DGI 2025
10 - 12 February, 2025
Queen Elizabeth II Centre, London
Main Day 1 - 8 February 2022
New Geospatial Intelligence Strategies for National Defence and Security
8:00 am - 8:40 am
Registration and Coffee
8:40 am - 8:45 am
Organiser’s Welcome - Tom Webber, Director, DGI
8:45 am - 8:50 am
Chair’s Welcome Address
Paul Hockel -
Technology Vice President, Intelligence & Homeland Security Division,
General Dynamics Information Technology
Paul Hockel
Technology Vice President, Intelligence & Homeland Security DivisionGeneral Dynamics Information Technology
8:50 am - 9:15 am
CDI Opening Remarks – Key Trends in Defence Intelligence
Lt General James Hockenhull -
Chief of Defence Intelligence, Joint Forces Command,
UK MoD
9:15 am - 9:35 am
UK Keynote – How to Adapt Your National Geospatial Intelligence Strategy to Better Meet the Needs of Modern Defence and Security
Brigadier Paul Lynch -
Commander,
UK’s National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence
9:35 am - 10:00 am
NGA Keynote – The Formula for a World Class Human-Machine GEOINT Team
Mark Andress -
Chief Information Officer and IT Services,
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Mark Andress
Chief Information Officer and IT ServicesNational Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
10:00 am - 10:40 am
Panel with Q&A, Live Polling and Interactive Discussion – How Can You Strengthen Your Critical Partnerships with Allies to Improve Geospatial Intelligence Sharing that will Increase the Success of Your Future Missions?
George Krakie -
Director, NGA Support Team US European Command,
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Linda McCann -
Acting Director,
Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation (AGO)
Captain Andrew Sargeant -
S03 Ops Coord, National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence (NCGI),
UK MoD
Paul Hockel -
Technology Vice President, Intelligence & Homeland Security Division,
General Dynamics Information Technology
Colonel Yannick Michaud -
Director Geospatial Intelligence and Human Intelligence Policy,
Canadian Forces
George Krakie
Director, NGA Support Team US European CommandNational Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Captain Andrew Sargeant
S03 Ops Coord, National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence (NCGI)UK MoD
Paul Hockel
Technology Vice President, Intelligence & Homeland Security DivisionGeneral Dynamics Information Technology
Colonel Yannick Michaud
Director Geospatial Intelligence and Human Intelligence PolicyCanadian Forces
With New Zealand Defence Forces (V) and NGA.
10:40 am - 11:20 am
Coffee Break | Network with your industry peers and friends at our Fair-Trade Peruvian filter coffee & Brew Tea Station
Stay hydrated at our ‘Hydration Station’ of flavoured waters and maybe indulge in a pastry or two at our bakery stand!
Plus we’ve done all the legwork in bringing you relevant hand-picked solution providers under one roof, so you can conveniently meet and evaluate each of them to decide who is best placed to meet your specific Geospatial Intelligence priorities.
10:40 am - 11:25 am
Twickenham Stadium Tour (Invite Only – 25 Participants Max)
SIGN UP ONLY @ REG DESK
– MAX 25 ATTENDEES
Converting Multi-Source Data into Faster Geospatial Intelligence
11:20 am - 11:45 am
Australia Keynote – Consistent, Capable and Connected: Enabling Australia’s National Security and Defence Decision Makers through Geospatial Intelligence Data
Linda McCann -
Acting Director,
Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation (AGO)
11:45 am - 12:05 pm
Innovation Keynote – How to Develop a Digital Twin for Every Mission and Accelerate Operational Decision Making
Randall Billy -
Director International Government Business Development,
Esri
Keep visiting the website for more information about this must-attend session.
12:05 pm - 12:25 pm
Innovation Keynote – How to Convert High-Resolution Imagery into Better Insights for Mission Commanders
Brian O’Toole -
Chief Executive Officer,
BlackSky
Keep visiting the website for more information about this must-attend session.
12:25 pm - 1:05 pm
Panel with Q&A and Live Polling – How Can You Improve the Way You Manage, Analyse and Share Multi-Source Geospatial Intelligence Data to Enhance Decision Making in Multinational Missions?
Jeff Builta -
Director, NGA Support Team UK,
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
Major Andrew Smith -
Officer Commander, 13 Squadron, 42 Engineering Regiment,
UK MoD
John Kedar -
Geospatial Strategy Advisor,
John Kedar
Giuseppe Nobile -
Head, Geospatial Section, SITCEN,
NATO HQ
Robbie Schingler -
Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer,
Planet
1:05 pm - 2:00 pm
Lunch Break
Network with your industry peers and friends over British, warming winter dishes - hot pots, Yorkshire puddings, roast lamb and more…
Plus network with hand-picked solution providers.
1:05 pm - 2:00 pm
[FULLY BOOKED] Women in Intelligence Lunch with Guest Presentation
SIGN UP ONLY - MAX 20 ATTENDEES
Relax over lunch, and hear from women in the industry and the men who support them. The perfect opportunity to establish new industry connections and friendships and get tonnes of advice from those leading the way.
Track A – Leveraging Commercial Geo Innovation
2:00 pm - 2:00 pm Chair’s Welcome Address Creel O’Neil - Special Programs Account Executive, Spire Global
Track A – Leveraging Commercial Geo Innovation
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm Presentation – How to Identify and Address Challenges when Managing Modern Geospatial Data Sets Dan Visone - Director, Systems Acquisition, Army Geospatial Center, US Army George O' Hanian - Branch Chief, Military Engineering and Survey Support, US Army Geospatial Center
Track A – Leveraging Commercial Geo Innovation
2:20 pm - 2:40 pm Innovation Presentation – How Can You Leverage Micro Satellites to Speed Up Decision Making in Missions Steve Young - Vice President, Business Development and Sales, ICEYE
Track A – Leveraging Commercial Geo Innovation
2:40 pm - 3:20 pm Panel with Q&A and Live Polling – How Can You Select the Right Commercial Imagery Model for the Diverse Requirements of All Your Missions? James (Jim) Hill - Research Engineer, Technology, Knowledge and Outreach Division ERDC Office of Research and Technology Transfer (ORTT), US Army Richard Atkins - Collection Management Lead, National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence – Analysis Jessica Klassen - PhD, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Dr. John T. Wills - Head of Sales, Airbus - Intelligence (UK)Find out about the latest models for sourcing and acquiring commercial imagery so you can develop a more informed.
James (Jim) Hill
Research Engineer, Technology, Knowledge and Outreach Division ERDC Office of Research and Technology Transfer (ORTT)US Army
Richard Atkins
Collection Management LeadNational Centre for Geospatial Intelligence – Analysis
Also with:
NGA
UK Strategic Command
Open for Industry
Moderator – Open for Industry
Track B – Exploiting Multi-Source Geo Data
2:00 pm - 2:00 pm Chair’s Welcome Address Scott Simmons - Director, Chief Standards Officer
Track B – Exploiting Multi-Source Geo Data
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm Presentation – How Can You Enhance Your Existing Multi-Source Imagery Exploitation Strategy to Give Commanders a More Complete Operational Picture? Lt Colonel Alexander Harris - Commanding Officer, 42 Engineering Regiment, UK MoDTrack B – Exploiting Multi-Source Geo Data
2:20 pm - 2:40 pm Innovation Presentation – Combining Commercial and Sovereign data to heighten Situational Awareness: towards AI/ML-powered GEOINT Mathieu Goebel - VP Sales Europe, Preligens
Track B – Exploiting Multi-Source Geo Data
2:40 pm - 3:20 pm Panel with Q&A and Live Polling – How Can You Use Data Automation, Analytics and AI to Capture Even More Insight from Across All Your Data Sources? Lt Colonel Catherine Marchetti - Commanding Officer, Canadian Forces Joint Imagery Center George O' Hanian - Branch Chief, Military Engineering and Survey Support, US Army Geospatial Center Dennis Bowerman - Director of Analytic Operations, National Geospatial-Intelligence AgencyBenefit from recent operational AI use cases so you can find out how to benefit from the advantages of employing automation in a diverse range of geospatial intelligence missions.
George O' Hanian
Branch Chief, Military Engineering and Survey SupportUS Army Geospatial Center
Also with:
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
UK Strategic Command
Open for Industry
Moderator – Open for Industry
Track C – Rethinking Support for Climate and Disaster Management
2:00 pm - 2:00 pm Chair’s Welcome Address Colonel (ret’d) Steven D. Fleming - Ph.D., Professor of the Practice, Spatial Sciences Institute, USC Dana and David Dornsife, University of Southern California
Colonel (ret’d) Steven D. Fleming
Ph.D., Professor of the Practice, Spatial Sciences Institute, USC Dana and David DornsifeUniversity of Southern California
Track C – Rethinking Support for Climate and Disaster Management
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm Presentation - How Can You Leverage and Share Geospatial Data and Intelligence to Identify and Respond to Climate Change, Natural Disasters and Humanitarian Crises Sooner? Capt Damon Mitchell - Operational Support Team, 16 Geo Support Sqn, 42 Engr Regt (Geo), UK MoD
Track C – Rethinking Support for Climate and Disaster Management
2:20 pm - 2:40 pm Innovation Presentation – How to Achieve Persistent Situational Awareness for Better Support to Disaster Management Missions Milo Vejraska - Director of Solutions Engineering, Capella Space
Track C – Rethinking Support for Climate and Disaster Management
2:40 pm - 3:20 pm Panel with Q&A and Live Polling – How Can You Mitigate Risks to National Security as a Result of Increasingly Frequent Extreme Weather Events? Einar Bjorgo - Director, UNOSAT, United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Emiliano Kargieman - Chief Executive Officer, Satellogic Colonel Samuel Gelzer - Head of GEOINT, Swiss Armed Forces Colonel (ret’d) Steven D. Fleming - Ph.D., Professor of the Practice, Spatial Sciences Institute, USC Dana and David Dornsife, University of Southern CaliforniaDiscover how to use existing geospatial intelligence capabilities at national and multi-national levels to predict extreme weather events and avoid loss of life as climate change impacts increasingly more areas of modern civilian and military operations.
Colonel Samuel Gelzer
Head of GEOINTSwiss Armed Forces
Colonel (ret’d) Steven D. Fleming
Ph.D., Professor of the Practice, Spatial Sciences Institute, USC Dana and David DornsifeUniversity of Southern California
Also with:
Moderator – Open for Industry
Track D – New Strategies to Compete in Space
2:00 pm - 2:00 pm Chair’s Welcome Address Rich Laing - Senior Scientist, Joint Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance, NCI AgencyRich Laing
Senior Scientist, Joint Intelligence Surveillance and ReconnaissanceNCI Agency
Track D – New Strategies to Compete in Space
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm Presentation – How to Develop a National Space Capability to Compete in an Increasingly Contested and Congested Domain? John Robson - Deputy Chief, NGA Support Team United States Space Command (SPACECOM), National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)UK Strategic Command
Find out how the UK developed its first national Space strategy so you can benefit from lessons learnt on the journey to creating a new national security capability.
John Robson
Deputy Chief, NGA Support Team United States Space Command (SPACECOM)National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
Track D – New Strategies to Compete in Space
2:20 pm - 2:40 pm Presentation – How Agile Acquisition is Delivering Transformative Results in the UK PICASSO Programme and Enabling Better Geospatial Intelligence Capability Dan Ferriday - Imagery and Geospatial System (IMaGE) Programme Manager, Intelligence Systems, Defence Digital, UK MoD
Dan Ferriday
Imagery and Geospatial System (IMaGE) Programme Manager, Intelligence Systems, Defence DigitalUK MoD
Track D – New Strategies to Compete in Space
2:40 pm - 3:20 pm Panel with Q&A and Live Polling – How Can You Develop the Right International Partnerships to Evolve Your National Space Enterprise in Line with the Security Requirements of Your Allies? Beatrice Sabatella - GIS Space Expert, NATO HQ Timothy D. Randall - GEOINT Mission Manager, Space and Counterspace, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Rich Laing - Senior Scientist, Joint Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance, NCI AgencyFind out what you need to change in your partnerships in Space now so you prioritise the needs and requirements of your Allies and avoid costly u-turns and strained relationships in future multinational missions in Space
Timothy D. Randall
GEOINT Mission Manager, Space and CounterspaceNational Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
Rich Laing
Senior Scientist, Joint Intelligence Surveillance and ReconnaissanceNCI Agency
With:
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
UK Strategic Command
Open for Industry
Moderator – Open for Industry
3:20 pm - 3:50 pm
Coffee Break | Network with your industry peers and friends at our Fair-Trade Peruvian filter coffee & Brew Tea Station
Stay hydrated at our ‘Hydration Station’ of flavoured waters) and why not treat yourself to a sweet treat or two – flapjacks, cookies, chocolate bars or fruit bars!
Plus we’ve done all the legwork in bringing you relevant hand-picked solution providers under one roof, so you can conveniently meet and evaluate each of them to decide who is best placed to meet your specific Geospatial Intelligence priorities
3:20 pm - 4:05 pm
Twickenham Stadium Tour (Invite Only – 25 Participants Max)
SIGN UP ONLY @ REG DESK
– MAX 25 ATTENDEES
Enhancing Interoperability for Future Coalition Missions
3:50 pm - 4:00 pm
Chair's Welcome Address
John Kedar -
Geospatial Strategy Advisor,
John Kedar
4:00 pm - 4:40 pm
Panel Discussion – How Can You Apply Lessons Learnt from Modern Operational Use Cases of GEOINT Interoperability in Practice?
Scott Simmons -
Director,
Chief Standards Officer
Colonel Roly Cockwell -
Dep Head GEOINT, Joint User Intelligence & Cyber, Defence Intelligence, Strategic Command,
UK MoD
Paul Lacey -
DGRA Lead,
Defence Geospatial Information Working Group (DGIWG)
George Krakie -
Director, NGA Support Team US European Command,
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Randy Fofi -
Chairman, GEOINT Committee,
NATO HQ
Colonel Roly Cockwell
Dep Head GEOINT, Joint User Intelligence & Cyber, Defence Intelligence, Strategic CommandUK MoD
Paul Lacey
DGRA LeadDefence Geospatial Information Working Group (DGIWG)
George Krakie
Director, NGA Support Team US European CommandNational Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Also with:
NGA
4:40 pm - 5:00 pm
Innovation Keynote – Achieving Trust and Assurance in the Future GeoInt Enterprise
Keith Johnson -
Senior Vice President, Global Capabilities,
Leidos Intelligence Group
5:00 pm - 5:40 pm
Closing Panel with Q&A and Live Polling – How Can You Partner with Industry to Practically Apply Automation, AI and ML, Continuously Enhance the Quality of Your Analysis and Be More Interoperable in Coalition Missions?
Keith Barber -
Chief Operating Officer,
Tanzle
Air Commodore Peter Round -
Chairman,
Kleos Space
James McCool -
Director Data & Digital Innovation,
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
Colonel (ret’d) Steven D. Fleming -
Ph.D., Professor of the Practice, Spatial Sciences Institute, USC Dana and David Dornsife,
University of Southern California
James McCool
Director Data & Digital InnovationNational Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
Colonel (ret’d) Steven D. Fleming
Ph.D., Professor of the Practice, Spatial Sciences Institute, USC Dana and David DornsifeUniversity of Southern California
With:
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
UK Strategic Command
Kleos Space
Tanzle
Moderator – Open for Industry
5:40 pm - 5:45 pm
Chair's Closing Remarks
John Kedar -
Geospatial Strategy Advisor,
John Kedar
5:45 pm - 5:45 pm
Rugby Six Nations Networking Drinks Reception
Sponsor opportunities: 6 Nations Rugby Stands (Whiskey, Wine, Beer)