USGIF Workshop Series

NEXT WORKSHOP
The History of CIA’s A-12 OXCART Spy Plane Program
Monday, Sept. 27
3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Hyatt Dulles, Herndon, Va.

As part of the USGIF Workshop Series, USGIF in cooperation with the Advanced Technical Intelligence Association (ATIA) and the Association of Old Crows (AOC) will host a 2-hour presentation on the CIA’s A-12 OXCART program. A reception will follow.

As part of a series of public and private discussions from the members of Road Runners Internationale and the Blackbird Association, this unique event features presentations from the CIA chief historian, a Lockheed Skunk Works industrial manager from the A-12 and U-2 programs, a test pilot from the A-12, YF-12 and SR-71, a Pratt & Whitney mechanical engineer, statistician, a jet engine designer who’s been in the business since 1955, a Special Projects radar cross-section specialist at Groom Lake during Blackshield and a CIA OXCART pilot who flew from 1963 to 1968.

This is a FREE event with very limited seating, and all must register online in order to attend.

About

The USGIF Workshop Series brings together the GEOINT Community on a periodic basis to discuss relevant issues in tradecraft, innovation and the community. Ranging in size from less than 25 to more than 100 participants, the workshops tackle topics that span the defense, intelligence and homeland security communities. If you are interested in proposing or organizing a topic for a USGIF Workshop Series, please email workshop@usgif.org with your idea.

GEOINT Community Week Workshop
Friday, May 13, 2011
Hyatt Regency Reston
Reston, VA
more information forthcoming

PAST WORKSHOPS
Motion Imagery Workshop
Friday, May 21
Reston, VA

Thank you to our Sponsors

GEOINT Community Week wrapped up on Friday, May 21 with the Motion Imagery Workshop, part of the USGIF Workshop Series. Attendees came to hear keynote speeches from Maj. Gen. James O. Poss, U.S. Air Force, Director, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Strategy, Integration and Doctrine, Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C; CW5 Thomas R. Dostie, U.S. Army, Chief, GEOINT and Commanding General Advisor, U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence; and Stephen Long, Oversight Executive for Motion Intelligence, ODUSD/TCA, Science and Technology Advisor, ISR-Task Force, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence. Three sessions on Operational View, Intelligence Perspective and Strategic Vision also took place during the workshop, providing another opportunity for the audience to engage with panelists on critical topics affecting the aerial motion imagery community.

Emerging Technologies Luncheon
March 25, 2010, Hyatt Dulles, Herndon, Va.
The USGIF Workshop Series: Emerging Technologies Luncheon featuring Ms. Vonna Weir Heaton, Director, InnoVision Directorate, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency was sponsored by IBM and the USGIF Emerging Technologies Subcommittee. This workshop quickly filled to capacity, as attendees were eager to hear Ms. Heaton discuss the future of GEOINT R&D.

Applications of Commercial Synthetic Aperture Radar
June 5, 2009, Oracle Conference Center, Reston, VA