
Spatial Edge – August 2025
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
2:00 pm
- 5:00 pm MDT
655 Space Center Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80915
Unique Approaches to Emergent NORTHCOM GEOINT Missions
Join us as we learn more about NORTHCOM’s evolving mission set and where GEOINT capabilities can be applied to its wide-ranging missions, including Missile Defense, Border Security, Transnational Issues, and Defense Support of Civil Authorities. Attendees will learn about current mission needs, future GEOINT requirements, and the innovative technologies and commercial partnerships driving mission success. The agenda also includes a classified component for eligible participants. Whether you’re from industry, government, or academia, this event provides a rare opportunity to understand how GEOINT is directly enabling homeland defense and security at the strategic and tactical levels.
Note that attendees must register ahead of time to attend.
Doors open at 1:30 PM.
Agenda
2:00 – 2:10pm: Opening remarks by USGIF
2:10 – 2:40pm: Keynote – Mission Needs
- Col. John Minear, Division Chief, Intelligence Operations Division, U.S Northern Command
2:40 – 3:10pm: Keynote – Future GEOINT Requirements
- Michael Claudio, Collection Strategist, Capability Development Division (J28), U.S. Northern Command
3:10 – 3:55pm: Counter-UAS Capabilities Panel
- Lyn Chassagne, SVP Go To Market, BlackSky (moderator)
- Creel O’Neil, Defense, Intelligence, and FMS Account Executive, Dedrone by Axon
- Colby Free, VP Federal and Strategic Solutions, Airspace Link
- Tom Jones, VP of Sales, UrbanSky
- Ben Higginbotham, Director, Federal Sales, SkySafe
3:55 – 4:10pm: Break and transition to classified session
4:10 – 5:00pm: Classified session
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