GEOINT 2016 Symposium Registration Now Open

Global geospatial intelligence event offers unparalleled education, training, and networking opportunities

Herndon, Virginia (Feb.22, 2016)—The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) opened registration^[1]and housing^[2]for its GEOINT 2016 Symposium^[3], which will take place May 15-18 at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. The theme of this year’s Symposium is “ The GEOINT Revolution^[4]”—in recognition of the advent and confluence of multiple technologies advancing geospatial intelligence and promoting its ubiquity.

TheGEOINT Symposium is hosted annually by USGIF and offers the defense, intelligence, and homeland security communities and other federal and civil GEOINT users and producers the opportunity to learn from senior leadersthrough an exciting agenda of keynote speeches, panel discussions, and breakout tracks. GEOINT 2016 will feature an extensive exhibit hall with more than 200 organizations^[5]already registered to showcase new technologies, solutions, andservices. Exhibitor and sponsorship opportunities^[6] are still available.

USGIF has confirmed four GEOINT 2016 keynote speakers^[7]to date: Robert Cardillo, director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA); ParagKhanna, TED speaker, global strategist, managing partner of Hybrid Reality, and author; Dr. Suzette Kimball, director of the U.S. Geological Survey; and The Honorable Marcel Lettre, under secretary of defense for intelligence.

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