Whether you are launching your career, stepping into leadership, mentoring others, or helping shape the next generation of GEOINT professionals, this program is designed to offer practical leadership perspectives, career insight, and meaningful connections across the GEOINT Community.

Join USGIF for an evening with retired Rear Admiral Mike Studeman, author of Might of the Chain: Forging Leaders of Iron Integrity and a senior intelligence leader with more than 35 years of intelligence and national security experience, and Vice Admiral Bob Sharp, former Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, for a candid discussion on leading with integrity, growing through adversity, and developing the next generation of GEOINT talent.

Drawing on their decades of experience in intelligence and national security, Studeman and Sharp will speak to the realities of leading through complexity: how to earn trust, make consequential decisions under pressure, and develop the people and principles that keep the profession strong.

The discussion will also include questions from an early-career GEOINT professional, bringing forward the perspectives of the next generation of the workforce.

What You’ll Gain

• Practical leadership insight from two senior intelligence leaders
• A candid look at integrity, resilience, and mentorship in high-stakes careers
• Perspective on the opportunities and challenges facing emerging GEOINT professionals
• Time to connect with peers and colleagues from across government, industry, academia, and the broader GEOINT Community
  
  

Who Should Attend

• Young professionals and emerging leaders
• Government, industry, and academic GEOINT practitioners
• Students and recent graduates
• USGIF members and community stakeholders 
  
  

Speakers

• Rear Adm. Mike Studeman, USN (Ret.) (invited) 
• VADM Bob Sharp, USN (Ret.) (invited) 
  
  

Agenda 

5:00 pm – 5:45 pm: Networking and refreshments 

5:45 pm – 6:15 pm:  Fireside chat with Mike Studeman and Bob Sharp 

6:15 pm – 6:30 pm: Q&A moderated by a young professional 

6:30 pm – 7:00 pm: Networking and refreshments