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
Opening Keynote
Sanjay Kumar
CEO
Geospatial World
Panel 1: Positioning Infrastructure and EO Constellations
Moderator
Sanjay Kumar
CEO
Geospatial World
Sanjay Nekkanti
Founder & CEO
Dhruva Space
Prashanth Marpu
VP - R&D Advanced Technologies
Bayanat Smart Solutions, Space42
Frank Backes
CEO
Capella Space
Dana Caccamise
Pacific Southwest Regional Advisor
NOAA's National Geodetic Survey
Panel 2: National Mapping and Digital Twins
Moderator
Ananya Narain
Vice President - Consulting
Geospatial World
Michael Tischler
Director - National Geospatial Program
USGS
Burkhard Boeckem
CTO
Hexagon AB
Erik Jorgensen
Chairman & CEO
Vexcel Imaging
Marc Prioleau
Executive Director
Overture Maps Foundation
Harold Goddijn
CEO
TomTom
Paul Granito
SVP and General Manager, Enterprise
Maxar Technologies
Panel 3: National Geospatial Platforms through P4 (public-private-philanthropic partnerships)
Moderator
Joshua Delmonico
Executive Director
Federal Geographic Data Committee
USGS
Amy Rose
Technical Director
Overture Maps Foundation
Krishna Bodanapu
Executive Vice Chairman & MD
Cyient
Geoffrey Levene
Global Public Sector, Director, Remote Sensing
Nvidia
Erik Holmlund
Executive Director
Alberta Data Partnerships
Summary and Recommendations
Karthik Ramamurthy
Regional Head and Partner
IPSOS Strategy 3
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
President
Geospatial Professional Network (GPN), and 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
Ola Ayeni
Founder & Chief Idea Officer
Claim Academy
Michael Bevis
Professor of Geodesy & Geodynamics
Ohio State University
Gary Dunow
VP, Strategic Development
US Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF)
Networking Coffee Break
Investors Summit
Moderator
Keith Masback
Principal Consultant
PLUM RUN, LLC
Gopan Madathil
CEO
Innosapien Ventures
Lewis Jones
VP
Generation Space
Rika Nakazawa
Chief of Commercial Innovation
NTT
Networking Coffee Break
Networking Luncheon
Roundtable on "Missing Middle": The Value of Solution Providers in the Geospatial Value Chain
Moderator
Michael Tischler
Director - National Geospatial Program
USGS
Siva Ravada
Vice President - Development
Oracle
Amar Nayegandhi
Global Head - Technology and Innovation
Woolpert
Carlos Femmer
Data Acquisition Director
HDR
Pablo Fuentes
Co-Founder and Principal
Makepath
Trevor Moore
Managing Partner
Orbo System
Rafay Khan
CEO
Moove.Ai
Steve Stautzenbach
Chief Revenue Officer
Regrid
Casey Price
SVP - Sales
Environics Analytics
Marketing & Communications Summit
Moderator
Ananya Narain
Vice President - Consulting
Geospatial World
Corinne Vigreux
Co-Founder & CMO
TomTom
Sarah Preston
Senior Product Marketing Manager
Capella Space
Kris Wagner
Marketing Director
Vexcel Imaging
Claudette Allingham
Head of Global Enterprise Marketing and Communications
Maxar Technologies
Jeremiah Karpowicz
Group Editorial Director
Diversified Communications
Brian L. Soliday
CRO
VoxelMaps
Myrna James
Head of Marketing
Xairos
PLENARY - DAY 2 TUESDAY - 14 JANUARY
Plenary
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
Thomas Escobar
Director - Product Management
Google Maps
Joseph Seppi
Geospatial Sector Leader
Senior Vice President, Woolpert
Fireside Chat
Moderator
Christopher Tucker
Chairman and CEO
GeoRobotix
Brian McClendon
Senior Vice President of Engineering
Niantic, Inc.
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
Sandra G Auchter
Director
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency- Denver
Anup Jindal
CEO
RMSI
Jan Kestle
President
Environics Analytics
Networking Coffee Break
Fireside Chat
Moderator
Vaishali Dixit
Vice President - Strategic Account Management
Geospatial World
Rob Painter
CEO
Trimble
Plenary Panel 3: Spatial Computing & Quantum AI: Catalysing Workflow Integration for Business Enterprises
Moderator
Vaishali Dixit
Vice President - Strategic Account Management
Geospatial World
Andy Sriubas
Former COO/CCO
OUTFRONT Media
Piers Dormeyer
CEO
Eagleview
Jerry Paffendorf
Co-Founder & CEO
Regrid
Jia Yu
Co-founder and Chief Architect
Wherobots
Sean Young
Director, AECO, Geospatial, and AI Solutions Industry Marketing
Nvidia
Fireside Chat
Moderator
Sanjay Kumar
CEO
Geospatial World
Harold Goddijn
CEO
TomTom
Fireside Chat: Strategic Partnerships and Mergers - Advancing the Geospatial Value Chain in Infrastructure and Engineering
Moderator
Ananya Narain
Vice President - Consulting
Geospatial World
Patrick Cozzi
Chief Platform Officer
Bentley Systems
Tom Kurke
Vice President, Ecosystem and Ventures
Bentley iTwin Ventures
Plenary Panel 4: Open Data Platforms: Empowering a Map Data Ecosystem for Enterprises and Government Agencies
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Marc Prioleau
Executive Director
Overture Maps Foundation
Jeffrey Hightower
Vice President, Bing Places
Microsoft
Drew Breunig
Vice President - Strategy
Precisely
Dr. Leslie Jones
GIO, Alaska Geospatial Office
Executive Director, Alaska Geospatial Council
Amy Rose
Technical Director
Overture Maps Foundation
Networking Luncheon
Fireside Chat
Moderator
Sanjay Kumar
CEO
Geospatial World
Dan Smoot
CEO
Maxar Technologies
Plenary Panel 5: Enterprise Digital Twin and Collaborative Business Models
Moderator
Ananya Narain
Vice President - Consulting
Geospatial World
Erik Jorgensen
Chairman & CEO
Vexcel Imaging
Krishna Bodanapu
Executive Vice Chairman & MD
Cyient
Frank Backes
CEO
Capella Space
Ismaeel Babur
Transportation Strategy Manager
Autodesk
My-Linh Truong
Director at Large, MAPPS
Division Manager, Unmanned Laser Systems, RIEGL USA
Plenary Panel 6: Public Policies and Regulatory Frameworks: Enabling Commercialization of Space and Geospatial Industry
Moderator
Mark Reichardt
Senior Consultant
Geospatial World
Edward Cox
President
ERA Government Affairs
Dawn Zoldi
USAF Colonel (Retired)
CEO, P3 Tech Consulting
Publisher, Autonomy Global
Joshua Delmonico
Executive Director
Federal Geographic Data Committee
USGS
Networking Coffee Break
Plenary Panel 7: Space Infrastructure and Sustainability: Driving Next Generation Business Models
Moderator
Keith Masback
Principal Consultant
PLUM RUN, LLC
Sanjay Nekkanti
Founder & CEO
Dhruva Space
Prashanth Marpu
VP - R&D Advanced Technologies
Bayanat Smart Solutions, Space42
Brian Manning
Co-Founder and CEO
Xona Space Systems
Myrna James
Head of Marketing
Xairos
Plenary Panel 8: Collective and Collaborative Value of Geospatial Industry in World Economy, Society, and Environment: Leadership Perspectives
Moderator
Jack Dangermond
President
Esri
Brian McClendon
Senior Vice President of Engineering
Niantic, Inc.
Ronda Schrenk
CEO
United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF)
Dr. Nadine Alameh
Executive Director
Taylor Geospatial Institute
Dan Smoot
CEO
Maxar Technologies
Michael Tischler
Director - National Geospatial Program
USGS
Harold Goddijn
CEO
TomTom
Plenary Panel 9: Geospatial Knowledge Infrastructure for National Security
Moderator
Ronda Schrenk
CEO
United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF)
Todd E. Johanesen
Director, Foundation GEOINT
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
David Alexander
Senior Science Advisor for Resilience
Dept. Of Homeland Security
Stephen Gillotte
CEO
Reinventing Geospatial, Inc.
DEEP DIVE - DAY 3 WEDNESDAY - 15 JANUARY
Utility Management
Track Sponsor
Moderator & Keynote
Erik Potter
CEO
WDI Inc.
Energy Transition, Resilience & Smart Grid
Tyler Svitak
Executive Director
Colorado Smart Cities Alliance
Narendra Babu Vattem
CEO
iSpatial Techno Solutions (IST) Inc
William Morgenstern
Head, Global Geospatial Collection Operations
Tech Mahindra
Chris Surbey
Consultant
Spatial Strategies
Dave Dionne
Chief Strategy Officer
Merkator
Networking Coffee Break
Telecommunications & Broadband Equity
Bill Emison
Founder
Emison Technical Consulting
Mike McGill
Vice President, Sales & Market Development
Magnasoft
Brandy Reitter
Executive Director
Colorado Broadband Office
Jeffrey Gavlinski
CEO
Mountain Connect
Networking Luncheon
Asset Management
John Nolte
President
Geospatial Professional Network (GPN), and Director Enterprise IT, Denver Water
Peter Gomez
Senior Consultant
WDI Inc
Bret Gardner
Enterprise Sales
gNext
AEC Reimagined
Moderator
Mark Reichardt
Senior Consultant
Geospatial World
Keynote
Marc Goldman
Director - Industry Solutions
Esri
Innovation & Architecture
Ron Chapple
VP Global Strategic Solutions Digital Twins
NV5 Geospatial
Jay Mezher
Vice President, Digital Delivery Practice Leader
Mott MacDonald
Marc Goldman
Director - Industry Solutions
Esri
Sean Young
Director, AECO, Geospatial, and AI Solutions Industry Marketing
Nvidia
James Nicolau IV
CEO / President
Paradigm Geospatial
Networking Coffee Break
Next Gen Transportation infrastructure and Smart Mobility
Raja Kadiyala
Global Head, Digital Solutions
Sidara
Peter Atalla
CEO
Voxel Maps
Dawn Zoldi
USAF Colonel (Retired)
CEO, P3 Tech Consulting
Publisher, Autonomy Global
Aaron Morris
Innovation Principal
Woolpert
Joe Blecha
Director of Product Marketing
Trimble
Kathryn Seitz
Senior Director - Sales
Maxar
Networking Luncheon
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
Andrea DuMont
Industry Strategist, Water
Bentley Systems
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 and Co-founder
Neural.io
Siva Ravada
Vice President - Development
Oracle
Sanket Gupta
Group Product Manager
Google
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
Partner
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
Downstream Space
Moderator
Len Kne
U-Spatial Associate Director
University of Minnesota
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
Brian Collins
Executive Director
Earth Fire Alliance
Networking Coffee Break
Agriculture & Food Security
KC Kroll
Strategic Partnerships and Public Sector BD
Descartes Labs
Pierre Izard
Consultant
Kumar Navulur
Consultant
Synspective
Rebecca Chausse
Yale Researcher
Networking Luncheon
Insurance & Risk Management
Kris Wagner
Marketing Director
Vexcel Imaging
Daniela Moody
CTO
Perennial
Ben Tuttle
CTO
EOI Space
Alex Martonik
Industry Strategy Lead: Enterprise Risk, Resilience, and Insurance
Esri
Closing Plenary: The Way Forward
Closing Plenary Panel: The Way Forward
Moderator
Karthik Ramamurthy
Regional Head and Partner
IPSOS Strategy 3
Sohail Elabd
Director
Esri
Jerry Johnston
Managing Director
Deloitte
Peter Rabley
CEO
Open Geospatial Consortium
Darcee Killpack
Deputy Associate Director for Core Science
Systems, U.S. Geological Survey, USA