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3. aGenda at a Glance
DAy ONE: MONDAy 16th MAy 2011 DAy TWO: TUESDAy 17th MAy 2011
07:00 Conference Registration and Networking Breakfast 07:00 Conference Registration and Networking Breakfast
08:00 Conference Inauguration 08:00 Chairperson’s Opening Comments
08:30 Creating a National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) that 08:10 Advances In Collecting And Utilising Satellite Imagery in the UAE
can Support National Security, Public Safety and Law Lieutenant Colonel Ali Mohammed Alshehhi, Manager of
Enforcement: Abu Dhabi Spatial Data Infrastructure (AD-SDI) Falcon Ground Station, United Arab Emirates Space
Abdul Karim Al Raeisi, Executive Director, Abu Dhabi Systems Reconnaissance Centre
and Information Centre (ADSIC), UAE 08:35 The Next Necessary Condition for GEOINT: Non-Imagery
08:55 Evaluating the Development of Geospatial Intelligence Spatial and Temporal Representation and Frameworks
(GEOINT) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Supporting Defence Operations
as Applications to Support a Variety of Missions Mr. Michael W. Powers, Technical Director, Geospatial Research
Confirmed Senior Representative, National Geospatial and Engineering, US Army
Intelligence Agency, US
09:00 Utilising Advances in Technology to Secure the Region’s Borders
09:20 What Next for GIS in Defence and Intelligence: A Vision of the Future Colonel Dr. Mohammed Alaseeri, Head of Section,
John Day, Director Defence Business Development, Esri Saudi Border Guard
09:45 Question and Answer Session 09:25 A Presentation by Raytheon
09:55 Morning Coffee and Networking Guy DuBois, Vice President Operational Technologies and
Solutions, Raytheon
10:25 Delivering Geospatial Intelligence from the Cloud: The State
of the Art in Data Fusion and Dissemination 09:50 Question and Answer Session
Ed Parsons, Geospatial Technologist, Google 10:00 Morning Coffee and Networking
10:50 Making Sense of the Deluge: Data Fusion and Integration, 10:30 Geospatial Intelligence Mission Management
Accessibility to the Information and Exploitation of Colonel (retired) Neil Thompson, Managing Director, Westfield
Geographic Information Consulting Group and Former Director Geospatial Intelligence,
Canada Defence HQ
Anil Kumar, Acting Director Environment Information Sector,
Environment Agency Abu Dhabi 10:55 Panel Discussion: Geospatial Intelligence Mission Management
Facilitator: Colonel (retired) Neil Thompson, Managing Director,
11:15 Satellite Imagery Analysis at the International Atomic Energy Agency
Westfield Consulting Group and Former Director Geospatial
Karen Steinmaus, Unit Head, Satellite Imagery Analysis Unit,
Intelligence, Canada Defence HQ
International Atomic Energy Agency
11:20 Developing A GIS Environment
11:40 A Presentation from Lockheed Martin
Manal Alshamlan, Head of GIS Development Section,
12:05 Delivering a Common Operating Picture (COP) to Facilitate GIS Department, Dubai Municipality
National Security, Crisis Response and Law Enforcement
John Bruni, Former Researcher in Strategic Studies/Director, Emirates 11:55 Industry Presentation Available
Centre for Strategic & Security Studies/Sage International 12:20 Question and Answer Session
12:30 Question and Answer Session 12:30 Networking Lunch
12:40 Networking Lunch Stream A: Stream B:
Developing Architectures and Advances in Mapping and
Stream A: Stream B: Cultivating True Interoperability Creating 3D Environments
GIS Applications for Translating the Lessons Learned
13:35 Developing Open Enhancing GIS Support with
Law Enforcement in the Military Domain into the
Standards and New Methods of Digital Mapping
Civilian Arena
Architectures that Will Charalampos Paraschou (aka.
13:40 Mapping Rural Case-Study: The Use of GIS in Enable you to Meet Babis), Chief Geospatial Officer,
Livelihoods to Support the a National/Civil Perspective: Future Requirements NATO Deployment Core, Greece
Effects Based Targeting Norway Digital Stephen Ramage, Executive
Programme and Enhance
Colonel (retired) Oyvind Director, Marketing and
Sustainable Development,
Security and Governance Bergene, Former Director, Communications, Open
Richard Brittan, Norwegian Military Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
Director, Alcis Ltd. Geographic Service 14:00 Developing Effective Mini-UAVs: The Revolution in
Geospatial Support in the ISAF Geospatial Capabilities GIS Awareness and Mapping
14:05 Geospatial Interoperability
Theatre of Operations that Meet the Needs of Chris Parker, Security Consultant,
a Study from UK Policing
Multiple Stakeholders Terrasis
Richard Smith, Force in Afghanistan
in the Defence and
Information Manager, Erik Menzel, Geo-Officer ISAF,
Security sector
British Transport Police ISAF HQ, NATO
Ayman Al-Wadi,
14:30 Utilising Technological Integrating GIS within the Wider Group Head of GIS,
Advances Including GIS Framework of Command and Royal Jordanian
to Enhance Aviation and Control (C2) Systems Geographic Centre
Airport Security John Teufert, NC3A Geo-Officer, 14:25 Addressing the Barriers Exploring Augmented Reality
Ahmad Al Haddabi, Consultation, Command & Control to Achieving “True and its Potential Applications
SVP – Airports Operations, Agency, NATO C3 Agency, NATO Interoperability” Dr. Hamdy El-Gamily, Director
ADAC - Abu Dhabi Commodore (retired) Pat of Geoinformatics Centre, Kuwait
Airports Company Tyrrell OBE, Intelligence Institute for Scientific Research
Consultant and formerly (KISR)
14:55 Exploiting Geospatial Creating Understanding from
Commandant of the
Technology to Tackle Information Chaos in the Military
Defence Intelligence and
Criminal or Terrorist Colonel John Kedar, Chief of
Staff, Headquarters Engineer in Security School, UK MoD
Activities 14:50 Question and
Chief (Army), UK MoD Question and Answer Session
Professor Mike Jackson, Answer Session
Director, Centre for
Geospatial Science, UK 15:00 Afternoon Coffee and Networking
15:20 Question and Question and Answer Session 15:30 Geospatial Governance for Strategic National Social Development
Answer Session Engineer Khalid Al Hammadi, Chief of GIS, Central Informatics
15:30 Afternoon Coffee and Networking Organisation (CIO), Bahrain
16:00 Addressing the complexities in getting your GIS or Spatial 15:55 Question and Answer Session
data Infrastructure (SDI) program up and running 16:05 Chairman’s Closing Summary
Mark Sorensen, President, Geographic Planning Commodore (retired) Pat Tyrrell OBE, Intelligence Consultant
Collaborative, Inc. (GPC) and formerly Commandant of the Defence Intelligence and
16:30 End of Conference Day One Security School, UK MoD
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4. main confeRence day one: monday 16th may 2011
07:00 Conference Registration and Networking Breakfast 10:50 Making Sense of the Deluge: Data Fusion and Integration,
Accessibility to the Information and Exploitation of
08:00 Conference Inauguration Geographic Information
Chairman: Eric Patten, Director Defense and Intelligence • Overcoming the cultural and technological challenges that restrict
Global Solutions, Esri access to data and information
08:30 Creating a National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) that can • Creating fused, all-source intelligence products that can provide
support to multiple stakeholders at multiple levels from operational to
Support National Security, Public Safety and Law Enforcement: tactical and strategic
Abu Dhabi Spatial Data Infrastructure (AD-SDI) • Exploiting the completed geospatial intelligence products
• Outlining the success of the Abu Dhabi Systems and Information through effective interoperability and integration within and
Centre in establishing an effective NSDI across organisations
• Assessing the challenges already overcome to establish the NSDI Anil Kumar, Acting Director Environment Information Sector,
Environment Agency Abu Dhabi
spatial data infrastructure
• Delivering savings by facilitating geospatial information sharing that 11:15 Satellite Imagery Analysis at the International Atomic Energy Agency
• Exploiting satellite imagery to provide analytical support to the
supports effective and successful decision-making Safeguards Unit in verifying and monitoring nuclear development
• Recognising the stovepipes that still exist and designing an effective • Collecting, processing and analysing commercial imagery
strategy to overcome them • Creating a wide-range of imagery-derived products to support the
Abdul Karim Al Raeisi, Executive Director, Abu Dhabi Systems and Safeguards Unit
Information Centre (ADSIC), UAE Karen Steinmaus, Unit Head, Satellite Imagery Analysis Unit,
International Atomic Energy Agency
08:55 Evaluating the Development of Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) 11:40 A Presentation from Lockheed Martin
and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as Applications to
12:05 Delivering a Common Operating Picture (COP) to Facilitate
Support a Variety of Missions National Security, Crisis Response and Law Enforcement
Confirmed Senior Representative, National Geospatial Intelligence • Integrating multiple sources of imagery from all available assets
Agency, US to form a COP
• Overcoming internal and external co-ordination challenges
09:20 What Next for GIS in Defence and Intelligence: A Vision of the Future
• Achieving end-to-end visibility of all assets through
John Day, Director Defence Business Development, Esri multi-agency co-ordination
09:45 Question and Answer Session • Analysis of tasking, collection, processing, exploitation
and final dissemination
09:55 Morning Coffee and Networking John Bruni, Former Researcher in Strategic Studies/Director, Emirates
10:25 Delivering Geospatial Intelligence from the Cloud: The State of Centre for Strategic & Security Studies/Sage International
the Art in Data Fusion and Dissemination 12:30 Question and Answer Session
Ed Parsons, Geospatial Technologist, Google 12:40 Networking Lunch
Stream A: GIS Applications for Law Enforcement Stream B: Translating the Lessons Learned in the Military
Domain into the Civilian Arena
Chairman: Eric Patten, Director Defense and Intelligence 13:40 Case-Study: The Use of GIS in a National/Civil Perspective:
“Norway Digital”
Global Solutions, Esri “Norway Digital” is an implementation of the “European Commission
13:40 Mapping Rural Livelihoods to Support the Effects Based INSPIRE” taking advantage of Geospatial information to deliver the
Targeting Programme and Enhance Sustainable Development, best for the civilian society. This presentation will provide an insight
into how Norway has implemented the use of Geospatial information
Security and Governance in the civilian community, with respect to:
• Mapping by province down to community level in Afghanistan • Organisation and interaction
• Generating and fusing multiple datasets to establish a coherent • Technical Background
decision support tool • Status and future
Colonel (retired) Oyvind Bergene, Former Director, Norwegian
• Integrating the work of Human Terrain Systems (HTS) teams on Military Geographic Service
mapping populations and tribes 14:05 Geospatial Support in the ISAF Theatre of Operations in Afghanistan
• Building the capacity of the UN and Afghan Ministries to carry out • Understanding the way in which NATO Geospatial Policy is applied
this work themselves in the context of the ISAF mission
Richard Brittan, Director, Alcis Ltd. • Evaluating the challenges faced in cross-theatre governance
in respect to Designated Geospatial Information (DGI) and
14:05 Geospatial Interoperability a Study from UK Policing Supplemented Geospatial Information (SGI) to accomplish the goal
• Developing a Spatial Information Infrastructure (SII) to aid their of “fighting off the same map”
• Enhancing geospatial support through key projects such as
security responsibilities for the 2012 Olympics NATO Core GIS and the development of an ISAF specific
• Outlining the requirement to hold and disseminate mapping and Geospatial Data Model
aerial imagery coverage of Great Britain to multiple sites • Developing the cooperation between the Government of the Islamic
• Evaluating the various components of the SII and how Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA) and the ISAF HQ in respect to
Geospatial Data exchange
interoperability is key Erik Menzel, Geo-Officer ISAF, ISAF HQ, NATO
Richard Smith, Force Information Manager, British Transport Police 14:30 Integrating GIS within the Wider Framework of Command and
14:30 Utilising Technological Advances Including GIS to Enhance Control (C2) Systems
Aviation and Airport Security • Analysing the development of GIS as an increasingly core part of C2
• Outlining NATOs development of geo-information systems in theatre
• Integrating all available technologies to maximise aviation and and how these have enhanced decision-making
airport security • Detailing current R&D projects designed to further improve the
• Understanding security vulnerabilities through the analytical integration of GIS
John Teufert, NC3A Geo-Officer, Consultation, Command & Control
capabilities that GIS provides Agency, NATO C3 Agency, NATO
• Planning for future technology investment by analysing past
14:55 Creating Understanding from Information Chaos in the Military
security breaches • Examining how advances in geospatial capabilities have improved
Ahmad Al Haddabi, SVP – Airports Operations, ADAC - Abu Dhabi situational awareness and allowed for enhanced decision-making in
Airports Company the military and intelligence environments
• Discussing the opportunities and challenges in delivering a
14:55 Exploiting Geospatial Technology to Tackle Criminal or geospatial enterprise that supports military understanding, whether to
Terrorist Activities a soldier on the ground or a government minister
• Outlining how GIS can be utilised in crime mapping • Evaluating the lessons learned from complex military operations
and how these can be translated into the security, public safety,
• Setting out the aims and objectives of the D-SCENT project law enforcement and emergency management domains
• Results from the project and planned future work Colonel John Kedar, Chief of Staff, Headquarters Engineer in Chief
Proffesor Mike Jackson, Director, Centre for Geospatial Science, UK (Army), UK MoD
15:20 Question and Answer Session 15:20 Question and Answer Session
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15:30 Afternoon Coffee and Networking there can be a high initial overhead when first establishing the many
16:00 Addressing the complexities in getting your GIS or Spatial data facets of a fully functional system.
Infrastructure (SDI) program up and running • Securing buy-in for your GIS or SDI project from multiple stakeholders
The benefits of utilising GIS are well-known and generally accepted; • Tackling the challenges of cooperation and collaboration and bringing
however, actually getting a project started and reaching the point about cultural change
where the benefits outweigh the initial investment and the operating • Keeping the program going when it hits a challenge
costs remains incredibly challenging. In this presentation, Mark will Mark Sorensen, President, Geographic Planning Collaborative,
address some of these complexities including: Inc. (GPC)
• Understanding that whilst GIS architecture has tremendous benefits, 16:30 End of Conference Day One
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5. main confeRence day two: tuesday 17th may 2011
07:00 Conference Registration and Networking Breakfast 10:30 Geospatial Intelligence Mission Management
As the importance of geospatial intelligence continues to grow across
08:00 Chairperson’s Opening Comments
national security, protecting civil infrastructure, local government,
Commodore (retired) Pat Tyrrell OBE, Intelligence Consultant managing natural resources and disasters, monitoring climate change,
and formerly Commandant of the Defence Intelligence and Security military operations, and carrying out counter terrorism operations, the
School, UK MoD amount of remote sensing data (space based, air breathing, crowd
08:10 Advances In Collecting And Utilising Satellite Imagery in the UAE sourcing, social media, handheld imagery and other sources of data)
available is also growing exponentially. This increase in the amount
• Evaluating the growth in commercial remote sensing and the
of data available, coupled with the demand for increased product
implications of this on the geospatial community accuracy, necessity to share information amongst allies and multiple
• Outlining the advances made by the UAE Space Reconnaissance stakeholders, demand for decrease in causalities, more complex
Centre, which are allowing it to support a wide variety of stakeholders training requirements, speed of dissemination of end products and
across the military and civilian sectors the demand for actionable intelligence means that an advanced
• Detailing the challenges that need to be overcome to allow the management system is required. This presentation will evaluate
available imagery to be fully utilised in support of national security, the following:
emergency management, disaster response and law enforcement • Outlining the drivers and the concept of Geospatial Mission Management
• Detailing the elements of the Mission Management system including,
Lieutenant Colonel Ali Mohammed Alshehhi, Manager of Falcon
the identification and verification of requirements, understanding all
Ground Station, United Arab Emirates Space Reconnaissance Centre the collections system available and how to task each to use their
08:35 The Next Necessary Condition for GEOINT: Non-Imagery Spatial strengths in the most effective manner, tasking the analysis, storing
and Temporal Representation and Frameworks Supporting and retrieving the data and producing and disseminating the final
Defence Operations geospatial product
• Utilising this dynamic Mission Management system to deliver the best
• Outlining the importance of capturing cartographic features to support
products on time and on target
decision making Colonel (retired) Neil Thompson, Managing Director, Westfield
• Advances in tools and technologies available to capture topographic data Consulting Group and Former Director Geospatial Intelligence,
Mr. Michael W. Powers, Technical Director, Geospatial Research Canada Defence HQ
and Engineering, US Army 10:55 Panel Discussion: Geospatial Intelligence Mission Management
09:00 Utilising Advances in Technology to Secure the Region’s Borders As the concept of Mission Management is so pivotal to the
• Detailing the technological advances that can now be utilised to development of the full spectrum of GEOINT, this panel discussion will
improve the security of land give the audience the opportunity to pose their questions to a number
of the conference speakers and to explore the concept more fully.
• Assessing the ways in which GEOINT can be utilised to support the
Facilitator: Colonel (retired) Neil Thompson, Managing Director,
activities of Border Guard forces Westfield Consulting Group and Former Director Geospatial
• Utilising radar imagery to detect changes in the environment that can Intelligence, Canada Defence HQ
indicate illegal border crossings or smuggling activities 11:20 Developing A GIS Environment
• Outlining the future priorities for developing the technologies and • Outlining the work of Dubai Municipality in establishing a GIS environment
applications further to continue to improve border security • Detailing the ways in which the Municipality is generating information
Colonel Dr. Mohammed Alaseeri, Head of Section, Saudi Border Guard to support safety and security
• Evaluating the future priorities for further development
09:25 A Presentation by Raytheon
Manal Al shamsi, Head of GIS Development Section, GIS
Guy DuBois, Vice President Operational Technologies and Solutions, Department, Dubai Municipality
Raytheon
11:55 Industry Presentation Available (Call Asif at +971 4 364 2975)
09:50 Question and Answer Session
12:20 Question and Answer Session
10:00 Morning Coffee and Networking
12:30 Networking Lunch
Stream A: Developing Architectures and Cultivating True Interoperability Stream B: Advances in Mapping and Creating 3D Environments
13:35 Developing Open Standards and Architectures that Will Enable 13:35 Enhancing GIS Support with New Methods of Digital Mapping
you to Meet Future Requirements • Preparing and producing a 3D map using a 3D printer
• Utilising global standards and developments for open geospatial • Outlining the concept of creating a 3d virtual environment
practices, architectures and interfaces top achieve true interoperability • Exploiting holography to create a holographic map
• The advances of the OGC in promoting standard web-based services • Demonstrating practical examples of each of the above
and moving away from vendor-specific dependency Charalampos Paraschou (aka. Babis), Chief Geospatial Officer,
• Assessing the impact of legacy systems and how these affect flexibility NATO Deployment Core, Greece
• Outlining the processes involved in developing a fully interoperable 14:00 Mini-UAVs: The Revolution in GIS Awareness and Mapping
data sharing strategy • Exploring the capabilities of next-generation mini-UAVs to provide
• Evaluating how the OGC can be utilised to promote the full real-time 3D mapping capability
exploitation of GEOINT and GIS by organisations in the MENA region • Evaluating the potential applications of this technology across the
Stephen Ramage, Executive Director, Marketing and security and defence enterprise
Communications, Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) • Tackling the challenges of procuring and balancing the costs versus
14:00 Developing Effective Geospatial Capabilities that Meet the Needs the benefits of the technology
of Multiple Stakeholders in the Defence and Security sector Chris Parker, Security Consultant, Terrasis
• Outlining the ways in which the Royal Jordanian Geographic Centre 14:25 Exploring Augmented Reality and its Potential Applications
(RJGC) is supporting the multiple agencies and organisations in • Examining the concept and principles of augmented reality
Jordan tasked with the defence and security of the country • Merging the database with real-life situations
• Tailoring the geospatial products produced to meet the needs of • Creating automated analysis tools to enable real-life application
individual stakeholders so that they can be fully exploited • Creating a strong communication network to support the system
• Evaluating the current priorities of the RJGC to further develop its Dr. Hamdy El-Gamily, Director of Geoinformatics Centre, Kuwait
offering to the defence and security community Institute for Scientific Research (KISR)
Ayman Al-Wadi, Group Head of GIS, Royal Jordanian
Geographic Centre 14:50 Question and Answer Session
14:25 Addressing the Barriers to Achieving “True Interoperability” END OF STREAMED SESSIONS
It is widely accepted that there is a need to establish greater levels of 15:00 Afternoon Coffee and Networking
information sharing and build a culture of “need to share”, rather than
“need to know”; however, in reality, there are a number of inhibitors 15:30 Geospatial Governance for Strategic Social Development
that are preventing this from becoming a reality. In this presentation, • Developing the Bahrain Spatial Data Infrastructure
Pat will draw on the outcomes from the previous GIME conferences to • Utilising information to monitor all aspects of development in Bahrain
examine these barriers. Areas for discussion will include: and contribute to a safe and secure environment
• Questioning the provenance, quality and currency of the source data • Outlining the future developmental priorities of the CIO
• Evaluating the issue of poor governance Engineer Khalid Al Hammadi, Chief of GIS, Central Informatics
• Overcoming the challenge of integrating and fusing across Organisation (CIO), Bahrain
heterogeneous datasets and multiple security domains 15:55 Question and Answer Session
• Improving the intelligence flow and the classification of date 16:05 Chairman’s Closing Summary
and information Commodore (retired) Pat Tyrrell OBE, Intelligence Consultant
• Bringing about cultural change within and across organisations and formerly Commandant of the Defence Intelligence and
Commodore (retired) Pat Tyrrell OBE, Intelligence Consultant Security School, UK MoD
and formerly Commandant of the Defence Intelligence and Security
School, UK MoD 16:20 End of Conference Day Two
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14:50 Question and Answer Session

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Pre-Conference Focus Day: Geospatial Support to Maritime Security Post-Conference Focus Day: Geospatial support to Emergency
Sunday 15th May 2011 Management - Wednesday 18th May 2011
RATIONALE: RATIONALE:
With an estimated 15-16 million barrels of oil passing through the Strait Effective disaster management involves the coordination and collaboration
of Hormuz every year and numerous offshore oil facilities in the region, across multiple agencies including central/local government, law enforcement,
guaranteeing maritime security is obviously a top priority for the region’s fire/rescue, military, humanitarian/aid organisations as well as the private
governments. As threats of piracy and terrorism continue to increase, this focus sector. GIS can provide an integrating framework supporting disaster
day will discuss how all the elements of Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) can management from strategic planning and prediction through to tactical
be utilised in the collection, fusion, analysis and distribution of imagery and response and operational command and control. With decision makers being
data to positively impact maritime security. inundated with data, in situations where critical infrastructure is threatened,
During the morning session, we consider how geospatial technologies can communication between resources must be efficient and based on a common
support Port Security operations and contribute to the protection of other picture of events. GIS provides this enhanced situational awareness for more
critical infrastructure. After a short break, we look at how the advances in the effective collaboration between organisations to optimise resources.
availability of space-based ISR platforms can help us, but note how important During the morning session, we take an overarching look at the problem faced
international collaboration will be to provide wider awareness of the evolving by the various agencies involved in a major crisis arising from man-made or
situation. Then we look at an example of how fusion of multiple intelligence natural disasters. We look at how the need for collaboration and co-operation is
sources can improve the situational awareness in maritime operations. a critical need faced by these agencies and how a geo-spatial framework is an
After lunch, the presentations switch to piracy and how we can exploit GIS essential pre-requisite for sharing awareness and co-ordinating actions.
to defend against pirates and terrorists on the high seas. The application of
analytical models, supported by accurate and timely data, integrated within a After the break, we look at a series of different challenges and how Geospatial
geospatial framework can be a powerful tool in the prediction of attacks, allowing technology can be applied, including strategic planning in advance of an
countries to focus their intelligence and maritime forces to counter this threat. emergency and prediction/modeling of how the effects may spread and
Time will be provided to answer your questions and discuss GIS evolve over time.
implementation strategies. After lunch, we go on to look at how Geospatial technology can help in the
Attendance at this focus day is a critical part of the conference for anyone context of major humanitarian crises before presenting a demonstration of a real
working for the region’s Coastguards, Maritime Police, Ministries of Interior, operational system, showing how the various national security agencies can
Security Agencies, Critical National Infrastructure Authorities and Naval Forces. share information and co-ordinate their actions in a truly integrated environment.
Time will be provided to answer your questions and discuss GIS
BENEFITS OF ATTENDING: implementation strategies.
• Hear from a mix of world-class practitioners and industry experts to build The purpose of this focus day is to examine in detail precisely how GIS and GEOINT
up a complete picture of how GEOINT can be utilised to maximum effect in can be utilised to provide more effective disaster management operations.
maritime security operations
Attendance at this focus day is a critical part of the conference for anyone
• Understand new concepts at the cutting-edge of maritime intelligence and
working in the region’s emergency management sector; such as Police, Fire,
engage in forward-looking discussions on how these can best be exploited
Coastguards, Ministries of Interior, National Security Agencies and Critical
• Learn how to leverage GIS and other geospatially-enabled technologies to
National Infrastructure Authorities.
secure ports and other critical infrastructure
AGENDA: AGENDA:
08:30 Registration and Coffee 08:30 Registration and Coffee
09:00 Opening Remarks 09:00 Opening Remarks
Eric Patten, Director Defense and Intelligence Global Solutions, Esri Senior Representative, Esri
09:10 Developing Space-based ISR: A Case Study of the Developments 09:10 Shared Situational Awareness: Key to Collaboration in a Crisis?
made in India Public Safety Team, Esri
Ranjit Rai, Vice President & Former Director Naval Operations,
09:30 National Security: GIS as a Framework for Collaboration
Indian Maritime Foundation & Indian Navy
Public Safety Team, Esri
09:50 International Collaboration is the Silver Bullet: A Global
10:00 Using GIS to Successfully Plan, Coordinate and Manage Crises,
Space Partnership to Provide Global Maritime Awareness
Disasters and Emergencies
Guy Thomas, Science & Technology Advisor Global Maritime
Public Safety Team, Esri
Awareness, National Office of Global Maritime Situational Awareness
(OGMSA), US Coastguard 10:30 Coffee and Networking
10:30 Coffee and Networking 11:00 Providing Strategic Information to Enhance Emergency Preparedness
To be confirmed
11:00 Space-based ISR to Support Maritime Security Operations
To be confirmed 11:45 Utilising Geospatial Intelligence and Risk Assessment Models to
Predict the Spread of Avian Flu
11:30 Utilising GIS to Enhance Port Security Operations
Dr. Hamdy El-Gamily, Director of Geoinformatics Centre, Kuwait
Joseph Lawless, CHS-V, Director of Maritime and Bridge Security and
Institute for Scientific Research (KISR)
Chairman, Security Committee, Massport and American Association
of Port Authorities 12:30 Lunch and Networking
12:00 Shared GEOINT for Maritime Security 13:30 Providing Geospatial Information in Emergency Humanitarian
Admiral (retired) Willy Moore, Lockheed Martin Crises: MapAction
Roy Wood, Chairman, MapAction
12:30 Lunch and networking
14:15 The Geographical Security Solution (GSS): Demonstration of a
13:30 Vessel Centric Intelligence: Utilising Geospatial
Real-life Implementation
Technologies to Counter Piracy
Senior Representative, Esri NEA
Christopher Ledger, Operations Director, Idarat Maritime Ltd.
15:00 Question & Answer Session
14:00 Bringing it all Together: Multi-Source Fusion, Geospatial Analysis
and Exploitation in a Real-Life Application 15:30 End of Focus Day
Senior Representative, Esri
Senior Representative, Systematic
The world leader in the geographic information system (GIS) software industry,
15:00 Question & Answer Session Esri supports the design and development of geospatial applications in
15:30 End of Focus Day defense, national security and intelligence organizations. Esri’s innovative
server, desktop, and mobile technology fuses geospatial data in a common
The world leader in the geographic information system (GIS) software industry, operating picture to create, visualise, and analyse complex datasets in
Esri supports the design and development of geospatial applications in a standards-based, interoperable environment. Esri technology enables
defense, national security and intelligence organisations. Esri’s innovative individuals and organisations to collaborate; supports the development of
server, desktop, and mobile technology fuses geospatial data in a common
operating picture to create, visualise, and analyse complex datasets in analyses, models, cartography, and products; and provides mechanisms to
a standards-based, interoperable environment. Esri technology enables share results throughout a community of interest. As such, Esri software forms
individuals and organizations to collaborate; supports the development of a critical IT infrastructure for national security organisations worldwide that use
analyses, models, cartography, and products; and provides mechanisms to geospatial technology to support mission-critical and time-sensitive decisions.
share results throughout a community of interest. As such, Esri software forms
a critical IT infrastructure for national security organisations worldwide that use
geospatial technology to support mission-critical and time-sensitive decisions.
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7. who will you meet at Geospatial intelliGence middle east 2011?
Anil Kumar, Head Management Information, Environment Charalampos Paraschou (aka. Babis), Chief Geospatial
Agency Abu Dhabi Officer, NATO Deployment Core, Greece
Manal Alshamlan, Head of GIS Development Section, GIS Richard Smith, Force Information Manager, British
Department, Dubai Municipality Transport Police
Abdul Karim Al Raeisi, Executive Director, Abu Dhabi John Teufert, NC3A Geo-Officer, Consultation, Command
Systems and Information Centre (ADSIC), UAE & Control Agency, NATO C3 Agency, NATO
Col. Dr. Mohammed Alaseeri, Head of Section, Saudi Ranjit Rai, Vice President & Former Director Naval Operations,
Border Guard Indian Maritime Foundation & Indian Navy
Lieutenant Colonel Ali Mohammed Alshehhi, Manager Roy Wood, Chairman, MapAction
of Falcon Ground Station, United Arab Emirates Space
Reconnaissance Centre Erik Menzel, Geo-Officer ISAF, ISAF HQ, NATO
Ayman Al-Wadi, Group Head of GIS, Royal Jordanian Chris Parker, Security Consultant, Terrasis
Geographic Centre Karen Steinmaus, Head of Satellite Imagery,
Colonel John Kedar, Chief of Staff, Headquarters Engineer in International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Chief (Army), UK MoD Ahmad Al Haddabi, SVP – Airports Operations, ADAC -
Joseph Lawless, CHS-V, Director of Maritime and Bridge Abu Dhabi Airports Company
Security and Chairman, Security Committee, Massport Mr. Michael W. Powers, Technical Director, Geospatial
and American Association of Port Authorities (Subject to Research and Engineering, US Army
management approval)
Confirmed Senior Representative, National Geospatial
Pat Tyrrell, Intelligence Consultant and formerly Commandant Intelligence Agency, US
of the Defence Intelligence and Security School, UK MoD
Mark Sorensen, President, Geographic Planning
Stephen Ramage, Director of Outreach and Worldwide
Collaborative, Inc. (GPC)
Communications, Open Geospatial Consortium
Engineer Khalid Al Hammadi, Chief of GIS, Central
Colonel (retired) Neil Thompson, Managing Director,
Informatics Organisation (CIO), Bahrain
Westfield Consulting Group and Former Director Geospatial
Intelligence, Canada Defence HQ John Day, Director Defence Business Development, Esri
Christopher Ledger, Operations Director, Idarat Maritime Ltd.
Guy Thomas, Science & Technology Advisor Global Maritime Ed Parsons, Geospatial Technologist, Google
Awareness, National Office of Global Maritime Situational Guy DuBois, Vice President Operational Technologies and
Awareness (OGMSA), US Coastguard Solutions, Raytheon
Dr Mike Jackson, Director, Centre for Geospatial Science, UK Colonel (retired) Oyvind Bergene, Former Director,
Richard Brittan, Director, Alcis Ltd. Norwegian Military Geographic Service
Dr. Hamdy El-Gamily, Director of Geoinformatics Centre,
Eric Patten, Director Defense and Intelligence Global
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR)
Solutions, Esri
John Bruni, Former Researcher in Strategic Studies/Director,
Emirates Centre for Strategic & Security Studies/Sage
International
Lead sponsor: Gold sponsor:
The world leader in the geographic Lockheed Martin is a leader
information system (GIS) software industry, in geospatial intelligence and
Esri supports the design and development command and control systems
of geospatial applications in defense to support a broad array of
and intelligence organizations. These missions, from law enforcement and national security to emergency response and
applications include C4I, ISR, and decision public safety. Our systems enable advanced geospatial analysis, responsive and
support. Esri’s innovative server, desktop coordinated police operations, intuitive intelligence gathering, and smart, flexible
and mobile technology fuses geospatial data in a common operating picture in planning for emergency scenarios – all integrated into a cohesive and secure national
order to create, visualize, and analyze complex datasets in a standards-based, infrastructure. What sets us apart is our in-depth understanding of your mission. We
interoperable environment. The company provides key technology to the U.S. bring our best technology and brightest minds to create innovative solutions to your
Department of Defense Commercial Joint Mapping Toolkit (CJMTK) program and for toughest security challenges, and we’ll work side-by-side to understand your needs
the NATO Core Geographic Services contract. and map out a solution that fits your budget and your mission.
Esri technology enables individuals and organizations to collaborate; supports Associate sponsor:
the development of analyses, models, cartography, and products; and provides
mechanisms to share results throughout a community of interest. As such, Esri
Google Earth & Maps empowers you to organize
software forms a critical IT infrastructure for organizations worldwide that use
geospatial technology to support mission-critical and time-sensitive decisions. and display critical location data, allowing your
For more information visit esri.com/defence/ employees to make fast, informed location-based
business decisions and share valuable information
Silver sponsor: with your customers. Google Earth and Maps
Enterprise are designed to offer businesses and organizations different levels of
security to protect private data. With the world’s most popular mapping platform
Raytheon Company, with 2009 sales of and comprehensive global coverage, Google delivers a cost-effective and easily
$25 billion, is a technology and innovation deployed mapping platform, and provides the support, security, and added features
leader specializing in defense, homeland that businesses require. Google Earth and Maps’ flexible deployment model allows
security and other government markets throughout the world. With a history of you to utilize Google Earth andMaps in offline situations, online mapping portals, or
innovation spanning 88 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, distributed to multiple users within your enterprise.
mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects;
and command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as a broad
range of mission support services. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon
employs 75,000 people worldwide.
Solution providers:
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