Held the second Tuesday of every other month, GEOINTeraction Tuesday is a casual networking event held in the D.C. area. It serves as a way for USGIF Members to develop new relationships, exchange ideas and discover opportunities in an informal setting. Each event features a guest speaker from an organization within the Defense, Intelligence or Homeland Security Community who shares their views on current issues and answer audience questions. The event gives attendees the opportunity to have real interaction with speakers and colleagues in an informal setting.

If you are interested in attending, please contact Jordan Fuhr by email at jordan.fuhr@usgif.org.

Next GEOINTeraction Tuesday

May 11, 2010 – Speaker and location to be determined. Please check back on the USGIF website in the coming weeks for more details on this event.

Past Events

March 9, 2010 – Mr. Jim Ward, Army GEOINT Office, Senior Army Operations Advisor to Director of NGA

Photos from the March event

On March 9, USGIF hosted its bimonthly GEOINTeraction Tuesday event with guest speaker Mr. James J. Ward, Senior Army Operations Advisor to the Director, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Army Geospatial-Intelligence Office. Mr. Ward is responsible for oversight and management of the planning, coordination, liaison, programming, execution, and evaluation of all aspects of Army geospatial intelligence collection planning and operations in response to operational and expeditionary Army requirements. Ward spoke to over 30 USGIF Members, starting off with his own experience at last year’s GEOINT Symposium and how it’s theme, “Build the Community. Accelerate Innovation. Advance the Tradecraft.” is exactly what the Army is working toward. He encouraged the community to attend the Symposium due to its great content, commentary and speakers. Ward’s speech concentrated on the criticality of training to deliver GEOINT and how training techniques are a moving target. He also informed the audience of Army personnel blending within different GEOINT cells across the country, especially at Ft. Huachuca. Ward briefly addressed New Campus East, notifying the audience that some Army leaders will begin transitioning there this month. In addition, he communicated VADM Murrett’s enthusiasm of the location as a new way of doing business, making communication amongst directorates more seamless. Ward concluded his address by bringing the audience’s attention to two initiatives the community should be aware of, the first being Gen. Zahner’s analysis on the Army MI, sparking healthy debate on potential significant changes to the program. The second initiative he emphasized was Gen. Flynn’s Fixing Intelligence. Ward stressed the importance of reading this as it highlights how GEOINT can help the problems address within Intelligence along with products of worthy note and how they’re essential to Gen. Flynn’s strategy. After Mr. Ward’s discussion, audience members were given the opportunity for a Q&A session.

Learn more about Mr. Ward

January 12, 2010 – Mr. Brian Hibbeln, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Special Capabilities

Photos from the January event

On January 12, 2010, Mr. Brian Hibbeln, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Special Capabilities, addressed a crowd of 60 at USGIF’s January 2010 GEOINTeraction Tuesday event. Hibbeln’s speech came as a landmark for the Office of Advanced Systems and Concepts as this was the first time anyone from the office has spoken about its capabilities and services to the public. Mr. Hibbeln’s speech included a vast amount of information about his organization, mainly concentrating on the current state of the Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrations (ACTD) and Joint Capability Technology Demonstrations (JTCD) programs and where they are headed in the future. Mr. Hibbeln also addressed the many ways USGIF Member companies can help serve the organization as well as how to get their services and technologies noticed and supported. He finished his speech by informing the audience of key capability areas where OSD hopes to see more innovation followed by a short Q&A session with the audience.

November 10, 2009 – Mr. Patrick Warfle & Mr. Keith Barber, NGA

As the Director, NSG Expeditionary Architecture Integrated Program Office at NGA), Mr. Barber coordinates the efforts of Acquisition, Enterprise Services, InnoVision and Source Operations and Management in support of deployed forces and first responders. Mr. Warfle, who serves as NGA’s Deputy Military Executive, helps carry out the mission of the MX to facilitate all facets of NGA’s geospatial intelligence support to military operations.

Photos from the event

Photos from past GEOINTeraction Tuesdays