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GEOINT Symposium 2025 Day Two Recap
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…
GEOINT Symposium 2025 Day One Recap
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…
GEOINT Foreword 2025 Recap
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,…
Reaccreditation: James Madison University
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…
Introducing USGIF’s Education Working Group
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…
A Secure Tomorrow Together: The Critical Role of the GEOINT Symposium for GEOINT Education
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…
Reaccreditation: NOVA IMS’s GEOINT Certificate
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…
Reaccreditation: University of South Carolina’s GEOINT Certificate
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…
NRO Industry Advisory Working Group at 10 Years
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…
Geospatial Leaders in the U.S. Assign New Grades on the Nation’s Spatial Data Infrastructure
Coalition of Geospatial Organizations FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 21, 2024 Geospatial Leaders in the U.S. Assign New Grades on the Nation’s Spatial Data Infrastructure The Coalition of Geospatial Organizations (COGO) is pleased to release its third Assessment from its ongoing review of the U.S. National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI). This Assessment serves as a periodic…
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