Agenda

Tuesday EVENING RECEPTION:

6:30 Cocktails and hors d’oevres; mingle with speakers; classical guitar accompaniment

In late May of 2002, after a winter sabbatical focused on reading the Journals of Lewis and Clark, and pouring over maps and gathering information about the Missouri River, Dr. Miller began what evolved into a three summer-long solo expedition down the Missouri River in his 17' long sea kayak. Over the course of three summers, he paddled the entire river, from the headwaters in western Montana to the confluence with the Mississippi, and then down the Mississippi to the Arch at St. Louis. Officially he paddled 2,321 miles; his average speed was not quite 3 miles per hour.

Wednesday SUMMIT:

8:00 registration, coffee, continental breakfast

9:00 Welcome message and Opening Remarks

9:15 Anne Hale Miglarese - Booz Allen Hamilton

10:00 Adena Schutzberg - Directions Magazine

Geospatial in 2009: The View from Here

There is so much going on in geospatial technology hardware, software and communications that the noise no doubt obscures trends of interest. This presentation uncovers hidden trends and highlights how you can best be prepared to face the changes they will bring. I will describe changes already in motion involving geospatial data, software packaging, legal issues and other topics that require your attention now, so that you'll be prepared to be successful in 2010 and beyond.

10:45 break

11:05 Jim Geringer - Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)

11:50 Panel Q&A (Morning speakers)

12:30 lunch (included-Assorted Sandwiches & Wraps cold Pasta Salad, Chips, Assorted Cookie Tray, Coffee, Tea, Soda, Water)

1:30 Art Kalinski - Pictometry International

Use of photo realistic and photo accurate oblique imagery and 3D models for training simulation and operational applications including Lockheed Martin weather & day/night simulation, BIM model enhancement, 3D Voxel model generation and use in Google Earth.
New online/on-demand ortho and oblique imagery service through NGA for federal users.
USMC use of ortho/oblique imagery in a CITRIX based GIS for security personnel, firefighters, trainers and airfield managers.
Near real time oblique imagery and 3D model generation using in-theater aircraft to support operations and emergency humanitarian response.

2:15 Ronald Beck - U. S. Geological Survey (USGS)

The U.S. Geological Survey has an archive of 35+ years of data from the Landsat series of earth-observing satellites. Over 80 from the 3.5 million images were highlighted in two "Earth as Art" exhibitions as a means of showcasing the collection and stimulating students and the general public in the value of satellite based imagery. This presentation will include the "Earth as Art" and "Earth from Space" projects.

3:00 break

3:20 Adam Szofran - Microsoft

Title: Fun and Games with Geospatial Data

Summary: The uses of geospatial data in government, science, and business are well known, but geospatial data can be used for fun and games, too. Microsoft uses a wide variety of geospatial data to create the virtual aviation world for its long-running Flight Simulator game series. This talk will present some of the ways Microsoft uses geospatial data in Flight Simulator and will discuss the interesting engineering challenge of fitting the entire world onto a couple of discs.

4:05 Panel Q&A (Afternoon Speakers)

4:45 Adjourn