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GEOINT Symposium 2025 Day Three Recap

May 22, 2025

GEOINT’s Next Frontier: Space Collaboration and Strategic Alignment  The final general session day of the 2025 GEOINT Symposium highlighted the challenges and opportunities in geospatial intelligence. Speakers focused on the critical need for collaboration across agencies, the evolving role of GEOINT in national and global security, and the announcement of an important agreement that will…

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GEOINT Symposium 2025 Day Two Recap

May 21, 2025

Forging the Future of GEOINT: Interoperability, AI, and Global Collaboration Take Center Stage   The second day of the 2025 GEOINT Symposium highlighted evolving challenges in geospatial intelligence, with a focus on the need for interoperability, integration of artificial intelligence, and collaboration across sectors, and of AI in transforming GEOINT workflows, emphasizing its potential to enhance…

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GEOINT Symposium 2025 Day One Recap

May 20, 2025

Innovation, Integration, and Global Security  The critical intersection of innovation, collaboration, and capacity building to address the evolving challenges of modern security emerged as the main theme in keynote remarks and panel discussions on the first day of the 2025 GEOINT Symposium in St. Louis, MO. From workforce development to technological advancements in commercial and…

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GEOINT Foreword 2025 Recap

May 19, 2025

Emerging Tech, Ethical Innovation, and the Future of Geospatial Intelligence On Sunday, May 18, over 500 participants gathered for GEOINT Foreword 2025. This event is the GEOINT Symposium’s pre-conference science and technology day sponsored by Esri. The event focuses on the promise and limits of emerging technologies in geospatial intelligence.  “For the next several days,…

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Reaccreditation: James Madison University

May 2, 2025

James Madison University (JMU) has achieved reaccreditation of its Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) Certificate Program by the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF). The reaccreditation extends its recognition through April 2029. This reaccreditation underscores JMU’s commitment to providing high-quality education in the field of geospatial intelligence.  Dr. Philip M. Baxter, Assistant Professor in the Intelligence Analysis…

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Introducing USGIF’s Education Working Group

March 31, 2025

USGIF has launched its newest initiative—the Education Working Group (EWG)—to unify and enhance GEOINT education across all levels of academia. This collaborative effort brings together educators from higher education, nonprofit organizations, and other educational spaces to foster GEOINT thinking, skills, and methodologies in classrooms nationwide.  Key Objectives of the Education Working Group The EWG is…

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A Secure Tomorrow Together: The Critical Role of the GEOINT Symposium for GEOINT Education

March 28, 2025

By Ronda Schrenk, CEO, USGIF As global challenges become increasingly dynamic and the volume of data deluges decision-makers and intelligence analysts, geospatial-intelligence is foundational for sense-making and decision advantage. Strengthening that foundation requires investment in our profession through the training, collaboration, and technology discovery provided through the GEOINT Symposium. At the United States Geospatial Intelligence…

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Reaccreditation: NOVA IMS’s GEOINT Certificate

January 21, 2025

The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) is pleased to announce the reaccreditation of NOVA Information Management School’s (IMS) graduate Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) certificate program. NOVA IMS was founded in 1989 in response to the growing need for information technology and management education. Based in Portugal, NOVA IMS is USGIF’s only accredited international university and…

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Reaccreditation: University of South Carolina’s GEOINT Certificate

January 2, 2025

The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) is pleased to announce the reaccreditation of the University of South Carolina’s (USC) undergraduate certificate program in Geospatial Intelligence. Following a rigorous evaluation, USC’s program has been reaccredited for a five-year term. This term is from October 1, 2024, through October 1, 2029.  First accredited by USGIF in…

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NRO Industry Advisory Working Group at 10 Years

January 2, 2025

Chartered in September 2014, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Industry Advisory Working Group (NIAWG) addresses contemporary business and operating model challenges of the NRO and its industry base in an objective, non-proprietary venue. From day 1, where 40 participants crammed into a 20-person conference room, USGIF members continue to lean in on matters of strategic…

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