Detailed Agenda - APRIL 30 | Plenary Sessions
| A | B | C | |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Time | Title | Speaker |
2 | 8:30 AM | REGISTRATION & Networking | |
3 | 9:30 AM | Welcome Remarks | Bill Dollins - Cercana |
4 | 9:40 AM | Open Source for Local Government, Emergency Management & Response, and Climate Risk | Moderator: Ryan Burley - GeoSolutions Speakers: Aaron Myers - Oak Ridge National Laboratory Laura Schuch - Cleveland Metroparks Mike Rodgers - Critical Response Group Karen Townsend - Sea Island Software |
5 | 10:30 AM | Using Open Source Software to Build Open Data Assets Followed by: Keynote Fireside Chat: Dr. Nadine Alameh & Dr. Bhaduri | Dr. Budhendra “Budhu” Bhaduri - Corporate Research Fellow and Director of the Geospatial Human Security Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory Dr. Nadine Alameh - Executive Director, Taylor Geospatial Institute |
6 | Break | ||
7 | 11:20 AM | Open Data: Actions and Aspirations | Moderator: Maggie Cawley - Open Street Map Speakers: Derald Dudley, U.S. Department of Transporation Joel Schlagel, U.S. Department of Interior Carrie Stokes, USAID |
8 | 12:00 PM | Lunch | |
9 | 1:00 PM | Lightning Talks | |
10 | Optimizing Emergency Management with Open Data, Science, & Tools: The Incident Management, Prioritization, Alerting & Coordination Tool (IMPACT) | Rob Pitts - New Light Technologies | |
11 | The Impending Modernization of the U.S. National Spatial Reference System | Dan Roman - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | |
12 | Census' New Grid System | Josh Coutts - U.S. Census Bureau | |
13 | Using AI to Refine Open Data in the Geospatial Cloud | Jeremy Malczyk - Google Cloud | |
14 | Modernized Geospatial Workflows? Start at the Database Level! | Eddie Pickle - Crunchy Data | |
15 | Powering mapping applications with generative AI | Beth Wiberg- RGi | |
16 | 1:50 PM | Legal and Policy Considerations Associated with U.S. Government’s Use of Geospatial Information | Kevin Pomfret - Williams Mullen Josh Delmonico - Federal Geographic Data Committee |
17 | 2:25 PM | Empowering Federal Governance: The Role of Open-Source Geospatial Solutions and Open Data | Moderator: Aaron Kelley - UpSlope Advisors Speakers: Kirk Waters - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Tom Fitzwater - U.S. Census Bureau Josh Campbell - Department of State Andrew Bulen - U.S. Geological Survey |
18 | 3:10 PM | Break | |
19 | 3:25 PM | Final Sessions Introduction | Eddie Pickle |
20 | 3:30 PM | Silicon Dream or New Reality? AI in Remote Sensing | Moderator: Lauren Fredrick - Element 84 Speakers: Everett Hinkley - U.S. Forest Service Carter Christopher - Oak Ridge National Laboratory Dr. Michael Tischler - U.S. Geological Survey Joe Foster - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Manil Maskey - National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
21 | 4:10 PM | Into the Great Wide Open - What's been built, what are the possibilities, and where we're going | Moderator: Terry Busch - Wave Data Speakers: Dan Pilone - CEO, Element84 Chad Shuey - EpochGeo Eric Finnen - National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency |
22 | 5:00 - 7:00 PM | No-Host Happy Hour | Special Address by Dr. Lee Schwartz, Geographer of the United States |