Robert Murrett

Discover how government and industry geospatial intelligence leaders from around the world are approaching the challenging issue of improving the end-to-end geospatial intelligence process as the security environment becomes ever more complex.

• What are the highest priority challenges for geospatial intelligence leaders in 2017?
• What is achievable by 2020 and which path is the right one to take for your organisation?
• What wild cards might limit your success? And how might you mitigate them?
• How can government, industry and academia work closer together to accelerate towards more open sharing of geospatial information in support of future missions?

The world of Open Source Intelligence is changing. IHS Jane's and IBM will brief the conference on the new IHS Jane's powered by Watson on-line service that will enable analysts to have a complete picture of the information environment quicker than ever before. This NEW service will be cloud based, securely hosted, powered by IBM and will provide a new style of rapid on-line access to the full content of IHS Jane's global Defence, Intelligence and National Security data. It will combine the full IHS Jane's Data sets and trusted analysis expertise with IBM's Open Source collection solutions to provide a unique, world class Open Source capability. All data will be fully accessible and discoverable through IBM's state of the art Cognitive analytics, Enterprise Insight Analytics and GIS based visualisation tools. Designed to transform Open Source tasking, collection, processing and analysis;

Find out what Mr Murrett and other chairpersons from across the day took from the sessions they attended to provide you with an overview of key lessons learned from the first main day of DGI.

Find out how world-leading expert on geo-politics Mr Murrett sees the threat environment in Europe and farther afield evolving during this opening scene-setter. A highlight at DGI this must-attend session will equip you with the strategic perspective to get even more from subsequent presentations and panel discussions

Put your questions to the panel of senior intelligence leaders from NATO and the EU as they offer new thinking around how to improve exchange of geospatial information. Addressing major obstacles to overcome in policy, technology and process this discussion offers you a unique opportunity to improve your understanding of how intelligence will be shared in the future.

• How is the sharing of geospatial information making a crucial difference in current operations?
• What are the key capability gaps to bridge first when it comes to sharing geospatial information?
• What you can do in your organisation to enable greater sharing of geospatial information with your Allies
• Q&A with the panel of senior intelligence leaders from Europe

Find out more about the complexities of APAC as an operational environment from experts leading GEOINT agencies and teams in the region. Discover where threats will come from next in the region and how Allies operating there plan to predict future events faster and develop more robust strategies too. Highly interactive this session gives you the chance to get all your questions answered by a panel of experts on GEOINT in APAC.

• What is the threat landscape in APAC today?
• What are the major partnerships and relationships emerging in the region and how will these enable greater sharing of geospatial information in the future?
• How Allies can leverage geospatial intelligence to predict and prevent unwanted events from occurring
• What is the role of industry in supporting future requirements for GEOINT in the region?