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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Moderator
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