DGI 2016 (past event)

18 - 20 January, 2016

Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London, United Kingdom

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DGI Main Day 1 – January 19, 2016 Evolution of GEOINT as a National Security Capability

07:45 - 08:30 Registration: Tea, Coffee and Badges

08:30 - 08:35 Welcome from the Organiser

Tom Webber, Director DGI

08:35 - 08:50 INTRO - Chairman: State of the Industry Address

John Kedar, Director, Strategic Business Development at Ordnance Survey

John Kedar

Director, Strategic Business Development
Ordnance Survey

08:50 - 09:20 LEADERSHIP SESSION- Information Age Warfare


General Sir Richard Barrons, Commander, Joint Forces Command at UK MoD

General Sir Richard Barrons

Commander, Joint Forces Command
UK MoD

09:20 - 09:50 LEADERSHIP SESSION- How to Solve Intelligence Problems from Open Sources


Jane Dickerson, Chief, International Support Team Europe at NGA

Jane Dickerson

Chief, International Support Team Europe
NGA

Dustin Gard Weiss, Director at NGA

Dustin Gard Weiss

Director
NGA

Steve Pyatt, Head GEOINT Policy, Plans and Partnerships at GEOINT New Zealand

Steve Pyatt

Head GEOINT Policy, Plans and Partnerships
GEOINT New Zealand

Major General James Hockenhull, Director, Cyber Intelligence and Information Integration (DCI3) at UK

Major General James Hockenhull

Director, Cyber Intelligence and Information Integration (DCI3)
UK

Dustin Gard Weiss, Director at NGA

Dustin Gard Weiss

Director
NGA

Ron Pumphrey, Commander at Canadian Forces Intelligence Group

Ron Pumphrey

Commander
Canadian Forces Intelligence Group

Jane Chappell, Vice President, Global Intelligence Solutions, Intelligence and Information at Raytheon

Jane Chappell

Vice President, Global Intelligence Solutions, Intelligence and Information
Raytheon

10:35 - 11:20 Break

11:20 - 11:50 LEADERSHIP SESSION - How to Deliver Rich Geospatial Data in an Increasingly Contested World

Major General James Hockenhull, Director, Cyber Intelligence and Information Integration (DCI3) at UK

Major General James Hockenhull

Director, Cyber Intelligence and Information Integration (DCI3)
UK

11:50 - 12:10 QUICK-FIRE PRESENTATION - A Smart Community Is A Safe Community - National Security Begins At Home

John Day, Director for National Security Business Development at Esri

John Day

Director for National Security Business Development
Esri

12:10 - 12:30 LEADERSHIP SESSION - How the European Union Satellite Centre will Support Future Multinational Missions


Pascal Legai, Director at European Union Satellite Centre

Pascal Legai

Director
European Union Satellite Centre

12:30 - 13:00 OPERATOR PRESENTATION - The Challenges of Delivering Operational GEOINT Now and in the Future


Brigadier Robert Magowan

Commander JFIG
Joint Forces Intelligence Group, UK MoD

13:00 - 14:00 LUNCH

TRACK A: GEO DATA MANAGEMENT INNOVATION

14:00 - 14:05 Introduction from Chair


Colonel (ret'd) Mark Burrows, Site Development Manager at Harwell Campus Department of Business and Innovation, UK Government

Colonel (ret'd) Mark Burrows

Site Development Manager
Harwell Campus Department of Business and Innovation, UK Government

TRACK B: GEO DATA COLLECTION INNOVATION

14:00 - 14:05 Introduction from Chair


Neil Thompson, OMM CD, Former Director Geospatial Intelligence at Canadian Armed Forces

Neil Thompson

OMM CD, Former Director Geospatial Intelligence
Canadian Armed Forces

TRACK C: MARITIME GEOINT

14:00 - 14:05 Introduction from Chair


Captain David Robertson

Navy Hydrographer
UK MoD

TRACK D: INTERACTIVE SESSIONS

14:00 - 14:05 Interactive Sessions


Denise McKenzie, Executive Director, Communications & Outreach at Open Geospatial Consortium

Denise McKenzie

Executive Director, Communications & Outreach
Open Geospatial Consortium

Captain Martin Jones, Head of Geospatial Policy at UK MoD

Captain Martin Jones

Head of Geospatial Policy
UK MoD

Jeff Bell, Geospatial Intelligence Standards Working Group (GWG) Chair,  Deputy Direct at National Center for Geospatial-Intelligence Standards

Jeff Bell

Geospatial Intelligence Standards Working Group (GWG) Chair, Deputy Direct
National Center for Geospatial-Intelligence Standards

Neil Segall, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at MapLarge

Neil Segall

Vice President of Sales and Marketing
MapLarge

Adriano Baptista, Head of Operations Division at European Union Satellite Centre

Adriano Baptista

Head of Operations Division
European Union Satellite Centre

Neil Thompson, OMM CD, Former Director Geospatial Intelligence at Canadian Armed Forces

Neil Thompson

OMM CD, Former Director Geospatial Intelligence
Canadian Armed Forces

Jim Dolan, Vice President at Illuminate

Jim Dolan

Vice President
Illuminate

Rakesh Narasimhan, Executive Vice President at BlackSky

Rakesh Narasimhan

Executive Vice President
BlackSky

Ian Lynn

Deputy Director
National Maritime Intelligence Centre

Commander Francesco Tocci, Chief of Geometoc Section, at NATO Allied Maritime Command

Commander Francesco Tocci

Chief of Geometoc Section,
NATO Allied Maritime Command

Captain Erich Telfer

Commander
United States Coast Guard Maritime Intelligence Fusion Center Atlantic

Captain David Robertson

Navy Hydrographer
UK MoD

Martin Pownall

Border Force Maritime Command
Home Office

Track D

14:05 - 14:45 Interactive Workshop: How to Develop Analysts to Manage Rapidly Evolving Requirements of Geospatial Intelligence Analysis
  • Presentation
  • Group Work
  • Feedback and Q&A

John Knight

Principal
Royal School of Military Survey

Track A

14:45 - 15:05 Implementing the Full Capabilities of a GIS Platform for National Security – A Live Demo
Kerry Robinson, Senior Technical Advisor at Esri

Kerry Robinson

Senior Technical Advisor
Esri

Chris Dorman, European National Security Business Coordinator at Esri

Chris Dorman

European National Security Business Coordinator
Esri

Track B

14:45 - 15:05 Global, National & Regional Situational Awareness Starts Here

Today’s threats to global stability have become so complex, fast-moving, and cross-cutting that no one nation could ever hope to solve them alone. These threats are varied and exist globally and regionally. DigitalGlobe is providing actionable GEOINT to help Defense & Intelligence organizations counter these types of threats through the most-advanced commercial satellite constellation delivering the best global: revisit, resolution, accuracy, collection agility and capacity, spectral diversity and historical archive; high accuracy (target quality) 3D and DSM models; and advanced intelligence information with our countrywide human geography datasets. DigitalGlobe’s actionable GEOINT solutions can help you address global and regional threats whether you are responding to armed conflict in the Middle East, military aggression in Eastern Europe, or terrorism in the Middle East and Africa.

Track C

14:45 - 15:05 Emerging Challenges for Navy Hydrography to Solve

Captain David Robertson

Navy Hydrographer
UK MoD

Track D

14:45 - 15:05 Interactive Workshop continued

15:05 - 15:45 BREAK

Track A

15:45 - 16:05 QUICK-FIRE PRESENTATION - Introducing the New Roadmap for UK Imagery Programmes

Colonel Sacha Tomes

Head, Image Team, Defence, Equipment and Support
UK MoD

Track B

15:45 - 16:05 QUICK-FIRE PRESENTATION - Undertaking UK MOD GeoSpatial Information Science and Technology – A Reflection
James Prain, Principal at Information and Intelligence Group, DSTL

James Prain

Principal
Information and Intelligence Group, DSTL

Track C

15:45 - 16:05 QUICK-FIRE PRESENTATION - GEOINT Developments in NZ
Steve Pyatt, Head GEOINT Policy, Plans and Partnerships at GEOINT New Zealand

Steve Pyatt

Head GEOINT Policy, Plans and Partnerships
GEOINT New Zealand

Harvesting and Quality Assuring Crowd-sourced Data
Professor Mike Jackson, Director, Geospatial Institute, Nottingham University

How to Move Your National Geospatial Intelligence Capability to the Next Level by Investing in Better Visualisation Technology
Dave Barber, Senior Geospatial Advisor, DSTL

New User Requirements for Mobile Geo Data Your Need to Know
Neil Thompson OMM CD, Former Director Geospatial Intelligence Canadian Armed Forces

How to Prepare for the Advent of Open Source Geo Information in Your Organisation
Major Samuel Gelzer, Head of Imagery and Intelligence Centre, Swiss Armed Forces


Balancing Smart IT Integration and Information Management to Deliver GEOINT to Consumers More Affordably
Brigadier General Dr Friedrich Teichmann, Director, Geospatial Institute, Austrian Armed Forces


How the Norwegian Army is Developing GIS Officer Training, and How Can We Include More Open Source
Anders Calder Haavik-Nilsen, Commanding Officer Military Technology and Engineering, Norwegian Military Academy Halvard Bjerke Assistant Professor Military Geography, Norwegian Military Academy

Major Samuel Gelzer

Head of Imagery and Intelligence Centre
Swiss Armed Forces

James Prain, Principal at Information and Intelligence Group, DSTL

James Prain

Principal
Information and Intelligence Group, DSTL

Professor Mike Jackson, Director, Geospatial Intelligence Institute at Nottingham University

Professor Mike Jackson

Director, Geospatial Intelligence Institute
Nottingham University

Neil Thompson, OMM CD, Former Director Geospatial Intelligence at Canadian Armed Forces

Neil Thompson

OMM CD, Former Director Geospatial Intelligence
Canadian Armed Forces

Brigadier General Dr Andreas Teichmann

Director
Geospatial Institute, Austrian Armed Forces

Dave Barber

Senior Geospatial Advisor
Dstl

Anders Calder Haavik-Nilsen, Chief Instructor at Norwegian Military Academy

Anders Calder Haavik-Nilsen

Chief Instructor
Norwegian Military Academy

Track A

16:05 - 16:10 QUICK-FIRE PRESENTATION- Geospatial Big Data… Revolution or Evolution?

Ross Bailey, Intelligence and Analytics Strategy Lead at HP

Ross Bailey

Intelligence and Analytics Strategy Lead
HP

Track B

16:05 - 16:10 QUICK-FIRE PRESENTATION- Imagery Collection Evolution
Adriano Baptista, Head of Operations Division at European Union Satellite Centre

Adriano Baptista

Head of Operations Division
European Union Satellite Centre

Track C

16:05 - 16:10 Track C continued

Track D

16:05 - 16:10 Interactive Workshop continued

Track A

16:10 - 16:25 Track A continued

Track B

16:10 - 16:25 Track B continued

Track C

16:10 - 16:25 QUICK-FIRE PRESENTATION - Geospatial Support to Maritime Operations
Commander Francesco Tocci, Chief of Geometoc Section, at NATO Allied Maritime Command

Commander Francesco Tocci

Chief of Geometoc Section,
NATO Allied Maritime Command

Track D

16:10 - 16:25 Interactive Workshop continued

Track A

16:25 - 16:45 QUICK-FIRE PRESENTATION - National Security and Public Safety Data Sharing for the Vigilant: Putting Big Data in Semantic, Temporal, and Geospatial Context
William 'Billy' Sokol, Chief Technology Officer at MarkLogic Corporation

William 'Billy' Sokol

Chief Technology Officer
MarkLogic Corporation

Track B

16:25 - 16:45 QUICK FIRE PRESENTATION: The Benefits of a Hybrid Satellite Constellation for Intelligence Gathering
Eric Andreu, Defence Industry Manager at Airbus Defence & Space

Eric Andreu

Defence Industry Manager
Airbus Defence & Space

Track C

16:25 - 16:45 Track C continued

Track D

16:25 - 16:45 Drilldown Roundtable continued

Track A

16:45 - 16:50 TRANSIT TIME

Track B

16:45 - 16:50 TRANSIT TIME

Track C

16:45 - 16:50 TRANSIT TIME

Track D

16:45 - 16:50 TRANSIT TIME

16:50 - 17:20 VISIONARY PRESENTATION - How ICT Transformation will Impact Future GEOINT Capabilities for the UK MoD

David Lynam, Director, Service Development at MOD

David Lynam

Director, Service Development
MOD

17:20 - 17:40 INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE - OSINF/T and the Evolution of National GEOINT Capability

Harry Kemsley, Vice President at IHS

Harry Kemsley

Vice President
IHS

17:40 - 17:50 Chairman's Closing Remarks


John Kedar, Director, Strategic Business Development at Ordnance Survey

John Kedar

Director, Strategic Business Development
Ordnance Survey

17:50 - 23:59 NETWORKING DRINKS RECEPTION