The future of work largely depends on the cloud. The IC and DoD are learning how to leverage cloud architectures to deliver data to mission faster and more securely while creating efficiencies. The IC embraced the Cloud early through its C2S program and is now maturing from a mix of on-prem and cloud with a single cloud provider to a hybrid/multi-cloud architecture under C2E, which brings its own benefits...and a few challenges. From enabling...

Virtually walk beside us in our Rugged lab as we demonstrate the extreme performance features of Dell Latitude Rugged systems. You’ll experience mechanical and environmental testing, sub-assemblies and detail parts, with an emphasis on drop, water ingress, salt fog, dust and cycle testing.

This training begins an accelerated journey to Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) – for the present and future. In a straightforward way, the program will explain “What makes GEOINT GEOINT?” and explore how the profession uniquely applies established geospatial science and technology to serve timely government and business decisions at local, regional, national, and international levels. You will explore a framework showing how...

The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) is the only organization dedicated to promoting the geospatial intelligence tradecraft and building a stronger community of interest across industry, academia, government, professional organizations and individual stakeholders. Join us to hear a discussion with industry and government leaders focused on how technology is continuously transforming work in ways that attract and retain...

Set your intentions and goals for 2021 with the YPG Mentorship Third Thursday! Hear from guest speakers as they discuss setting effective New Year’s resolutions, plus tips and tricks they’ve learned along the way.

Please join USGIF Young Professionals Group in our holiday trivia night where we will be networking and having fun! SAVE THE DATE! Please join us Thursday, December 17, for a virtual holiday-themed trivia night. Seeing as it's the season of giving, and we are in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, for this event we are raising money for Holli Fund, which provides emergency grants to food service workers in crisis. We can't wait to see you there!

Take that, COVID-19! Our December panel shares how an interdisciplinary team is using Activity-Based Intelligence concepts to combat the pandemic. Specifically, learn how the Data Pandemos project measures close physical contact of mobile devices in geographic areas to predict COVID-19 cases and inform life-saving policy decisions. The panel also will discuss breakthroughs in Spatial Data processing, the ethical and privacy challenges to deliv...

In this session, we will examine how the intelligence community is developing and adopting agile processes over the traditional waterfall method for software development. Join this panel discussion to learn more about a holistic approach to digital transformation in the Intelligence Community. Panelists: Moderator: Chris Ashworth, Executive Vice President & Chief Information Officer, NetServices Inc. Alex Loehr, Acting CTO, National Geospa...

In the third session of the three-part series, attendees will learn how to improve acquisition outcomes through informed partnership with government clients. In the first module, we discussed the importance of sound and open communication throughout the acquisition cycle, with specific focus on developing strategies for overcoming barriers to effective communication in the pre-solicitation phase of the acquisition cycle. In the second module,...

As the GEOINT profession and the private sector have matured, new collection mechanisms such as microtasking via mobile phone apps, crowdsourcing portals, social media OSINT collectors and others provide usable data - but at the cost of anonymity, security, and speed. The Internet of Things (IOT) and databases listing these devices and their locations allow for an unprecedented level of access to real-time terrestrial imagery. This underutili...