Pre-Conference Program

CXO Summit Monday - 12 January

0830 - 0900

Welcome / Introductions

Session Overview

Sanjay Kumar

CEO
Geospatial World

0900 - 0945

Panel 1 - Global Geospatial Market Forecast and Business Directions

Session Overview

Moderator

Sanjay Kumar

CEO
Geospatial World

Brian McClendon

Chief Technology Officer
Niantic Spatial, Inc.

Erik Jorgensen

Chairman & CEO
Vexcel Imaging

Patrick Cozzi

Chief Platform Officer
Bentley Systems

Souvik Bhattacharya

Geospatial Services and Strategic Partnerships Leader Americas
Cyient

Garrett Synnott

Director of Business Process Services
Cognizant

0945 - 1030

Panel 2 - Sovereign Space & Geospatial Infrastructure: Adding New Dimensions to Industry Growth

Session Overview

Moderator

Ananyaa Narain

Vice President
Geospatial World

Kumar Navulur

CEO
Synspective LLC

Abhay Swarup Mittal

Founder & CEO
AetoSky

Brian Collins

Executive Director
Earth Fire Alliance

Brian Collins has 35 years of experience innovating and building software and space technologies that serve public safety, the fire service, and national security. He currently serves as the Executive Director for Earth Fire Alliance (EFA), a global, community-led, nonprofit coalition aligned to deliver transformative real-time data from all wildfires on Earth. One of EFA's first initiatives is spearheading FireSat, a space-based fire detection and characterization system designed specifically for wildfires, providing timely and trustworthy wildfire activity data directly to agencies around the world to protect their communities.

Across his professional career, Brian successfully directed high-profile remote sensing and decision support initiatives within the United States Government and the commercial sector. Prior to joining Earth Fire Alliance, Brian co-founded and served as Chief Executive Officer and Board Member for Intterra, a leading fire and public safety geospatial data intelligence and software company. He previously served as Director for Operational Elements within the U.S. defense and intelligence communities and led the engineering and development of satellite systems for the Boeing Company, Autometric, Adroit Systems, and SRA.

Brian is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran. He holds an M.S. in Space Systems Operations from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rice University.

Piers Dormeyer

CEO
Eagleview

David Mitlyng

CEO
Xairos

1030 - 1100

Networking Coffee Break

1100 - 1145

Panel 3 - Strategic Partnerships and Collaborative Business Models: Expanding Value Chain and Market Outreach

Session Overview

Moderator

Mark Reichardt

Senior Consultant
Geospatial World

Dean Angelides

Managing Director - International
Esri

Theo Agelopoulos

Vice President, AEC Design Strategy
Autodesk

Jerry Paffendorf

CEO
Regrid

Becci Anderson

Acting Director, National Geospatial Program
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

1145 - 1230

Panel 4 - Geopolitics of Trade and Commerce: Role of Public Policy in Global Market Development

Session Overview

Moderator

Brittany Donald

Director Program Management
Geospatial World LLC

Ron Jarmin

Deputy Director
U.S. Census Bureau

Saurabh Rai

Chief Strategy & Growth Officer (CSGO)
NeoGeoInfo Technologies Limited

Amar Nayegandhi

Global Head of Technology & Geospatial Sector Leader
Woolpert

Megan Compton

Senior NSDI Advisor | NGAC Manager
Federal Geographic Data Committee (FDGC)

Dana J. Caccamise

Regional Geodetic Advisor, Western & Pacific Regions
Acting Chief, Geodetic Services Branch, NOAA's National Geodetic Survey (NGS)

Dana Caccamise, Regional Geodetic Advisor for the Western and Pacific Regions at NOAA's National Geodetic Survey, is currently Acting Chief of the Geodetic Services Branch. He also serves as the U.S. representative to SIRGAS and a U.S. delegate to the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management.