Working Groups

FRAC Networking Social: Colorado Springs

Friday, October 31, 2025

FRAC Networking Social: Colorado Springs Host: The Make Ready Group Date/Time: Thursday November 13th, 5-7PM Location: Goat Patch Brewing Company, 272 N Cascade Ave #123, Colorado Springs   Please join us to connect with the Colorado Springs GEOINT community. We will introduce our USGIF Front Range Area Community of interest and discuss opportunities for more…

Front Range Area Community of Interest Meetup

Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Future-Ready GEOINT: Evolving Workforce Skills Join USGIF’s Front Range Area Community (FRAC) for an evening of discussion and networking at Vantor’s Westminster headquarters. As space-based Earth Observation architectures grow more complex and AI becomes deeply integrated into mission workflows, the GEOINT workforce is evolving at speed. Success now requires skills that span across domains, from…

Fire Intelligence: GEOINT in a Changing Climate – FRAC June Meet-Up

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

The Front Range Area Community of Interest (FRAC) fosters collaboration among industry, government, and academia, focusing on geospatial themes of high interest to the Colorado Front Range and the broader Rocky Mountain West.

Tradecraft Working Group Meeting

Monday, April 21, 2025

Agenda Welcome/Introduction Briefing by Todd Jackson ECS’s Comprehensive and Collaborative Approach to Applied GEOINT AI—Tradecraft Implications Discussion with TWG members on topics for the next GEOINT Symposium Closing Remarks

Modeling, Simulation & Gaming Working Group Meeting

Friday, January 24, 2025

This meeting is open for USGIF members. To participate, email workinggroups@usgif.org for the Teams link. Not a member but interested in learning more? Email us about our free trials.

Education Working Group Meeting

Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Join us for the upcoming session of the Education Working Group (EWG), a collaborative platform designed to unite various educational levels supported by the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF). This meeting will bring together educators from higher education, primary and secondary schools, as well as nonprofit community members, to enhance the integration of GEOINT…

Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence Working Group Meeting

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence Working Group discusses near-term hard problems of interest which could be addressed by ML and AI technologies and methods. Follow us on LinkedIn or Facebook to stay up-to-date on future working group meetings.

FRAC Virtual Tech Talk: From Data to Decisions

Monday, December 2, 2024

Virtual Tech Talk – Join Front Range Area Community of Interest for their kick-off meeting at 5PM MT. FRAC has scheduled an engaging virtual tech talk with David Blankenship, President of Emergent. David will talk about fire operations and the capabilities his team is fielding to support this increasingly demanding environment by leveraging connected technologies.…

YPG Virtual Game Night

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Join USGIF’s YPG for a virtual evening of networking and an exciting game of GeoGuessr! Get to know your fellow GEOINT young professionals and flex your geospatial knowledge. Bonus points for a webcam/microphone!

Computer Vision and Satellite Imagery in Practice – FRAC March Meet-Up

Friday, October 11, 2024

The FRAC is chartered to foster communication and collaboration across industry, government, and academia revolving around geospatial themes and topics of high interest to the Colorado Front Range and broader Rocky Mountain West.