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USGIF Hosts Thinkers Dinner with Kshemendra Paul on Jan. 30
January 31, 2012
USGIF kicked off its Thinkers Dinner Series on Monday, Jan. 30 with Kshemendra Paul, Program Manager for the Information Sharing Environment (PM-ISE). This event and the Chairman’s Dinners are exclusive benefits of Strategic Partner Level Membership.
USGIF Educates Youth at the International Spy Museum's SpyFest
January 23, 2012
USGIF once again participated in the International Spy Museum’s SpyFest, educating kids on the basic principles of geospatial intelligence and how GEOINT is used for national security today.
Geolocation Privacy YPG Event Provides Valuable Discussion and Networking
January 23, 2012
Whether we’re aware of this or not, our location divulges much more information about ourselves then we think. According to this month’s YPG guest speaker Kevin D. Pomfret, an Attorney at Law forLeClairRyan specializing in geo-location privacy, it has become such an immense issue that Congress is currently considering 10 bills on this topic.
Find out what else happened at this YPG monthly networking event below.
USGIF Seeks Tradecraft Development Subcommittee Co-Chair
January 19, 2012
USGIF is pleased to announce an open solicitation to its membership for a Tradecraft Development Subcommittee Co-Chair. Some of the responsibilities include the position to lead subcommittee meetings and discussions, orchestrate specific outreach engagements, make phone calls and emails, and plan and execute events and programs with support from USGIF staff. The position of co-chair requires a commitment of approximately 8-10 hours per month.
Interested parties should provide the requested information to technical@usgif.org NLT 9 February 2012.
Learn more about this opportunity below.
Thank you for joining USGIF on Jan. 10 for GEOINTeraction Tuesday
January 17, 2012
GEOINTeraction Tuesday took place Jan. 10 from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. at Maggiano’s Little Italy, 2001 International Drive, McLean, 22102.
Lisa Spuria, Director of NGA’s Analysis & Production Directorate, spoke to a crowd of over 70. See what you may have missed from this event below.
From the Desk of the President: Where We Have Been and What the Future Holds
December 22, 2011
In each issue of Geospatial Intelligence Forum (GIF), USGIF President Keith Masback writes a column called “From the Desk of the President” that highlights key foundation activities and insights into where the GEOINT community is headed. In GIF 2011 Volume 9: Issue: 8 (November/December), Mr. Masback discusses the major USGIF accomplishments from 2011 — from the most-ever attended GEOINT Symposium to the USGIF Awards Program and the Young Professionals Group successes and much, much more.
Looking ahead to 2012 there will be some changes with regards to the Geospatial Intelligence Forum magazine as well. Be sure to check out Mr. Masback’s full column in this post.
Record Number of Attendees and Exhibitors Participate in USGIF’s GEOINT 2011 Symposium
November 28, 2011
USGIF concluded its largest ever GEOINT Symposium, attracting 4,451 attendees and exhibitors from the defense, intelligence and homeland security communities. Those who attended the event in San Antonio, Texas, had a rare opportunity to explore the latest technologies from 252 exhibitors as well as hear from and meet with key Defense, Intelligence and Homeland Security Community leadership.
USGIF Participates in National Geography Awareness Week
November 23, 2011
During the week of November 13 – 19, 2011, USGIF participated in two different activities in celebration of National Geography Week.
OGC and USGIF Announce WhereCon 2012 to be held in Washington, DC
November 4, 2011
WhereCon is the event for public and private sector decision makers to gather and begin a new dialogue on the synergies that location-enabled and place-based streams of information activity bring to every sphere of our lives. The question of “Where?” is increasingly becoming the organizing principal for how public and private sector enterprises get their jobs done.
GEOINT 2011 registration receipt requests
November 1, 2011
USGIF has recently received a lot of requests for registration receipts from the GEOINT 2011 Symposium.
Your symposium receipt is included in the confirmation that was emailed to the address you provided at registration. If you cannot locate that registration confirmation please contact Jspargo, our GEOINT 2011 registration help desk, at geointregistration@jspargo.com to get your receipt.
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