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NGA at the 2023 DoDIIS Worldwide Conference

About the Event

The 2023 Defense Intelligence Information System (DoDIIS) Worldwide Conference is in Portland, Oregon from Tuesday, December 12th to Thursday, December 14th, at the Oregon Convention Center. This conference examines the theme Chaos to Clarity: Leveraging Emerging technologies by discussing technical breakthroughs and delivering intelligence with increasing values and varieties of information.

The conference features remarks by several NGA leaders, including: NGA Director Frank Whitworth, Chuck Bellinger, Chief, NGA Edge Capabilities, Mark Chatelain, Director, Chief Information Officer and Director, Chief Information Office and IT Services Component and Jim Long, Director GEOINT Service Office. NGA will also be exhibiting at Booth 921.  

Featured NGA Speakers

NGA's Speaker Schedule

Tuesday - December 12

11:45am - 12:15pm | Plenary Speaker
Vice Admiral Frank Whitworth, Director, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Location: TBD

11:00am - 12:00pm | Chief Information Officer Panel
Mark Chatelain, Chief Information Officer and Director, CIO & IT Services Component
Room D135-136

1:30pm - 2:30pm | ODNI Cloud Breakout Session: Delivery of Cloud Services to the Edge - IC & DOD Panel
Jim Long, Director, GEOINT Services Office
Chuck Bellinger, Chief NGA Edge Capabilities
Room D135-136

4:30pm - 5:30pm | ODNI Cloud Breakout Session: Rapidly Emerging Technologies Panel Discussion
Jim Long, Director, GEOINT Services Office
Room D135-136

8:00am - 9:00am | The Road to Zero Trust is a Shared Journey: IC & DOD Panel
Evan Kehayias, Division Chief, Cybersecurity Engineering
Room D135-136

8:00am - 9:00am | Multi Cloud
Room E141-143

10:00am - 11:00am | JREN & Odyssey
Room E141-143

11:00am - 12:00pm | CORE
Room E141-143

NGA's Booth Schedule (#921)

Wednesday - December 13

9:30am - 10:00am | Common Operations Release Environment (CORE)
Provides easy access to an integration with a large suite of DevSecOps tooling for PaaS, code repo, API management, continuous monitoring, workflow orchestration, and messaging. 

10:00am - 10:30am | Joint Regional Edge Node (JREN) & Odyssey 
JREN: This global service-centric capability provides the data and infrastructure foundation to support Sensor to Effect and future ground architecture with multiple cloud-like layers which are integrated into the NGA enterprise to enable seamless operations of NGA in both a connected and disconnected state.

Odyssey: The NGA Warfighter Support Office provides this GEOINT data and web-based tool for use by Warfighters in DDIL (denied, disrupted, intermittent and limited) environments at the Tactical Edge.

10:30am - 11:00am | Multiple Cloud
NGA will ensure access to the capabilities and cloud services required to meet the increasing demands of GEOINT now and in the future because of multiple cloud pilots that have led to NGA’s Multiple Cloud Capability Center Strategy.

11:00am - 11:30am | Zero Trust 
NGA’s journey to improve enterprise security, mitigate risk, and protect data.

12:00pm - 1:00pm | The Way of AI
NGA is the GEOINT Enterprise lead in applying artificial intelligence to the geospatial intelligence mission, enabling decision advantage for the warfighter, policy makers, and mission partners. 

1:00pm - 1:30pm | NGA Disconnected Applications (MAGE, MapCache & Marlin)
MAGE: This mobile application provides the ability to instantly share geotagged field observations that contain notes, photos, videos and voice recordings and share them instantly with teammates.

MapCache: This application is an easy-to-use, cross-platform, self-service mobile or desktop application that transforms geospatial data into GeoPackages for on-the-go use in areas with limited or no connectivity.

Marlin: Maritime Safety Information datasets to help users navigate safely at sea.

1:30pm - 2:00pm | IC GIS Portal - Making Waves 
The largest collaborative geospatial content management system portal available to all Federal Government and mission partners. 

2:00pm - 2:30pm | Open Engagements

2:30pm - 3:00pm | NGA Globe 
NGA’s online portal for all GEOINT products and services providing context to information about global events for our customers and easy access to GEOINT Notes, NGA Cables, NGA Intelligence Briefs (NIBs), Cedalion, GETS Reports and NGA’S GEOINT on all domains. 

3:00pm - 3:30pm | CORE 
Provides easy access to an integration with a large suite of DevSecOps tooling for PaaS, code repo, API management, continuous monitoring, workflow orchestration, and messaging. 

3:30pm - 4:00pm | JREN & Odyssey
JREN: This global service-centric capability provides the data and infrastructure foundation to support Sensor to Effect and future ground architecture with multiple cloud-like layers which are integrated into the NGA enterprise to enable seamless operations of NGA in both a connected and disconnected state.

Odyssey: The NGA Warfighter Support Office provides this GEOINT data and web-based tool for use by Warfighters in DDIL (denied, disrupted, intermittent and limited) environments at the Tactical Edge.

4:00pm - 4:30pm | Multiple Cloud
NGA will ensure access to the capabilities and cloud services required to meet the increasing demands of GEOINT now and in the future because of multiple cloud pilots that have led to NGA’s Multiple Cloud Capability Center Strategy.

All Day | Small Business Office
Representatives from this office provide expert small business advice on NGA acquisitions and manage small business programs to find the next small business talent, capabilities and innovation for NGA, in support of the warfighter and national security.

All Day | Industry Engagement
NGA works closely with industry to improve NGA capabilities and data that helps the U.S. military and public achieve its mission. Our local Austin, Texas representative is on hand to meet with you.

9:00am - 9:30am | Zero Trust 
NGA’s journey to improve enterprise security, mitigate risk, and protect data.

9:30am - 10:00am | The Way of AI
NGA is the GEOINT Enterprise lead in applying artificial intelligence to the geospatial intelligence mission, enabling decision advantage for the warfighter, policy makers, and mission partners. 

10:00am - 12:00pm | Open Engagements

12:00pm - 12:30pm NGA Disconnected Applications (MAGE, MapCache & Marlin)
MAGE: This mobile application provides the ability to instantly share geotagged field observations that contain notes, photos, videos and voice recordings and share them instantly with teammates.

MapCache: This application is an easy-to-use, cross-platform, self-service mobile or desktop application that transforms geospatial data into GeoPackages for on-the-go use in areas with limited or no connectivity.

Marlin: Maritime Safety Information datasets to help users navigate safely at sea.

12:00pm - 1:00pm | IC GIS Portal - Making Waves 
The largest collaborative geospatial content management system portal available to all Federal Government and mission partners. 

1:00pm - 1:30pm | NGA Globe 
NGA’s online portal for all GEOINT products and services providing context to information about global events for our customers and easy access to GEOINT Notes, NGA Cables, NGA Intelligence Briefs (NIBs), Cedalion, GETS Reports and NGA’S GEOINT on all domains. 

1:30pm - 2:00pm | Open Engagements

2:00pm - 2:30pm | The Way of AI
NGA is the GEOINT Enterprise lead in applying artificial intelligence to the geospatial intelligence mission, enabling decision advantage for the warfighter, policy makers, and mission partners. 

2:30pm - 3:00pm | Zero Trust 
NGA’s journey to improve enterprise security, mitigate risk, and protect data.

3:00pm - 3:30pm | Common Operations Release Environment (CORE)
Provides easy access to an integration with a large suite of DevSecOps tooling for PaaS, code repo, API management, continuous monitoring, workflow orchestration, and messaging. 

3:30pm - 4:00pm | Joint Regional Edge Node (JREN) & Odyssey 
JREN: This global service-centric capability provides the data and infrastructure foundation to support Sensor to Effect and future ground architecture with multiple cloud-like layers which are integrated into the NGA enterprise to enable seamless operations of NGA in both a connected and disconnected state.

Odyssey: The NGA Warfighter Support Office provides this GEOINT data and web-based tool for use by Warfighters in DDIL (denied, disrupted, intermittent and limited) environments at the Tactical Edge.

4:00pm - 4:30pm | Multiple Cloud
NGA will ensure access to the capabilities and cloud services required to meet the increasing demands of GEOINT now and in the future because of multiple cloud pilots that have led to NGA’s Multiple Cloud Capability Center Strategy.

All Day | Small Business Office
Representatives from this office provide expert small business advice on NGA acquisitions and manage small business programs to find the next small business talent, capabilities and innovation for NGA, in support of the warfighter and national security.

All Day | Industry Engagement
NGA works closely with industry to improve NGA capabilities and data that helps the U.S. military and public achieve its mission. Our local Austin, Texas representative is on hand to meet with you.