Within a matter of a few weeks our workforce changed. Where they work, how they work, how they access data, and how to collaborate. While the cloud and digital transformation created fissures in the foundation of IT security, COVID-19 and the unmanaged security risks of the home work environment cracked it open. Virtually overnight, the Intelligence Agencies have had to secure data and devices outside of a closed environment. What does the fut...

USGIF continues its mission to bring thought leadership, cutting edge technological presentations, key insight for decision making, and educational and professional development opportunities to the entire geospatial intelligence, trade and academic community. The GEOConnect Series is an accelerated outcome from USGIF’s strategic plan to go digital. The GEOConnect Series will feature multi-session virtual events such as live-streamed or r...

The continuing decline in funds for government agencies poses a great challenge to these agencies to finance their new missions or maintain existing ones. With funds drying out, many agencies are looking for creative ways to move forward with their projects. We believe that our client resilience is an important part of our existence and our business growth, so we got our hands dirty looking for creative ways to enable our clients to achieve th...

Attendees will learn the general data flow required for prototyping SAR-based analytics using open source software and cloud computing. We will discuss data aggregation across multiple SAR constellations via unified access and uniform tiling, and breakdown the individual SAR processing steps. Attendees will consider the challenges and best practices to extract unbiased, consistent, all-weather SAR measurements, and using calibrated, georeferen...

The creation and dissemination of GEOINT data, products, and services allows users to answer questions such as “What’s happening where?” and “What could happen when?” Observation datasets of the Earth’s physical and cultural characteristics – including elevation, bathymetry, gravity, and human geography – enable the GEOINT community to orient, decide, and act faster. The rapid advancement of tech...

Geospatial intelligence is everywhere and essential to decision-making in almost everything we do. In the 15+ years since its formal creation, it has continually matured, evolved, and expanded well beyond the national security sector, and well beyond government. Almost every vertical in our global economy is being disrupted by geospatial intelligence-related technologies and services. This thriving geospatial intelligence ecosystem has enabled...

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been canceled due to COVID-19 concerns. USGIF’s GEOINT Symposium is the preeminent event of the year for the defense, intelligence and homeland security communities. Each year since 2004, GEOINT Symposia have brought together an exciting agenda of keynote speakers, panel discussions, breakout sessions, and provided attendees a unique opportunity to learn from leading experts,...

What do today’s non-traditional commercial data and analytic capabilities look like and how can the community better solve national security issues through advancing the GEOINT tradecraft? Join us Feb. 25-26 for a two-day discussion focused on how commercial GEOINT is helping open the aperture. The Commercial GEOINT Workshop builds on USGIF’s successful Small Satellite Workshop and looks at how the technology has evolved and will c...

Reserve your table or individual seats now for the community’s 14th Annual GEOGala. The USGIF black-tie GEOGala celebrates the dedication and support of the GEOINT Community. USGIF is proud to bring together more than 500 leaders from across the Defense, Intelligence, and Homeland Security Communities with USGIF Organizational Members, Individual Members, Foundation partners and their guests.

USGIF’s GEOINT Community Week brings together the defense, intelligence, homeland security, and geospatial communities at-large for a week of briefings, educational sessions, workshops, technology exhibits and networking opportunities. More details coming soon!