Announcements

On the Tuesday evening of the Peak of Data & AI 2025 that took place in May, over 75 FME users came together for an evening of innovation, collaboration, and pure data-fuelled fun at the FME Hackathon! Participants had the chance to remix real-world datasets (including testing out the newly announced FME Realize and Data Virtualization), get guidance from Safe Software experts, and fuel their creativity with pizza and drinks. On Wednesday, five teams shared what they built - and wow, it was a close race! A huge congratulations to all the participants, and especially to our winning teams: People’s Choice Award and Best Overall Project Judge’s Choice: Courtney Maxson ​@courtney_m, Erik Bodewitz ​@erik_jan, and Reed Whittington ​@reedwhit with their project FME Rocks. Tied for Second Place Judge’s Choice: Rick Klöpping ​@rickklopping. Michiel Schram ​@michielschram, and Caner Akin ​@canerakin with their project Cut costs in ArcGIS Online by identifying unused items . Tied for Second Place

Safe Software invites you to our FME Breakfast of Champions in Washington, DC on Friday, June 27 from 8:30 am to 11:30 am. Connect with fellow data enthusiasts, learn from industry experts, and discover the latest possibilities with FME. Here’s what you can expect: Breakfast and Networking: Kickstart your day with a delicious light breakfast while connecting with other FME users and data professionals. Get the Latest on FME: Our team will share the latest updates, enhancements, and give you a sneak peek into the future direction of Safe Software and FME. Share Knowledge and Insights: After the presentations, we’ll have additional time to mingle and discuss your data challenges and opportunities with other attendees and Safe staff. This is your chance to gain new inspiration for your data journey! Learn from Customer Stories: Hear directly from a local FME user about how they’re driving their business forward using FME. Plus, get an exclusive look at our Winner's Circle featuring succes

Last week, we hosted our fourth FME Breakfast of Champions meetup in Phoenix, Arizona. Thank you to users ​@bo ​@jklatt ​@bobw ​@jmjanzen ​@sean_works ​@gregrothwell and many others who joined us for a morning of connecting on all things data! A special shoutout to ​@bo (Gistic Research) and ​@jmjanzen (Ak-Chin Indian Community) for sharing their FME user stories with us. We’re looking forward to our next FME Breakfast of Champions in Houston, Texas on April 10. Find the full 2025 schedule here . See you there!

Safe Software invites you to our FME Breakfast of Champions in London, England on Thursday, May 15 from 8:30 am to 11:00 am. Connect with fellow data enthusiasts, learn from industry experts, and discover the latest possibilities with FME. Here’s what you can expect: Breakfast and Networking: Kickstart your day with a delicious light breakfast while connecting with other FME users and data professionals. Get the Latest on FME: Our team will share the latest updates, enhancements, and give you a sneak peek into the future direction of Safe Software and FME. Share Knowledge and Insights: After the presentations, we’ll have additional time to mingle and discuss your data challenges and opportunities with other attendees and Safe staff. This is your chance to gain new inspiration for your data journey! Learn from Customer Stories: Hear directly from a local FME user about how they’re driving their business forward using FME. Plus, get an exclusive look at our Winner's Circle featuring succ

We’re thrilled to announce some important changes to the Ideas Board in the FME Community that will bring more transparency, ease of use, and a clearer view of how your ideas are progressing. As we continue to grow, we’re committed to making sure your input has a direct impact on the development of FME, and we want to ensure you have a simple, effective way to track your ideas and feedback. What’s New? We’ve made several key improvements, making it easier to stay engaged and informed about the ideas you’ve submitted and those shared by users. Here’s a breakdown of the changes: Revised Filtering and Improved Navigation We’ve added tabs at the top for more relevant idea statuses: Open, Gathering Interest, In Development, Released, and All Ideas. Each tab now clearly describes its status. The “New” and “Archived” statuses are now included in the All Ideas tab, streamlining your search experience. (Note: “New” ideas awaiting moderation will appear in the All Ideas tab, but once reviewed ca

Safe Software invites you to our FME Breakfast of Champions in Houston on Thursday, April 10 from 8:30 am to 11:30 am. Connect with fellow data enthusiasts, learn from industry experts, and discover the latest possibilities with FME. Here’s what you can expect: Breakfast and Networking: Kickstart your day with a delicious light breakfast while connecting with other FME users and data professionals. Get the Latest on FME: Our team will share the latest updates, enhancements, and give you a sneak peek into the future direction of Safe Software and FME. Share Knowledge and Insights: After the presentations, we’ll have additional time to mingle and discuss your data challenges and opportunities with other attendees and Safe staff. This is your chance to gain new inspiration for your data journey! Learn from Customer Stories: Hear directly from a local FME user about how they’re driving their business forward using FME. Plus, get an exclusive look at our Winner's Circle featuring success st

Next stop: Phoenix, Arizona! Safe Software invites you to our FME Breakfast of Champions in Phoenix : Thursday, March 27, 2025 from 8:30 am to 11:30 am. Connect with fellow data enthusiasts, learn from industry experts, and discover the latest possibilities with FME. Here’s what you can expect: Breakfast and Networking: Kickstart your day with a delicious light breakfast while connecting with other FME users and data professionals. Get the Latest on FME: Our team will share the latest updates, enhancements, and give you a sneak peek into the future direction of Safe Software and FME. Share Knowledge and Insights: After the presentations, we’ll have additional time to mingle and discuss your data challenges and opportunities with other attendees and Safe staff. This is your chance to gain new inspiration for your data journey! Learn from Customer Stories: Hear directly from a local FME user about how they’re driving their business forward using FME. Plus, get an exclusive look at our Wi

The Integrate Spatial Data learning path is now available for FME 2024.2 on the FME Academy. Unlock the power of your spatial data with FME. Learn the basics of spatial data and conducting basic spatial analysis. Feedback is welcome.

Explore What’s Possible with FME! Join us for the 2025 FME Breakfast of Champions meetup series - where data enthusiasts come together to connect, learn, and share ideas over a delicious breakfast. Hosted by Safe Software, this series brings together industry professionals and FME users across Canada, the U.S., and the UK to explore the latest FME features, industry developments, and real-world solutions. 2025 Meetup Dates & Locations We’re excited to announce the confirmed dates and cities for this year’s series! Find us at: Surrey, BC - February 27 Phoenix, AZ - March 27 Houston, TX - April 10 London, England - May 15 Denver, CO - June 12 Washington, DC - June 27 Calgary, AB - September 11 Toronto, ON - October 17 Kansas City, MI - November 6 Vancouver, BC - November 20 Learn more and register here. Why Attend? Buffet Breakfast & Networking: Eat, greet, and meet fellow data professionals! Get the Latest on FME: Hear directly from CEO Don Murray and the Safe team and learn about the n

Hi FME Community, Gartner has opened nominations for the 2025 Gartner Eye on Innovation Awards - a prestigious opportunity for organizations to gain industry-wide recognition for their most impactful innovations. If you’ve been involved in building innovative solutions with your organization in any of the industries below, we encourage you to submit for this award: Government Advanced Manufacturing Banking & Investing Communication Service Providers Education Healthcare & Life Sciences Power & Utilities Oil & Gas Mid-size Enterprises, and more 📅 Submissions are due by May 30 🔎 Judging takes place in June/July 🏆 Winners are announced in September/October This is a great opportunity to showcase the innovative work you’ve done, gain global industry recognition, and learn from other pioneering initiatives . Find full details and submit here .

Hi FME Community, We wanted to share some recent updates from our community platform provider, Gainsight, along with the steps we're taking to enhance spam prevention and keep the FME Community safe and engaging for everyone! Spam Prevention To strengthen our spam prevention, we’ve added an extra layer of moderator approval. If you signup for a community account using a disposable email service like Gmail or Outlook, your account will now be placed in a queue for moderator approval. It will help us to approve your application if you include information in your profile fields: If your email address is anonymous, and you don't put any information into your profile fields, your account may be banned and not approved. Closing Questions At Safe, we like to ensure that every question on the community gets some form of answer. But, sometimes we miss a ‘new’ question, because it is posted as a comment under an existing thread. To help prevent that, we’ve started to automatically close question

Safe Software invites you to join us for the FME Breakfast of Champions with CEO and Co-Founder Don Murray: Thursday, February 27 from 8:30 am to 11:30 am at the Safe offices in Surrey, BC. Connect with other data enthusiasts, exchange knowledge, and see what's possible with FME. Here's what to expect: Breakfast and Networking: Enjoy a delicious light breakfast as you connect with other data enthusiasts. FME Update and Customer Stories: Hear directly from our team on what's new in FME, including the latest updates and enhancements, and the future direction of Safe and FME. Plus, you'll get a look into our Winner's Circle, featuring customer success stories. User Story: A local user will share the unique ways they use FME to drive their business forward. Share Knowledge: We'll close with additional time to connect with other attendees and Safe staff to share your data challenges and opportunities. Go home with goodies! Attendees can expect to take home some FME swag with them. Register

We’re taking a moment to celebrate some incredible members of our community who have gone above and beyond in their learning journey. These FME users have officially earned the Gold Webinar Watcher Badge - meaning they’ve watched 50 Safe Software webinars! There are only 10 users in the entire community with this badge - congratulations to: ​@vvv ​@sigbono ​@danii ​@gbj1717 ​@j.botterill ​@dana ​@geomancer ​@geogaard ​@hlouie ​@danilo_fme And a special shoutout to ​@dana who has reached the Platinum Badge level for watching 100+ webinars! Here’s what Elizabeth Hamming (​@ehamming), who runs our webinar program, has to say about this milestone... If you’re looking to level up your FME skills, our webinar series is the perfect way to do it! With 300+ live and on-demand sessions, you’ll gain the insights you need to tackle your biggest data challenges - straight from our experts and fellow FME users. Tip: At the end of each webinar, you’ll receive a reward code. Make sure to redeem it on

As of August 2025, the last version of FME which supports 32-bit systems and Python 2.7, FME 2021.2.6, will be out of support and retired. This means that, as of August 2025, 32-bit versions of FME will no longer be supported. To continue to receive technical support for FME, please upgrade your operating systems to 64-bit and download a newer version of FME. If you have any other questions or concerns, please post them in the comments below.

Hi FME Community, We’re reaching out to learn more about FME user groups and how Safe Software can better support their success. If you are part of or lead an FME user group, we’d love your input! This short survey will help us better understand how user groups are structured, the challenges you face, and what resources would be most valuable to you. Your feedback will directly shape how we support and grow the FME user group community. Take the Survey The survey should only take a few minutes to complete, and your insights will help us provide the tools, resources, and connections user groups need to succeed. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me at danielle.leroux@safe.com. Thank you for your time and for being part of the FME community!

We’re honoured to be nominated for EM360Tech's Q4 2024 Content Awards in the "Most Engaging Podcast" category! 🎉 This recognition is for our podcast, How FME is Revolutionizing Omaha's Mobility Projects, and we couldn’t be more proud. Your vote can help us take home the win! 🏆 Cast your vote here: https://lnkd.in/gKwTfXXX Thank you for your support - let’s make it happen together! Voting closes on Wednesday, January 15.

Hi FME Community, Are you ready? The Peak of Data and AI 2025 is less than four months away! Be among the first to witness groundbreaking product launches from FME experts and Safe Software CEO Don Murray as they debut for the very first time. Join us May 6-8 at the Hyatt Regency Seattle for the premier event dedicated to data transformation, integration, automation, and innovation. Over three dynamic days, data enthusiasts, experts, and thought leaders will gather to explore cutting-edge technologies and build connections that drive data-driven solutions. Disruptions are coming. Don’t miss out - Early Bird pricing is available now through February 7, 2025! PS. We’ll also be hosting some fun, FME Community-exclusive activities at the Peak. Stay tuned for more details!

Do you want to help shape the future of FME? At Safe Software, we are always looking to improve our product and provide the best possible experience for you. Your feedback plays a crucial role in this process! Take our short survey to share what’s working well, what needs improvement, and what you’d love to see next in FME. It only takes 3-5 minutes, and we’ll be personally reviewing every response. If you’re interested, you can also opt-in for a follow-up conversation with our Product Management team to discuss your feedback further.

Hello. I’m happy to announce we’ve updated the FME Flow Authoring learning path to FME 2024.1. This free learning path is available as an instructor-led live course or on-demand with videos. Complete all the quizzes in the learning path to earn a certificate and a Community badge. Please let me know if you have any questions.

On Monday, we hosted our second FME Breakfast of Champions meetup in San Francisco. Thank you to users ​@cvonstetten ​@totranmai ​@sjwmf408 ​@formflowing ​@guy.michael_sfo ​@dylanpan and many others who joined us for a morning of connecting on all things data! A special shoutout to Carl Von Stetten for presenting a user story on the many ways Central San uses FME. He also went home with an FME hoodie! Stay tuned for our 2025 meetup schedule coming soon.

GIS Day is coming up on November 20, 2024! Celebrate with the FME Community. Any post or comment you leave on the community on November 20 between 12:00 am and 11:59 pm PST will automatically earn you the GIS Day 2024 community badge. GIS Day is a day dedicated to showing, teaching, and inspiring others. It is an annual celebration of all technologies handling spatial data.

Hi FME Community, We’re excited to be in San Francisco on Monday, November 18 for the second instalment in our user meetup series: FME Breakfast of Champions. Only 10 spots left! Grab your free ticket here and join us at the Fairmont San Francisco from 8:00 am to 10:30 am on November 18. FME Breakfast of Champions is an opportunity to connect with other data enthusiasts, exchange knowledge, and hear directly from our CEO Don Murray on where FME and Safe are going! We’re also thrilled to have Carl Von Stetten join us to share a user story on his work as a GIS Analyst with Central San. Registration is complimentary and spots are limited. We kindly ask that you only register if you plan to attend. All industries welcome. 1-1 Meetings with CEO Don Murray Want more one-on-one time with Safe CEO Don Murray? Book a 30-minute meeting with him on November 18 between 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm at the Fairmont. Limited spots available, first come first served. Book your time slot now.

The Safe Software team is gearing up for the 5th Annual Big Data & Analytics West Summit on November 19-20 in our home region, Vancouver, BC! This is our third year participating in Big Data West, this year as gold sponsors, and we look forward to celebrating the transformative power of data integration! Mark your calendars for our CEO & Co-Founder, Don Murray, as he presents with Carlos Silva of Vancouver Airport Authority, “Beyond Silos: Harnessing the Power of All Data” on November 19th at 11:30 AM (PST). Carlos and Don will delve into the data challenges of the present day and how embracing all types of data is the key to enhancing your organization’s efficiency! Our team looks forward to connecting with you at the conference!

Last Friday, we kicked off our FME Breakfast of Champions user meetup series in Dallas! Thanks to @bneal @danielwortham @laurenc @mshrestha @natalie.watkins @reedwhit and others for joining CEO @donatsafe, Technical Expert @dmitribagh, and Community Team Lead @danielleatsafe. We had so much fun connecting with all of you, and we hope you found the event as enjoyable and valuable as we did. Our next meetup is taking place November 18, 2024 at the Fairmont San Francisco. Additional dates and locations coming soon! Share in the comments where you’d like us to pop up next.

Hi FME Community, We’re excited to announce FME Breakfast of Champions : a new in-person meetup series to connect with other data enthusiasts, exchange knowledge, and see what's possible with FME. Join us at the first meetup in Dallas, Texas on Friday, October 18 from 8:00 am to 10:30 am CDT at Fairmont Dallas. Sign-up here. Here's what to expect: Breakfast and Networking: Enjoy a delicious buffet breakfast as you connect with other data enthusiasts. FME Update and Customer Stories: Hear directly from our CEO and Co-Founder Don Murray on what's new in FME, including the latest updates and enhancements. Plus, you'll get a look into our Winner's Circle, featuring customer success stories. Share Knowledge: We'll close with additional time to connect with other attendees and Safe staff to share your data challenges and opportunities. Go home with goodies! Attendees can expect to take home some FME swag with them. Registration is complimentary and spots are limited. We kindly ask that you o