Data Analytics Forum

USGIF’s Data Analytics Forum will bring together a diverse group of government, industry, and academia to discuss challenges and success stories related to how geospatial intelligence can be derived from and enhanced by data analytics. For years, the Community was overwhelmed by the tsunami of data. Now, analytic capabilities have expanded to not only absorb this tidal wave but also seek out new pools of information, putting together key answers to complex problems.

Join USGIF for this forum to learn how your organization can better support the Community and benefit from various strategies, technologies, and methodologies. The full-day agenda will include morning and afternoon keynotes, panels on deep learning, anticipatory analytics, and government challenges, industry lightning talks, exhibiting organizations, networking breaks, and a reception.

AGENDA AT A GLANCE

Subject to change

8:00-9:00 a.m. – Registration Opens and Continental Breakfast

9:00-9:15 a.m. – Welcome Remarks: Keith Masback, CEO, USGIF

9:15-9:45 a.m. – Keynote: Jeff Jonas, IBM Fellow and Chief Scientist of the IBM Entity Analytics Group

9:45-10:45 a.m. – Panel: Analytic Challenges

• Moderator: Mark Tatum, Oracle
• Terry Busch, DIA
• Todd Johanesen, NGA
• Skip McCormick, CIA

10:45-11:15 a.m. – Networking Break & Exhibits

11:15-12:15 p.m. – Panel: Deep Learning  

• Moderator: Scott Jachimski, Booz Allen Hamilton
• Juliane Gallina, Director, Watson Government Solutions, IBM
• Dr. Andrew Jenkins, Principal Scientist, DigitalGlobe
• Dr. Matthew Klaric, NGA
• Tom Reed, Director, Solution Architecture, NVIDIA
• Abe Usher, Chief Technology Officer, HumanGeo Group

12:15-1:15 p.m. – Lunch Break and Exhibits

1:15-2:15 p.m. – Lightning Talks

• Moderated by Gabe Chang, Federal CTO Architect, IBM
• “The Search for Unicorns—Data Analytics and Culture” by Booz Allen Hamilton
• “IBM Watson since Jeopardy; an Update” by William G. Dubyak, Watson Public Sector Global Deployment Lead, IBM
• “Graph Analytics” by Tim Cline, Master Architect, Oracle
• “Discovering Rare Diseases with Advanced Analytics” by Mike Kirkland, Senior Vice President of Vencore Innovation Group, Vencore

2:15-3:15 p.m. – Panel: Anticipatory Analytics

• Moderator: Patrick Biltgen, Vencore
• Caroline Baldwin, National Security Group, SAS Federal (invited)
• Matthew Chwastek, Senior Technical Program Manager, Orbital Insight (invited)
• Glenn Kirbo, Founder and CTO, MapLarge
• Dr. Erin Simpson, Chief Executive Officer, Caerus Associates
• Dr. Anthony Stefanidis, Director, Center for Geoinformatics and Geospatial Intelligence, George Mason University

3:15-3:45 p.m. – Closing Keynote: Dr. Lisa Porter, Executive Vice President and Director of CosmiQ Works, In-Q-Tel

3:45-4:00 p.m. – Final Thoughts

4:00-6:00 p.m. – Networking Reception in the Exhibit Hall