PROGRAM SPEAKERS
PRE CONFERENCE - DAY 1 MONDAY - 13 JANUARY
Executive Round Table : Defining Scope and Business Models of Public Private Partnership across Space and Geospatial Industry (by Invitation Only)
Registration and Welcome Coffee
Opening Keynote
Sanjay Kumar
CEO
Geospatial World
Panel 1: Positioning Infrastructure and EO Constellations
Moderator
Sanjay Kumar
CEO
Geospatial World
Boris Skopljak
Vice President - Geospatial
Trimble
Hasan AlHosani
CEO
Bayanat Smart Solutions
Sanjay Nekkanti
Founder & CEO
Dhruva Space
Panel 2: National Mapping and Digital Twins
Moderator
Ananya Narain
Vice President - Consulting
Geospatial World
Mike Tischler
Director - National Geospatial Program
USGS
Burkhard Boeckem
CTO
Hexagon AB
Jan Kestle
President
Environics Analytics
Erik Jorgensen
Chairman & CEO
Vexcel Imaging
Marc Prioleau
Executive Director
Overture Maps Foundation
Panel 3: National Geospatial Platforms through P4 (public-private-philanthropic partnerships)
Harold Goddijn
CEO
TomTom
Geoffrey Levene
Global Public Sector, Director, Remote Sensing
Nvidia
Erik Holmlund
Executive Director
Alberta Data Partnerships
Thomas Escobar
Director - Product Management
Google Maps
Open Discussions: Summary and Recommendations
Karthik Ramamurthy
Regional Head and Partner
IPSOS Strategy 3
David Baxter
Sustainable PPP Procurement Expert
Pre Conference
Workforce Development Summit
Moderator
Mark Reichardt
Senior Consultant
Geospatial World
Ian Warner
Director
Industry Workforce Development & Innovation
Trimble
Tony Spicci
Executive Director
GIS Certification Institute
John Nolte
Director - Enterprise IT
Denver Water
Kimberly Mantey
Director, National Geospatial Technical Operations Center
USGS
Dana Caccamise
Pacific Southwest Regional Advisor
NOAA's National Geodetic Survey
Timothy Murphy
Vice President
NSPS
Ola Ayeni
Founder & Chief Idea Officer
Claim Academy
Networking Break
Roundtable on "Missing Middle": The Value of Solution Providers in the Geospatial Value Chain
Moderator
Becci Anderson
Chief, User Engagement - National Geospatial Program
USGS
Mike Tischler
Director - National Geospatial Program
USGS
Siva Ravada
Vice President - Development
Oracle
Amar Nayegandhi
Global Head of Technology and Innovation
Woolpert
Carlos Femmer
Data Acquisition Director
HDR
Jan Kestle
President
Environics Analytics
Investors Summit
Moderator
Keith Masback
Prinicipal Consultant
PLUM RUN, LLC
KP Reddy
CEO
Shadow Ventures
Gopan Madathil
CEO
Innosapien Ventures
Lewis Jones
VP
Generation Space
Doug Pittman
Founder, Chairman & CEO
BoardActive and BrandDrop
Shae Thomas
Catalyst Accelerator Program Manager
Catalyst Campus
Rika Nakazawa
Chief of Commercial Innovation
NTT
Jan Kestle
President
Environics Analytics
Lunch
Marketing & Communications Summit
Moderator
Vaishali Dixit
Vice President - Major Account Management and Asia Pacific
Geospatial World
Corinne Vigreux
Co-Founder & CMO
TomTom
Sarah Preston
Senior Product Marketing Manager
Capella Space
Kris Wagner
Marketing Director
Vexcel Imaging
Tomi Maxted
Director, Corporate Communications
Maxar
Katelyn Fobes
Senior Director of Marketing
BlackSky
Jeremiah Karpowicz
Group Editorial Director
Diversified Communications
Brian L. Soliday
CRO
VoxelMaps
PLENARY - DAY 2 TUESDAY - 14 JANUARY
Plenary
Breakfast and Networking
Welcome Address
Sanjay Kumar
CEO
Geospatial World
Opening Keynote Address
Jack Dangermond
President
Esri
Plenary Panel 1: Sensor to Services: Driving Productivity and Market Economy
Moderator
Ronald Bisio
Senior Vice President, Field Systems
Trimble
Burkhard Boeckem
CTO
Hexagon AB
Motoyuki Arai
CEO
Synspective
Geert De Coensel
CEO
Merkator
Ali Al Shehi
Director General
National Space Science Technology Centre, UAE University
Joseph Seppi
Geospatial Sector Leader
Senior Vice President, Woolpert
Thomas Escobar
Director - Product Management
Google Maps
Fireside Chat
Brian McClendon
Senior Vice President of Engineering
Niantic, Inc.
Christopher Tucker
Chairman and CEO
GeoRobotix
Plenary Panel 2: Deep Tech: Expanding Horizons and Growth Potential for Space and Geospatial Industry
Moderator
Dr. Nadine Alameh
Executive Director
Taylor Geospatial Institute
Rika Nakazawa
Chief of Commercial Innovation
NTT
Trey Treadwell
Associate Director - Capability
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Anup Jindal
CEO
RMSI
Networking Coffee Break
Fireside Chat
Rob Painter
CEO
Trimble
Jon Gustafson
Vice President
Geospatial World
Plenary Panel 3: Spatial Computing & Quantum AI: Catalysing Workflow Integration for Business Enterprises
Keynote
Bob Pette
VP/GM Enterprise Platforms
Nvidia
Moderator
Jon Gustafson
Vice President
Geospatial World
Andy Sriubas
Chief Commercial Officer
OUTFRONT Media
Piers Dormeyer
CEO
Eagleview
Jerry Paffendorf
Co-Founder & CEO
Regrid
Miriam Daniel
VP, GM Google Maps
Google
Mo Sarwat
CEO
Wherobots
Fireside Chat
Harold Goddijn
CEO
TomTom
Plenary Panel 4: Open Data Platforms: Empowering a map data ecosystem for enterprises and government agencies
Moderator
Marc Prioleau
Executive Director
Overture Maps Foundation
Jeffrey Hightower
VP, Bing Places
Microsoft
Drew Breunig
Vice President - Strategy
Precisely
Dr. Leslie Jones
GIO, Alaska Geospatial Office
Executive Director, Alaska Geospatial Council
"In Conversation' with (Strategic Partnership and Merger: Advancing Geospatial Value Chain across Infrastructure and Engineering Industry)
Patrick Cozzi
Chief Platform Officer
Bentley Systems
Tom Kurke
Vice President, Ecosystem and Ventures
Bentley iTwin Ventures
Networking Luncheon
Fireside Chat
Dan Smoot
CEO
Maxar Technologies
Plenary Panel 5: Enterprise Digital Twin and Collaborative Business Models
Moderator
Ananya Narain
Vice President - Consulting
Geospatial World
Theo Agelopoulos
Vice President, AEC Design Strategy
Autodesk
Erik Jorgensen
Chairman & CEO
Vexcel Imaging
Krishna Bodanapu
Executive Vice Chairman & MD
Cyient
Frank Backes
CEO
Capella Space
My-Linh Truong
Director at Large, MAPPS
Division Manager, Unmanned Laser Systems, RIEGL USA
Fireside Chat: Public Policies and Commercialization of Space and the Geospatial Industry
Moderator
Mark Reichardt
Senior Consultant
Geospatial World
Edward Cox
President
ERA Government Affairs
Plenary Panel 7: The Earth Observation Market and Economy: Next Generation Business Models
Moderator
Keith Masback
Prinicipal Consultant
PLUM RUN, LLC
Sanjay Nekkanti
Founder & CEO
Dhruva Space
Hasan AlHosani
CEO
Bayanat Smart Solutions
Marc Tremblay
Operating Partner
Arsenal Capital
Anirudh Sharma
Founder and CEO
Digiantra
Networking Coffee Break
Plenary Panel 8: Geospatial Knowledge Infrastructure for National Security
Moderator
Ronda Schrenk
CEO
United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF)
Sandra G Auchter
Director
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency- Denver
Todd E. Johanesen
Director, Foundation GEOINT
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
David Alexander
Senior Science Advisor for Resilience
Dept. Of Homeland Security
DEEP DIVE - DAY 3 WEDNESDAY - 15 JANUARY
Utility Management
Energy Transition, Resilience & Smart Grid
Tyler Svitak
Executive Director
Colorado Smart Cities Alliance
Narendra Babu Vattem
CEO
iSpatial Techno Solutions (IST) Inc
Dhananjay Deshmukh
VP - GIS & Crowdsourcing
Tech Mahindra
Chris Surbey
Director of Product Management
ENER-i.AI INC
Telecommunications & Broadband Equity
Bill Emison
Sales Engineer
True Net Communications
Mike McGill
Vice President, Sales & Market Development
Magnasoft
Brandy Reitter
Executive Director
Colorado Broadband Office
Jeffrey Gavlinski
CEO
Mountain Connect
Dave Dionne
Chief Strategy Officer
Merkator
Asset Management
John Nolte
Director - Enterprise IT
Denver Water
Peter Gomez
Senior Consultant
WDI Inc
AEC Reimagined
Innovation & Architecture
Rick Khan
Director - Mega Projects
VIATechnik
Ron Chapple
VP Global Strategic Solutions Digital Twins
NV5 Geospatial
Marc Goldman
Director - Industry Solutions
Esri
Next Gen Transportation infrastructure and Smart Mobility
Raja Kadiyala
Global Head, Digital Solutions
Sidara
Peter Atalla
CEO
Voxel Maps
Jag Mallela
Senior Vice President and Managing Director
WSP
Aaron Morris
Innovation Principal
Woolpert
Sean Young
Director, AECO, Geospatial, and AI Solutions Industry Marketing
Nvidia
Joe Blecha
Director of Product Marketing
Trimble
Water Resources
Stephen S. Aichele
Geographer
USGS National Geospatial Program
Carlos Femmer
Data Acquisition Director
HDR
Chris Andrews
Consultant
Elizabeth O'Keefe Markham
GISP, Deputy Director
GIS & Technology, Straughan Environmental
Empowering Retail & Commerce
Empowering Retail & Commerce
Co-Moderator
Brittany Donald
Director of Program Management
Geospatial World
Co-Moderator
Boutaina Marhrim
Sales Manager
Geospatial World
Casey Price
SVP - Sales
Environics Analytics
Joe Francica
Principal Product Manager
Corelogic
Dan Lopez
CTO
Neural.ao
Siva Ravada
Vice President - Development
Oracle
Downstream Space
Keynote
Keynote
Christopher Tucker
Chairman and CEO
GeoRobotix
Climate Resilience & Sustainability
Anthony D. Palizzi
Executive Director
Integrated Data, UDC
Pablo Fuentes
Co-Founder and Principal
Makepath
Trevor Moore
Managing Partner
Orbo System
Sreeramam G V
CEO
Neogeoinfo Technologies
Brian Collins
Executive Director
Earth Fire Alliance
Len Kne
U-Spatial Associate Director
University of Minnesota
Agriculture & Food Security
KC Kroll
Strategic Partnerships and Public Sector BD
Descartes Labs
Venkat Pillay
Founder and CEO
Latconnect60
Pierre Izard
Consultant
Adam Smith
Satsure
Insurance & Risk Management
Ryan Bank
Global Managing Director
Geospatial Insurance Consortium
Daniela Moody
VP of Tech, Insurance
Descartes Labs
Ben Tuttle
CTO
EOI
Legal Considerations in Sharing Geospatial Information: Public and Private Sector Perspectives
Legal Considerations in Sharing Geospatial Information: Public and Private Sector Perspectives
Moderator
Kevin Pomfret
Attorney
Williams Mullen
Christine Vanston
Senior Director Legal, Field Systems
Trimble
Derek Hanson
Deputy Section Chief Weather, Satellites, & Research Section, Office of General Counsel
NOAA
Tiffany Hosey
CEO
CTBIM
Closing Plenary
Closing Plenary: The Way Forward
Moderator
Karthik Ramamurthy
Regional Head and Partner
IPSOS Strategy 3
Peter Rabley
CEO
Open Geospatial Consortium
Jerry Johnston
Managing Director
Deloitte
Dean Angelides
Corporate Director
Esri
David Baxter
Sustainable PPP Procurement Expert