The energy in San Diego was electric as over 20,000 attendees and 200 exhibitors attended the 2025 Esri Safety & Security Summit (ES3) and User Conference (UC). Between the two events, Dataminr made a strong showing, both as a sponsor and with 21 team members on site.
We came ready to make waves: on July 14, the first day of UC, Dataminr and Esri announced that Esri Basemaps are now natively integrated into Dataminr First Alert. More than an upgrade, it’s a transformative jump in delivering critical intelligence when seconds count.
Here’s what else dominated our conversations:
Takeaway 1: The Esri Effect—Scale Meets Innovation
The event boasted more than 200 exhibitors and over 20,000 attendees. Add to that Esri’s reach of 315,000 customers worldwide and six decades of Esri leadership anchoring the global GIS community—its impact is massive. What’s clear from leadership conversations is that Esri’s future will continue to be driven by partnerships with innovative data providers. OSINT, human movement data, and real-time insights are poised to define the next generation of applications across industries.
Takeaway 2: Speed Is the New Currency of Crisis Response
Saved minutes can mean saved lives across public safety, emergency management, and transportation services. Real-time information amplifies Esri’s world-class GIS capabilities in the moment, equipping analysts with a single view of the evolving threat landscape to quickly turn alerts into life-saving action.
Takeaway 3: When the World’s Watching, Security Can’t Wait
A big theme for upcoming global sporting events like the FIFA World Cup 2026 and the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles is securing facilities and keeping the public safe. This will require close coordination across public and private entities. Providing a unified view of the risk landscape that integrates seamlessly into existing workflows will enable faster triage, more efficient incident response, and better coordination when threats emerge.
Takeaway 4: Esri in Dataminr = Unstoppable Differentiation
Dataminr’s real-time information is already integrated into Esri ArcGIS Enterprise and Online, and now Esri Basemaps are embedded natively in Dataminr First Alert. It’s a distinctive value for customers. The future? Dataminr’s Agentic AI analyzing customer-specific data within ArcGIS will enable analysts to make faster, smarter decisions tailored to their organization’s unique risk profile.
The momentum from ES3 and UC 2025 proves the Dataminr-Esri partnership is hitting its stride at exactly the right moment. When real-time information meets geospatial mastery, organizations gain the power to protect people and infrastructure with unprecedented speed, precision, and confidence.
Dataminr and Esri Expand Partnership to Transform Location Intelligence with Real-Time Event Detection
See how Dataminr and Esri work together to bring AI-powered event detection from over 1 million public data sources into the world’s leading mapping and spatial analytics platform, so that when minutes matter, you’re ready to act.
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