Organizations across the world depend on data integration to deliver information and make better decisions. The need for data continues to grow so exponentially that in 2017, The Economist dubbed it “the world’s most valuable resource.” Students graduating from post-secondary institutions are expected to have strong data analytics skills to succeed in the job market of the future. However, existing education often doesn’t recognize the difficulties posed by a proliferation of data formats and data silos. Recognizing this demand and challenge, this free introductory-level training module for FME Desktop was developed for instructors to easily incorporate FME into their curriculum in Geography or related disciplines. This webinar will dive into the contents of this module, offer instructions on delivery, and a demo of the lab exercises.

1. Introduction to Safe Software’s
FME®
Staying relevant in a
data-driven world
FME training module for instructors

2. HELLO
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Cat Gracey
Customer Engagement Program Manager
Safe Software
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Sam Walker, Ph.D.
Education Developer & Analyst
Safe Software

3. AGENDA
01. Introduction to FME Platform
02. Free licenses for students and instructors
03. Benefits of teaching FME
04. Demo of higher education module
05. Delivery options for module
06. Wrap-up

4. OUR MISSION
To help you maximize the
value of your data.

5. “When students graduate from university, they leave
the safe environment of the computer lab and
encounter so ware and format chaos.”
Lassi Tani
Spatialworld Oy

6. CHALLENGE:
DATA SILOS
Organizations spend a lot of
money collecting data.
However, the data is often stored
in unuseable formats, siloed in
other department’s systems or
needs to be transformed.
Students will encounter this
problem at any job that uses data.
GIS Department
Permitting Department
Finance Department

7. SOLUTION: DATA INTEGRATION
GIS Department
Permitting Department
Finance Department
“The discipline of data integration comprises the practices, architectural techniques and tools
for achieving the consistent access and delivery of data across the spectrum of data subject
areas and data structure types in the enterprise to meet the data consumption requirements of
all applications and business processes.” - Gartner

8. “Without FME, such a project would
have required such intensive manual
labor that it wouldn't have been
practical to create.”
Niels la Cour
UMASS Amherst

9. FME Workspace Example

10. FME® Integration Platform
FME Desktop FME Server FME Cloud
Connect. Transform. Automate.
FME is the data integration solution with the best support for spatial data worldwide.
Build & Run Workflows Automate Workflows (on-premises) Automate Workflows (cloud)

11. Real industry technology
and challenges
Gain marketable skills Competitive edge in the
job market
BENEFITS FOR STUDENTS

12. EnergyUtilities Government
TelecomCommercial
Transportation
AEC
and more!
INDUSTRIES
THAT USE FME

13. How does this benefit instructors?
Connect to Industry
FME training can expose
students to real industry
challenges.
Innovation
FME has been used
successfully in innovative
research projects.
Great opportunity for industry
collaboration on research.
Free Resources
Safe Software provides free
learning resources and
licenses.

14. COMMUNITY MANDATE
Safe Software supports the growth of
youth, women, and cleantech
in our local community.

15. PARTNERSHIPS
Tech recycling programs,
eco-friendly building
SFU Technovation, FRAFCA,
Future Science Leaders
Driving WinTech, Girls in STEAM,
Hacking for Humanity
Women in Tech
Development of Youth /
Education
Clean Tech

16. FREE LICENSES

17. It’s easy!
● We ask about you
● We ask about your institution
● We ask about your course
safe.com/grantprogram
APPLYING FOR
THE GRANT
PROGRAM

18. FME FOR EDUCATION
“I was able to say I come with an FME
license. I was hired!”
- Kelly Dell, City of Niagara Falls, Canada
STORY
Kelly Dell quit her job as a City Planner
in Alberta and moved to Ontario to
gain a graduate degree in GIS. While
there, she learned how to use FME.
Upon graduation, she received a free
graduate license for a year, which was
portable to an employer.
RESULTS
● Upon graduation, Kelly’s FME skills
landed her a job offer from a
engineering consulting company
● Kelly leveraged her FME skills into
her current role as an Engineering
Asset Management Analyst at the
City of Niagara Falls
BUILDING A CAREER
WITH FME >
Read more on our blog

19. FME FOR RESEARCH
“Using FME to create a visualization of
patients’ vision has been helpful in not only
allowing us to see changes over time, but
also in explaining to patients what the test
results are.”
- Jasleen Kaur Jolly, MSc BSc(Hons)
MCOptom, Oxford Eye Hospital
PROJECT
Mapping patients’ eyes to assess the
progress of genetic eye diseases and to
document trial treatment results.
SOLUTION
Applied GIS analysis techniques to a
novel field in medicine.
RESULTS
● Visualization of vision changes
over time aids researchers
● Results shared with patients to
explain changes to their vision
● Shortlisted for 2 AGI awards in
2015
UNIVERSITY OF
OXFORD >
Read more on our blog

20. DEMO

21. DELIVERY TIPS

22. DELIVERY
Lab
○ Same as Introduction to FME Desktop course. About 4 hours of content. Can cover
as much or as little as desired.
Data integration scenario
○ More of a real-world scenario
○ Has a walkthrough with step-by-step instructions that takes about 30 minutes
○ Has an open-ended data integration challenge that takes about an hour
Lab questions
○ 20 multiple choice or open-ended questions available for use as an assignment
○ Answers only available to instructors, email higher-education@safe.com for access
○ Has an essay question that can be modified for an assignment
If you have very little time, or you want to learn
a bit of FME yourself, just use this instead:
Getting Started with FME Desktop

23. FREE RESOURCES
WE’RE ALL ABOUT
safe.com
Getting Started
Online Courses
On Demand
Live chat >
Tutorials and webinars >
Instructor led >
Live and hands-on >
Video courses & demos >
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"We had a really
tight time
constraint... FME
Server really
helped us because
it was so sane."
- Jokob Lagerstedt,
Systems Engineer,
Swedish University
of Agricultural
Sciences
“I’m not a
programmer… I
think FME is
magical. It’s
transformed what I
do. ”
- William L. Ellis,
Associate Professor
of Biology, Saint Leo
University

24. THANK YOU!
Higher Education training module:
fme.ly/data-integration
Sam Walker (FME in higher education inquiries)
higher-education@safe.com
Cat Gracey (grant program inquiries)
grantprogram@safe.com
Any questions we can answer?