Tech Showcase West

Tuesday, Oct. 18

Online registration for USGIF Innovation Day and NGA Tech Showcase is now closed. Please note, Innovation Day has reached capacity and will not take onsite registration.

USGIF Innovation Day, @4240 Cortex Innovation Center
4240 Duncan Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110
This is an unclassified event.

• 1200-1300 Registration sponsored by Cloudera Opens & Lunch sponsored by Accenture Federal Services
• 1300-1305 Welcome – USGIF
• 1305-1315 The Cortex Innovation Community – Dennis Lower President & CEO, Cortex
• 1315-1345 Keynote – Robert Cardillo, Director, NGA
• 1345-1445 Panel: Public-Private Innovation & Hybrid Collaboration
  • Anthony Calamito, Chief Evangelist, Boundless
  • Curt Davis, Director, Center for Geospatial Intelligence, University of Missouri
  • Dr. Catherine Cotell, NGA
  • Dr. Patricia Hagen, Executive Director, Technology Entrepreneur Center (T-REX)
  • Dougan Sherwood, Co-Founder and Managing Director, CIC St. Louis
• 1445-1515 Networking Break sponsored by Adobe
• 1515-1645 Innovation Flash Talks
  • “Security in the NEW” by Gus Hunt, Accenture Federal Services
  • “Integrating Geospatial Intelligence into COTS-based Solutions” by Adobe
  • “Four Reasons to be addicted to Dynamic Content” by Keith Bingham, Chief Architect and Technologist, Ball Aerospace
  • “Indexing Disparate Geospatial Data at Scale” by Cloudera
  • “Introducing ArcGIS Earth: 3D Experience for the Intelligence Community” by Esri
  • “IT Enables the GEOINT Mission” by Julien Rossboon, General Dynamics Information Technology
  • “Location Technologies for Government” by Cliff Allison, HERE
• 1645-1700 SpaceNet Challenge by Todd Stavish, CosmiQ Works

• 1700-1900 Networking Reception sponsored by General Dynamics Information Technology & CIC Tours (open to Tuesday & Wednesday registrants)

Wednesday, Oct. 19

NGA Tech Showcase, NCW, Second St., St. Louis
This day is held at the TS//SI/TK clearance level. All attendees must have appropriate credentials. Registration for this event will close Wednesday, Oct. 12.

• 0700-0800 Registration & Breakfast sponsored by Esri
• 0800-0845 Opening Session, Building 1 Conference Center
  • Welcome and Introduction, Ed Donaldson, Deputy Chief of Staff, NGA
  • Opening Remarks, Ed Mornston, Chief of Staff, NGA
  • USGIF Remarks
• 0845-0900 Networking Break sponsored by AECOM
• 0900-1500 Technology Demos, Building 36
• 0900-1100 Industry Lightning Talks, Bill Brown Conference Center
• 1100-1300 Lunch sponsored by Ball Aerospace
• 1100-1500 N2W Q&A Networking, Bill Brown Conference Center
• 1200-1300 NOC Tour, Building 36, 4E

• 1700-1900 YPG Mappy Hour, Cortex, 4240 Duncan Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110 
  Please note registration is free & separate from Tech Showcase West