Main Day 2 - 9 February 2022

Track A – Leveraging Commercial Geo Innovation for Coalition Missions

2:00 pm - 2:00 pm Chair's Welcome Address

James (Jim) Hill - Research Engineer, Technology, Knowledge and Outreach Division ERDC Office of Research and Technology Transfer (ORTT), US Army

Track A – Leveraging Commercial Geo Innovation for Coalition Missions

2:00 pm - 2:20 pm Joint Presentation – NATO Geospatial Support During The Kabul Evacuation Operations - A Delivery And Customer Perspective

Jolanta Dziak - Head GEOINT, Polish Operations Command Kyle Krattiger - ISR Software Capabilities, NATO’s Communications and Information Agency (NCIA)

Track A – Leveraging Commercial Geo Innovation for Coalition Missions

2:40 pm - 3:20 pm Panel with Q&A and Live Polling – How Can You Leverage Smaller and More Affordable Satellites to Upgrade Your Intelligence Network and Boost Surveillance?

Richard Atkins - Collection Management Lead, National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence – Analysis Colonel Dan Pomirleanu - Head of GEOINT, Romania MoD Jared Newton - Commercial and Business Operations Technical Executive, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) James (Jim) Hill - Research Engineer, Technology, Knowledge and Outreach Division ERDC Office of Research and Technology Transfer (ORTT), US Army

Track B – Exploiting Multi-Source Geo Data for Coalition Operations

2:00 pm - 2:00 pm Chair's Welcome Address

Nigel Press - Former Chairman, MapAction

Track B – Exploiting Multi-Source Geo Data for Coalition Operations

2:00 pm - 2:20 pm Presentation – How to Exploit and Share Multi-source Geo Data and Ensure Your Coalition Missions Operators Have Access to the Right Information at the Right Time?

Bret Rodgers - Senior Geographer, US Marine Corps Intelligence Activity Doug Way - Chief Geospatial Scientist, MAXAR

Track B – Exploiting Multi-Source Geo Data for Coalition Operations

2:40 pm - 3:20 pm Lightning Presentations with Q&A – How Can You Leverage the Next Advances in AI, ML and Automation of Analysis of Ever Greater Volumes of Data in Less Time?

Victoria Nockles - DSTL Radio Frequency Fellow, Alan Turing Institute Ana Basiri - Professor of Geospatial Data Science, University of Glasgow Alexander Babuta - Lead in the Defence and Security Programm, Alan Turing Institute

Track C – Prioritising Interoperability by Design

2:00 pm - 2:00 pm Chair’s Welcome Address

Scott Simmons - Director, Chief Standards Officer

Track C – Prioritising Interoperability by Design

2:00 pm - 2:20 pm Presentation – How to Work With Your Partners to Best Leverage New and Emerging Trends in Standards and Interoperability

Scott Simmons - Director, Chief Standards Officer

Track C – Prioritising Interoperability by Design

2:20 pm - 2:40 pm Presentation – How Can Reference Architecture Enhance Interoperability? Introducing the Defence Geospatial Information Working Group (DGIWG) Geospatial Reference Architecture (DGRA)

Paul Lacey - DGRA Lead, Defence Geospatial Information Working Group (DGIWG)

Track C – Prioritising Interoperability by Design

2:40 pm - 3:20 pm Panel with Q&A and Live Polling – How Can You Improve Collaboration on Geospatial Intelligence Interoperability to Minimise Risks and Threats to Future Coalition Missions?

Marlene Meyer - National Geospatial Officer, Joint GEOMETOC Support Centre, Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation Wing Commander Jason Vaughan - Officer Commanding, GEOINT Tech Ops Unit, National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence (NCGI) Colonel Roly Cockwell - Dep Head GEOINT, Joint User Intelligence & Cyber, Defence Intelligence, Strategic Command, UK MoD Jonas Skinner - Chief, Advanced Capabilities Branch, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)

Track D – Innovating Skills, Training and Tradecraft

2:00 pm - 2:00 pm Chair’s Welcome Address

Professor Todd Bacastow - Teaching Professor of Geospatial Intelligence, Department of Geography, Penn State University

Track D – Innovating Skills, Training and Tradecraft

2:00 pm - 2:20 pm Presentation - GEOINT Education in the US: Preparing the Next Generation

Professor Todd Bacastow - Teaching Professor of Geospatial Intelligence, Department of Geography, Penn State University

Track D – Innovating Skills, Training and Tradecraft

2:20 pm - 2:40 pm The Power of Combinations: Military and Industry Innovators Using Adventure Training as a Vehicle to Push the Boundaries of Capabilities

Major George R McCrea - Chief of Staff, Headquarters Royal Engineers (Geographic), National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence, UK MoD

Track D – Innovating Skills, Training and Tradecraft

2:40 pm - 3:20 pm Panel with Q&A and Live Polling – How Can You Partner with Academia and Industry to Attract More Data Scientists into Your Organisation and Better Support Greater Automation and Analytics Requirements?

Professor Todd Bacastow - Teaching Professor of Geospatial Intelligence, Department of Geography, Penn State University Colonel (ret’d) Steven D. Fleming - Ph.D., Professor of the Practice, Spatial Sciences Institute, USC Dana and David Dornsife, University of Southern California Major Alex Green - Senior Instructor, Royal School of Military Survey, Defence School of Geospatial Intelligence, UK MoD Michael Root - Senior GEOINT Officer, Technology Integration Lead, Analysis Technology Office, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)