DGI 2017 (past event)
23 - 25 January, 2017
44 (0) 207 368 9836
Michael Thomas
Project Manager, USAF Communications and Networks Division
Naval Space and Warfare Centre (SPAWAR)
Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Michael.
Download The Latest AgendaKey Developments in Crowd, Human, Open, Social and Volunteer Geospatial Information
Monday, January 23rd, 2017
1:45 PM GEOINT Quality Enhanced With Social Network Analysis
Find out about NAVEUR and SPAWAR’s recently formed information project to study the effectiveness of the COCOM’s message capabilities on the human domains in the EUCOM AOR. Discover how to collect, structure, and visualise sociocultural data from open sources to assist units to rapidly communicate human dynamics, visualize community and group affiliations, prepare for key leader engagements, highlight potential powerbrokers, and identify information gaps about the human terrain.
- Examining the utility of visualizing social networks in order to inform a group’s population engagement strategy
- Key benefits of the project including how to prepare for key leader engagements, highlight potential powerbrokers, and identify information gaps about the human terrain
- Real world example from the 2015 terrorist attacks in Brussels and Paris
- Find out how to understand and influence the human domain at the tactical level
2:25 PM Panel Discussion: How Should the Geospatial Intelligence Community Reconfigure to Operate with Open and Human Geospatial Data?
Moderator: Ian Spencer, UK MoD
Colonel David Pendall, G2, US Army Europe
Daryl Madden, Senior VP and GM, TextronSystems Geospatial Solutions
Kari J. Craun, U.S. Geological Survey
Geospatial Intelligence for Public Safety and National Security
Tuesday, January 24th, 2017