DGI 18-The Premier Annual Meeting for Geospatial Intelligence Leaders

Dear GeoConnexion Reader,

We at GeoConnexion are excited to announce that we are partnering with DGI 2018 - The Premier Annual Meeting for Geospatial Intelligence Leaders in Europe.

There is no doubt in our mind that this will be of interest to you, so we asked the team behind the conference to send the following information for you to glance over:

• What is DGI 2018?
• Who is speaking?
• What topics will be discussed?
• What will be happening onsite?
• What challenges will it focus on?
• How can GEOCONNEXION members attend a 15% discounted rate?

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DGI is the only large-scale annual meeting in Europe of military and civilian geospatial intelligence agency leaders. Join over 575 senior military geospatial officers, renowned researchers and leading technologists from more than 45 nations at Europe's biggest geospatial intelligence event to shape the future of the industry together.

Hot topics you will learn about include

• How to enrich classified intelligence from open, social and human geospatial information in a single intelligence environment
• How to equip and train human analysts for an increasingly automated operating environment
• How geospatial intelligence can be deployed to solve emerging challenges in defence, security and safety

What you can't miss out on

• Preventing Threats with Better Intelligence in Cyber Contested Environments - Major General James Hockenhull, Director, Cyber Intelligence and Information Integration UK MoD
• Future Partnerships in GEOINT - Major General Linda R. Urrutia-Varhall, Director of Operations, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
• EU Joint Security Briefing - Brigadier General Lars Corneliusson, Director of Intelligence, EU Military Staff, Pascal Legai, Director, EU Satellite Centre, Dr Gerhard Conrad Director Intelligence Centre and Situation Centre, European External Action Service

DGI have invited key speakers, planned dedicated group discussions and organised case studies to provide you with the answers to those key challenges - check out a full list of topics and speakers here.

Here is a snapshot of who will be speaking

• Brigadier General Paul Nelson, Principal Intelligence Adviser, Chairman of the Military Committee, NATO
• Brigadier Benedict Kite, Commander Joint Forces Intelligence Group, UK MoD
• Brigadier General Lars Corneliusson, Director of Intelligence, EU Military Staff
• Colonel David Pendall, G2 Intelligence Officer, US Army Europe
• Colonel Paul Peyton, Commander, Canadian Forces Intelligence Group
• Matt Roper, Chief, Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, NATO Communications and Information Agency
• David Grimes, President, United Nations World Meteorological Organization
• Lt Colonel Damon Taylor, Director, GEOINT New Zealand, NZDF
• Chris Hewett, Assistant Secretary GEOINT Capability Development, Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation
• Professor Penny Endersby, Division Head, Cyber and Information Systems Division, Dstl
• Bret Rodgers, Branch Head, Geospatial Analysis, Marine Corps Intelligence Activity, US Marine Corps
• Pascal Legai, Director, EU Satellite Centre

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Conferences are fun and the perfect place to network with like-minded peers - and DGI is no exception! With this in mind, there will be plenty of bespoke networking breaks.

If this sounds like something you would be interested in finding out more about, you can email a member of DGI team at [email protected]

Or, as part of our partnership with the event, we have secured and exclusive 15% discount if you would like to secure your tickets online. Just use our code GEOCONNEXION17 during the registration process and you'll be able to join this fantastic conference at a reduced price.

Kind Regards,

GeoConnexion