Tradecraft Working Group

USGIF Working Groups Welcome New Leaders

Wednesday, July 1, 2026

We’re excited to announce new leadership across two USGIF Working Groups.  Following its launch at GEOINT Symposium 2026, the Maritime Domain Awareness Working Group (MDAWG) will be led by inaugural co-chairs Eric Anderson, CEO and Co-Founder of SynMax Inc., and Tim Waltz, Vice President, Sensors and Systems at Riverside Research.  MDAWG will focus on advancing GEOINT capabilities that help the community…

Tradecraft Working Group at GEOINT Symposium 2026 Smarter GEOINT: Balancing Human Judgment and Automated Power

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Monday, May 4 | 3:00–3:45 p.m. The question is no longer whether to automate. It’s how to do so without losing the value of expert judgment. That tension sits at the center of the Tradecraft Working Group session at GEOINT Symposium 2026. The group is authoring a white paper to help leaders and practitioners decide…