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FedGeoDay 2025
Open Resilience: Using Open Geospatial Ecosystems to Predict, Prepare, and Respond
Join fellow open source enthusiasts for incredible presentations, networking opportunities, and industry insights at FedGeoDay 2025!
Location
Washington, D.C.
American Red Cross Building
DOI Yates Auditorium
FedGeoDay Date
April 22, 2025
American Red Cross Building
DOI Yates Auditorium
Workshops Date
April 23, 2025
American Red Cross Building
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2025 Program
April 22 - FedGeoDay
8:00 AM
American Red Cross: Hall of Service Room
Networking Breakfast
Kick off the day and meet fellow attendees at our exclusive Networking Breakfast.
Join National Geodetic Survey's Senior Advisor for Geodesy, Dr Dan Roman, and NGS Constituent Manager, Galen Scott, for informal discussions about the Nation's Oldest Science Agency, geodesy as critical national infrastructure, and the NGS mission to modernize the National Spatial Reference System for the first time in 40 years.
9:00 AM
American Red Cross: Hall of Service Room
Registration Opens at DOI Yates Auditorium
Check in and registration will begins at 9:00 AM.
9:30 AM
DOI Yates Auditorium
Welcome Remarks by Ryan Burley and Bill Dollins
Ryan Burley
Director of Sales and Business Development
GeoSolutions
Bill Dollins
FedGeoDay Co-
Chairperson
Founder and President
Cercana Systems LLC
9:35 AM
DOI Yates Auditorium
Demonstrations: Open Source Geospatial Applications for Resilience
Moderator:
Ryan Burley
Director of Sales and Business Development
GeoSolutions
Presentations:
“Chattanooga FOSS: How We Built a Real-Time Map of Reported Flooding and Road Closures for Hurricane Helene”
Daniel J. Dufour
Director of Performance Management and Open Data
City of Chattanooga
“USGS Geospatial Information Response Team: Resources for Resilience”
Xan Fredericks
Emergency Response Coordinator
Chair, Geospatial Information Response Team
USGS National Geospatial Program
“HURREVAC: The decision support tool of the National Hurricane Program, Administered by FEMA, the USACE, and the NOAA National Hurricane Center”
Karen Townsend
President and CEO
Sea Island Software (HURREVAC)
“eoAPI: A Cloud Native Framework for Earth Observation Data Access and Analysis”
Henry Rodman
Cloud Engineer
Development Seed
10:35 AM
DOI Yates Auditorium
Keynote Address: "Expanding the “What”, “So What”, and “Now What”: Using Open Earth Observations in Disaster Response”
Ms. Katie Picchione
Response Coordination Lead
NASA Disasters Program
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
11:35 AM
DOI Yates Auditorium
Presentation: Geospatial in Federal Report 2025
Jaymes Cloninger
CEO
Motivf
11:50 AM
DOI Yates Auditorium
Lightning Talks
Moderator:
Intro and Welcome
11:50 AM
Wayne Hawkins
VP - Intel Programs
RGi
Talks:
“Classifying Point Clouds with 2D Computer Vision”
11:50 AM
Shane Brennan
Software Engineer
RGi
“Transforming Disparate Data into Actionable Intelligence”
11:55 AM
Clay Hicks
Mission Director
Zignal Labs
“All Latitudes, Longitudes, and Heights will be changing. What does this mean for you and your data?”
12:00 PM
Galen Scott
NGS Constituent Manager, NSRS Modernization Engagement Team
NOAA, National Geodetic Survey, Geodetic Services Division
1:20 PM
DOI Yates Auditorium
Lightning Talks
Moderator:
Intro and Welcome
1:20 PM
Wayne Hawkins
VP - Intel Programs
RGi
Talks:
“Postgres, Iceberg, & Parquet, A new Paradigm in Data Sharing”
1:25 PM
Adam Timm
Field CTO - Public Sector
Crunchy Data
“Data Discovery at Scale: Spatial Aggregations of STAC Metadata”
1:30 PM
Emma Paz
Application Developer
Development Seed
“Mapping Features with Layer Cake”
1:40 PM
Quincy Morgan
Technical Lead
OSM US
“GeoSolutions In Action: Real World Applications Leveraging GeoServer, GeoNode, and MapStore”
1:45 PM
Ryan Burley
Director of Sales and Business Development
GeoSolutions
“Address Management: The Hidden Spatial Data Infrastructure Behind Emergency Response and Economic Operations”
1:55 PM
Ghermay Araya
CEO
New Light Technologies
“Reliability in Geospatial AI”
2:00 PM
Jason Gilman
AI/ML Applications Lead
Element 84
2:05 PM
DOI Yates Auditorium
Panel: Open Data for Resilience
Moderator:
Eddie Pickle
FedGeoDay Co-
Chairperson
Senior Vice President
Crunchy Data
Panelists:
Maggie Cawley
Executive Director
OpenStreetMap US
John Crowley
Head of Partnerships
MapAction
Jed Sundwall
Executive Director
Radiant Earth
Angelina Calderon
Business Development, Reality Labs Technologies
Meta
2:55 PM
DOI Yates Auditorium
Fireside Chat: Achieving Resilience in the Cyber War
Moderator:
Ashley Fairman
Founder & CEO
DICE Cyber LLC
Panelists:
Jennifer Bisceglie
Founder & Executive Vice Chair
Interos Inc.
Damian R. Taylor, MSc.
Chief Information Security Officer
Office of Inspector General - USPS
4:00 PM
DOI Yates Auditorium
Panel: Demystifying AI
Moderator:
Bill Dollins
FedGeoDay Co-
Chairperson
Founder and President
Cercana Systems LLC
Panelists:
Brian Maddox
Owner
Digital Maddox, LLC
Emily Kalda
Product Manager
RGi
Jason Gilman
AI/ML Applications Lead
Element 84
Ran Goldblatt
Chief Scientist
New Light Technologies
Jackie Kazil
Director, GIS Solutions
Bana Solutions
4:55 PM
DOI Yates Auditorium
Closing Remarks by Eddie Pickle
Eddie Pickle
FedGeoDay Co-
Chairperson
Senior Vice President
Crunchy Data
April 23 - Workshops
Presenters
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Katie Picchione
Response Coordination Lead, NASA Disasters Program
NASA -
Ryan Burley
Director of Sales and Business Development
GeoSolutions -
Daniel Dufour
Director of Performance Management and Open Data
City of Chattanooga -
Xan Fredericks
Emergency Response Coordinator Chair, Geospatial Information Response Team
USGS National Geospatial Program -
Karen Townsend
President & CEO
Sea Island Software (HURREVAC) -
Henry Rodman
Product Manager
-
Jaymes Cloninger
CEO
-
Wayne Hawkins
VP - Intel Programs
RGi -
Shane Brennan
Software Engineer
RGi -
Adam Timm
Field CTO - Public Sector
Crunchy Data -
Emma Paz
Application Developer
Development Seed -
Ghermay Araya
-
Maggie Cawley
Executive Director
-
John Crowley
Head of Partnerships
MapAction -
Jed Sundwall
Executive Director
Radiant Earth -
Angelina Calderon
Business Development, Reality Labs Technologies
Meta -
Ashley Fairman
Founder & CEO
-
Jennifer Bisceglie
Founder & Executive Vice Chair
-
Damian R. Taylor, MSc.
Chief Information Security Officer
Office of Inspector General - USPS -
Bill Dollins
Founder & President
-
Brian Maddox
Owner
Digital Maddox, LLC -
Emily Kalda
Product Manager
RGi -
Jason Gilman
Product Manager
Element 84 -
Ran Goldblatt
Chief Scientist
New Light Technologies -
Eddie Pickle
Senior Vice President
-
Aaron Kelley
President
UpSlope Advisors Inc. -
Mikel Maron
Product Lead
Earth Genome -
Jesse Springston
Senior Data Analyst
-
Nathan McEachen
CEO & CTO
TerraFrame, Inc. -
Quincy Morgan
Technical Lead
OpenStreetMap US -
Alyssa Castronuovo
Program Coordinator
OpenStreetMap US
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Budhendra “Budhu” Bhaduri
Corporate Research Fellow and Director of the Geospatial Human Security Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
We are pleased to welcome Dr. Budhendra “Budhu” Bhaduri as our Keynote Speaker. Dr. Bhaduri is a Corporate Research Fellow and the director of the Geospatial Science and Human Security Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). In that capacity he is responsible for a research portfolio focusing on novel implementation of geospatial science and technology across energy, environment, and national security missions. His research has had global impact and has benefited the U.S. federal missions, international organizations, and private foundations. He has served on the Geographical and Geospatial Sciences Committee of the national academies and is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Association of Geographers.
Keynote Fireside Chat
Dr. Nadine Alameh
Executive Director
Taylor Geospatial Institute
After our Keynote Speech, Dr. Nadine Alameh will lead a Fireside Chat to continue the discussion around how open source software can assist us in building open source assets. Dr. Alameh is the inaugural Executive Director of the new Taylor Geospatial Institute, a new institute in the US, founded to fuel geospatial science and technology with a consortium of academic & research organizations in the Midwest. Dr. Alameh is a recognized leader (and cheer-leader) in the geospatial field with experience in Aviation, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Earth Observations, Public Safety, and Defense. Prior to joining the Taylor Geospatial Institute, she was CEO & President of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) where she led the global consortium in making geospatial information Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR).
Conference Co-Chairs
Karla Riso
Geographer
Census Bureau
Eddie Pickle
Senior Vice President
Crunchy Data
Bill Dollins
Founder and President
Cercana
FedGeoDay Venues
Yates Auditorium (Department of the Interior)
Registration and Main Event
Department of the Interior (DOI)
Visitor Entrance on C Street
1849 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20240
American Red Cross Building
Lunch, Workshops, and Closing Reception
American Red Cross Building
Hall of Service Room
1730 E Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
HOSTS
Schedule of Events
Welcome Remarks
Welcome Remarks
Bill Dollins
Founder and President
Cercana
Keynote Speaker
Using Open Source Software to Build Open Data Assets
Dr. Budhendra “Budhu” Bhaduri
Corporate Research Fellow and Director of the Geospatial Human Security Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
Fireside Chat
Using Open Source Software to Build Open Data Assets
Dr. Nadine Alameh
Executive Director
Taylor Geospatial Institute
Dr. Budhendra “Budhu” Bhaduri
Corporate Research Fellow and Director of the Geospatial Human Security Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
Presentations
Open Source for Local Government, Emergency Management & Response, and Climate Risk
Moderator: Ryan Burley
Director of Sales and Business Development
GeoSolutions
We are excited to welcome the following presenters:
Aaron Myers
ORNL
Laura Schuch
Cleveland Metroparks
Mike Rodgers
Critical Response Group (CRG)
Karen Townsend
Sea Island Software (HURREVAC)
Panel
Open Data: Actions and Aspirations
Moderator: Maggie Cawley
Executive Director
OpenStreetMap US
Our esteemed panel includes the following presenters:
Derald Dudley
US DOT
Carrie Stokes
USAID Chief Geographer and GeoCenter Director
Joel Schlagel
US DOI FEMA & DOI
Lightning Talks
Optimizing Emergency Management with Open Data, Science, & Tools: The Incident Management, Prioritization, Alerting & Coordination Tool (IMPACT)
Rob Pitts
Executive Vice President
New Light Technologies
The Impending Modernization of the U.S. National Spatial Reference System
Dan Roman
Chief Geodesist
NGS, NOAA
Towards A New US Census Bureau Grid System
Josh Coutts
Geographer
US Census Bureau
Using AI to Refine Open Data in the Geospatial Cloud
Jeremy Malczyk
Cloud Geographer
Google Cloud
Crunchy Data Presents: Modernizing Geospatial Workflows? Start with Your Database!
Eddie Pickle
Senior Vice President
Crunchy Data
NOAA Open Data for Disaster Response
Geospatial Programmer II
RGi
Beth Wiberg
Plenary Talk
Policy & Legal Issues of Special Note to Open Source or Open Data
Kevin Pomfret
Space and Spatial Corporate and Transaction Attorney
Williams Mullen
Special Q&A Session with Josh Delmonico
Josh Delmonico
Executive Director
FGDC
Panel
Empowering Federal Governance -- The Role of Open-Source Geospatial Solutions and Open Data
Moderator: Aaron Kelley
President
Upslope Advisors
Our esteemed panel includes the following presenters:
Kirk Waters
NOAA
Tom Fitzwater
US Census
Josh Campbell
DOS
Andrew Bulen
USGS
Panel
Silicon Dream or New Reality? AI in Remote Sensing
Moderator: Lauren Frederick
CTO
Element 84
Our esteemed panel includes the following presenters:
Everett Hinkley
US Forest Service
Carter Christopher
ORNL
Dr. Michael Tischler
Director of the National Geospatial Program (NGP)
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Joe Foster
NASA
Manil Maskey
NASA
Closing Panel
Into the Great Wide Open: What’s been built, what are the possibilities, and where we’re going.
Moderator: Terry Busch
General Partner
Wave Data
Our esteemed panel includes the following presenters:
Dan Pilone
Element 84
Chad Shuey
EpochGeo
Eric Finnen
NGA
Closing Remarks
Closing Remarks
Eddie Pickle
Senior Vice President
Crunchy Data
Reception and Networking
Special Guest Speaker
Lee Schwartz
Geographer of the United States
US State Department
FedGeoDay 2024 Planning Committee
