CONFERENCE EXCLUSIVES
Daily Agenda
Show Highlights
BREAKING NEWS
Produced by Geospatial Intelligence Forum
www.gif-kmi.com
“Power of Place” Spurs Symposium Growth Event success comes at key time for the geospatial industry as location information becomes more available and important, says USGIF president. Reflecting the continued growth and expansion in the idea of “the power of place,” the numbers of attendees and exhibitors at the GEOINT 2011 Symposium are expected to reach record levels for the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation’s annual event, according to USGIF President Keith Masback. “I’m pretty confident based on our trending data that we’re going to eclipse our all-time attendance record, set last year. To put it in perspective, we had about 3,200 people here in San Antonio in 2009, and about 4,100 in Keith Masback New Orleans last year. We’re looking to exceed that this year,” Masback said in an interview shortly before the opening of the event, which gets underway this morning with the Pre-Symposium Science & Technology Forum. Noting that the number of exhibitors will reach 250 this year, compared with about 200 in 2009, and about 220 last year, Masback observed, “We are both excited and humbled by this remarkable growth and the amount of interest and support in our event.” Along with indicators such as the number of applicants for scholarships and the number of schools that are seeking accreditation to grant GEOINT Certificates, the numbers for the Symposium are key metrics for measuring the success of USGIF, he said. “If we’re seeing growth in exhibitors and attendees, that validates that we’re doing something positive and valuable for the community. People vote ‘with their feet,’ their time and their dwindling resources to make our largest annual event one of their priorities for the year.” The growth of the event comes at a fascinating time for the geospatial industry, as location information becomes more available and more important to everything that goes on throughout the intelligence, defense, homeland security communities and Continued On pAGE 3
➥
DigitalGlobe’s New Navigator Looking forward to his first Symposium, President and CEO Tarr voices excitement and commitment to the GEOINT industry and its mission. At GEOINT 2011 Symposium, DigitalGlobe (Booth 337) will be introducing two new services, which will underscore its role as one of the leading players in the commercial remote sensing industry. But it will also in effect be making another important introduction to the geospatial intelligence industry, of its new president and chief executive officer. Jeff Tarr, who joined the company in April from a different but adjacent industry, will be attending his first GEOINT Symposium this year in San Antonio. In an interview shortly before the conference, he displayed enthusiasm and excitement about the field he has joined, combined with an eagerness to reach out to others attending the industry’s leading annual event. “In a sense, I’m new to this industry, although I’m not new to the business of information, insight and intelligence,” said Tarr, who previously served as president and chief operating officer of IHS, a company that among other things operates the Jane’s family of military information resources. “What I see in this industry, of which DigitalGlobe is a part, is really incredible. At the GEOINT 2011 Symposium, we’ll see 4,000 people coming Continued On pAGE 4
➥
Integrated Geospatial Intelligence From Source to Decision Elevating Insight through… Advanced Imagery Products | Simple Access | Deep Expertise
Visit GeoEye® in Booth #413. Explore the GeoEye App for iPad®. Win an iPad!
Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt .50-meter GeoEye-1
ANALYSIS CENTER A picture may be worth a thousand words, but in the hands of an expert analyst who can provide context and insight; it can be worth infinitely more. Using direct access to DigitalGlobe’s satellite constellation, combined with the ability to exploit on-demand a vast and ever growing archive of global data in our ImageLibrary, DigitalGlobe’s Analysis Center experts help you to see the full picture. To learn more, visit booth #337.
HIGH-QUALITY ANALYTICS
MONITOR WORLD EVENTS
INFORMED RESPONSE
VARYAG AIRCRAFT CARRIER | DALIAN, CHINA
www.digitalglobe.com/analysis | 800.496.1225
GEOINT 2011 SYMPOSIUM
Sunday, oCtober 16, 2011
➥ Continued from page 1 beyond. “The technology is maturing quickly, and the training and tradecraft that are at the heart of USGIF’s mission are catching up to the technology. The uses and applications of these technologies are far-reaching and remarkable. “The industry remains strong, as does interest in every aspect of it, from remote sensing to the analysis and production of information associated with that remotely sensed data, whether from airborne, manned or unmanned, or space platforms,” Masback continPanelists discussed key topics at the GEOINT 2010 Symposium, which this year’s attendance is expected to surpass. ued. “The analysis and production using that information, and all its uses to support intelligence operations, A third trend has been the tremendous amount of innovation. “There are all very critical. Commanders and decision makers at every level are are a lot of uncertainties in this economy, and where we’re headed on denot going to make decisions without this information. They’re expecting to fense, intelligence and homeland security spending,” Masback acknowlsee it, and for it to be timely, accurate, relevant and available, when, how edged. “But one thing that is certain is that these technologies are incredand where they need it. That is sparking a lot of innovation and hard work ibly relevant and in demand. That excitement and interest are sparking in the industry. That’s indicative of how strong this industry is and how tremendous innovation in the field, and we’re excited to feature that in relevant it is to national security.” our Exhibit Hall this year.” He singled out the ongoing work in bringing Looking back at the progress of the industry over the past year, MasGEOINT data and information to handheld devices as a recent “game back pointed in particular to the expanded work that has occurred on mo- changer” in the field. tion imagery standards. As the community has come together under the Masback also voiced enthusiasm about the science and technolleadership of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and the Open ogy forum being held today, which reflects the goal of including more Geospatial Consortium, he said, these motion imagery standards for the educational offerings at USGIF events. The forum, which is expected to proliferation of sensors and platforms have provided a framework to make draw 300 or more participants, has its roots in the Tech Talks being held it more useful. again this year in the Exhibit Hall. “We had such a fantastic response to “As these sensors and platforms were being developed, there was a the Tech Talks that we thought we could expand the offerings in the prebit of a Wild West environment,” he recalled. “It was all well intentioned, event symposium. We brought together our Technical Committee and with people wanting to get great technology out into the field and into the our academic folks, under the leadership of Dr. Max Baber, our director of hands of people who could apply it in supporting national security. But academic programs, and it really took on a life of its own,” Masback said. there needed to be standards to make all this information more readily The foundation president credited much of the success of the event accessible and sharable. The standards are really now coming into their to the organization’s Planning Committee and volunteers. “We have a own, as people recognize the critical nature of adopting those standards small staff at USGIF, and we pull off a number of events and activities over and building to them.” the course of the year. Our volunteers are critical to everything we do. It A second key development has been the continued strengthening of is the perfect way to ensure that our offerings are relevant and important understanding of the importance of information sharing. “Under the lead- to our stakeholders, because our ideas are germinated and cultivated by ership of Director of National Intelligence Clapper, the idea of a responsibilvolunteers who come from a broad cross section of our industry, governity to share, versus the need to know, has become engrained,” Masback ment and academic members.” observed. “We’ve made a lot of progress overall in the past year. It’s reMasback concluded by urging Symposium participants to offer sugflected in the theme of this year’s event, Forging Integrated Intelligence. gestions for improving USGIF events in the future. “Every year, our goal We are very proud of the role that geospatial intelligence plays as a mem- is to simply do better. So as I, our staff and our volunteer leaders are out ber of the intelligence team, both as a vertical intelligence stovepipe, along and about during the course of the week, I’d urge that if people have with the other intelligence disciplines, and as a horizontal underlayment for ideas about things we could do to serve the community better, they stop the integration of all intelligence and operations information. us and give us feedback, and also via the Web or comment cards. We’re “GEOINT provides the where, as part of the ‘where and when’ that an educational foundation, and I like to believe that we’re also a learning makes intelligence information valuable. It’s one of the organizing princi- organization. ples for integration. So it seemed natural for us, with this consistent focus “We are in a continual process of learning how to serve the GEOby the leadership on intelligence integration and sharing, that we would INT Community in a better way, so I really solicit participant feedback,” support that with the idea of forging integrated intelligence,” he added. he said.
3
GEOINT 2011 SYMPOSIUM
➥ Continued from page 1 together who do amazing things. We capture information about our changing planet globally, anytime and anywhere, and deliver it to the people who need it, anytime and anywhere, and in the process save lives and make the world a safer place. That is something to be very proud of. “The theme of this year’s event, Forging Integrated Intelligence, has so many meanings. One of the meanings that speaks to me as a newcomer to this industry is that those 4,000 people, who come from a large number or organizations, have a history of working together to face technical challenges, and in the process have a huge impact on the world. I think about how Jeff Tarr the company I lead is connected with so many organizations participating in the Symposium. More than 130 of our partners are exhibiting at GEOINT this year, and more than 20 of our partners are showcasing our imagery at their booths in the Exhibit Hall. To me, that’s indicative of a web of relationships that creates something really incredible. “First and foremost, it’s about our customers at the show. We look at every opportunity to interact with our customers as an opportunity to learn, and in the process better meet their needs. That’s goal number one for us— the interaction that will occur in multiple places, whether on the exhibit floor, in the breaks between the speeches and panels, and the evening activities. Every one of these is an opportunity for us to spend time with our customers to get to know them better and get a better understanding of their needs, what we’re doing well and what we can do better and differently. “Goal number two is to forge relationships with other companies and organizations attending the event, many of whom are partners or potential future partners. It’s through these partnerships and relationships that we’re able to deliver more value to our customers. One of the things that’s incredible about this particular group of people is that when we’re talking about meeting the needs of our customers, we’re actually talking about saving lives. That is an honor, a privilege and a responsibility. So I’m excited about the opportunity that represents. “The third is to expose as many people as we can to our new capabilities, because by exposing people to our new capabilities, we then can provide a greater and better service to our customers. First, our customers may see something they can put to use in their own missions, and they may have ideas for us to make our offerings better and more useful. The same is true
Sunday, oCtober 16, 2011
for current and potential business partners. By seeing what it is that we are doing with imagery to create intelligence, they may have new ideas for how we can work together to better meet our customers’ needs, so our customers in turn can complete their missions,” Tarr said. The two new services being unveiled by DigitalGlobe at GEOINT are DigitalGlobe FirstWatch and the Diplomatic Facilities Support Package. FirstWatch is a rapid analysis and reporting service designed to help users more quickly assess and formulate response strategies following natural and man-made disasters. When a crisis event occurs, DigitalGlobe begins collecting new imagery from the affected region. Experts in the DigitalGlobe Analysis Center rapidly analyze the new imagery, publishing a comprehensive DigitalGlobe FirstWatch report within hours after the event occurs. Reports include a wide range of information to assist humanitarian relief personnel assess the scope and magnitude of the event and start formulating the most effective response plan. They identify key details on the ground, including evidence of structural damage, infrastructure failures, changes to topography, flood water depth and other potentially life-threatening elements. The Diplomatic Facilities Support Package was developed and launched in partnership wth CACI International. The package is a first-of-its-kind solution, specifically designed to help governments more quickly and effectively respond to threats to diplomatic facilities and citizens abroad. It dynamically combines DigitalGlobe’s sub-meter resolution imagery with CACI’s geospatial feature content to provide users with a current view of geographical landscapes, structures, routes and roadways, and critical resources. Additionally, it provides virtual whiteboards and comprehensive annotation tools, allowing users to layer additional data on top of existing content and customize information, then share their whiteboards securely with other users of the service. “While imagery is a critical component of both these offerings, they both are about providing insight and intelligence, and to help keep people and facilities safe and secure. It’s less about the imagery, although imagery is core to it, and all about the end result and the contribution to the mission,” Tarr said. Tarr closed with an observation that emphasized his personal commitment to the work of his new field of endeavor: “When we’re talking about the integrated theme, one of the first meanings that comes to mind may be the importance of integrating multiple sources of information. But there’s a second order as well that really speaks to me, which is about how we in the room all work together for common goals—keeping people safe, keeping warfighters safe and supporting first responders.”
System Modeling, Analysis and Visualization AGI unveils new software. Analytical Graphics, Inc. (Booth 353) will be unveiling new software capabilities for enhanced ISR system modeling, analysis and visualization at GEOINT. “We are excited to showcase novel software innovations that will greatly advance the GEOINT 2011 Symposium theme of ‘forging integrated intelligence,’” said Todd Smith, AGI director, C4ISR. Demonstrations of several key elements including: • Multi-INT fusion of ISR, IMINT, SIGINT and now social media through SAS Social Media Analytics
4
• STK Server for implementing out-of-the-box ISR services to the cloud • Authoritative open source ISR data from AGI’s Standard Object Catalog • Riverside Research’s eCRT web-based collection feasibility application • Increased search intelligence by coupling ITT’s full motion video and imagery processing and dissemination products with AGI software AGI explained to The Show Daily that these capabilities are available directly through AGI products or through integration with industry-leading offerings by Riverside Research, ITT, Esri and SAS.
ITT’s two premier integrated geospatial intelligence offerings – adLib™ and Enhanced AGILE Access™ – have come together as JAGWIRE™. It’s a single suite of full-motion video and wide-area motion imagery solutions wherever and whenever you need geospatial data. Process, store and disseminate video from manned and unmanned sensors with our Web-based, net-centric tool. Dramatically reduce the time needed to deliver data anywhere in the world with deployable, enterprise-ready imagery management and dissemination. This cost-effective suite is operational and ready to enhance the capabilities of intelligence, military and first responders right now by leveraging existing infrastructure. Learn more at GEOINT 2011 booth 437.
JAGWIRE: Video and Images Anywhere, Anytime.
Electronic
Systems
•
Geospatial
Systems
•
Information
Systems
•
Mission
Systems
ITT, the Engineered Blocks logo, and ENGINEERED FOR LIFE are registered trademarks of ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc., and are used under license. ©2011, ITT Corporation. GeoEye-1 satellite rendering courtesy of GeoEye. UH-60 Blackhawk photo courtesy of U.S. Army. Taken by Sgt. Michael Behlin.
GEOINT 2011 SYMPOSIUM
Sunday, oCtober 16, 2011
Art Benefits Warriors At least one corner of the Exhibit Hall will become a temporary artist’s studio during GEOINT 2011 Symposium, with the results benefiting an organization that helps the families of sick or wounded military personnel and veterans. At Sotera (Booth 122), an artist named Stephen Fishwick will do three performances of his high-energy speed painting technique combining art, music and audience participation. As he works on iconic images of American patriotism, a narrator will tell the story of Sotera, a mid-sized national security technology company that focuses on delivering essential counterterrorism, cyber-operations, intelligence, C4ISR and force mobility solutions to the national security community. The three works of art, as well as an original painted guitar, will be raffled off to benefit the Fisher House Foundation, an organization that donates “comfort homes,” built on the grounds of major military and VA medical
centers. These homes enable family members to be close to a loved one during the hospitalization for an unexpected illness, disease or injury. The U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation has committed to matching whatever funds are raised.
Managing Video Content Optibase delivers full motion video solutions. Optibase, a Vitec company (Booth 1128) launches this year’s GEOINT showcasing a comprehensive portfolio of portable and carrier grade Optibase encoding and video management solutions. The company will present its full, end-toend line of Optibase IPTV/FMV (full motion video) solutions for intelligence and military applications. With more than 5,000 military-grade H.264 encoders deployed and over 200,000 Optibase viewers in use on laptops and desktops at DoD and other U.S. federal and state agencies, the Optibase suite of video and metadata processing solutions is among the IPTV technologies that is most frequently deployed and heavily relied upon by government agencies and armed forces. Optibase solutions are valued for their best-in-class video quality and low bitrates, multi-channel encoding and metadata support throughout the data chain, from IP stream re-mapping, to transcoding, ingest storage and playback. The new Optibase MGW Micro Premium ultra-low latency multi-channel encoder and streamer, which features best-in-class encoding latency of under 65 milliseconds using
6
TurboVideo technology, will be presented in live demonstrations. The ruggedized encoding and streaming appliance is optimized for missioncritical ingestion of FMV content with optional CoT to KLV metadata. It features an airborneready footprint, high reliability, HDMI and composite video inputs and built-in AES-256/128bit encryption for securing IPTV content. Vitec will also showcase the Optibase MGW Blade Systems. multi-channel platforms for encoding video from baseband video sources that provide pristine video quality per bit rate with optional AES encryption built-in. The blade-based systems offer the best priceperformance ratio in the industry with advanced features such as swappable components, advanced redundancy, cluster management, parallel encoding, and many more. These true carrier grade system provide a host and switch for combined multi-channel output through one interface while a second streaming interface is available for additional streaming options. “Optibase solutions have been successfully deployed by the U.S. Army, Navy, intelligence agencies and National Guard in some of the most demanding environments on earth.
We are proud that our solutions are providing troops with exceptional situational awareness and actionable intelligence that save lives and safeguards valuable resources,” said Michael Chorpash, vice president of Optibase sales at Vitec. “We look forward to demonstrating the newest additions to our military solutions line at GEOINT 2011.” Vitec is also highlighting several other fieldproven products including: • NETCOM-certified EZ TV Enterprise IPTV digital video delivery and management solution • FITIS full motion video solution for mission-critical processing, archiving, indexing, management and dissemination of intelligence and tactical video with metadata sources and creation of actionable, real-time intelligence • Ocaster IPTV HD/SD reflector, which bridges local area networks by repackaging multicast and unicast traffic and supporting secure encryption, metadata and transmission across WAN connections
APPSMART ™ MOBILE MARKETPLACE
INTELLIGENCE.
AT YOUR
FINGERTIPS. Market your app with a technology leader. Scan code above to learn more.
Raytheon’s Appsmart marketplace delivers secure, critical technology to mobile devices, desktops and the Cloud — giving warfighters, intelligence agents and first responders access to key operational capabilities. With apps created by Raytheon and third-party developers, Appsmart provides access to technology that supports a broad range of mission-critical tasks.
INNOVATION IN ALL DOMAINS www.raytheon.com | Keyword: Get Appsmart Follow us on:
© 2011 Raytheon Company. All rights reserved. “Customer Success Is Our Mission” is a registered trademark of Raytheon Company.
GEOINT 2011 SYMPOSIUM
Sunday, oCtober 16, 2011
Focus on Science and Technology Pre-Symposium Forum seeks to bring the broader geospatial community into the GEOINT conversation. The GEOINT 2011 Pre-Symposium Science and Technology Forum gets underway this morning with a day-long program of panels and speakers designed to create an opportunity to bring the broader geospatial community into the GEOINT conversation, as participants discuss innovations in science and technology that are advancing the discipline. The forum begins at 9 a.m. in the Texas Dr. Max Baber Ballroom of the Grand Hyatt with an introduction by Dr. R. Maxwell Baber, U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation director of academic programs, and a keynote address by Dr. Greg Smith, chief scientist and deputy director, InnoVision, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. USGIF decided to create the forum, which is being held in its current form for the first time this year, in order to expand the leadership and policy focus of the Symposium to include more people focused specifically on developing geospatial tools and tradecraft, Baber explained in a recent interview. “At the GEOINT Symposium, we have some of the great leaders in national security, who come in and share their vision for where we are and where we need to be going,” Baber said. “Geospatial intelligence is a very challenging field, and it’s become a critically important digital foundation for how government and national security organizations manage their operations. It’s important to the warfighter, but it’s also important for a disparate array of challenges including natural disaster response, monitoring of humanitarian crises and evaluating ongoing environmental changes at regional and global scales. “The main event focuses on leadership and policy issues, with breakout sessions on science and technology,” he continued. “The focus of the Pre-Symposium Forum is on advancing the GEOINT tradecraft by giving innovators and practitioners a forum to drive forward the evolution of our discipline. The principal focus is on the use of geospatial science and technology for national security, but we are also engaging civilian perspectives from government, industry and academia regarding common challenges. “It’s an attempt to broaden the audience for the Symposium, and so is an exciting new opportunity for us. Going forward, this is going to be a very important opportunity for the GEOINT community to get together and talk about specific ways of advancing the discipline across the breadth of science and technology,” Baber said. With a total of 10 workshops and lunch events, the forum will cover a wide range of topics, including socio-cultural dynamics, mobile GEOINT, “big data,” multi-INT fusion, GEOINT professional development, spacetime analytics and full motion video. (Details on specific sessions are available in the daily schedule beginning on page 12.) Baber added that along with the Pre-Symposium Forum, USGIF is working on an annual monograph series devoted to specific topics in the field. “Each year, we’ll listen to leadership at the GEOINT Symposium,
8
identify a topic that needs focused attention, and then gather a collection of government, industry and academic voices to share perspectives on a technical issue within the science,” he explained. The first monograph, tentatively entitled “Challenges of Socio-Cultural Dynamics for Global Security,” is being edited by Chris Tucker and Robert Tomes, two noted experts in the field of human geography. It is expected to be published, primarily in electronic form, this coming winter. Following are comments about their sessions and topics from a selection of moderators and presenters who will be appearing at the PreSymposium Forum.
Fusion in the Information Spectrum: Multi-INT Analytics as an Alternative to “All-Source” Barry C. Tilton Senior Technical Adviser Mission Support Directorate Rapid Capabilities Office National Reconnaissance Office Most people don’t understand that there is a difference between allsource and multi-INT. When you talk about all-source, you’re referring to the way that an analyst, say at the CIA, synthesizes information. He takes reports from various intelligence sources—human, imagery, the open literature or others—and looks for common trends and ideas. He says, ‘I think that the linkage between this idea and trend and another idea and trend is that something is happening,’ and that’s the new piece of information. He may look at a financial report and then at the news media, and see that a major player in the industry is taking his family and moving to another country—that’s an indication that something may be going awry with the financial markets. That’s what all-source is—taking information from various sources and synthesizing it in your mind. That’s easy to do when the number of your sources is limited and your agenda for information generation is limited. But it’s very difficult to do when the number of sources approaches infinity, which is what’s happening today, with the open source news media, the sensors that are being involved and the applications associated with them. There is more information than an analyst can reasonably be expected to synthesize through his reports. The way to make it easier is to take aspects of data and information that naturally relate to one another and put them together before you involve an analyst in the process. For example, if I look at a full color picture of a field with tanks in it, and a thermal picture of the same field, some of the tanks look hot and some don’t. So I know which ones are on, and which ones are potentially not real. That is information that can be taken in an automated fashion and provided to an analyst directly, before they ever touch it. The more sources of data that lend themselves to direct automation together, the easier it is to provide products that have meaning to the users. The question is how much automation, and how many types of observables—things that you can see in data—can you gather together
GEOINT 2011 SYMPOSIUM
practically and get a product. That’s what we’re after in the panel—to understand what types of observations we’re making now, such as temperature, color, mass or material, that you can look at with a remote sensor or close up, and put together to provide direct information that the analyst can see. There are two major advantages. One, it’s coming a lot faster, because the information is coming directly from the computer to you as a product, as opposed to you making your own observations, which takes time in both reporting and mental analysis. Multi-INT can also be more reliable if you ask the problems in the right way. If you have 150 objects to survey, but through automation sift down to looking at only three of them, then the analyst can use his unique ability, which is the ability to think about it, to do something useful. He’s only looking at what could be interesting. What you want to do is to take the many streams of data that are provided and synthesize them into small quantities of real potential information, and then let the human get involved at that point.
The Future of GEOINT Professional Development Todd S. Bacastow Professor for Practice for Geospatial Intelligence Penn State World Campus One of the problems that I and others in the educational community have experienced is in understanding where the discipline of geospatial intelligence is going. Often, we in education are reactive rather than proactive, which puts us at a significant disadvantage, and the discipline at a loss, because it takes roughly two to four years or more to identify the need for a course, find faculty and get up on line with students. What we find is that in the area of remotely piloted vehicles or full motion video, for example, is that we’re trying to react to an emerging educational need in the community. The session revolves around a presentation by Richard G. Johnson of Booz Allen Hamilton, who is going to look at the vision for GEOINT 4.0, which plays off the theme from last year’s symposium, GEOINT 3.0. The intent is to lay the groundwork for the vision of where GEOINT is going and then turn to the panelists, who represent the student, training, educational and mentor perspectives. They will react to Johnson’s vision for GEOINT 4.0, which will hopefully enable us to be more proactive about where discipline is going, in terms of technology, organization and other aspects. I’m excited about the session, because we’ve been reactive for years, and this may give us a chance to be more proactive in the professional development community, and try to get ahead of that two to four year lead time for identifying and building a course. We need to think in the future context, which we have not done well at all.
WAS/WAPS/WAMI/FMV: Analysis of Video Ed Bohling Chief Technology Officer and Vice President PAR Government What we’re looking at is really the tradecraft of the analytics and the analysis used in looking at full motion video as it’s streaming in. My company has a government off-the-shelf product that is widely used, GV3.0, which helps the end-user be able to visualize the full motion video, look at the metadata associated with it, and be able to do analysis and add value back in.
Sunday, oCtober 16, 2011
From my perspective, I’ll be discussing some tools, techniques and software that we’ve been involved in developing that support that. I’ll be looking at the full motion video aspect of things, and the rest of the panel will be looking at how that latches up with some of the wide area surveillance information that’s coming in, and how you put the two together for analysis. Our company has built some lightweight products and apps that readily allow the sophisticated analyst, who works quite a bit with and is familiar with full motion video, to visualize and display the data, look at the meta-information, and put up the graphics and correlated information that goes with it. But we also can support the novice user in much the same way, so that that person can also take full motion video and go all the way from something as simple as situational awareness to something more sophisticated as far as making decisions. What we have developed is some government off-the-shelf products that are readily available, don’t cost the customer anything and can be easily downloaded and used, to the point where we also now have a commercial software development kit that some vendors are integrating with their software, whether in the GIS world or the raster imagery world. It allows them to expand out and pull in full motion video. What folks don’t realize is that video is much more than the actual video—more than YouTube. It really involves being able to bring in the correlated meta-information and put it in at the right places in the video.
People and Technology: New Sensing Paradigm for Geospatial Data Collection and Integration Dr. Anthony Stefanidis Director Center for Geospatial-Intelligence George Mason University The challenge that we’re trying to address is that geospatial collection is changing. With the technology advances, we see that everybody is able to contribute geospatial information, and we realize that we need this information, because the information we are seeking is much more dynamic. You could make the argument that we can’t rely on the traditional model of agencies collecting data periodically to meet our needs, because our needs are changing and evolving. We’re going to be discussing topics such as the current state of practice in the use of crowdsourcing and volunteered geographic information (VGI) to supplement agency data sets. We know that those data sets are reliable, but they’re not always up to date. How do crowdsourcing and VGI help complement that? Also, are there emerging trends in technology that will affect this in the future? What do we see that could have a significant impact in the near future? We’ll also be asking the panel about the need for quality control, because we can have an abundance of information but also an abundance of non-reliable information. How do we handle that? We may have situations that require rapid response. How do we ensure that the information that we collect in this way is reliable? We’re seeing more of it every day, because people are becoming sensors. What you do in your daily life may be contributing information on purpose that is geospatial in nature—perhaps driving by a traffic jam and reporting it. But people may also be contributing without knowing that they’re doing it. In the recent Arab Spring, for example, we had people
9
GEOINT 2011 SYMPOSIUM
Sunday, oCtober 16, 2011
going on social media and providing information about events that were happening. So we had a unique opportunity to collect information that was not contributed for that purpose, but was geospatial in nature. How do we harvest this information to enhance our capabilities? All the existing rules you have that say you have to have certain metadata and a certain scale—they are all out the window. But it’s still extremely valuable information. How do we harvest this information and integrate it with the authoritative data sets that agencies collect? That’s one of the most dramatic challenges.
Big Data: The Engine for Future GEOINT Analytics David Crandall Principal Booz Allen Hamilton Big data is important because it has really transformed the Internet over the past 10 years, beginning with Google, which you might say invented the concept. As the open source community has leveraged things that Google invented, in the form of a software program called HADOOP, other large Internet players have started using it. Companies like Facebook, Twitter and Amazon use HADOOP to process large amounts of
Editor Harrison Donnelly Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey McKaughan Senior Copy Editor Laura Davis Art Director Jennifer Owers GRAPHIC DESIGNER Kailey Waring Show Daily Correspondent Hank Hogan Associate Publisher Scott Parker CHief Executive Officer Jack Kerrigan CHief Financial Officer Constance Kerrigan Publisher Kirk Brown The OFFICIAL GEOINT Show Daily is published by Geospatial Intelligence Forum and KMI Media Group Sunday October 16, Monday October 17, Tuesday October 18, Wednesday October 19 and Thursday October 20. Magazine distribution is free to attendees and exhibitors at GEOINT 2011 and available online at www.gif-kmi.com. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction without permission is strictly forbidden. Copyright 2011. KMI Media Group 15800 Crabbs Branch Way, Suite 300 Rockville, MD 20855-2604 USA Telephone: (301) 670-5700 Fax: (301) 670-5701 www.gif-kmi.com
10
data and extract information from data that no one could have before. It’s important that this technology find its way into the federal government. It’s had some use in the intelligence community, but very limited. The next big step is when it comes into GEOINT. My focus is on intelligence, because that’s where my background is, but it has a place in all of the government for processing GEOINT data. I think that the important part of Big Data is that it enables you to run analytics on all your data, and on a heterogeneous set of data. Where typically we would store specialized kinds of data on large relational databases, and analysts would have to cull through it to get answers, with Big Data you can use heterogeneous types of data. You can inform your GEOINT data with other unstructured intelligence data, so it really gets at the NGA’s vision for advanced analytics. It takes them beyond looking at imagery, but puts them in the middle of an intelligence problem and allows them to use imagery to augment the intelligence problem, rather than just looking at imagery. Rather than just processing imagery and analyzing it, it gets into the predictive analytics that Director Long talked about, where you can use data generated by the intelligence community in combination with GEOINT to find out new information and add to the richness of what’s already there.
GIS Data With or Without Connectivity SAIC announces new software solution. Science Applications International Corporation (Booth 401) has released details on GeoRover Mobile, a new software solution enabling the collection of geographic information system data in the field with or without network connectivity, in addition to traditional functionalities. The GeoRover Mobile solution can be used to collect and edit field data for use by environmental, utility, law enforcement, education, land management, forestry, and government and defense applications. The application is a program that resides on mobile devices (phones or tablets) that operate using the Android platform and integrates available global positioning system (GPS) and Wi-Fi networks to provide current location data and other information. The application enables users to create waypoints, track logs and routes when connected to an internal or external GPS, including Bluetooth, to obtain realtime connection. The software solution is comprised of
the GeoRover Mobile Desktop extension for the Esri ArcGIS desktop application and the Mobile application for Android devices. Using a unique Map-Pack process, the SAIC GeoRover Mobile solution can create maps packaged with other layers to quickly share information between desktop and mobile software applications. The toolbar allows users to easily import and export points, lines and polygons from new or existing feature layers and base maps from raster datasets. Users can also link photos, including geotagged photos, or voice recordings to features within the mapping application. “We are pleased to provide customers with mobile GIS solutions for the Android platform, delivering the ability to visualize map content while collecting data even in the most remote locations,” said John Thomas, SAIC senior vice president and business unit general manager. “This new technology demonstrates SAIC’s ability to offer cutting edge mobile solutions helping solve difficult problems.”
GEOINT 2011 SYMPOSIUM
Sunday, oCtober 16, 2011
Managing the Data Geosemble Technologies’ tools increase information correlation. Seen publicly at GEOINT for one of the first times, Geosemble Technologies (Booth 103) is detailing the newest release of its GeoXray software suite, featuring the underlying PlaceGenius technology for delivering knowledge about places from all over the world. Users can now benefit from a powerful set of tools and features designed to deliver deep location knowledge from vast sources while reducing personnel cost and shrinking the cycle time to reach informed decisions. “We are extremely pleased to be delivering this new capability to our customers,” said Andre Doumitt, Geosemble CEO. “It’s our goal to make our users smarter about places much earlier in the decision process, so they can capitalize on opportunities and avoid threats in their geographic areas of interest,” he said. As an underlying technology component in the company’s GeoXray software suite, PlaceGenius plays an important role by applying patented, and patent-pending
term-frequency, textmatching technology as part of a dual-correlation process that extracts, processes and correlates information about places. PlaceGenius integrates incoming unstructured text from internet and proprietary sources and associates it with an enhanced geographic knowledge base which GeoXray then displays in its own user-friendly interface, or via an API for consumption in other programs. Ultimately, the benefit for users is that GeoXray delivers access to vast amounts of content filtered down to a manageable volume through a simple user interface where users can see and understand information about places. According to the company, the release of GeoXray version 2.7 has added the ability
Human Geography Technology Boeing showcases advances across the GIS spectrum Focusing on its new human geography technology, The Boeing Company (Booth 313) is highlighting this new innovation at this year’s GEOINT. “The Boeing human geography solution provides community data in categories such as political ideology, ethnicity, cultural habits, language, education and health care—and how these have contributed to the intelligence picture,” said Dewey Houck, Intelligence Systems Group vice president. “It offers historical trends and patterns to help give the analyst a holistic understanding of nations and regions by broadening and deepening their analytic expertise.” Another focal point of Boeing’s booth this year is TAC, an analytical tool that enables realtime collaborative analysis through the persistent querying of streaming and stored data, giving users immediate access to data relevant to their topic of interest.
The company’s 3-D ladar, a mapping capability that uses laser light technology to produce a precise 3-D image of the terrain will also be on display. The laser radar, or ladar, weighs less than 20 pounds, enabling multi-platform use and supporting a variety of surveillance and sensing applications. Highlighting its synthetic aperture radar image analysis tool, SAR Agility, Boeing will focus on its ability to draw on the power of mass-market graphic processing units to provide real-time processing and user interaction, resulting in fast and comprehensive extraction of actionable information from complex SAR imagery. Boeing also will showcase its comprehensive, web-based GEOINT source-discovery solution. This solution allows online, on-demand access to search across internal and external data sources, as well as different classification levels, using Boeing eXMeritus HardwareWall and a variety of industry standard protocols and messaging formats.
to tap the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s public web service to get geographic information about places that can then be linked to news, blogs and other social media; the ability to set up custom alerts filtered for a user’s topics of interest in a given location and delivered to a desktop or mobile device; and the a “content view” mode that is map-optional and delivers content about a user’s pre-selected area in a “what’s happening here today” mode; as well as a host of other features.
Got News? The Show Daily staff is eager to get the latest news from GEOINT 2011 Symposium exhibitors. To help us in our effort to report the “best and the brightest” from the industry’s largest event, stop by the Show Daily office to drop off your press release or fill us in on your announcement. We’re at Booth # 951 in the back of the hall, not far from the Show Management Office.
11
GEOINT 2011 SYMPOSIUM
Sunday, oCtober 16, 2011
TOday’S AGENDA 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Alder Golf Classic at The Palmer Course La Cantera Buses depart the Marriott at 6:30 A.M.
Lunchtime Workshop WAS/WAPS/WAMI/FMV: Analysis of Video Salon A & B
9:00 a.m. – 5:20 p.m. Pre-Symposium Science & Technology Forum Grand Hyatt San Antonio - Texas Ballroom
1:30 P.M. – 3:20 p.m. Socio-Cultural Dynamics: Lessons Learned Salon C
9:00 A.m. – 9:30 a.m. Introduction Dr. R. Maxwell Baber, Director of Academic Programs, USGIF Salon A & B
Mobile GEOINT Applications Salon D
Space-Time Analytics Salon F
Keynote Forging Integrated Intelligence: Shared Challenges and Opportunities in Preparing for an Uncertain Future Dr. H. Gregory Smith, Chief Scientist and Deputy Director, InnoVision, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
3:30 p.m. – 5:20 p.m. Socio-Cultural Dynamics: Enabling Technologies Salon C
Salon A & B
People and Technology: New Sensing Paradigm for Geospatial Data Collection and Integration
9:40 A.M. – 11:30 a.m.
Salon D
Socio-Cultural Dynamics: An Overview from a Diplomacy, Development, Defense and Intelligence Perspective
Big Data: The Engine for Future GEOINT Analytics
Salon C
Fusion in the Information Spectrum: Multi-INT Analytics as an Alternative to “All-Source” Salon D
Salon F
7:00 P.M. – 10:00 p.m. Six Flags Over Texas Welcome Reception at Sunset Station Buses depart from the Grand Hyatt at 6:45 P.M.
The Future of GEOINT Professional Development Salon F
Additional exhibitors 3M Co. Booth 1216
GeoTech Center Booth 713
www.3m.com/defense Contact: Norbert Biderman Phone: 651-736-9733 Email: njbiderman@mmm.com
geotechcenter.org Contact: Phillip Davis Phone: 361-698-1475 Email: pdavis@delmar.edu
Dynamic Aviation Booth 741
Headwall Photonics Inc. Booth 1139
www.dynamicaviation.com Contact: Steve Scates Phone: 540-515-3503 Email: sscates@dynamicaviation. com
www.headwallphotonics.com Contact: David Bannon Phone: 978-353-4100 Email: information@ headwallphotonics.com
EMC Corp. Booth 800
National Geographic Society on behalf of Speak Up for Geography Booth 728
www.emc.com Contact: Sharon Ober Phone: 703-851-6938 Email: sharon.ober@emc.com
12
speakupforgeography.org Contact: Waverly Ray Phone: 202-857-7578 Email: wray@ngs.org
Progressive Technology Federal Systems P|T|F|S Booth 573 www.ptfs.com Contact: Dan Quinn Phone: 301-654-8088 x154 Email: dquinn@ptfs.com Trident University International Booth 726 www.tui4military.com Contact: Kendra Temple Phone: 714-816-0366 Email: ktemple@tuiu.edu U.S. Army North Emergency Response Vehicle Booth OUTDOOR - OB www.arnorth.army.mil Contact: U.S. Army North Public Affairs Office Phone: 210-221-0015 Email: arnorthpao@conus.army.mil
U.S. Army North - Sentinel Booth OUTDOOR - OC www.arnorth.army.mil Contact: U.S. Army North Public Affairs Office Phone: 210-221-0015 Email: arnorthpao@conus.army.mil USAA Booth 743 www.usaa.com Phone: 800-531-8722 World Wide Technology Booth OUTDOOR - OK www.wwt.com Phone: 800-432-7008
GEOINT 2011 SYMPOSIUM
Sunday, oCtober 16, 2011
TOMORROW’S AGENDA All keynotes and panels take place in Ballroom A of the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center.
8:00 A.M. - 8:30 A.M. Opening Ceremony and Welcome Remarks K. Stuart Shea, CEO & Chairman of the Board, USGIF; President, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group, SAIC
8:30 A.M. - 8:45 A.M. Master of Ceremonies The Honorable Joan Avalyn Dempsey, Senior Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton
8:45 A.M. - 9:30 A.M. Keynote The Honorable James R. Clapper Jr., Director of National Intelligence
9:30 A.M. - 10:15 A.M. Keynote GEN Keith B. Alexander, U.S. Army, Commander, U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM), and Director, National Security Agency/ Chief, Central Security Service (NSA/CSS)
10:15 A.M. - 10:45 A.M. Break Ballroom A Foyer Lobby
10:45 A.M. - 11:30 A.M. Keynote Mr. Bruce A. Carlson, Director, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
11:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M. Exhibit Hall Open
11:30 A.M. - 12:15 P.M. Keynote Ms. Letitia A. Long, Director, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
12:00 - 2:00 P.M. Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
12:30 - 2:00 P.M. Lunchtime Workshop GEOINT Support for Crisis Management: Operation Experience, Development Strategy and Cooperation Perspective for International Actors Room 204 • Adriano Baptista, Head of the Operations Division, European Union Satellite Centre (EUSC) • Robert Lamon, Senior GEOINT Advisor, Office of International Affairs, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) • Tomaž Lovrenčič, Director, European Union Satellite Centre (EUSC)
2:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. Breakout Tracks The GEOINT Dimension of Socio-Cultural Analysis Room 001 • Moderator: Richard J. O’Lear, Chief, Intelligence Community Strategic Studies Group (ODNI/CIA) • Dr. Gary Condon, Science & Technology Advisor, ISR Task Force, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence (OUSD(I)) • Dr. Joseph F. Fontanella, U.S. Army Geospatial Information Officer and Director, Army Geospatial Center (AGC) • John. P. Goolgasian, Deputy Lead for Online GEOINT Services, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) • COL Sharon R. Hamilton, U.S. Army, Director, Human Terrain System, Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) • Reginald Dean Hyde, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Intelligence & Security), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence (OUSD(I)) NGA’s Vision Implemented Ballroom A • Introductory Keynote: Michael A. Rodrigue, Director, Vision Integration Team, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) • Moderator: Keith L. Barber, Director, National System for Geospatial-Intelligence Expeditionary Architecture IPO, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) • Dr. Ann M. Carbonell, Director, National System for Geospatial-Intelligence Open IT Environment Initiative Office of the Director, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) • Tonya M. Crawford, Director, Acquisition Contracts, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) • Daniel M. Cotter, Chief Technology Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) • Dr. Robert H. Laurine Jr., NGA West Senior Executive, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) • Mark J. Riccio, Senior Lead NGA Disaster Strategic Initiative, Chief Federal Bureau of Investigation NGA Support Team, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Future of International Commercial Satellite Imagery: A CEO Perspective Room 103 • Moderator: Gil I. Klinger, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Space and Intelligence, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (OUSD(AT&L)) • Ryan Johnson, Chief Executive Officer, RapidEye AG • Marcello Maranesi, Chief Executive Officer, e-GEOS • Matthew O’Connell, Chief Executive Officer, President and Director, GeoEye • John Schumacher, Chief Executive Officer, Astrium North America • Herbert F. Satterlee III, Chief Executive Officer, MDA Information Systems • Jeffrey (Jeff) Tarr, President and Chief Executive Officer, DigitalGlobe
4:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. Exhibit Hall Networking Reception
13
GEOINT 2011 SYMPOSIUM
Sunday, oCtober 16, 2011
Must Know and Where to Go ATM Machines Automated Teller Machines are located in the Lobby Bridge.
Business Center (The UPS Store) Lobby Bridge The UPS Store Business Center inside the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center offers a full-range of services—from computer rentals to faxing, copies andmailing services. Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . store4180@theupsstore.com Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210-258-8950 Fax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210-258-8951 Hours: Monday – Friday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:00 A.M. - 6:30 P.M. Saturday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. Sunday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.
Email/Internet Access Exhibit Halls A & B during regular expo hours Stay in touch by email and print boarding passes while you’re at the showin the Internet Café Booth 174 sponsored by USGIF.
Emergency/First Aid In case of emergency, please pick up any house phone and dial 911. Please inform security to fill out an incident report. If you are in need of first-aid, go to room H23 in the back of Exhibit Hall A.
Lost & Found Please bring found articles to the USGIF Show Management Office located in Booth 301. At the end of the show, all unclaimed articles will be forwarded to Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center security.
Meals & Breaks Continental breakfast is available to attendees with Full Symposium Passes in Ballroom A foyer & walkway on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday: Monday, October 17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00 A.M. - 8:00 A.M. Tuesday, October 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00 A.M. - 8:00 A.M. Wednesday, October 19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00 A.M. - 8:00 A.M. Lunch for attendees and exhibit booth personnel is served each day in Exhibit Halls A & B: Monday, October 17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12:30 P.M. - 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, October 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12:30 P.M. - 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, October 19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12:30 P.M. - 2:00 P.M.
Media Room All members of the media not registered in advance must report directly to the media room to complete their on-site registration before proceeding to the registration counter. Proper credentials are required for those who have not pre-registered. Room 002 Sunday, October 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:00 P.M. - 4:30 P.M. Monday, October 17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. Tuesday, October 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. Wednesday, October 19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.
14
Registration Hours West Registration - Outside Exhibit Halls A & B Saturday, October 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. Sunday, October 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:00 A.M. - 7:00 P.M. Monday, October 17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:30 A.M. - 6:00 P.M. Tuesday, October 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M. Wednesday, October 19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
Exhibit Hall Hours Exhibit Halls A & B Monday, October 17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M. Tuesday, October 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M. Wednesday, October 19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
Show Policies Badges & Attendance GEOINT Symposium badges are non-transferable. Badges must be worn and visible at ALL Symposium-related activities. OneDay Exhibit Only Pass holders may upgrade to a Full Symposium Pass to attend Symposium sessions by paying the difference in the rate on the date of change. Badges may not be shared. Dress Code USGIF suggests business attire for all conference sessions, breakout tracks and the exhibit hall. Military officers and enlisted personnel are encouraged to wear a duty uniform or business suit. Business casual attire is recommended for the Welcome Reception, GEOWalk Corporate Hospitality Night and the Closing Celebration. Mobile Phones & Pagers As a courtesy to all speakers and your fellow attendees, please place all mobile devices in silent mode during all Symposium sessions. In addition, all cell phones must be answered outside of the meeting rooms. Photography Photography is not permitted without the prior approval of show management. By attending the GEOINT 2011 Symposium, you grant USGIF permission to use photographs taken by the official show photographer for future marketing purposes. Solicitation Policy Solicitation of any kind is prohibited at the GEOINT 2011 Symposium. By registering to attend, you acknowledge this policy and agree that you will not advertise, represent or distribute literature for products or services to our exhibitors, attendees or staff without the express written approval of USGIF. Any attendee that violates this policy will forfeit their registration credentials.
Going Green USGIF is committed to doing our part to keep the planet healthy by securing environmentally friendly meeting spaces such as the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center. The Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center helps reduce their carbon impact by reducing waste, conserving energy and water and using recycled items such as trash bags, paper towels, copy paper and other items throughout the Convention Center. For more information, please visit http://www.sahbgcc.com/default. asp?sanantonio=31.
Why Join Be a Part of the Only Organization Dedicated to Promoting the Geospatial Intelligence Tradecraft The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) strives to create educational programs and events to develop a stronger community of interest between Government, Industry, Academia, Professional Organizations and Individuals who use geospatial intelligence to address our National Security objectives. Membership provides unique opportunities: • Shape the future of the GEOINT tradecraft, as well as the overall direction of the Foundation and its efforts • Interaction with senior defense, intelligence, and homeland security community professionals • Subscription to Geospatial Intelligence Forum – the official publication of USGIF • Educational programs and career development • Access to member-only events and networking opportunities • Member discounts and complimentary event registrations • Inclusion in annual Membership Directory • Access to USGIF’s Job Board • Outreach and marketing for your company
Join USGIF Today! Please call 1-888-MY-USGIF or email Jeff Ley at jeff.ley@usgif.org to learn more about how a membership in the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation can support your mission!
Where Our National Security Begins…
usgif.org/membership