of ocean, weather, and climate analysis demonstrations. These will feature out-of-the-box functionalities
(or those coupled with <b>open source</b>) that will inspire your work across several application areas. Included in the planned Tech Plenary topics are:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Continuous atmospheric
change detection (“danger in the dust”)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Suitability Modeling (benthic
habitat)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Presence Only Prediction
(coral reefs and ocean acidification)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Climate Time Series Forecasting</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Voxels<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">in
the Ocean and Atmosphere</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Big Data Connections and
Feature Binning</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Multidimensional Sampling
and Summarization (including space-time cubes and artificial intelligence)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Please join us and get further involved by<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.esri.com/en-us/about/events/owc-forum/get-involved/call-for-presentations"><span style="color:#0563C1">submitting
a paper </span></a>or a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.esri.com/en-us/about/events/owc-forum/get-involved/map-gallery"><span style="color:#0563C1">digital map</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>— all to inspire
your peers within this thriving community of multi-dimensional GIS practitioners! </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Thanks very much,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Dawn</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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