USGIF

As imagery collection expands across national and commercial systems, analysts are facing an unprecedented volume of data. The GEOINT community needs faster, more effective ways to process, interpret, and act on information at mission speed. 

Join USGIF on Tuesday, July 28, for a GEOINTeraction Tuesday exploring why the future of GEOINT depends on automation, not artificial intelligence alone. Speakers will discuss how automation can accelerate imagery review, identify patterns of life, detect subtle indicators, and surface insights that may be difficult to recognize manually. 

Registration is complimentary for all attendees. 

Whether you are launching your career, stepping into leadership, mentoring others, or helping shape the next generation of GEOINT professionals, this program is designed to offer practical leadership perspectives, career insight, and meaningful connections across the GEOINT Community.

Join USGIF for an evening with retired Rear Admiral Mike Studeman, author of Might of the Chain: Forging Leaders of Iron Integrity and a senior intelligence leader with more than 35 years of intelligence and national security experience, and Vice Admiral Bob Sharp, former Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, for a candid discussion on leading with integrity, growing through adversity, and developing the next generation of GEOINT talent.

Drawing on their decades of experience in intelligence and national security, Studeman and Sharp will speak to the realities of leading through complexity: how to earn trust, make consequential decisions under pressure, and develop the people and principles that keep the profession strong.

The discussion will also include questions from an early-career GEOINT professional, bringing forward the perspectives of the next generation of the workforce.

What You’ll Gain

• Practical leadership insight from two senior intelligence leaders
• A candid look at integrity, resilience, and mentorship in high-stakes careers
• Perspective on the opportunities and challenges facing emerging GEOINT professionals
• Time to connect with peers and colleagues from across government, industry, academia, and the broader GEOINT Community
  

Who Should Attend

• Young professionals and emerging leaders
• Government, industry, and academic GEOINT practitioners
• Students and recent graduates
• USGIF members and community stakeholders 

Join us for the GEOINT community’s premier black-tie celebration!

Honoring The Honorable Stacey A. Dixon, 2026 recipient of the Lundahl-Finnie Lifetime Achievement Award.

The evening will feature live and silent auctions for the benefit of USGIF’s Scholarship and Education Programs.

The GEOINT Symposium, which began in 2004, is the largest annual gathering of geospatial intelligence—and possibly intelligence—professionals in the nation. With an average total attendance of more than 3,000, the event is a unique and unparalleled opportunity to speak to your extended constituency spanning government, military, the contractor community, and academia. This year’s theme, GEOINT: The Foundation of Intelligence reflects the concept that everything that happens takes place at a point in space and time, with GEOINT being the foundation necessary to turn situational intelligence into situational awareness and deliver predictive insights for our world. This is an UNCLASSIFIED event.

The GEOINT Symposium, which began in 2004, is the largest annual gathering of geospatial intelligence—and possibly intelligence—professionals in the nation. With an average total attendance of more than 3,000, the event is a unique and unparalleled opportunity to speak to your extended constituency spanning government, military, the contractor community, and academia. This year’s theme, GEOINT: The Foundation of Intelligence reflects the concept that everything that happens takes place at a point in space and time, with GEOINT being the foundation necessary to turn situational intelligence into situational awareness and deliver predictive insights for our world. This is an UNCLASSIFIED event.

The GEOINT Symposium, which began in 2004, is the largest annual gathering of geospatial intelligence—and possibly intelligence—professionals in the nation. With an average total attendance of more than 3,000, the event is a unique and unparalleled opportunity to speak to your extended constituency spanning government, military, the contractor community, and academia. This year’s theme, GEOINT: The Foundation of Intelligence reflects the concept that everything that happens takes place at a point in space and time, with GEOINT being the foundation necessary to turn situational intelligence into situational awareness and deliver predictive insights for our world. This is an UNCLASSIFIED event.

The GEOINT Symposium, which began in 2004, is the largest annual gathering of geospatial intelligence—and possibly intelligence—professionals in the nation. With an average total attendance of more than 3,000, the event is a unique and unparalleled opportunity to speak to your extended constituency spanning government, military, the contractor community, and academia. This year’s theme, GEOINT: The Foundation of Intelligence reflects the concept that everything that happens takes place at a point in space and time, with GEOINT being the foundation necessary to turn situational intelligence into situational awareness and deliver predictive insights for our world. This is an UNCLASSIFIED event.

The GEOINT Symposium, which began in 2004, is the largest annual gathering of geospatial intelligence and possibly intelligence professionals in the nation. With an average total attendance of more than 3,000, the event is a unique and unparalleled opportunity to speak to your extended constituency spanning government, military, the contractor community, and academia. This year's theme, GEOINT: The Foundation of Intelligence reflects the concept that everything that happens takes place at a point in space and time, with GEOINT being the foundation necessary to turn situational intelligence into situational awareness and deliver predictive insights for our world. This is an UNCLASSIFIED event.