DGI 2025
10 - 12 February, 2025
Queen Elizabeth II Centre, London
Main Day 2 | 11th February
Fuse, Analyse and Exploit: Fusing Data, Augmenting the Analyst and Accelerating Exploitation & Interoperability for Multi Domain Missions
8:00 am - 8:45 am
Augmenting the Analyst Breakfast – How Can You Educate and Upskill Your Analysts and Operators to Succeed in the Age of AI?
Professor Todd Bacastow -
Professor of Practice for Geospatial Intelligence,
Penn State University
Leanne Sulewski -
Analytic Methodologist,
US DoD
8:00 am - 8:45 am
Future of Public-Private Partnerships Breakfast – The Role Of Governments In Maintaining A Viable Industry... Debunking The Myth The Market Alone Can Sustain It
Gary Dunow -
Vice President for Strategic Development,
United States Geospatial-Intelligence Foundation (USGIF)
Gary Dunow
Vice President for Strategic DevelopmentUnited States Geospatial-Intelligence Foundation (USGIF)
8:45 am - 8:50 am
Organiser’s Welcome: Tom Webber, Editorial Director
8:50 am - 8:55 am
Chair’s Welcome Address
Major General Matt Jones -
Director, ISR, Defence Intelligence,
UK MoD
8:55 am - 9:00 am
Commander Strategic Command Opening Remarks
Human-Machine Teaming in the Age of AI & Quantum
9:00 am - 9:20 am
NGA Keynote with Q&A and Live Polling – How Can You Improve Man Machine Teaming to Harness the Potential of AI-augmented GEOINT and Quantum-enabled Processing whilst Addressing the Growing Cyber Threat?
Towards Interoperable Geospatial Intelligence
9:20 am - 9:40 am
ODNI Keynote with Q&A and Live Polling – How Can You Design and Implement a Data Strategy Which Delivers Greater Interoperability For Your Intelligence Community?
Lori Wade -
Chief Data Officer, US Intelligence Community,
Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
Lori Wade
Chief Data Officer, US Intelligence CommunityOffice of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
9:40 am - 10:20 am
UK DI Keynote with Q&A and Live Polling – How Can You Strike the Right Balance to Fuse, Analyse and Exploit More Interoperable Geospatial Intelligence for Multi-Domain Missions?
Air Commodore Mark Ridgway -
Commander,
National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence (NCGI)
10:20 am - 11:00 am
Leadership Panel with Q&A and Live Polling – Leadership Panel with Q&A and Live Polling – How Can We Reshape Commercial Partnership Models in Defence Intelligence, Accelerate the Delivery of Mission Data & Analytics and Drive Interoperability?
Shawn B. Stith -
Chair, Advisory Committee on GEOINT and IMINT (NACGI),
NATO HQ
Shelby Pierson -
Deputy Associate Director for Operations,
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Paul O’Hanlon -
Senior Solutions Architect,
Leidos
Alexandra Luck -
Head of Programme, National Digital Twin Programme (NDTP),
UK Department for Business and Trade
Shelby Pierson
Deputy Associate Director for OperationsNational Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Paul O’Hanlon
Senior Solutions ArchitectLeidos
Alexandra Luck
Head of Programme, National Digital Twin Programme (NDTP)UK Department for Business and Trade
11:00 am - 11:40 am
Morning Coffee and Networking Break
11:00 am - 11:40 am
Generative AI Workshops – How Can You Ready Your Analysts and Operators to Make Smarter Use of Data and AI as Part of Their Ongoing Training without Losing Sight of Proven Skills and Tradecraft?
Fusing & Exploiting Geospatial Data & Analytics
11:40 am - 12:00 pm
Esri Keynote with Q&A and Live Polling – Title TBC
Randall Billy -
Director, Global National Government Sector,
Esri
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
Blacksky Keynote with Q&A and Live Polling – Title TBC
Brian O’Toole -
Chief Executive Officer,
BlackSky
12:20 pm - 1:00 pm
Leadership Panel with Q&A and Live Polling - How Can You Successfully Fuse and Analyse Huge, Complex Geospatial Data Sets and Produce Superior Intelligence for Multi-Domain Missions?
Devin Brande -
Director, Commercial Operations Group,
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Brigadier General Eric Vandenberg -
Director General Intelligence Enterprise,
Canadian Armed Forces
Kathryn McMullan -
Director,
Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation
Commander Martin Walker -
Director Geospatial Intelligence New Zealand,
New Zealand Defence Forces
Air Commodore Mark Ridgway -
Commander,
National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence (NCGI)
Brigadier General Eric Vandenberg
Director General Intelligence EnterpriseCanadian Armed Forces
Commander Martin Walker
Director Geospatial Intelligence New ZealandNew Zealand Defence Forces
1:00 pm - 1:55 pm
Lunch Break
1:00 pm - 1:55 pm
Women in Intelligence VIP Lunch
Track A – Leveraging Commercial Imagery
1:55 pm - 2:00 pm Chair’s Opening RemarksTrack A – Leveraging Commercial Imagery
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm Presentation with Q&A and Live Polling – How the UK is Modernising Imagery Collection and Analysis to Deliver Optimal Geospatial Intelligence to Tactical Operators Colonel Matthew Smith - Imagery & Geospatial System (IMaGE) Programme Manager, Intelligence Systems, Defence Digital, UK MoD
Colonel Matthew Smith
Imagery & Geospatial System (IMaGE) Programme Manager, Intelligence Systems, Defence DigitalUK MoD
Track A – Leveraging Commercial Imagery
2:20 pm - 2:40 pm Presentation with Q&A and Live Polling – Title TBC John Cartwright - Head of Data Product, ICEYE
Track A – Leveraging Commercial Imagery
2:40 pm - 3:00 pm Presentation with Q&A and Live Polling – Title TBC Milo Vejraska - Director of Solutions Engineering, Capella Space
Track A – Leveraging Commercial Imagery
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Fireside Chat with Q&A and Live Polling – How Can You Plug Gaps to Deliver Fresher, Higher Resolution Imagery in Real Time and Generate Actionable Intelligence for Dynamic Multi-Domain Missions? Master Sergeant Joshua Chaney - Geospatial Intelligence Chief, Information Intelligence Division (IID), US Marine Corps Major Hasnul Hady bin Karim - Head of Imagery Intelligence, Malaysian Defence Intelligence Organisation (MDIO) Jim Hill - Technical Research Engineer, Office of Research and Technology Transfer, Engineer Research and Development Center, US ArmyMaster Sergeant Joshua Chaney
Geospatial Intelligence Chief, Information Intelligence Division (IID)US Marine Corps
Major Hasnul Hady bin Karim
Head of Imagery IntelligenceMalaysian Defence Intelligence Organisation (MDIO)
Jim Hill
Technical Research Engineer, Office of Research and Technology Transfer, Engineer Research and Development CenterUS Army
Track B – Fusing Multi-Source Geospatial Data
1:55 pm - 2:00 pm Chair’s Opening RemarksTrack B – Fusing Multi-Source Geospatial Data
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm Joint Keynote with Q&A and Live Polling – How Can You Effectively Fuse Unclassified and Classified Geospatial Data into a Richer, Actionable Intelligence Product for Use in Near Real Time? Ian Spencer - Head of Foundation and Director, Defence Geographic Centre, National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence Allison Patrick - Acting Assistant Secretary, Foundation Geospatial Branch, Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation
Track B – Fusing Multi-Source Geospatial Data
2:20 pm - 2:40 pm Presentation with Q&A and Live Polling – Title TBC Tony Giles - Senior Solution Engineer - European National Government Team, Esri
Track B – Fusing Multi-Source Geospatial Data
2:40 pm - 3:00 pm Presentation with Q&A and Live Polling – How to Develop and Share Open Source Geospatial Intelligence where it is Needed First? Chris Rasmussen - Tearline Project Manager, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Track B – Fusing Multi-Source Geospatial Data
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Fireside Chat with Q&A and Live Polling - How Can You Source, Fuse and Exploit Trustworthy Unclassified Geospatial Data as Part of a Coherent, All-Source Intelligence Strategy that is Relevant for Modern Missions? Manuel Fiol - Senior Geospatial Analyst, United Nations Satellite Centre, United Nations Institute for Training and Research Professor Zena Wood - Director, Defence Data Research Centre, University of Exeter
Track C – Exploiting AI-enabled Analysis at Scale
1:55 pm - 2:00 pm Chair’s Opening RemarksTrack C – Exploiting AI-enabled Analysis at Scale
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm Presentation with Q&A and Live Polling – How the UK is Planning to Leverage AI in the Analysis Process at Scale and Enable Faster Decision Making in Operations Mihaela Sorostrianan - GIS Project Manager, Geospatial Section, SITCEN, IS-Operations, NATO HQ
Track C – Exploiting AI-enabled Analysis at Scale
2:20 pm - 2:40 pm Presentation with Q&A and Live Polling – Lessons Learnt from Civil-Military Collaboration and Exchange of Geospatial Intelligence to Dispose of WW2 Bombs Robert Goldsmith - Geospatial Manager, Devon and Cornwall Police
Track C – Exploiting AI-enabled Analysis at Scale
2:40 pm - 3:00 pm Presentation with Q&A and Live Polling – Title TBC Jean-Yves Courtois - CEO, Preligens
Track C – Exploiting AI-enabled Analysis at Scale
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Fireside Chat with Q&A and Live Polling - How Can You Integrate AI into Analyst Workflows, Design and Implement Relevant Training on the Application of AI and Accelerate Authoritative Analysis? Amanda Po - Geographer – Training Engagements Lead, Geospatial-Engineering Support Team (GST), USACE Army Geospatial Center Colonel Dan Pomirleanu - Chief Geospatial Intelligence Officer, Romania MoD Alex Berger - Deputy Director, International Operations and Partnerships, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Amanda Po
Geographer – Training Engagements Lead, Geospatial-Engineering Support Team (GST)USACE Army Geospatial Center
Alex Berger
Deputy Director, International Operations and PartnershipsNational Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Track D – Tech Workshops
1:55 pm - 2:40 pm How to Leverage Quantum Computing to Accelerate Trustworthy Analysis of Massive Geo Data Sets Muhammad Usman - Head of Quantum Systems, CSIRO
Track D – Tech Workshops
2:40 pm - 3:00 pm How to Integrate Generative AI into Your Existing Geospatial Intelligence Analysis Strategy without Disrupting Ongoing ProcessesTrack D – Tech Workshops
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm How to Exploit the Advantages of Magnetic Mapping as You Modernise Your Existing GEOINT Collection Strategy
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Afternoon Coffee and Networking Break
Modernising Your Geospatial Data & Analytics Strategy
4:00 pm - 4:20 pm
USMC Keynote with Q&A and Live Polling – Designing and Implementing the Strategy that Meets the Needs of the Analyst in High Tempo Missions
4:20 pm - 4:40 pm
BAE Systems Keynote with Q&A and Live Polling – Title TBC
Stefan Kolendo -
EMEA Business Development Manager, Geospatial Exploitation Products (GXP) Group,
BAE Systems
Stefan Kolendo
EMEA Business Development Manager, Geospatial Exploitation Products (GXP) GroupBAE Systems
4:40 pm - 5:00 pm
Fireside Chat with Q&A and Live Polling – How Can You Adapt Your Data & Analytics Strategy to Democratise Access to Interoperable Geospatial Intelligence for Modern Multi-Domain Missions?
George Ohanian -
Director, Warfighter Support Directorate,
US Army Geospatial Center
Iain Burnell -
Senior Scientist,
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl)
Mark Grygier -
Chief, GEOINT Branch,
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Quantum-enabled GEOINT
5:00 pm - 5:20 pm
Guest S&T Address – Real-World Applications of Quantum Processing in Geospatial Intelligence to Accelerate Decision Support in Future Missions
Muhammad Usman -
Head of Quantum Systems,
CSIRO
Innovation in Analysis
5:20 pm - 6:00 pm
Dragons’ Den with Live Voting – Revealing 3 Start-Ups Who Can Help You to Fuse Structured and Unstructured Data Whilst Validating Sources and Augmenting the Analyst
Clayton Williams -
Managing Director,
In-Q-Tel
Roly Cockwell -
Deputy Head and Head of Technology, National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence,
UK Strategic Command
Matt Roper -
Group Head, NATO Owned Systems Joint Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance,
NATO Communications and Information Agency
Roly Cockwell
Deputy Head and Head of Technology, National Centre for Geospatial IntelligenceUK Strategic Command
Matt Roper
Group Head, NATO Owned Systems Joint Intelligence, Surveillance & ReconnaissanceNATO Communications and Information Agency
6:00 pm - 6:05 pm
Chair’s Closing Remarks
6:05 pm - 7:30 pm
Main Drinks Reception – Open for Sponsor
6:05 pm - 7:30 pm
Hosted Dinner (Invite Only)