GIS Technology Trends for Landscape Architecture - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

Renia Kagkou is a Senior Solution Engineer at Esri’s AEC (Architecture, Engineering, Construction) team, where she develops workflows that integrate geospatial analysis, scenario testing, and impact assessment, for decision-making in designing the built environment. She consults firms on leveraging these workflows for architecture, urban design, and planning projects of various scales. She holds a Master of Architecture in Urban Design (MAUD) and a Master of Design Studies in Urbanism, Landscape, and Ecology (MDes ULE) from Harvard GSD (2018), and a Bachelor of Architecture from Pratt Institute, New York (2014).

Daniel Martin is a landscape architect, senior consultant, and practice lead for the environment and geodesign department at Esri. Daniel leverages his background in landscape architecture, ecological mitigation and restoration, and wildlife management to help clients utilize technology and design to build resilience and achieve balance between the natural and built environments.

As Esri's Architecture, Urban Planning & Design Lead, Clay Starr is responsible for setting the overall strategy on how GIS enables designers and planners to radically improve their response to the challenges they face, deliver data-driven results, and generate new and better outcomes through the geographic approach.