Spatial Edge: Japan: GEOINT Without Borders 

July 8, 2026 • Tokyo, Japan 

Hosted within the 2026 SPACETIDE Conference, this full-day forum brings leaders from the U.S., Japan, and the broader Indo-Pacific together to examine how GEOINT, commercial space, and AI are reshaping allied cooperation, shared security, and global resilience.

Spatial Edge: Japan is presented in partnership with SPACETIDE 2026, featuring 2,000+ participants and 200+ executive-level speakers from more than 35 countries. 

Registration provides access to the full SPACETIDE 2026 conference, including USGIF Spatial Edge: Japan on July 8, 2026.

Agenda 

Block 1: Setting the Strategic Context

Welcome Remarks, Ronda Schrenk, CEO, USGIF

Mission Vignettes

A reprise from the GEOINT Symposium 2026 Main Stage, Day 1, highlighting real-world examples from across the community that demonstrate the impact and importance of GEOINT today.

• Ronda Schrenk, CEO, USGIF
• Sue Kalweit, Vice President of Programs, USGIF

Fireside Chat – Industry Cooperation and Opportunities in GEOINT Across the Indo-Pacific Region

This session will explore opportunities for regional industrial collaboration and cooperation across the space and GEOINT technology areas.

• Moderator: Sue Kalweit, Vice President of Programs, USGIF
• Sanjay Kumar, CEO, Geospatial World

Fireside Chat – GEOINT Challenges and Opportunities in GEOINT Interoperability and Data Sharing

Exploring the operational realities of sharing geospatial data, analytic products, and intelligence across allied partners, including policy barriers, technical standards, and trust frameworks.

• Moderator: Ronda Schrenk, CEO, USGIF
• Maj Gen Pascal Legai, Senior Advisor to the Director General, European Space Agency
• Satoshi Nishino, Director, National Security, Remote Sensing, National Space Policy Secretariat, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan
• Ashley Suiter, Acting Chief of Responsible AI, NGA

Networking

Block 2: The Technology Engine

Keynote – Scaling GEOINT Analytics: AI as the Multiplier for Allied Collaboration

• Devin White, Senior Developer Relations Manager – Geospatial Segment Lead, Public Sector, NVIDIA

Panel Discussion – Technologies Advancing Spatial Data

GEOINT data has traditionally focused on turning data into pixels and pixels into images for human exploitation. In today’s data-driven, AI-first environment, a new model is emerging that accelerates the compute of GEOINT data to deliver actionable insights at mission speed and scale.

• Moderator: Kevin O’Connell, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Space Economy Rising 
• Pieter Decker, Director, Geospatial Capabilities, Raytheon Space ISR
• Naoko Matsuo, Manager, Satellite Applications and Operations Center (SAOC), JAXA
• Motoyuki Arai, CEO, Synspective

Lunch & Networking

Block 3: Applications and Missions

Panel Discussion – GEOINT for Allied National Security in the Indo-Pacific

Focused on operational and intelligence applications, this session explores how allied GEOINT capabilities are being applied to shared security challenges across the Indo-Pacific region.

• Moderator: Sanjay Kumar, CEO, Geospatial World
• Rob Correy, CEO, Geospatial Intelligence Pty Ltd
• Anirudh Sharma, Founder and CEO, Digantara
• Jean Luc Trullemans, Head of European Space Security and Education Centre (ESEC)

Panel Discussion – Beyond National Security: GEOINT Applications for Allied Partner Collaboration in Commercial and Civil Domains

Examining how GEOINT capabilities developed for national security are being applied, or could be applied, to adjacent challenges including disaster response, climate monitoring, maritime domain awareness, and economic security, where civilian agencies and industry play larger roles.

• Moderator: Stephen Gillotte, USGIF Board Member and CEO, Reinventing Geospatial, Inc.
• Madin Maseeh, President Maldives Space Research Organization
• Mike Small, Director Defense & Intel APAC Region, Vantor
• Dr. Pavel Entin, CEO, SynPlanet Holding Corporation

Networking Break

Block 4: The Human Domain

Keynote – GEOINT Tradecraft: What Humans Bring to Human-Machine Teaming

• Jim McCool, Vice President of Tradecraft, USGIF

Closing Panel – Developing the Tradecraft: Allied Perspectives on Education, Training, and the AI-Transformed Workforce

Bringing together government, academic, and industry perspectives from U.S., Australian, and Japanese organizations to discuss workforce development in an era of AI-enabled GEOINT.

• Moderator: Jim McCool, Vice President of Tradecraft, USGIF
• Joshua “Rex” Bennett, Senior Field Service Representative to U.S. 7th Fleet, ECS Federal LLC
• Professor Tadashi Miyagawa, Former Director General, Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center, Japan; Lieutenant General, Japan Air Self-Defense Force (Ret.)
• Jen Robards, NGA attaché to US Embassy-Tokyo

Closing Remarks

Ronda Schrenk, CEO, USGIF

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