Tuesday, October 5

NGA Activities

*All times are Central Time

2:45 – 3:15 p.m.                      Climate Change: Following the Science for a More Secure Nation

• Nicholas Henschel, Director, Office of Geomatics, Source Operations and Management Directorate (NGA panelist)

3:15 – 3:45 p.m.                      Closing Keynote

• Dr. Cindy Daniell, Director, Research

Wednesday, October 6

NGA Activities

*All times are Central Time

11:15 a.m. – 12 p.m.               Keynote: VADM Robert Sharp, Director, NGA

Thursday, October 7

10:30 – 11:15 a.m.                 GEOINT and JADC2

• Mark Andress, Chief Information Officer and Director, CIO-T (NGA panelist)

Wednesday, October 6

NGA Activities

*All times are Central Time

NGA recruiters: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

OmniGlobe demos: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. and 1 – 5 p.m.

Thursday, October 7

NGA recruiters: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

OmniGlobe demos: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. and 1 – 5 p.m.

Friday, October 8

NGA recruiters: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

OmniGlobe demos: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Wednesday, October 6

NGA Activities

*All times are Central Time

1:15 – 1:45 p.m.                      Mission Imperative: Assured Positioning, Navigation, Timing, and Targeting

• J.N. Markiel, Senior GEOINT Authority for Geomatics, Source

1:45 – 2:15 p.m.                      Mission Imperative: Data Access and Integrity

• Moderator: Sarah Campbell, Director of Strategic Partnerships and Communications, Research
• Deepak Kundal, Chief Data Officer
• Rachael Martin, Director, AI, Automation and Augmentation (AAA)
• Kate Curtis, Senior Data Engineer, Data and Digital Innovation

2:15 – 3 p.m.                           Delivering DevSecOps at NGA

• Moderator: Alex Loehr, Chief Technology Officer, CIO-T
• Andy Curtis, Technical lead for DevSecOps Tooling, CIO-T
• Marianne Offholter, Division Chief, DevSecOps Tooling, CIO-T
• Maggie Bollone, DevSecOps Lead, Foundation GEOINT Integrated Program Office, CIO-T

3:30 – 4 p.m.                           Future of the GEOINT Workforce

• Cynthia Snyder, Associate Director for Support
• Shelby Pierson, Deputy Director, Source
• Dennis Bowerman, Director of Analytic Operations, Analysis

Thursday, October 7

1 – 1:30 p.m.                           GEOINT AI Initiatives in the DoD

• Jim McCool, Director, Data and Digital Innovation (NGA panelist)
• Rachael Martin, Director, AI, Automation and Augmentation (AAA) (NGA panelist)

1:30 – 2 p.m.                           Commercial GEOINT: Strength in Community

• Dave Gauthier, Director, Commercial and Business Operations, Source

3:45 – 4:30 p.m.                      GEOINT Strategic Futures

• Gary Dunow, Associate Director for Enterprise (NGA panelist)

Friday, October 8

1:15 – 2 p.m.                           NGA Moonshot: How It All Comes Together

• Moderator: Ronda Schrenk, CEO, USGIF
• Phil Chudoba, Associate Director for Capabilities
• Brian Lessenberry, Deputy Associate Director for Operations
• Mark Andress, Chief Information Officer

Wednesday, October 6

NGA Activities

*All times are Central Time

2:15 – 2:30 p.m.                      University of Missouri-St. Louis and NGA Educational Partnership Agreement

• VADM Robert Sharp, Director, NGA
• Kristin Sobolik, PhD, Chancellor, University of Missouri-St. Louis

Thursday, October 7

1 – 1:50 p.m.                           Preparing the Workforce for Tomorrow’s National Security Challenges

• Sue Pollmann, West Executive (NGA panelist)
• J.N. Markiel, Senior GEOINT Authority for Geomatics, Source (NGA panelist)

Friday, October 8

1 – 2 p.m.                                N2W IT Modernization

• Mark Chatelain, Associate Chief Information Officer
• Chris Ashabranner, Associate Deputy Program Director, IT & Readiness, N2W
• Scott Gum, Assistant Program Manager, IT, N2W

Thursday, October 7

NGA Activities

*All times are Central Time

3:10 p.m.                                 E-Talk, Augmenting Human Cognition

• Joeanna Arthur, Research

Wednesday, October 6

NGA Activities

*All times are Central Time

1:30 p.m.                                 Optimizing the Human Machine Team: Breakthroughs Still Needed

• Amanda Bright, Source

1:40 p.m.                                 Boost Your Computer Vision Model Performance with GEOTriage!

• Ramona Rubalcava, Analysis, NGA & Penn State’s Applied Research Laboratory

1:50 p.m.                                 The RFI Killer: Using Data Models and Dashboards to Stop Repetitive Production

• Ben Arnosti, Analysis

3:30 p.m.                                 Engaging with NGA Research through the Boosting Innovative GEOINT Research Broad Agency Announcement (BIG-R BAA)

• Ashley S. Eilers-Lupton, Research

3:40 p.m.                                 HCG, Answer to IC’s Data Problem

• Eric Lohmann, NGA

Thursday, October 7

12:50 p.m.                               2035 GEOINT CONOPS: A Strategic Vision for the Next 15 Years

• Dawn Campbell, OSO

1:30 p.m.                                 Ecosystem Engagement at NGA

• Christine Woodard, Research/N2W

2:10 p.m.                                 How NGA is Using a Technology Accelerator to Connect with Industry

• Michael Fitzpatrick, Research

2:50 p.m.                                 VIIRS Temporal Radiometric Trending to Detect COVID Patterns

• Joshua F. Magarick, Research

3:15 p.m.                                 Tearline: Growing Authoritative Content, Analytic Outreach, and Public Trust

• Chris Rasmussen, CIO-T

Wednesday, October 6

NGA Activities

*All times are Central Time

2 – 2:50 p.m.                           Digital First and the Future of GEOINT

• Jean Donohue, Deputy Director, GEOINT Information Office, Source (NGA panelist)

3 – 3:50 p.m.                           GEOINT’s Golden Age of Creativity

• Sean Hannan, Industry and Innovation Lead, Analytic Tradecraft and Technology Group (NGA panelist)

Friday, October 8

12 – 12:50 p.m.                       Entrepreneur to Employee: How a Scrappy Startup Mentality Can Help

• Chris Rasmussen, Tearline Program Manger, CIO-T (NGA panelist)