Save the date: GIS Day 2024 is coming up!

By on 15 October, 2024
A world map with dots showing the locations where GIS Day events will be held in 2024.
A map of locations where GIS Day events will be held in 2024.

International GIS Day is celebrated on 20 November every year, and this year it will be particularly special, for 2024 marks the 25th anniversary of the day’s founding.

The event began in 1999, when Esri’s Jack Dangermond, along with Dr Roger Tomlinson and students, celebrated the first GIS Day at Murch Elementary School in Washington, DC.

GIS Day is billed as being a day dedicated to educating and inspiring students, colleagues and the wider community, showing them how GIS contributes to the betterment of society.

Each year, businesses, government agencies, research and educational institutions, and other organisations around the world are encouraged to host one or more events to help spread the word about the value of GIS.

This year’s theme, ‘Mapping Minds, Shaping the World,’ aims to show how GIS technology has “changed the way we perceive, navigate and shape our world”.

Organisers can register their events on the GIS Day website. At the time of writing, almost 20 events were listed as being planned across Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.

Do you have a GIS Day event planned? Please get in touch and let us help you spread the word!

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