DGI 2025
10 - 12 February, 2025
Queen Elizabeth II Centre, London
Main Day 3 | 12th February
Future of Collaboration and Partnership: Building Trust, Driving Collaboration & Expanding Partnerships in GEOINT
8:00 am - 8:40 am
Interoperability Breakfast – How Can You Develop Data Architecture to Drive Interoperability and Foster More Cooperation and Collaboration?
8:00 am - 8:40 am
Diversity and Inclusion Breakfast – How to Diversify Your Network Among International Geospatial Intelligence Leaders
Ingrid Vanden Berghe -
Director General,
Belgium National Mapping Agency
8:40 am - 8:45 am
Organiser’s Welcome: Tom Webber, Editorial Director
8:45 am - 9:00 am
Chair’s Opening Remarks
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Minister’s Remarks – Cross-Government Collaboration to Developing Digital Twins & A National Geospatial Strategy
Building Stronger Defence Partnerships
9:10 am - 9:30 am
Opening Keynote with Q&A and Live Polling – Building Stronger Partnerships to Deliver Security in Europe
Scott Bray -
Assistant Secretary General for Intelligence and Security,
NATO HQ
Persistent ISR for Security in Europe
9:30 am - 9:50 am
NATO ISR Keynote with Q&A and Live Polling – Modernising to Deliver Enhanced Situational Awareness for NATO Mission Partners
Interoperable Geospatial Intelligence
9:50 am - 10:10 am
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)
GEOINT in APAC
10:10 am - 10:50 am
Leadership Panel with Q&A and Live Polling – How Can Mission Partners Operating in APAC Collaborate Differently on the Production and Exchange of Geospatial Intelligence to Deliver Greater Levels of Security in the Region?
10:50 am - 11:30 am
Morning Coffee and Networking Break
10:50 am - 11:30 am
Workshop – Creating the Reality of the 3D Digital Twin
Protecting Maritime Assets and Critical Infrastructure
11:30 am - 11:50 am
Guest Oil & Gas Address – How Proactive Civil-Military Collaboration Led to Effective Identification and Protection of Undersea Cabling for Norway and Its Maritime Partners
Per Olav Foss -
Head of Operations,
Equinor
11:50 am - 12:10 pm
UnseenLabs Keynote with Q&A and Live Polling – How to Leverage the Latest Innovations in Maritime Domain Remote Sensing to Track and Trace Any Ship Anywhere Anytime
Olivier Michel -
VP Sales,
UnseenLabs
12:10 pm - 12:40 pm
Fireside Chat with Q&A and Live Polling - How Can You Make Smarter Investments in Maritime Data, Bathymetry and Mapping of the Seafloor to Protect More of Your Undersea Critical Infrastructure and Detect Sub-surface Threats Faster?
Wayne Elliott -
Head of Defence,
UK Met Office
Jeremy Churcher -
Head of Defence,
UK Hydrographic Office
Voice of the Operator
12:40 pm - 1:00 pm
Lessons Learnt from Ongoing Operations – What are the Realities of Modern Missions for Operators and Analysts and Do They Have What They Need to Succeed?
1:00 pm - 1:55 pm
Lunch Break
1:00 pm - 1:55 pm
Diversity & Inclusion VIP Lunch
Contact ellen.gowie@wbr.co.uk to host this lunch
Track A - Commercial Imagery for Multinational Missions
1:55 pm - 2:00 pm Chair’s Opening RemarksContact ellen.gowie@wbr.co.uk to chair here
Track A - Commercial Imagery for Multinational Missions
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm Keynote with Q&A and Live Polling – How Can R&D Support Mission Requirements for Sharing Geospatial Intelligence?Track A - Commercial Imagery for Multinational Missions
2:20 pm - 2:30 pm Innovation Spotlight – Title TBCContact ellen.gowie@wbr.co.uk to speak here
Track A - Commercial Imagery for Multinational Missions
2:30 pm - 2:40 pm Innovation Spotlight – Title TBCContact ellen.gowie@wbr.co.uk to speak here
Track A - Commercial Imagery for Multinational Missions
2:40 pm - 3:10 pm Fireside Chat with Q&A and Live Polling – How Can You Foster More Relevant Cooperation and Collaboration between Civilian, Military and Non-Governmental Organisations? Colonel Samuel Gelzer - Head of Imagery Intelligence Centre, Swiss Armed Forces Brigadier General Friedrich Teichmann - Director, Geospatial Intelligence Institute, Austrian Armed Forces Scott Simmons - Head of Standards, Open Geospatial ConsortiumContact ellen.gowie@wbr.co.uk to join this panel
Brigadier General Friedrich Teichmann
Director, Geospatial Intelligence InstituteAustrian Armed Forces
Track B - Interoperable, Standardised Geo Data & Analytics
1:55 pm - 2:00 pm Chair’s Opening RemarksContact ellen.gowie@wbr.co.uk to chair here
Track B - Interoperable, Standardised Geo Data & Analytics
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm Keynote with Q&A and Live Polling – Lessons Learnt From Real-World Uses of GIS for Intelligence John Teufert - Branch Head, Joint ISR, NATO Communications and Information Agency
Track B - Interoperable, Standardised Geo Data & Analytics
2:20 pm - 2:30 pm Innovation Spotlight – Title TBCContact ellen.gowie@wbr.co.uk to speak here
Track B - Interoperable, Standardised Geo Data & Analytics
2:30 pm - 2:40 pm Innovation Spotlight – Title TBCContact ellen.gowie@wbr.co.uk to speak here
Track B - Interoperable, Standardised Geo Data & Analytics
2:40 pm - 3:10 pm Fireside Chat with Q&A and Live Polling – How Can You Leverage Standardisation to Provide Access to Interoperable Geospatial Intelligence for Multinational Missions? Christy Monaco - Head of Operations, Open Geospatial Consortium
Track C – Climate & Environmental Security
1:55 pm - 2:00 pm Chair’s Opening RemarksContact ellen.gowie@wbr.co.uk to chair here
Track C – Climate & Environmental Security
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm Keynote with Q&A and Live Polling – Modernising Approaches to Bathymetry for Mission Planning Bret Rodgers - Senior Geographer, US Marine Corps Intelligence Activity
Track C – Climate & Environmental Security
2:20 pm - 2:40 pm Presentation with Q&A and Live Polling – How will Climate Change Impact on Water Security in Future Missions? Heather Speight - Supervisory Hydrologist, Chief, Water and Environmental Decision Support, US Army Geospatial Center
Heather Speight
Supervisory Hydrologist, Chief, Water and Environmental Decision SupportUS Army Geospatial Center
Track C – Climate & Environmental Security
2:40 pm - 3:10 pm Fireside Chat with Q&A and Live Polling – How Can You Continuously Adapt Your Geospatial Intelligence Strategy to Account for Climate-Induced, Environmental Changes with Far-reaching Security Implications? Wayne Elliott - Head of Defence, UK Met Office Lyston Lea - Member of the Advisory Board, Center for Climate and Security
Track D – Workshops
1:55 pm - 2:20 pm Workshop - Title TBCContact ellen.gowie@wbr.co.uk to lead this workshop
Track D – Workshops
2:20 pm - 3:10 pm Workshop - Title TBCContact ellen.gowie@wbr.co.uk to lead this workshop
3:10 pm - 3:40 pm
Afternoon Coffee and Networking Break
Mapping the High Arctic
3:40 pm - 4:00 pm
Fireside Chat with Q&A and Live Polling – How Can Nations Collaborate to Map, Navigate and Protect the High Arctic?
Brigadier General Eric Vandenberg -
Director General Intelligence Enterprise,
Canadian Armed Forces
Alex Berger -
Deputy Director for International Operations and Partnerships,
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
Unmanned Maritime Systems
4:00 pm - 4:20 pm
Joint Keynote with Q&A and Live Polling - REPMUS Update: Lessons Learnt Experimenting with Maritime Unmanned System Interoperability
Alexandra Luck -
Head of Programme, National Digital Twin Programme (NDTP),
UK Department for Business and Trade
Alexandra Luck
Head of Programme, National Digital Twin Programme (NDTP)UK Department for Business and Trade
