Delivering Geospatial Intelligence for International Security 2024 | Worldwide Business Research (WBR) Events | 11 March 2024 | Queen Elizabeth II Centre, Broad Sanctuary, London SW1P 3EE, UK

The DGI Difference. Connecting you to more leaders from more agencies than anyone else
Where you really find out what the leading allied nations doing to ready geospatial intelligence for today and tomorrow.

More engaging and immersive experiences than anywhere else
Take part in small working discussion groups so you can learn from all of the great minds in the audience as well as the speakers.

Focused on your specific needs better than anyone else
An agenda based on 110 research interviews with senior geospatial leaders to ensure every challenge and opportunity you face is addressed.

2024 Speakers

DGI SPEAKERS

General Sir Jim Hockenhull KBE ADC Gen
Commander, UK Strategic Command

Brigadier General Brian D. Sidari
Director of Intelligence, United States Space Command

Vice Admiral Frank Whitworth
Director, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Jessica Daues
PAO, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Scott Bray
Assistant Secretary General for Intelligence and Security, NATO

Major General Michelle McGuinneess
Deputy Director for Commonwealth Integration, Defense Intelligence Agency

Ambassador Sorin Ducaru
Director, European Union Satellite Centre

Air Commodore Mark Ridgway
Commander, National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence (NCGI)

Brigadier General Eric Vandenberg
Director General Intelligence Enterprise (DGIE), CFINTCOM, Canadian Armed Forces

Kathryn McMullan
Director, Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation (AGO)

Matt Roper
Group Head, NATO Owned Systems Joint Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance, NATO Communications and Information Agency

Group Captain Ben Sharp
Deputy Head Capability - ISR, UK Space Command

Richard Begg
Deputy Director of Data & Services, NZ Defence Forces

Shawn B. Stith
Chair, GEOINT & IMINT Committee, NATO

Mark Grygier
Chief, GEOINT Branch, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Giuseppe Nobile
Head, Geospatial Section, NATO

Colonel Paul Hammet
DepHd Plans and CRE Geo, National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence (NCGI)

Dr. Susan Wolfinbarger
LOCATE Team Lead, US State Department

Dr Joshua Comenetz
Chief, Geospatial Information Management Branch, International Programs Center, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau

Ian Spencer
Head of Foundation and Director, Defence Geographic Centre, National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence (NCGI)

Lt Colonel Matt Smith
Imagery & Geospatial System (IMaGE) Programme Manager, Intelligence Systems, Defence Digital, UK MoD

Brigadier General Friedrich Teichmann
Director, Geospatial Intelligence Institute, Austrian Armed Forces

Alexandra Luck
Head of Programme, National Digital Twin Programme (NDTP), Department for Business and Trade

Wing Commander Chris Page
S01 ISR Space Capability, UK Space Command

Colonel Neil Lakin
Deputy Head Joint GeoInt, UK StratCom

Colonel Samuel Gelzer
Head of Imagery Intelligence Centre, Swiss Armed Forces

Major George R McCrea
Senior Product Manager and Military Liaison, Defence Digital Foundry, Data and Synthetics, UK MoD

Mihaela Sorostrianan
GIS Project Manager, Geospatial Section, SITCEN, IS-Operations, NATO

Rich Laing
APSS Project Manager, Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Centre, NCI Agency

Stephen Thorp
Onboarding Lead, Geospatial Commission, UK Cabinet Office

George H. Ohanian
Directorate Chief, Warfighter Support, US Army Geospatial Centre

Ingrid Vanden Berghe
Director General, Belgium National Mapping Agency

Colonel Dan Pomirleanu
Chief Geospatial Intelligence Officer, Romania MoD

Dr Einar Bjorgo
Director, Satellite Analysis and Applied Research, UNITAR

Paul Lacey
DGRA Architect, Defence Geographic Information Working Group (DGIWG)

Dr Jonathon Brame
Basic & Applied Research Team Lead, DEVCOM Atlantic, US Army Futures Command

Dr. Mike Thomas
Deputy Director, National Cyber Range, US Naval Information Warfare Center

Dr Chelsea L. Cervantes De Blois
Climate Security Analyst, Office of the Geographer & Global Issues, U.S. Department of State

Colonel António Sousa Franco
Defense Liaison Officer, Portuguese Space Agency

Jeremy Churcher
Head of Defence, UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO)

Ashley Utter
Branch Chief, US Army Geospatial Center

Iain Burnell
Senior Scientist, Intelligence Systems & Analytics Group, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl)

Brian Wright
Chief, Data and Analytic Modernization Branch, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Austin Davis
Technical Director, Geospatial Research Lab, US Army

Catherine Stephens
Director, International Research Office, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center

Arle Brustad
Head Operational Systems Department, CIS-Division, Norwegian Armed Forces

Marlene Meyer
National Geospatial Officer, Joint GEOMETOC Support Centre, Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation

Calum Shaw
Editor, Operations Division, EU Satellite Centre

Dr Emanuele Angiuli
Project Manager, Capability Development Division, EU Satellite Centre

Lt Colonel Alessandro Vivoli
Project Officer Space, European Defence Agency

Colonel Ladislav Stahl
Space ISR and Security Advisor, NATO

Roly Cockwell
Head of Technology / CIO, UK MoD, National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence

Geoff Twentyman
Principal Scientist, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory

Lt Colonel Alex Mayes
Commanding Officer, 42 Engineering Regiment, National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence (NCGI), UK MoD

Christine Somer
INST Chief, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Colonel Mārtiņš Liberts
Director, Latvian Geospatial Information Agency

Riley Jay
Deputy Director, Commercial Capabilities Discovery Office, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Devin Brande
Director, Commercial Operations Group, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Group Captain Andrew Beasant
Deputy Head Space Operations Capability, Royal Air Force (RAF)

Allison Patrick
Acting Assistant Secretary Foundation Geospatial Branch, Australian Geospatial Intelligence Organisation (AGO)

Shelby Pierson
Deputy Associate Director for Operations, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Dr Kate Schaefer
Data and Content Manager, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Deanna Ryals
Chief Partnership Officer, US Space Systems Command, US Air Force

Chris Rasmussen
Tearline Project Manager, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Mark Chatelain
Chief Information Officer and Director, CIO-T, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Amanda Po
Geographer, US Army Geospatial Center

Mark Munsell
Director, Data and Digital Innovation, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Liz Lyon
Deputy Director, AFRICOM NGA Support Team, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Todd Johanesen
Director, Foundation GEOINT Group, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Captain Patrick Mowatt
Deputy Head Maritime & MetOc, National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence (NCGI)

John Teufert
Branch Head, Joint ISR, NATO Communications and Information Agency (NC&I)

Heather Speight
Chief, Water and Environmental Decision Support, US Army Geospatial Center

Dr Giorgio Cioni
Director for Armament & Aerospace Capabilities, NATO Defence Investment Division

Misty Savell
Senior Geospatial Intelligence Leader, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Milo Vejraska
Director of Solutions Engineering, Capella Space

Gary Dunow
Vice President for Strategic Development, United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF)

Angus Stewart
Head of Space Surveillance, UK Space Agency

Alex Atudosie
Deputy Head – National Digital Twin Programme, Department for Business and Trade

Alex Berger
Deputy, Office of Corporate Communications, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Jamie McDaniel
INST, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Melissa Planert
Deputy Director, International Affairs, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Dr Matt Potts
Systems Engineering Consultant, Space Delivery Team, DE&S, UK MoD

Emma Kerr
Senior Principal Engineer, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl)

Tim Phillips
Director, All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office

Andy Smith
SO2 ISR RM, UK Space Command

Maire Byrne
Senior Principal Scientist, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl)

Brett Markham
Chief of Staff, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Air Commodore Steve Thornber
Deputy Director Integrated Cyber, Electromagnetic and Effects Directorate, Strategic Command, UK MoD

Major General Paul Lynch
Deputy Assistant Secretary General – Intelligence, Joint Intelligence and Security Division, NATO

ACADEMICS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS:

Professor Steve Fleming
Professor Geospatial Science and Intelligence, University of North Georgia

Professor Todd Bacastow
Professor of Practice for Geospatial Intelligence, Penn State University

Dr Leanne Sulewski
Adjunct Instructor, Penn State University

Dr Vanessa Lawrence CB
Director, Location International

Scott Simmons
Chief Standards Officer, Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)

Dr Nadine Alameh
Executive Director, Taylor Geospatial Institute

Sue Gordon
Former Director of US National Intelligence, Independent

Colonel (ret'd) Neil Thompson
Founder and Managing Partner, WCGroup

Zena Wood
Director, Defence Data Research Centre, University of Exeter

INDUSTRY SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS SPEAKING:

san Al Hosani
Managing Director, Bayanat

Anders Linder
Senior Vice President and General Manager, International Government Division, Maxar Technologies

Olivier Michel
VP Sales, UnseenLabs

Major General (ret'd) Clint Crosier
Director of Aerospace and Satellite, Amazon Web Services

Jason Mallare
Vice President of Government Programs and Strategy, Umbra

Randall Billy
Director, Global National Government Sector, Esri

Nick Sutherland
European Defence and Intelligence Lead BDM, European National Government Team, Esri

Tony Giles
Senior Solution Engineer - European National Government Team, Esri

Eric Aubineau
Director, Intelligence & Image Systems, Thales

Jon Lipinski
Co-Founder & President, Ecopia AI

Jürgen Schwarz
Director, European Sales, Capella Space

Stefan Kolendo
Business Development Manager, BAE Systems GXP

Brian O'Toole
Chief Executive Officer, BlackSky

Matt Wood
Head of Sales Europe, BlackSky

Robert Kerby
Head of Business Development, International Intelligence & Security, Planet

Adam Maher
CEO and Founder, Ursa Space Systems

Alex Gow
Sales Director, SatVu

Aakash Parekh
Chief Commercial Officer, Pixxel

Gastao De Figueiredo
SVP, GM Geospatial Intelligence, Blackshark.ai

Chris Bailey
GM, Global National Security, Amazon Web Services

Derek Burgess
Commercial Director EMEA, EarthDaily Analytics

Andy MacIsaac
Marketing Director, Public Sector and Office of Finance, Alteryx

Keith Barber
Senior Advisor, AgileView AI

Mike Hart
Senior Intelligence Advisor, Oracle

Paul O'Hanlon
Senior Solutions Architect, Leidos

Jean-Yves Courtois
CEO, Preligens

Craig Cowan
NATO Account Executive, Esri

Tony Wilby
Director European National Government Team, Esri

John Cartwright
Head of Data Product, ICEYE

John Kedar
Geospatial Intelligence Advisor, Independent

Phil Cooper
Global Sales Lead, Geospatial, Amazon Web Services

Mr Rob Palm
Senior Director, International BD, HawkEye360

Pierre Izard
Senior Advisor, AgileView AI

Joe Morrison
VP Commercial Experience, Umbra

Giorgio Apponi
Head of Defence, Intelligence and COSMO-SkyMed Global KAM, e-GEOS

Belen Andres
European Director of Business Development, Kepler Communications

2024 Sponsors

PRINCIPAL SPONSOR:
• Esri

PREMIUM SPONSOR:
• Amazon Web Services
• BAE Systems
• BlackSky
• Leidos
• MapLarge

SPONSORS:
• Alteryx
• AgileView Inc
• Blackshark.ai
• Capella Space
• CGI
• Collins Bartholomew
• e-geos
• EarthDaily Analytics
• Ecopia AI
• EOI Space
• Eternix Ltd
• European Space Imaging
• GAF AG
• GDIT
• HawkEye 360
• Helyx Secure Information Systems
• Hexagon
• ICEYE
• Kepler Communications Inc
• Maxar
• MDA Space
• NV5 Geospatial
• Oracle
• Pixxel
• Percipient.ai
• Planet
• Preligens
• SatVu
• Scale AI
• Synspective
• Telespazio UK
• Textron Systems
• Thales
• Unseenlabs
• Ursa Space Systems