Emerging Technologies Workshop with Vonna Heaton Fills to Capacity

March 12, 2010

The Emerging Technologies Luncheon, part of the USGIF Workshop Series, featured Ms. Vonna Weir Heaton, Director, InnoVision Directorate, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and reached capacity as 60 USGIF Members came out to hear Ms. Heaton discuss the the future of GEOINT R&D.

Sponsored by IBM and the USGIF Emerging Technologies Subcommittee, the USGIF Member-only workshop took place on March 25 at the Hyatt Dulles.

Ms. Heaton addressed future of GEOINT R&D investment. Investment is driven by several key factors, including today’s predominant S&T focus on near-term tools to support warfighters; the need for longer-term R&D on the right technologies to enable path-breaking GEOINT advances; and a comprehensive community strategy that will facilitate the GEOINT solutions of tomorrow. Industry’s lessons learned can help InnoVision better anticipate and plan for the future. This, in turn, enhances NGA’s partnership with the commercial sector to more effectively meet the nation’s geospatial intelligence needs.

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