NGA at the 2024 GEOINT Symposium
About the Event
Join NGA at the 2024 GEOINT Symposium held in Kissimmee, Florida from May 5-8 to explore this year’s theme: Essential in All Dimensions and Domains. This year’s symposium aims to delve into the diverse facets of geospatial intelligence, showcasing its essential role in providing decision advantage at the point and time of need in today’s rapidly evolving technological and geopolitical landscape.
The GEOINT Symposium will feature director, Vice Admiral Frank “Trey” Whitworth on the main stage, as well as NGA experts on various panels on the Government and Vista Hub stages. NGA will discuss topics such as commercial GEOINT, its arctic mission, artificial intelligence and more. NGA leaders will discuss topics including commercial GEOINT, generative AI and NGA’s arctic and safety of navigation missions. In addition, the NGA Booth (#409) will feature presentations from this year’s Lightning Talk selectees and more.
Featured NGA Speakers
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Director Vice Admiral Frank Whitworth
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Tonya P. Wilkerson, Deputy Director
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Trey Treadwell
NGA's Speaker Schedule
Sunday, May 5
10:00am - 10:45am | Panel: Quantum Leap in Geospatial Intelligence: Navigating the Future with Quantum Computing | Jarred Byrnes, NGA R&D IT Infrastructure and HPC Lead, Research and Development & Sean Batir, NGA Chief Technology Officer, NGA Maven Program
11:15am - 12:00pm | Panel: PNT Beyond GPS | J.N. “Nikki” Markiel, Ph.D., NGA Senior GEOINT Authority for Geomatics
Monday, May 6
11:30am - 12:30pm | Keynote | VADM Frank Whitworth, NGA Director | Main Stage
12:30pm - 1:15pm | Panel: Commercial GEOINT | Devin Brande, NGA Director, Commercial Operations | Government Hub
2:30pm - 3:15pm | Panel: Charting Technology Optimization | Christopher Johnson, NGA Deputy Chief Technology Officer & Deepak Kundal, NGA Chief Data Officer | Government Hub
3:30pm - 4:15pm | Panel: NGA’s Safety of Navigation Missions | Colonel Aaron Miner (USAF) NGA Director, Aeronautical Navigation Office, Captain Dwight E. Smith, Jr. (USN), NGA Director, Maritime Safety Office, Sara Mock, NGA Senior GEOINT Advisor for Safety of Navigation, Cathleen Williamson, NGA Director, Office of Geomatics | Government Hub
Tuesday, May 7
7:30am - 8:45am | Minority Serving Institution Breakfast | Tonya Wilkerson, NGA Deputy Director
12:30pm - 1:15pm | Panel: NGA’s Arctic Missions | Dave Birchett, NGA National GEOINT Officer for Economics, Analysis Operations Group, Kevin Dobbs, PhD Foundation Pod Lead/Research Scientist and Cathleen Williamson, NGA Director Office of Geomatics | Government Hub
2:00pm - 2:45pm | Panel: Artificial Intelligence is Here: Is the GEOINT Enterprise AI Ready? | Sean Batir, NGA Chief Technology Officer, NGA Maven Program and Anna Rubinstein, Ph.D., NGA Chief of Responsible Artificial Intelligence, Data & Digital Innovation | Vista Hub
2:30pm - 3:30pm | Golden Ticket Young Professionals Mentoring Session | Tonya Wilkerson, NGA Deputy Director
3:30pm - 4:15pm | Panel: IC Cloud Strategies | Mark Chatelain, NGA Director, Chief Information Officer and IT Services | Government Hub
Wednesday, May 8
12:30pm - 1:15pm | Panel: Driving Down Data Latency to Meet Mission Timelines | Mark Chatelain, NGA Director, Chief Information Officer and IT Services and Mark Munsell, NGA Director, Data and Digital Innovation Directorate | Government Hub
1:15pm - 1:45pm | Fireside Chat: Trey Treadwell, NGA Associate Director for Capabilities | Government Hub
NGA's Booth Schedule (#409)
Monday, May 6
10:00am - 11:00am | Enterprise Challenge
11:00am - 12:00pm | Tearline Yearbook
1:00pm - 2:00pm | Commercial Hyperspectral Imagery (HSI) Ground Truth Site
3:00pm - 4:00pm | JREN: NGA's Joint Regional Edge Nodes and Odyssey
Tuesday, May 7
10:00am - 11:00am | GEOINT Helps Plot Course to Avert River Erosion Catastrophe in Ecuador
11:00am - 12:00pm | Strengthening Talent Through Educational Partnerships
1:00pm - 2:00pm | Nurturing Talent, Fostering Innovation: Upskilling Personnel for Machine Learning Adoption
3:00pm - 4:00pm | AI/ML at the Tactical Edge
Wednesday, May 8
10:00am - 11:00am | Tearline Yearbook
11:00am - 12:00pm | JREN: NGA's Joint Regional Edge Nodes & Odyssey
1:00pm - 2:00pm | Commercial Hyperspectral Imagery (HSI) Ground Truth Site