DGI 2017 (past event)

23 - 25 January, 2017

44 (0) 207 368 9836

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John Williamson


Officer Commanding, 1 ISR Wing
RAF Marham

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining John.

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Geospatial Intelligence for Public Safety and National Security

Tuesday, January 24th, 2017


2:00 PM Transforming the RAF ISTAR Force and Delivering Battle Winning Processing Exploitation and Dissemination (PED)

Find out how the UK Royal Air Force is transforming capabilities after the recommendations of the 2015 strategic defence and security review. Bringing together policy, technology and operational perspectives Wing Commander Williamson will present a detailed view of future Royal Air Force ISTAR capability.

  • The approach of the RAF to ISTAR Post SDSR 2015
  • The vision for the RAF ISTAR Force: Placing PED at the heart of the future ISTAR Force
  • Working towards a fully federated sensor agnostic enterprise: How can we make the PED enterprise more effective across Defence and the coalition
  • What are the conceptual and technical opportunities for the future

3:50 PM Panel Discussion: Challenges and Opportunities in the Transformation to an ISR Enterprise

Explore proven ways to transform your ISR enterprise from a panel of experts from different domains to help you make better-informed decisions. Highly interactive this is your chance to share your experiences and challenge traditional notions of enhancing ISR to provoke new thinking.

  • Lessons learned from recent operations to take into the development of new ISR capabilities
  • Big data: how are different agencies and organisations planning to overcome the big data challenge to improve accessibility and sharing of geospatial information for better ISR
  • How industry can help bridge technical gaps experienced by the ISR community today
  • How will the evolving geopolitical situation in Europe impact ISR requirements in the future?