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Peter Wall was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1974 then read
Engineering at Cambridge.

His early service was spent in Belize and Rhodesia, in 'Cold War' Germany, as a platoon instructor at Sandhurst, and in Hong Kong.

He has commanded 9 Parachute Squadron RE, 32 Engineer Regiment in
Hohne, including time in Bosnia, 16 Air Assault Brigade in UK, the Joint Force Headquarters, and 1st (UK) Armoured Division in Iraq and Germany.
Staff posts have included COS 5 Airborne Brigade, an MA post in MOD,
Project Manager in Abbey Wood, COS of the UK National Contingent HQ for
Op TELIC 1, DCJO (Ops) in PJHQ, and DCDS (Ops) in the MOD. After a year as Commander-in-Chief Land Forces he assumed the post of Chief of the General Staff in September 2010.

He is Chief Royal Engineer, Colonel Commandant Brigade of Gurkhas, President of Army Rugby, Association Football, the Army Winter Sports Association, Modern Pentathlon, and Sport Parachuting. He follows most sports and plays occasional games of golf and village cricket.

Mr. Gil Klinger is the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space and Intelligence within the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics where he is responsible for acquisition oversight of all space and intelligence programs executed by the Department of Defense.

Immediately prior to assuming leadership of SIO, Mr. Klinger was the Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Architecture Engineering & Integration where he led intelligence community activities assessing the adequacy of the Intelligence Collection Enterprise, identified shortfalls and solutions, managed teams focused on specific short- and long-term issues in response to Director of National Intelligence taskings, and provided domain and subject matter expertise to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence across a broad range of disciplines and collection areas.

Immediately prior to his role as Assistant Deputy Director, Mr. Klinger was the Director of Space Policy, National Security Council Staff, where he was the lead member of the Executive Office of the President on all space issues and the principal author of five new national space polices, including the first new U.S. space exploration vision in more than a generation.

His previous assignments included serving as Director of Policy, National Reconnaissance Office; Acting Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (DUSD) for Space, and the position of Principal Assistant (DUSD/Space), within the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology, where he received the 1997 Presidential Rank Meritorious Executive Award, one of the two highest awards given to civil servants within the U.S. government; Director, Space and Advanced Technology Strategy, also within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; and Staff Assistant, Deputy Director for Strategic Forces Policy, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, where he was awarded the Distinguished Civilian Service Medal, the highest award given to civil servants within the Department of Defense.

Mr. Klinger began his career in government service with his competitive selection to the Presidential Management Internship Program with the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Mr. Klinger graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude from the State University of New York at Albany with an undergraduate degree in European History and Political Science. He received his master’s degree in Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Mr. Klinger has been a member of the Senior Executive Service since 1992 and a member of the Senior Intelligence Service since 1999.

A landscape architect by training, Jack Dangermond founded Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri) in 1969 with a vision that computer mapping and analysis could help us design a better future. Under Dangermond's leadership, that vision has continued to guide Esri in creating cutting-edge GIS and GeoDesign technologies used in every industry to make a difference worldwide.

Dangermond fostered the growth of Esri from a small research group to an organization recognized as the world leader in GIS software development. Esri employs 2,700 people in the U.S.; many who shared his passion for GIS in the early days are still with the company and remain dedicated to helping our users be successful.

He began his professional career in 1976, at the age of 19, with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, at the Slidell Computer Complex in Slidell, La. He worked in the Systems Programming Office, supporting the Space Shuttle program. In 1978, he returned to academia to teach computer science courses, focusing on software development, system architecture, and data structures, leading to his appointment as Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southern Mississippi. He left academia in 1985, and returned to the aerospace industry; as a systems engineer for E-System’s Garland Division. In 1987, he began work on programs for the Defense Mapping Agency, subsequently the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, and worked exclusively on those programs until he left E-Systems (then Raytheon) in 1997.

He relocated to the Reston area on two separate occasions (1990 and 1992), as a member of the site installation team for the Source Preparation Segment at the DMA Reston Center, and as the chief engineer for the System Test Mode environment. After completing those assignments, he served as the program manager for Raytheon for the Hydrographic Source Assessment System and the Navigation Safety System. In 1997, he returned to private industry, serving as the Director, Information Technology, for the commercial remote sensing firm, Space Imaging of Thornton, Colo., until his selection for the Defense Intelligence Senior Level (DISL) position of Chief Systems Engineer, United States Imagery and Geospatial Information Service (USIGS) for NIMA in April, 2000. He retained that position until his selection for the Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service (DISES) position of Director, Systems Engineering Office, Aug. 4, 2002.

Mr. Barlow also served as NGA’s Chief Architect in the Office of Strategic Transformation in July 2003, until his selection as the Director of the Acquisition Systems Office, and Program Manager for the National System for Geospatial-Intelligence (NSG) in February 2005. Effective 28 Sep 2009, Mr. Barlow was selected by VADM Murrett to become the Director for the Acquisition Directorate, having served as the Deputy Director of Acquisition since 12 Nov 2006.

Mr. Barlow, born September 15, 1956, in Petal, Miss., earned a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science degree in computer science from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1979 and 1981, respectively. His awards include the R.H. Cold award for Computer Science, several meritorious service awards from Raytheon, E-Systems and Space Imaging, NASA and NGA. In December 2006, President George W. Bush conferred on Mr. Barlow the rank of Meritorious Executive in the Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service for sustained superior accomplishments in the management of programs for the United States Government. In addition, in December 2009, Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates awarded Mr. Barlow with the Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award.

He is married to the former Dina Martinez of Dallas, Texas. They have two children, Laura Elizabeth 25, and Sarah Victoria, 10, and reside in Jeffersonton, Va.

John Allan has over 25 years’ experience in the Satellite Remote Sensing, AIS and Geospatial industries. Having graduated in Materials Science and Physics from the University of Warwick, he gained extensive international experience working in senior sales and marketing positions for companies such as DigitalGlobe, BAE Systems, Leica Geosystems and ERDAS Inc. In 2010 he joined exactEarth Ltd (Cambridge, ON, Canada) as VP Sales and Marketing where he is responsible for their global sales and marketing strategy and for establishing them as the world leader in the supply of Satellite AIS based data services.

In 2009, he was the Recipient of the Founder’s Award from the UK’s Remote Sensing and Photogrammetric Society for 25 years of service and contributions to the Society.

Mark Baines was commissioned into the Royal Corps of Signals in 1982. He has served on operations in the first Gulf War and Kosovo and commanded a Signal Regiment in Afghanistan in 2006. He has worked in complex IT programme sponsor role and he is currently transforming the role of Deputy CIO for the MOD into Head C4ISR in the new Joint Forces Command. His current portfolio includes leading on MOD C4ISR Strategy, in service Strategic C2 Systems, conducting Cyber Defence, delivering Crypto, reforming of Defence Spectrum and overseeing Satellite Communications.

Mark has a Bachelors Degree in Applied Science, a Masters Degree in Electronics and Guided Weapons from Cranfield University, an MBA and was made OBE in 2006.

Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Barry joined the Canadian Forces in 1981 and served until 1985 as an Armoured Reconnaissance Crewman. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1986 after completing training as an Air Weapons Controller. Since that time he has served in a number of operations, staff and command positions in units and headquarters in Canada and United States including Space Operations, AWACS and military liaison with Canada’s national police force. He took command of the Canadian Forces’ Joint Meteorological Centre this past summer which reports to Director of Geospatial Intelligence, Ottawa and responsible to provide meteorological services to military operations across Canada and abroad including within a GEOINT support team.

LtCdr Christian Berg-Jensen entered the Royal Norwegian Naval Academy in 2002. After graduating, he served on Ula class Submarines as Communications- and Operations Officer until 2008. He then began as an instructor, and later Staff Officer, at the Norwegian Officer Candidate School.

In 2011, LtCdr Berg-Jensen began as Staff Officer Maritime at the Norwegian Military Geographic Service (FMGT). At FMGT he acts as an advisor to the Navy in Geospatial issues, and supports with education, products and distribution. He also represents Norway and the Armed Forces in various Maritime bodies nationally and internationally.

Mr Brackin is responsible for Envitia’s research and technology development activities in the UK/Europe and North America. He oversees Envitia research for MOD in particular the Advanced Geospatial Services Research project for the Defence Science and Technology Labs, which integrates government, industry and academia in research on evolving technology and techniques for geospatial information exploitation. As lead for the MOD Research projects on the 4D Information Cube (GI2RA) and on Geospatial Registries and lastly for the NATO ACT DFDD/JC3IEDM Harmonisation project, Mr Brackin has had a long involvement in defence information models and infrastructures in MOD and NATO.

Mr Brackin is also well known in international standards bodies including the OGC and DGIWG, contributing to many Open Geospatial Consortium standards groups and he also co-chairs the OWS Context (common operating picture) standards working group. He has also been the author, co-author and Contributor to many OGC engineering reports (ERs) including Aviation Portrayal, Feature Decision Fusion, Semantic Mediation and Mobile Technology Innovation ERs.
But it is not just research, Mr Brackin has been technical authority for a number of key spatial data infrastructure projects including the UK Hydrographic Office Defence Maritime Services initiative, the Geospatial Server solution for the Brunei Ministry of Defence C4ISTAR system and technical lead on the NATO Core GIS DP Project. In all Mr Brackin has over 30 years of experience in geospatial and defence Information technology.

Magnus Brege is a former intelligence officer of the Swedish army and has worked for Saab for more than 10 years in the geospatial 3D area. Magnus is dedicated to the task of satisfying the customer needs for new possibilities in the 3D visualization area. The new unique capability of rapid and automatic production of high-resolution geospatial 3D data of a large area of interest gives a lot of new possibilites. Magnus presently works as Director, Business Development for Vricon Systems based on Rapid 3D Mapping-technology.

Colonel (Mark) Burrows is the Commander of the Joint Aeronautical and Geospatial Organisation which is part of the Joint Forces Intelligence Group (JFIG) and is responsible for the delivery of aeronautical information and GEOINT force elements for Defence. Additionally he has functional responsibility for all of the Royal Engineer Geographic capability and its personnel across Defence and in international appointments. Furthermore he commands Hermitage Station and has a number of responsibilities within local communities.

Educated at Downside School and subsequently sponsored by the Army to read Chemical Engineering at Exeter University he joined the Royal Engineers in 1980 and was posted to Germany and the Falkland Islands as a Combat Engineer. After a tour in Northern Ireland he attended the Army Survey Course at Hermitage followed by a tour in the USA working at the Defense Mapping Agency and Hydrographic Center. This appointment took him to the West Indies, Djibouti, Kenya, Cyprus, Ascension Island, Diego Garcia and the Maldive Islands. He was then posted to UKLF (now Army Headquarters), DG Mil Svy (now JFIG) and MOD (DMO) before being selected to attend the Royal Naval Staff College at Greenwich.

As Officer Commanding, 13 Geographic Squadron, he was deployed twice to the Balkans and consequently has an understanding of the impact of breaking the ‘Harmony’ guidelines. In what might have been a compensation, he then had two back-to-back tours in the MOD: first as Military Assistant (MA) to Deputy Chief of Defence Intelligence (DCDI) and then on promotion to Lt Col, he joined Cap ISTAR and among other responsibilities, took a lead on delivering a range of urgent operational requirements and the MEDUSA programme to JARIC. After 6 years, he was released from the MOD, and sent to Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps in Germany, only to be returned a year later to take up command of 42 Engineer Regiment (Geographic) – during a busy period with Geo troops being deployed to Op TELIC and Op HERRICK. On promotion to Colonel, he returned to the MOD (DIS) and then took up a Defence Planning appointment in NATO’s Allied Command Transformation, Staff Element Europe based in Belgium. In November 2010, he took up his current appointment.

Colonel Burrows is married to Felicity and they have two teenage sons. Interests include military history, skiing, sub aqua diving (tropical), target rifle/pistol shooting, deer stalking, fly fishing and range of other rural pursuits.

Martin Jones was educated in Hull and then Aberdeen University gaining a degree in Geology. He joined the Royal Navy in 1984 and after a short period as the Gunnery Officer in HMS CYGNET on patrol off Northern Ireland, he specialised as a Hydrographic Surveyor. His early military data gathering experiences ranged from collecting bathymetry, oceanography and geophysical data from the Atlantic (both north and south), Belize, the Mediterranean and a significant amount of the SW & NW approaches, serving in HM Ships BEAGLE, HECATE, ROEBUCK and HERALD. He has been privileged to command the RN’s smallest warship HMSML GLEANER, surveying the approaches to Faslane and Devonport as well as HMS QUORN, conducting Mine Countermeasures operations and a period attached to the Fishery Protection Squadron. In 2001, on promotion to Commander, he assumed Command of HMS ECHO bringing the state of the art first of class new Hydrographic and Oceanographic ship from build to full operational status operating in the Northern Arabian Gulf.

He has had two previous assignments to the MOD, firstly procuring specialist surveying services and equipment as an SO2, and then following a brief spell in the deterrent area of the Naval Staff he moved to management planning within the Intelligence Capability, also responsible for delivering the programme of work from the United Kingdom Hydrographic and Meteorological Offices. As a graduate of the Advanced Command and Staff Course he also served as Directing Staff to the course. On completion he was assigned to his homeport, as Commander HM, managing and mentoring the survey squadron, driving Continuous Improvement within the HM branch and the Maritime GEOINT environment as well as formalising the process of delivering HM based Mission Directives. After a short assignment serving with the Defence Maritime Geospatial Intelligence Centre at UKHO as the Customer Relations Manager to defence users, he has recently rejoined the MOD to lead Joint Geospatial Intelligence assuming the role of Deputy Head JGI in December 2011.

He is a Younger Brother of Trinity House, a Fellow of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology, and a Chartered Marine Scientist. As a keen warm water scuba diver and underwater photographer he is also an advocate for marine conservation. He is married to Jo, a marine biologist, and they have one teenage son, Sam.

Dr. Pablo Clemente-Colón is an Oceanographer with the U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) Center for Satellite Research and Applications (STAR). He presently serves as Chief Scientist of the U.S. National/Naval Ice Center (NIC), a joint agency formed by NOAA, Navy, and the U.S. Coast Guard, where he is the Senior Scientific Advisor responsible for providing research and science policy guidance to the NIC Director (Navy) and Deputy Director (NOAA). He serves in the Executive Boards of the International Arctic Buoy Programme (IABP) and the International Programme for Antarctic Buoys (IPAB) actively supporting the development and deployment of buoy assets in support of environmental monitoring in both Polar Regions. He organized the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Symposia on the Impacts of an Ice-Diminishing Arctic on Naval and Maritime Operations in 2007, 2009, and 2011, and is presently organizing the 5th Symposium scheduled for 16-18 July 2013 in Washington, D.C. He is the Co-Chair of the International Ice Charting Working Group (IICWG) Science Committee and co-leads the IICWG Subgroup on Antarctica. Dr. Clemente-Colón serves as adjunct Assistant Professor at the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) where he supports their Polar Science Program (PSP) and teaches Polar Oceanography. He received a B.S in physics from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, an M.S. in oceanography from Texas A&M University in College Station, and a Ph.D. degree in marine studies from the University of Delaware in Newark.

Captain CLOUGH joined DCDS Capability - Command Control Information Surveillance and Reconnaissance (CAP C4ISR) in August 2011 as Deputy Head Command and Control and ISR Direct, Process and Disseminate (C2 and ISR DPD). He is the Capability Sponsor for UK MOD Information Systems, operational, logistics and medical applications, Air Defence and Air Traffic Control radars and C2 systems, and geospatial and other intelligence support capabilities

He joined Britannia Royal Naval College in 1984 in the Weapons Engineering specialisation and then undertook several years of training which included achieving a degree in Engineering at the University of Leicester. His first appointment was as Deputy Weapons Engineering Officer in the Type 22 frigate, HMS LONDON, 1990-92. The Ship was engaged in the first Gulf war, when it was the RN command ship, and then later conducted counter-narcotics operations in the Caribbean. Between 1992 and 94, he served in the RN’s Special Communications Unit, and in 1995 he achieved a Master of Science in Guided Weapons Systems.

Promoted to Lieutenant Commander in 1996, he was appointed as Weapons Engineering Officer in the Type 22 frigate, HMS BEAVER. In the following two years, the Ship was deployed on national operations in the Gulf, the Far East and the Mediterranean, and on NATO exercises in the Atlantic Ocean. Appointed to London in 1999, he served in the Defence Intelligence Staff where he was responsible for Anti-Ship Missiles, and was promoted to Commander at the end of 2000. In 2001, he attended Advanced Command and Staff Course 5 at the Joint Services Command and Staff College, where he achieved a Master of Arts in Defence Studies.

Between 2002 and 05, he served as the PAAMS (SAMPSON Variant) System Manager in the tri-national PAAMS Programme Office in Paris, a satellite of the Type 45 Integrated Project Team. In this role he was responsible for the performance, functionality, systems engineering and dependency planning of the UK SAMPSON radar and Command and Control sub-systems, overall integration of the UK system and tri-national future capability studies. This period saw all of the PAAMS (now Sea Viper) sub-systems built, integrated and tested.

In 2005 he returned to the RN’s Fleet Headquarters in the Directorate of Naval Personnel Strategy where he was the Engineering Branch Manager, responsible for the number of posts and the number of personnel, at each rank and rate, for the 6000 General Service Engineer officers and ratings, and for ensuring that the requirements for entry qualifications and engineering training were correctly managed. During this period he was responsible for the implementation of the Engineering Technician structure, as well as coordinating the DNPS element of Naval Command HQ Transformation.

In 2007, he returned to sea as Commander Weapons Engineering in the aircraft carrier HMS ARK ROYAL. At the time, the Ship was the UK’s high readiness commando helicopter carrier, Joint Forces Headquarters Afloat and Fleet Flagship. Two deployments to the USA saw exercises with NATO forces and the embarkation of US Marine Corps troops and helicopters.

In 2009, he conducted personnel and engineering assurance studies in Navy Command Headquarters and then spent 6 months in Defence Information Infrastructure Group, where he headed a Joint team responsible for the DII Deployed system. He was promoted to Captain in early 2010.

For the academic year 2010-11, he was the UK Armed Services student on the 60th promotion of the Centre des Hautes Etudes Militaires and the 63rd promotion of the Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale at the Ecole Militaire in Paris.

Married to Amanda, they have two sons Ben (1998) and Charlie (1999). Their hobbies include skiing and sailing their small and very old yacht.

John Craib joined the RAF in 1978 as an Air Electronics Operator and served 2 tours on Nimrod MR2 aircraft and a Royal Navy tour on Seaking Mk V helicopters before gaining his commission. After 2 tours in intelligence and training roles he completed 3 tours on the Sentry AEW Mk 1 aircraft as a Mission Commander and Flight Commander and a tour at Strike Command. Next, a tour in the Air Warfare Centre (AWC) responsible for staffing Trial reports prior to the Commandant’s signature.

Posted to Air Command, he was the Reaper Staff Officer followed by a final tour in the AWC as the Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Operations Wing Commander. On RAF retirement, February 2012, he started work for Raytheon UK as an ISR Capture Manager and is involved in a variety of Intelligence and Collect programmes.

He has a BA Honours History Degree and is married to Jean; they have 2 children.

Sigmund joined the Norwegian Army in 1980 and served until 1997. In the Norwegian Army he graduated from the Military Academy as well as the Norwegian Command & Staff College. When he retired from the army Sigmund was heading the ISTAR section at the Norwegian School of Cavalry.
Most of his military career was related to tactical Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.
After leaving the army Sigmund spent 5 years as a sensor product manager in Thales Norway. From 2002 till 2009 he held the position as defence and law enforcement account manager in Geodata (ESRI Norway). In 2010 he moved to Tromsø in northern Norway where he now holds the position as International Sales Manager in Kongsberg Satellite Services AS.

Ric has more than 36 years experience in intelligence operations; 24 years in the US Navy, and 12 years with the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Ric is currently serving with the NATO Intelligence Fusion Centre (NIFC). The NIFC is permanently assigned to NATO; tasked to provide effective, fused geospatial-intelligence (GEOINT) in support of NATO operations and operational planning. The NIFC has converged the Geospatial and Imagery Intelligence (IMINT) disciplines in a multi-national, multi-service environment focused on ensuring that NATO operational forces, key-decision makers, and mission planners are armed with information dominance and superiority. As GEOINT demands are becoming increasingly more complex and challenging; NIFC must keep abreast with technological changes to ensure the NATO warfighter continues to receive timely, actionable and network-enabled GEOINT in support of engagement planners and combat operations. NIFC supports three basic mission functions: humanitarian air, non-combatant evacuation, and tactical and operational support to include intelligence preparation of the battlespace (IPB), support to targeting, mission planning, decision support and terrain visualization. These mission functions are supported through multiple GEOINT products to meet specific operational mission requirements.

Mr. Joseph Drummey is the Director, NGA Office of International Affairs (OIA), managing the agency's international partnerships, and developing and implementing geospatial-intelligence sharing policy and guidance. Mr. Drummey assumed D/OIA duties in late February 2011. Prior to this assignment, he served as the Principal Deputy Director, Office of International Affairs.

In 1985, Mr. Drummey began his intelligence career serving as an Imagery Analyst in both long-term analysis and I&W assignments.

Mr. Drummey has served in several key management positions since 1996 when he led the agency's first counterterrorism branch. In 1999, he served in his first overseas assignment as Senior Command Representative to USEUCOM and, upon his return, stood up the Homeland Security Division following the attacks of September 11th. In 2004, he became the Deputy Director, Office of the Americas leading Homeland Security, Latin America political/military and counter-drug issues. Beginning in 2005, Mr. Drummey served as the director of various GEOINT analysis offices and in 2008, was assigned as the Senior Command Representative to USPACOM. Mr. Drummey returned from Hawaii in 2009 to assume responsibilities as the Director, Functional Operations Group, Analysis & Production Directorate. He led five functional offices focused on counterproliferation, counterterrorism, global navigation services, and advanced analytic methodologies. In 2010, Mr. Drummey served a six-month deployment to Afghanistan and Iraq as NGA's Senior Command Representative.

Mr. Drummey graduated from Furman University in 1983 and in 1990, earned a graduate degree in International Relations & Security Studies from Catholic University of America. He and his wife, Carol, have four children ranging in age from 14 to 24 years old.

Colonel Dupuis joined the Canadian Forces in 1979. He was qualified as an Air Weapons Controller in April 1982 and has been employed in various operational and staffed tours in the air defense and space operations field.

In August 1983 following a short operational tour at the 22nd Canadian NORAD Region Colonel Dupuis was posted to Canadian Forces Station Chibougamou as the Ground Environments Operations Officer. This assignment was followed by a three-year tour as a Missile Warning Crew Commander and Chief of Tactical Operations at the 7th Missile Warning Squadron, Beale Air Force Base, California. In 1989, he was selected under the University Training Plan for Officers to complete a Bachelor's degree in Political Science, specializing in Strategic Studies. Following his studies, he was transferred to Air Command Headquarters, Winnipeg Manitoba as the Command Visits and Protocol officer. In 1993, Colonel Dupuis was posted to Canadian Forces Base North Bay where, over the next six years, he fulfilled a variety of operational and staff positions within the 22nd Radar Control Wing and Fighter Group Headquarters, culminating in his taking command of 51 Aerospace Control and Warning Squadron (Operational Training).

Colonel Dupuis attended Command and Staff Course at the Canadian Forces College in Toronto in 1999-2000. Upon graduation, he was posted as the Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff, Assistant Deputy Minister Personnel (Military). He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in 2001 and posted to the Directorate of Air Strategic Planning within Chief of the Air Staff. During that time, he was heavily involved in Air Force transformation and led a multi-disciplinary team developing force structure options in support of the Air Force's Project Transform. In February of 2005, Colonel Dupuis was selected to be a member of the Chief of the Defence Staff Action Teams in support of the 2006 Defense Policy Statement, focusing on Force Development and Alliance issues. Following his work with the CDS Action Teams he was posted to Canadian Forces Aerospace Warfare Centre Detachment Ottawa as the Detachment Commander. Upon promotion to Colonel in 2006 he was appointed as the Vice Director Exercises and Training at Headquarters NORAD Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. He was appointed Director of Space Development under Chief Force Development effective July 2009.

Lieutenant Colonel (Soenke) Fischhoefer has been part of the German military geospatial community for 15 years and has served in a variety of posts both in Germany and abroad. He was deputy commander of Topographic Battery 800 in Muenster/ Northrine-Westfalia supporting German-Netherlands Corps in its starting phase before specialising in Cross Country Movement Mapping.

Later he became Chief Geospatial Officer of the German 7th Panzer Division in Duesseldorf during which phase he deployed in KFOR to the then Multinational Brigade Southwest.

From Duesseldorf he was posted to SHAPE into the J2 Geo Ops and Policy section. This included a short deployment as Chief Geospatial Officer to ISAF HQ.

After serving in the Bundeswehr Geoinformation Office External Relations Branch he became branch chief Conceptual Development. In this position he was responsible for concepts of all the Bundeswehr Geoinformation Service covering all earth related sciences to support German Armed Forces and Ministry of Foreign Affaires.

Since 2011 Lieutenant Colonel Fischhoefer is serving as Chief Geospatial Officer Eurocorps in Strasbourg.

He recently deployed as Chief Geospatial Officer to ISAF JOINT COMMAND in the first half of 2012. In this position he was in charge of all operational aspects of Geospatial Support to the ISAF Mission.

Soenke helds a MSc in Geology.

Rory Fitzpatrick is CEO of National Space Centre Ltd. National Space Centre is a private company supported by Enterprise Ireland, and was set up in 2010 to redevelop Elforstown Earthstation, and to relaunch Elfordstown as a world class carrier grade commercial teleport and centre of excellence for space research.

Rory was born in Cork and educated at Christian Brothers College, Cork. Rory finished school in 1985 in the midst of the last major economic collapse in Cork and emigrated to the UK to get employment, working for several large publishing houses in London.

Rory gained an interest in cutting edge technology and communications while working for the Design Council, part of the British Department of Trade and Enterprise set up to promote and advance good design in industry. He managed a suite of high-tech and engineering magazines including Engineering Magazine, Advanced Composites Engineering, Vehicle Engineering Design and Design Magazine)

Rory returned to Ireland in 1996, initially to set up a map-publishing company, and expanding into communications as all media merged with internet content to increase broadband need and massively increase broadband opportunities. Recognising this new demand, Rory launched IT Week, one of the first technical exhibitions in Ireland, in 1997 and in 1999 established Mediasat to supply satellite based broadband in Ireland.

In 2010 Rory, at the helm of National Space Centre, took over the running of Elfordstown Earthstation from Eircom. As part of an €11.5m investment in Irish broadband infrastructure, National Space Centre is contracted to supply Eutelsat with uplink and downlink services as part of their new 8 gateway European broadband network.

Rory was a founder member and first Chairman of Solaris (the Alumni Organisation to support companies on completion of the Genesis Incubation program run by CIT & Enterprise Ireland).

Rory strongly believes in Irelands enterprise culture and its ability to spearhead economic recovery from Irelands current economic difficulties, and cites tourism, agriculture and technology are the three key areas offering maximum opportunity to grow exports and create jobs in the Irish economy.

Colin Gorton is the desk officer for UK MoD Joint GEOINT Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI). In this role he is the SDI “Lead User” responsible for the broader programme management and communication of the SDI.

Before joining MoD DI ICSP, now JFC C4ISR Joint User (GEOINT), Colin was a 30-year plus veteran of the UK Hydrographic Office, having held numerous key positions in data management, operations and production, marketing and business development, printing and logistics, and joint ventures (government~private sector) development.

Most recently, and in the specific context of Defence Maritime geospatial activity, Colin was Head of Fleet Charting and Support, with responsibilities for delivering a range of digital and analogue products and services for above, on and below water navigation and/or situational awareness products to the RN. Latterly, as Defence Collaboration Manager, Colin defined the UK’s strategic approach to wider defence maritime collaboration and was responsible for establishing broader maritime geospatial collaborative programmes with key allies. During both these Defence roles Colin also served as the NATO AML Coordinator, enjoying considerable support and commitment from NATO maritime nations in leading on, establishing and delivering the first products from the NATO AML Co-Production Programme.

Mr. Gorton holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Topographic Science (Geomatics) from Glasgow University

Curt Hammill is a retired U.S. Navy Captain, with shore tours at the U.S. Central Command headquarters, the Defense Information Systems Agency as the first Chief of the Joint Command and Control project and, later as a Senior Analyst to the Secretary of the Navy. Afloat tours included warfare positions on Aircraft Carriers, Cruisers, and Destroyers. His Command tour was the Assault Craft Unit ONE, leading all displacement landing craft in the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Since retiring in 2008, he has performed consulting work in the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Command and Control Programs and Policy. Today he is the Account Manager for Navy Command and Control at Esri.

LCol Rick Harvie assumed Command of the CFJIC on 8 Jun 2012.

His last posting was as the Senior Staff Officer (Intelligence) at the Canadian Joint Delegation to NATO Headquarters, where he was also the Canadian Forces Intelligence Liaison Officer in Brussels.

LCol Harvie joined the Canadian Forces in 1991 as a Reserve Aeroengine technician, working on the CP-140 / AURORA Maritime Patrol Aircraft at 14 Wing Greenwood, Nova Scotia. Before long, his interests and education drew him into the Intelligence field. Commissioned in 1995, he began working in the 14 Wing Intelligence Section as a Watch Keeper before transferring to Maritime Forces Atlantic as the Deputy MARLANT Surveillance Officer. Upon completion Bachelors and Masters Degrees from Acadia University, LCol Harvie transferred to the Regular Force in 1998.

Since then, LCol Harvie has worked in numerous staff and line positions, with the bulk of his experience being at the Joint/Combined Operational level. This includes assignments to the 1st Canadian Division Headquarters / Canadian Forces Joint Headquarters, the Canadian Forces School of Military Intelligence, National Defence Headquarters, and the Continental United States NORAD Headquarters, as well as deployments to Eritrea and Bosnia-Herzegovina.

LCol Harvie is a graduate of the United States Air Force Air Command and Staff College.

LCol Harvie and his wife Treena have two children, Zachary and Abagael. All of whom enjoy golfing, skiing, camping, and outdoor activities.

John (Jack) Hild is the Interim Chief Information Officer at DigitalGlobe.

Prior to joining DigitalGlobe, Hild held numerous senior executive positions within the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), where he served as the Deputy Director of Source Operations before retiring as the NGA’s Assistant Chief Information Officer. After the September 11, 2001 attacks, Hild crafted NGA's Homeland Security mission, including major policy reviews and the development and implementation of geospatial data and tradecraft initiatives. Throughout his career, Hild supported the NGA as a cartographer and analyst at an executive level during major crises. He was also a principal in NGA International Relations, providing executive oversight during the creation and implementation of the Multinational Geospatial Co-Production Program (MGCP).

Hild is the recipient of several awards, including the NGA’s Distinguished Civilian Award and the Norwegian Defense Medal.

Brigadier Hill has commanded at squadron, regiment and brigade level. Staff appointments have included Op TELIC (Iraq) J6 Team Leader in PJHQ; J6 liaison officer in US CENTCOM focusing on UK/US interoperability, Coalition communications planning and the tactical and technical development of counter-IED work; at the UK Defence Academy teaching surveillance technologies; and Commander Joint Force CIS (Middle East). As DACOS J6 Ops in PJHQ he was responsible for the communications support to UK world-wide operations. His current responsibilities include Deputy Chief Information Officer for the British Army; and force generation of CIS, intelligence and networked ISTAR capability.

Jim is the Director of the Geospatial Intelligence Directorate (GID), Marine Corps Intelligence Activity (MCIA) located in Quantico, VA. He manages a staff of 100 professionals providing GEOINT support to the Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, Operational Marine Forces, and the Intelligence Community. Jim provides strategic direction, technical mentorship, resource management, and is responsible for fostering collaborative relationships within the international GEOINT community. He is currently providing oversight of geospatial reach back for Marine Corps operations in Afghanistan.

Jim is a Chartered Geographer (GIS) approved by the Royal Geographical Society (RGS), Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), and a licensed Professional Engineer in Virginia, Maryland, and Florida, USA. He holds an MSc in Defence Geographic Information, Royal School of Military Survey, Army Survey Course, Cranfield University; an MSc in Coastal and Ocean Engineering, Texas A&M University; and a BSc in Civil Engineering (Water Resources) from The Ohio State University. Mr. Hill has been honored with the receipt of two National Intelligence Meritorious Unit Citations for his engineering/geospatial efforts during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM and the Simpson-Leica Prize upon graduation from the Army Survey Course in 2008.

Adam Horner is a Forward Deployed Engineer with Palantir Technologies. Based in London, Adam draws on over a decade of experience working in the UK and European technology sectors in order to work closely with Palantir’s clients and partners to bring Palantir’s Silicon Valley vision and unparalleled products to these markets.

Adam attended secondary school in Switzerland for six years then gained a BEng in Computer Science at Imperial College London before working for four years on financial databases with a British investment bank.

Prior to Palantir, Adam worked as a Principal Consultant with Detica, now a part of BAE, where he worked with major UK government clients, leading a team of database engineers implementing large scale secure databases.

Joined the CF in 1976 after recruit and primary trade training he spent four years in the Navy sailing to Japan and Australia, crossing the equator for the first time. He remustered to Met Tech in Jan 1980. After QL3 Met training, posted to CFB Gagetown, took the occupation specialist training in Ballistic Meteorology and worked with the army for the next five years. He was posted back to sea this time as the Navigator's Yeoman on the HMCS McKenzie, and when she went into refit, the HMCS Qu’Appelle. During this period he sailed to Australia a second time, as part of Canada’s contribution to the Australian Navy’s 75th Anniversary.

In 1987 he was finally posted to an Air Force base; 4 Wing Cold Lake. While at 4 Wing he bounced between Base Ops and, the Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment (AETE) at Primrose Lake Evaluation Range (PLER) where his Ballistic Met skills were put to use again this time not only in the testing of aviation armament but also to support Canada’s role in the USAF Air Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) tests. He took the OSS Rocketsonde Indoctrination course and was on the team that fired the last LOKI II Met Rocket launched in Canada in support of Gravity Wave tests conducted by the University of Wuppertal in Germany. During this period he was promoted to MCpl as PLER Met Section 2 I/C, then promoted to Sgt for his second posting to AETE as Section I/C. Between these two promotions, while at Wing Ops, he took the 6A course and worked as a briefer for several months. He also worked a fall migration season as the Bird Hazard Officer.

Posted to Greenwood, he took the QL 6B course and the Senior Leaders course. During this period he prepared to deploy to Uganda to help set up an APOD, for Op Assurance. On promotion to WO in he was posted to Halifax to the METOC Centre where he spent a year on the Ship's Manning List, filling in for two senior Met Techs, sailing once on the HMCS Nipigon and once on the HMCS Athabaskan. Finally posted to his own ship HMCS St John's as Senior Met Tech and completed a Standing Naval Force Mediterranean (STANAVFORMED) deployment.

He was posted to a staff job with the Intelligence Coy of the newly formed CF Joint Headquarters (JHQ) in Kingston. Here he took the Advanced Combat Intelligence Course (ACIC) and the Joint Staff Officer's Course (JSOC). During this period he was a member of the Disaster Assistance Relief Team (DART) and the Theatre Activation Team (TAT). It was in this latter role that he deployed to Kabul to help set up what became known as Camp Julien.

Promoted to MWO and posted to CFB Gagetown he took the opportunity to deploy to an Any Trade MWO position in Kandahar. “Going to Kandahar was a leadership issue; as a trade we are deploying many young technicians into Afghanistan. They are working in airfield operations, with the artillery and with our TUAV troops. I wanted to see first hand the living conditions and training required to do their jobs, now and in the future; training they require over and above Met training. This is when I became convinced that Met Techs belong to the Intelligence Branch not the RCAF.”

Upon promotion to CWO he posted to 1 Canadian Air Division HQ in Winnipeg and then to the CF School of Meteorology. Posted back to Gagetown again to the Joint Met Centre he has worked as the Unit CWO since its stand up as a unit.

He is married to Patricia, his wife of over 25 years with whom he shares the joy of raising 3 awesome children, Kathleen, attending UNB Law, Ceara, attending UNB Arts and Kian, a Carpenter in the local area.

David is a graduate of the Canadian Coast Guard College in Sydney NS, receiving his diploma in Nautical Sciences in 1981. After spending the next 10 years in the CCG Fleet, based in Dartmouth NS, and gaining his Ocean Navigator 1 (ON 1) certificate of competency, he took a stint ashore in the National HQ subsequently working in the Fleet group defining the navigation equipment suite for the Canadian Coast Guard fleet (CCG). In that position, David was heavily involved at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)/International Hydrographic Bureau (IHB) in the development of Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS) carriage regulations and S57 data development.

After a time as National Oil Spill response officer, where he was project leader for the development of Response Organizations in Canada, he moved to the Marine Navigation Services group serving as the Navigation and Strategic Advisor to the Director General for many years before taking up the position of National Icebreaking Program Manager for the Coast Guard. David managed the Icebreaking Program for 10 years before accepting his current position with Environment Canada’s Meteorological Service as Director of the Canadian Ice Service.

Colonel John Kedar takes up an appointment in Defence Intelligence in February after a short ‘gap-filling’ tour in Army HQ. Until last summer he was Chief of Staff at Headquarters Engineer-in-Chief (Army), responsible for ensuring the development of manoeuvre support (including EOD), operational infrastructure and Civil Effect capabilities for UK Defence.

Educated at Norwich (King Edward VI) School, Southampton University and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, he joined the British Army in 1983. His younger days included deployments to Belize, and two years with the Sultan of Oman’s Engineer Regiment. The Army Survey Course and Army Command and Staff Course followed in quick succession in the early 1990s, rewarded by a joint operations appointment in Cyprus. Subsequently he has held a range of staff appointments in Defence Intelligence, the Army and the Ministry of Defence and commanded 14 Independent Topographic Squadron RE, 42 Engineer Regiment (Geographic) and the Joint Aeronautical and Geospatial Organisation from where he led and modernised the UK Military geospatial community and helped develop the Joint Forces Intelligence Group. In each of these commands he deployed on active service; to the Balkans, Iraq and most recently as the UK Chief of Military Intelligence in Afghanistan.

Outside the Army he is a trustee of the National Autistic Society, has a passion for geography and coaches junior rowing.

Fredrik Körner was born on the 21th of May 1966 in Gothenburg. He entered the Naval Academy in Karlskrona in 1987 and graduated to be commissioned as Sub-Lieutenant in 1989.

Fredrik Körner has a Master in War Studies and also university studies in pedagogics. In 2003-2004 he completed the General Staff Course at Norwegian Defence University College. His record of education also includes the Swedish Naval Staff and War College, Basic and General Staff Course, the Swedish National Defence University College, Basic and Advanced General Staff Course, MOLS, Surface Warfare Officers School Command, Newport, RI, NATO OCC Assessment and Feedback Programme, Assessor Training Course.

Fredrik Körner was promoted Lieutenant in 1995, Lieutenant Commander in 2000, Commander in 2004.

Between 1989 and 1999, Fredrik Körner served in different positions in the anti-surface and anti-submarine branch on ships at the 2nd Surface Warfare Flotilla, Commanding Officer on a missile boat 2000-2001. After that he served as a staff officer at 2nd Surface Warfare Flotilla, 2001-02, and then, 2004-08, as a teacher and research assistant at the Swedish National Defence College, Department of Military Studies. Fredrik Körner then served at the Supreme Commanders Staff in the Swedish Permanent Joint HQ, co-ordinating defence planning activities and the Supreme Commanders and General Director’s decisions.

Since 5 of September 2011 Fredrik Körner holds the position as the Director of the Swedish Geographical Support Establishment at the Swedish Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration Authority.

Swedish Geographical Support Establishment serves the Armed Forces, the Defence Material Administration, and the Civil Contingencies Agency in providing timely, relevant, and accurate geospatial information in support of military operations, homeland defense, and humanitarian and disaster relief. This includes support in analysis and establishment of demands and needs of geographic information and geographic information systems. It also includes the efficient collection, storage and administration of such information.

Fredrik Körner is married to Gunnel Körner and they have two sons, born 1998 and 2002.
When off-duty; Fredrik Körner enjoys downhill and cross country skiing, ice-skating, sailing,
and travelling.

Joseph is a Mission Specialist at Palantir Technologies, where he manages multiple deployments of the Palantir platform at United States Marine Corps installations in several countries. This summer and fall, Joseph traveled to Helmand Province, Afghanistan, where the Marine Corps uses Palantir as an Enterprise capability for intelligence analysis. Before joining Palantir, Joseph was a Major in the United States Marine Corps. In his last assignment, Joe served as Director of the Center for Marine Expeditionary Intelligence Knowledge, where he led a team of government agencies, military units, and think tanks in studying analytic practices and integrating technology into structured models and techniques. Joseph served multiple deployments in Iraq, Afghanistan, and throughout Southeast Asia, leading teams of analysts, collectors, and contractors conducting intelligence operations to assist in targeting, training and mentoring of host-nation services, and rule-of-law development over the course of four combat deployments. Joseph is also a former lawyer, and his private sector experience includes antitrust, securities, and bankruptcy litigation as an attorney with Sidley Austin LLP. He received his juris doctor from Stanford Law School.

Vanessa Lawrence is the Director General and Chief Executive of Ordnance Survey, Great Britain’s national mapping agency. Vanessa is the adviser to the British Government on mapping, surveying and geographic information and was instrumental in the delivery of Place Matters: The Location Strategy for the United Kingdom, the medium to long-term strategy for geographic information. This was published and endorsed by Ministers.
She received her business training from the publishing company Pearson plc. Prior to joining Ordnance Survey, Vanessa held senior positions at Autodesk Inc.

Vanessa is a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute, a Chartered Geographer and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and the Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors. She also has been elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.

In January 2008, Vanessa was appointed as a Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB) in the Queen’s New Year Honours List.

Vanessa is one of the few recipients of the Scottish Geographical Medal, a prestigious award conferred only occasionally since 1890 by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. In addition, she has six Honorary Doctorate degrees and is an Honorary Fellow of University College London. In December 2008, she was named South-East Director of the Year by the Institute of Directors.

In July 2009 Vanessa was appointed Honorary Colonel of 135 Independent Geographic Squadron, Royal Engineers.

In January 2011 Vanessa was awarded the GeoSpatial Personality of the Decade 2000 – 2010.

In October 2011, Vanessa was appointed as co-Chair of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management. The new committee reports directly to the UN Economic and Social Council.

During a 20-year career in the defense, intelligence, and homeland security arenas, John has collaborated with partners in industry as well as at the local, state, federal and coalition levels.

He served as a signals and all-source intelligence officer in the US Marine Corps with tactical, theater, and national agency assignments, worked as a senior source strategies analyst with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, supported the North American Aerospace Defense (NORAD) command’s space control mission as a space control analyst. And was a principal analyst with Electronic Warfare Associates contributing to the development of the homeland security policies and practices for the State of Texas.

As a member of the DigitalGlobe Defense and Intelligence team, John is responsible for defining and implementing the company’s strategic direction necessary to identify user needs and help devise solutions solving customer problems.

Mrs. Amber McCuistion joined US Central Command as the Team Leader for the Cultural and Human Environment Team in July 2008. In July 2009 she became the Senior Intelligence Analyst for the Human Terrain Analysis Branch (HTAB), a component of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Center (APC) and has been serving as the Branch Chief since May 2011. The HTAB provides contextual understanding on sub-national social groups, local leaders, and popular perceptions within Central Command’s area of responsibility. She advises the AFG-PAK Center Director and Director of Intelligence on policy, analysis, and technological advances relevant to understanding the human environment. She serves as the senior representative to Intelligence Community human factors, human terrain and sociocultural communities of interest. In October 2011 she will assume responsibility as the Director of the Civil-Military Integration Program for International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan.

She enlisted in the United States Army in 1999. As a military intelligence professional she served in the 1st Stryker Brigade, Ft. Lewis, WA and discovered a passion for understanding the historical and social elements that shape populations all over the world. This led her to earn her undergraduate degree in Social Science from Troy University with a concentration in Sociology and a minor in Psychology. She previously served as the Chief of Human Terrain Analysis at US Special Operations Command, Counterterrorism Pattern Analysis Section. She has written extensively on the practical utility of sociocultural analysis to combat and non-combat operations, civil-military engagement operations, and development opportunities.

Specific Responsibilities:
Programme manager of “Publieke Dienstverlening op de Kaart (PDOK)”, the programme to build the Dutch national SDI. PDOK is driven by the INSPIRE and Open Data initiatives.

Past Experience:
Working experience in the GI-industry since 1989. Programmer, system-designer and consultant on different GI-platforms in the utility and telecom-sector form 1989 till 1999. From 1999 employed with the Dutch National Government within the Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management (RWS) First as a consultant involved in projects with the National Geo-Information Clearinghouse, IT-Architecture, Standardization and the implementation of web-services for geo-information (Geoservices). 2008 and onwards manager and responsible for the Application Maintenance (including all GI-applications) within RWS and the outsourcing of application management. Since April 2011 programme manager PDOK and responsible for the construction of the Dutch National SDI.

Educational Information:
Masters in agricultural science, Wageningen University (1988): GIS and remote sensing.

Marlene Meyer, Geographer, Ph.D. in Remote Sensing and GIS (1997) from University of Copenhagen. Employed 2001 as Senior Advisor at Danish Ministry of the Environment, National Survey and Cadastre (KMS), 2001-2006 as Head of Cartographic Section and 2006-2008 as programme coordinator for KMS Defence and Homeland Security Programme. Participated in DGIWG work as Thematic Coordinator for Portrayal from 2005-2008. Former member of Danish National Committee, EU 7th Framework Programme on security. Former member of the programme committee, Nordic Network for Geospatial Data in Homeland Security.

Since 2008 employed by Danish MoD, DALO (Defence Acquisition and Logistic Organisation) as Chief of Geospatial Branch and Head of Defence Geospatial Organization. Coordinator of Nordic Defence Geospatial Cooperation Group. Steering group member of Geodata Forum for Geodata for Homeland Security. Steering group member of Geodata Forum for Geodata for Homeland Security. Member of DGIWG PTSG. Occasionally lecturer at NATO School, Oberammergau. Member of DGI Advisory Board since 2011.

Sean Midwood is the Chief of Staff to the Director of Service Strategy (ex CTO) within NATO’s Communication and Information Agency (NCIA). He has been in this key role since October 2010 that includes responsibility for programmatic and technical coherency across the NATO enterprise and liaison with CIOs and CTOs in National MoDs and Industries. Prior to this, Sean was the Programme Manager for JISR Step 1 and the Full Motion Video (FMV) Distribution Storage Archival & Retrieval (DSAR) project for Afghanistan. He has also held other key roles including appointments with the External Relations and Cooperative Development team, the Agency’s Technical Director for Kandahar Air Field and is still very actively involved in a broad range of JISR activities including managerial responsibilities within the MAJIIC 2 project.

Sean joined the Agency in December 2005 after spending 29 years with the Canadian Forces retiring as a Naval Combat Systems Engineer. Key appointments included: Department Head in HMCS MACKENZIE and in HMCS REGINA where he oversaw the installation, testing and commissioning of the Combat Systems in the new construction frigate; Project Manager (Major Crown Projects) for the Navy’s Canadian Towed Array Sonar System (CANTASS) and the Hull Mounted Sonar (HMS) 510 for Canada, Belgium and Portugal; Secondment to the NATO Sea Sparrow Program Office in The Netherlands: and Combat Systems Engineering Officer at Fleet Maintenance Facility Cape Breton.

Sean holds an MSc from the United States Navy Postgraduate School and a BEng in Electrical Engineering from Lakehead University. He currently resides in Wassenaar, The Netherlands with his wife and 2 sons.

Sean has been awarded the Canadian Forces Decoration 2nd clasp, Special Services Medal (NATO Bar), Westinghouse Award for Excellence in Combat Systems Training and the USN Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems Award of Excellence.

Nick has spent more than 10 years working in the Geospatial Industry. Nick's roles have involved providing leading edge geospatial advice to a variety of Defence and Civilian agencies across Europe, America and the Asia Pacific. In his current role, he provides technical advice on the leading GIS technology known as ArcGIS to a variety of Defense agencies throughout Europe. Nick has worked alongside various Defence agencies such as DIGO, DGC, JAGO, FMGT, NATO and EUSC . Nick has also worked alongside various C4ISR vendors to understand the geospatial needs of tackling the needs of the warfighter. He has a degree in Geography and a degree in Science and regularly presents at Defence conferences and seminars on the topic of GIS in Defence.

Lt. Kendal Moran is a troop commander in 13 Geographic Squadron, 42 Engineer Regiment (Geographic) where she commands, and is responsible for the training and welfare of the 36 soldiers in her troop.

After reading Politics at the University of York in 2008 she spent a year volunteering on the Thai-Burma border working with refugees on health and water projects before travelling around the rest of South-East Asia and North America.

Returning to reality she joined the Army and gained a commission from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in April 2011. Moving onto her Royal Engineer Troop Commanders Course she learnt the combat and structural engineering skills she would need to become a Royal Engineer Officer. Her first posting was to 13 Geographic Squadron, 42 Engineer Regiment (Geographic); in addition to her command responsibilities she deployed to work in London Districts Military HQ in the post of SO3 Geo (overseeing the geographic support) to Op OLYMPICS between Mar-Sep 12. At the end of the year she subsequently deployed to Cyprus as Officer in Command of a month long survey and construction project maintaining the boundary delineating the Sovereign Base Areas and the Republic of Cyprus.

Robert B. Murrett is a faculty member at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, as a Professor of Practice in the Department of Public Administration and International Affairs, and also serves as the Deputy Director of the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT) at the University. In addition, he is a staff member at the RAND Corporation, and the Institute for Defense Analyses.

Previously, Vice Admiral Murrett served as the Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency from 2006 until 2010. Prior to his appointment to NGA, Vice Admiral Murrett served as the Director of Naval Intelligence from 2005 until 2006, and as the Vice Director for Intelligence on the Joint Staff from 2002-2005.

Following his commissioning, he was assigned as an afloat intelligence officer, including Mediterranean, North Atlantic, and western Pacific deployments aboard /USS Kitty Hawk/ (CV 63), /USS America/ (CV 66), and /USS Independence/ (CV 62).

Following assignment to Defense Intelligence College in 1980, Murrett was detailed to the Chief of Naval Operations Intelligence Plot (OP-009U) as a watch stander and briefing officer for Navy civilian and military leaders. From 1983 to 1985, he served as Assistant Intelligence Officer for Commander, Second Fleet. He participated in deployments to the North Atlantic, the European theater, and Caribbean aboard /USS Mount Whitney/ (LCC 20) and /USS Nassau/ (LHA 4). Between 1986 and 1989, Vice Admiral Murrett was assigned as Assistant Naval Attaché to the U. S. Embassy in Oslo, Norway.

In 1989, he reported to Commander in Chief, U. S. Pacific Fleet, where he was assigned as Operational Intelligence Officer. From 1992 to 1995, he served as Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence for Commander, Carrier Group Eight, and deployed to the European and Central Command theaters aboard /USS Theodore Roosevelt/ (CVN 71). He also was assigned as J2 CJTF 120 aboard /USS Wasp/ (LHD 1) for operations in the Caribbean.

Between 1995 and 1997, Vice Admiral Murrett was Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence for Commander, Second Fleet, and served concurrently as N2 for NATO's Striking Fleet Atlantic and as J2 for U. S. Atlantic Command's CJTF 120. From June 1997 until September 1998, he was assigned to the Chief of Naval Operations Staff as Executive Assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence. He was then assigned as Director, Intelligence Directorate, Office of Naval Intelligence in September 1998. Vice Adm. Murrett assumed the duties of Commander, Atlantic Intelligence Command (AIC) August 12, 1999. He was responsible for the transition of AIC to Joint Forces Intelligence Command in October 1999. He served as the Director for Intelligence, U. S. Joint Forces Command, from August 10, 2000 through January 25, 2002.

Murrett received his bachelor's degree in history from the University of Buffalo and masters degrees in government and strategic intelligence from Georgetown University and the Defense Intelligence College, respectively. He has unit and campaign decorations from his career in the Navy, and from the Government of Canada.

Lt Col Piers Noble, rather uniquely amongst his peer group, has managed to occupy both ends of the bell curve of military activity, having spent his first six years in the Army serving at the blunter end with Commando forces followed by a rather more sedate 16 years service within the UK's Geospatial and intelligence arena where he now fills the post of Chief Geospatial Officer for the European Union Military Staff, the EU External Action Service's (EEAS) strategic level military headquarters.

During this period as a "GEOINTER", he not only attended (and passed) an MSc in Defence Geospatial Information but has also fulfilled the full spectrum of Geospatial posts ranging from Sub-Unit (14 Independent Topographic Squadron, RE), Agency (DGIA), National (UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory) and International (UK Liaison Officer within the US National Geospatial Intelligence Agency and Chief Geographic Officer at JFC Naples) before finding himself in Brussels where he is currently trying to successfully navigate the sticky political scene of the EU.

When not pontificating on the merits of GEOINT he has also been known occasionally to go on about how good he used to be as windsurfer, sailor and telemark skier - although age, fitness and gravity have made those activities a rather too distant memory!

Lt Col Noble, is always happy to break new ground, and as a Seconded National Expert to the European Union is proud to perhaps be the first holder of the Nobel Peace Prize to address the DGI Conference, which he will do in 2013.

Paul is the Chief Technologist for the Front line, Logistics and Services segment within the HP Defence Account and has responsibility for technical coherence, strategy and development across a number of complex, sensitive, and highly secure Information Systems. He brings 25 years experience of the MoD domain undertaking a range of technical roles. Whilst his main focus has been C4ISTAR systems he has awareness and understanding of many other MoD IS and IT platforms.

In his role Paul is responsible for formulating technical strategy, defining architecture, designing and developing solutions and assuring their implementation for a range of C2, ISTAR and other MoD capabilities. He drives innovation across the Segment, exploring key emerging technologies and trends. Paul is also the Lead Architect for the HP Defence IM/IX Portfolio, where he is responsible for assessing opportunities to apply HP’s expertise in data analytics (‘Big Data’) and cloud technologies.

Prior roles within HP (and formerly EDS) include Technical Design Authority for several key MoD programmes including JOCS, CSS, JC2SP and a number of special projects. The TDA role has responsibility for the full breadth of technical activity within a group of some 250 engineers covering in excess of £200M revenue.

During his early career with EDS and Plessey, Paul led the technical development of Command & Control solutions for the newly establish Permanent Joint HQ Military organisation. These RAD-like developments aimed to inform and refine the emerging business process whilst still offering enduring capability. Paul was involved in the specification, design and delivery of a range of military Communication and Command & Control solutions. Paul’s role varied from System and Application Design, through Development to Integration and Acceptance

Captain (N) Osborne participated in naval operations during the Cold War off the coast of Norway, the North Atlantic and in the Caribbean. His operational intelligence experience includes serving as Flag Lieutenant and Intelligence advisor to the commander of NATO’s Standing Naval Force Atlantic including Operation Allied Force in 1999; the Intelligence advisor to the commander of Canada’s Joint Task Force Southwest Asia in US CENTCOM shortly after the terrorist attacks in the US on 11 Sept 2001; the Intelligence advisor to the Task Force Commander and Commanding Officer of the intelligence team supporting the Canadian Forces deployed to the Multi-national Stabilization Force in Port au Prince, Haiti in 2004. He first assumed command of the Canadian Forces School of Military Intelligence as a Lieutenant Commander on completion of his deployment to Haiti and returned to the school in 2009 for a second tour as Commandant in the rank of Commander.

He has fulfilled various staff appointments including the interagency intelligence liaison officer in Maritime Forces Atlantic, Halifax supporting national security operations such as counter narcotics and counter illegal migrant activity. He has been an intelligence analyst, has held instructor appointments in the Canadian Forces School of Military Intelligence, and served as the deputy Director Intelligence Operations within the Chief of Defence Intelligence working closely with the Strategic Joint Staff. He has also served as the Intelligence Advisor to the Chief of the Maritime Staff. Captain (N) Osborne was promoted to his present rank in July 2011 when he assumed his duties as Director Geospatial Intelligence.

Captain (N) Osborne holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Carleton University; a Master of Defence Studies from the Royal Military College of Canada and is a graduate of the Canadian Forces Command and Staff.

Jeremy Purches has a strong background in Aerospace, Engineering and High Performance Computing (HPC). Currently working for NVIDIA, developing the High Performance Computing business in EMEA, he has previously worked for Hewlett-Packard (HPC Engineering Sector Manager; Airbus Technical Account Manager), EDS (Aero programme management), 20 years at Rolls-Royce Aero-Engines (engine simulation techniques) and UK MOD (A&AEE).

Julia Richardson has worked in the defence industry for over 20 years, having joined the UK MoD Admiralty Research Establishment as a mathematician in 1991. Julia spent the first decade or so undertaking electronic warfare research, obtaining a PhD in this field from the Royal Military College of Science at Shrivenham. Following several programme management roles in areas such as novel warship design and Secondary Competition, she then started up Stellar Research Services Ltd in 2007, with a mission statement of identifying relevant innovative technologies and bringing them into the defence arena. Julia then formed and led Team Stellar in response to the launch of the MoD Grand Challenge that same year, winning first place and the RJ Mitchell Trophy for developing and demonstrating the world’s first autonomous collaborative system of air and ground platforms. Team Stellar was also awarded the IET Team Award for Innovation in 2009 and Julia received a Woman of the Year award in 2010. The technological innovation achieved was also enabled by an innovative commercial framework conceived by Julia, facilitating SMEs, academia and Prime contractors to work optimally together, delivering innovation at an unprecedented pace. Following several spiral development programmes for the autonomous system, Julia was also involved in several ISTAR programmes, continuing her passion for innovative and excellent technologies. Julia joined Palantir as UK Defence Lead in August 2012.

Jon Rigby was born in Sheffield, educated in Leicestershire and subsequently read Physics at Durham University. He joined the Royal Air Force directly from University, undertaking officer and engineering training at the Royal Air Force College Cranwell from October 1983 to June 1985. As a junior officer he served as the engineering officer on 63 Squadron RAF Regiment, a Rapier Short Range Air Defence Squadron based at RAF Gutersloh, and subsequently as a staff officer responsible for operational communications systems at HQ Strike Command. On promotion to Squadron Leader he completed a tour in the Defence Intelligence Staff, as a technical analyst responsible for foreign surface to air weapons systems and subsequently commanded 33 Signals Unit, Ayios Nikolaos.

He was promoted to Wing Commander in 1996 and returned to the Defence Intelligence Staff as the engineering officer responsible for military special signals. In 1997 he attended No 1 Advanced Command and Staff Course and was subsequently posted to the Permanent Joint Headquarters, with responsibility for communications and information systems engineering on all UK deployed operations; including the Gulf, the Balkans, East Timor and Sierra Leone. On completion of this tour he was appointed OBE. In 2000 he was posted in command of RAF Oakhanger and 1001 Signals Unit, charged with providing UK military satellite communications.

On promotion to Group Captain in 2002, he completed a short tour at the Defence Communications Services Agency, before assuming command of RAF Digby and the Joint Services Signals Organization. In January 2006 he was posted to the Directorate of Equipment Capability as the Deputy Director responsible for Intelligence and Information Operations Equipment Capability. From August to December 2006 he was assigned to the Enabling Acquisition Change Team, responsible for defining Through Life Capability Management policy.

He was promoted to Air Commodore in December 2006 and was posted to HQ Air, as ACOS A6. Shortly afterwards he attended the Higher Command and Staff Course, returning to High Wycombe in April 2007. He deployed on Op TELIC in November 2007, serving as the Deputy C2 (Forward) for Multi National Forces Iraq in Baghdad. He assumed command of the Intelligence Collection Group (ICG) in July 2008: and was responsible for a variety of national intelligence collection and analysis capabilities. On completion of this tour in August 2011 he was appointed CBE, and selected for promotion to Air Vice-Marshal. He subsequently completed Terms 1 and 2 at the Royal College of Defence Studies before taking up his current appointment as Director Cyber, Intelligence and Information Integration in March 2012.

Air Vice-Marshal Rigby is a Chartered Engineer. He holds a BSc from Durham University, an MSc from Loughborough University and an MA from King’s College London. He is married with 2 children and lives near Stamford, in Lincolnshire. His hobbies include rowing and sailing.

Kerry Robinson has been the Senior Technical Advisor on Esri’s European Defence Team for nine years. In this role, she provides strategic advice on the use of GIS and Esri software in enterprise systems for NATO, the EU and European nations.

Previous to joining the European Defence Team Kerry was a lead architect and developer for Esri’s Defence Services team. She worked on major projects for US defence organisations, including the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (now NGA) and the Defence Intelligence Agency. Kerry has a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the Pennsylvania State University.

Major-General Christian Rousseau was appointed CDI in July 2010. Inspired by his experience as a Sea Cadet in his home town of Repentigny, QC, MGen Rousseau joined the CF and, following his graduation with a bachelor's degree in science (Math & Phys) from the Royal Military College of Canada, Major-General Rousseau was commissioned in the Engineers in 1984. After his junior officer years in 5e Régiment du Génie de Combat in Valcartier, he commanded 9e Escadron du Génie de campagne in Rouyn-Noranda as a Major (91-93), 2 Combat Engineer Regiment in Petawawa as a Lieutenant Colonel (98-00) and 5 Area Support Group and its three garrisons of Valcartier, Montreal and Saint-Jean as a Colonel (03-05).

Staff appointments include Divisional Engineer with the 1 Canadian Division Headquarters (96-98); Directing Staff at the Canadian Land Forces Command and Staff College (00-01); Chief Engineer of the Canadian Forces and Director General of Military Engineering at National Defence Headquarters (05-07); and, Director of Operations - Defence and International Security at the Privy Council Office (09-10).

International operational assignments include Military Observer, Force Engineer and Chief Plans Officer with the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) in Jerusalem (90-91), Force Engineer for the Multinational Force in Eastern Zaire in 1996 and Deputy Chief of Staff for Support with the Headquarters of the International Security Assistance Force (HQ ISAF) in Kabul, Afghanistan (07-08).

Major-General Rousseau is a graduate of the Canadian Land Forces Command and Staff Course (88), the Canadian Forces Command and Staff Course (95-96), the Senior Joint and Combined Warfighting Course from the US Armed Forces Staff College (1997), the National Security Studies Course and the Advanced Military Studies Course (02-03).

Ron, Major (Res.) at the Israeli Air Force has more than 15 years of experience in development and operation of photogrammetric and geographic information systems.

At his current position at ELTA, a subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries LTD, Ron manages the GEOINT systems engineering group. Responsible of developing ELTA's advanced multi sensors GEOINT and IMINT systems supporting Space-borne and airborne SAR, GMTI, LOROP, Step&Stare and Motion Video sensors. This includes designing and developing scalable solutions ranging from stand alone Ground Exploitation systems up to national GEOINT Centers.

Filipa is a GIS Specialist with over 10 years GIS work experience.

She has a M.Sc. in Territorial Engineering, School of Civil Engineering which covers the areas of Regional and Urban Planning, Land Management, Geographic Information Systems, Water Resources and Transport Planning.

Since Oct 2010 Filipa has integrated into the NCIA GEOMETOC Group in The Hague (Netherlands). This group supports NATO commands with geographical support in various areas, such as, concept development, geospatial data dissemination, map production, data formats conversions, image processing, cartography, geo-data production for operations and exercises, on-site support and training at military HQs in NATO theatres. Currently she is responsible to develop an Afghanistan wide feature data set in support of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).

From 2006 to 2010 she worked for the environmental consultancy ERM (Environmental Resources Management) as a GIS Specialist. She gave GIS support in the preparation of environmental statements in key industry sectors including: Transport, Planning and Development, Waste Management, Site Remediation, Oil and Gas, Climate Change, Renewable Energies, Sustainable Development and Due Diligence.

From 2000 to 2005 Filipa worked for ESRI Portugal as a GIS Consultant delivering GIS solutions based on ESRI software, technical training, technical support, project management and GIS consultancy.

Pete Sinfield was named as the Assistant Secretary Defence Geospatial-Intelligence in the Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation in November 2011 and has been involved in Defence intelligence and security matters for over thirty years. Previously, Mr Sinfield was the Assistant Secretary - Vetting and head of the Australian Government Security Vetting Agency in the Defence Security Authority.

Prior to transferring to the Australian Public Service in 2000, Mr Sinfield served for twenty years in the Australian Army in the fields of intelligence and security, holding appointments in Australia and overseas including both operational and non-operational service.

Mr Sinfield began his military career as a soldier in 8/12 Medium Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery before transferring to the Australian Intelligence Corps in 1983. He served in Headquarters 6 Brigade and 1st Intelligence Company in Brisbane, 1st Recruit Training Battalion in Kapooka and Headquarters 2nd Military District in Sydney during the 1980’s.

In 1989, Mr Sinfield was seconded to the British Intelligence Corps’ 10 Intelligence and Security Company in Hong Kong and also undertook advanced intelligence training with British forces during the period 1990-91. He returned to Australia on promotion to Warrant Officer and undertook postings to Army Headquarters and the Defence Intelligence Organisation in Canberra. In 1995, Mr Sinfield was commissioned as a Captain and joined the Defence Intelligence Training Centre, Canungra before being posted to the North West Mobile Force (NORFORCE) in 1998 as the Intelligence Officer. Mr Sinfield transferred to the Army Reserve in 2000 and his final appointment was as the Officer–in-Charge of 35 Security Section in Darwin.

On transferring to the Australian Public Service in 2000, Mr Sinfield joined the Defence Security Authority, later taking up the appointment of Assistant Director National Operations in the Northern Territory (2000-2002) followed by a transfer to the same position in Queensland (2002-2004). In 2004, Mr Sinfield was appointed as the Director Defence Security Policy in the Defence Security Authority in Canberra. Peter was appointed the Director Positive Vetting with responsibility to implement the outcomes of the Positive Vetting Improvement Project in October 2006. Further developments in the organisation resulted in his appointed as the Executive Director Vetting with responsibility for all Australian Defence personnel security vetting in 2008. Prior to leaving the Defence Security Authority in November 2011, Peter was the Assistant Secretary - Vetting and head of the Australian Government Security Vetting Agency, with responsibility for the majority of Australian Government personnel security vetting requirements.

Mr Sinfield holds a Bachelor of Professional Studies from the University of New England, with a major in Asian Societies. He is married to Lynda and they have two adult children, Shaun and Murray. In his spare time he enjoys athletics and competitive ultra-running, rugby union and reading.

Jean Smith has an MA in Geography and Psychology from Dundee University, an MSC in Physical Geography from the University of Toronto, Canada and a postgraduate business diploma.

She joined the MOD Mapping and Charting Establishment in August 1981 as a map researcher and has specialised in geographic research and terrain analysis. She also has held posts in inhouse libraries and spent several years establishing policy and agreeing customer requirements for geographic support and how they should be satisfied. She also spent 7 years in York, northern England, as a corporate planner.

She has led elements of DGC’s geographic research activities since November 2005, has headed DGC’s Human Geography team since its inception in 2008 and has been closely involved in collaboration activities to develop human geography as an underpinning capability. She was awarded an MBE in June 2009.

After completing a Music Degree at Manchester University Capt Helen Stamp commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 2006 and took up a post as the Armoured Troop Commander at 32 Engineer Regt in Hohne, Germany. This was a busy first tour involving much Armoured Engineering, culminating in a large Battle Group level exercise in Canada and a construction focused operational tour to Iraq, where she was awarded the Joint Chiefs Commendation for her work. Capt Stamp was then posted as Officer Commanding of the Royal Engineer Close Support Troop in Warminster which again involved many Armoured Engineer exercises on Salisbury Plain. In 2009, there was a change of focus and Capt Stamp embarked on the MSc Geospatial Intelligence at the Royal School of Military Survey where she was awarded the Hamilton Prize. Capt Stamp has just returned from Afghanistan where she deployed as the Geospatial Officer supporting the Brigade Headquarters in Lashkah Gar.

Guy has been involved in all environments of maritime surveillance for 35+ years, including 23 years in the Navy and Air Force, 9 with the USCG, and 9 at Johns Hopkins’ Applied Physics. The S&T Advisor, Maritime Domain Awareness, for the US interagency office for 7 years, he conceived and helped design space-based AIS, and C-SIGMA, whose implementation was included in the NATIONAL SPACE POLICY (2010). He directed the Pacific Fleet introduction of the NAVY EP-3E, and then, globally, the USAF's Rivet Joint Block III, RC-135W/V. He was the first person in history to be authorized to wear both Navy and Air Force wings at the same time and was also the first person in the Navy to be qualified in 4 warfare areas: surface, subsurface, air & space.

• He served in combat on 3 cruisers, being slightly wounded once, and in hostile areas in 2 submarines and 6 different aircraft types, 3 Navy, 3 USAF. He was among the first Space Operations subspecialists in the Navy and led research in it at the Naval War College 82-86.
• After retiring from the Navy he was a Systems Engineer/Operations
  Analyst at Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Lab (JHU/APL), taking early retirement from there to go to work for the Coast Guard as technology lead for the new Maritime Domain Awareness Program Integration Office, working very closely with the DOD’s Joint Concept Technology Demonstration (JCTD) program, DHS S&T, and on the array of documents that culminated in the National Strategy for Maritime Security.
• He conceived, secured funding for, and helped design space-based AIS and is now working with NATO and others to implement the “Collaboration in Space for International Global Maritime Awareness (C-SIGMA)” concept. He wrote the maritime portion of the new National Space Policy and is also working on its implementation.
• He is a distinguished graduate of the Naval War College, earned an MBA with high honors in Computer Information Systems from Bryant University, and studied Systems Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

Neil Thompson had a long and distinguished career in the Canadian Forces with more than 30 years in various command and staff positions in the defence, civilian and international intelligence communities. These included a secondment to the Government of Canada Privy Council Office and a Branch Chief on the International Military Staff at NATO Headquarters.

He was the first Commanding Officer of the Canadian Forces Joint Imagery Centre. He was also a Defence Intelligence Attaché in the United Kingdom. Upon returning to Canada, he became Director Intelligence Operations within the Chief of Defence Intelligence Staff. He completed his career as the Director of Geospatial Intelligence. He was responsible for all aspects of Geospatial Intelligence in the Canadian Forces.

Neil has kept active in the Intelligence and Geospatial Intelligence fields by accepting the position of Managing Director of the WCGroup. Neil has maintained his contacts in the MENA area and brings a unique perspective to this focus day.

Mr Tiems started his current post 1 October 2010 and is now leading 80-100 staff responsible for producing the majority of NATO C2ISR capabilities including Command and Control (Joint, Land, Air and Maritime), Operational Planning, Missile Defence, GeoMetoc, Logistics, COP, Incident Management, Targeting and CIMIC. With the Agency’s realignment on 14 July 2008, he was assigned to CAT 6 where he assumed the post of Head of the “Geo Spatial and Situational Awareness” Group. Mr Tiems was the Project Manager of a series of Situational Awareness related projects from 2006 to 2009. This included the NATO Common Operational Picture (NCOP) and the Joint Common Operational Picture (JCOP).

From 2003 Mr Tiems was the Project Manager of a series of scientific and experimentation projects to develop the requirements for a NATO Land Command and Control System. An important spin-off of this activity was the establishment of a Reference System to test C2 coalition interoperability. During this period Mr Tiems was also the technical director of the LC2IS NSIP acquisition activity.

Earlier in his career at NC3A (STC before 1996) Mr Tiems worked as a scientist in a number of scientific programs, which focused on the development of experimental and operational prototypes. In that role he contributed to C4ISR capability development in a wide range of operational domains. From 1998 to 2003 he was involved in designing, developing and deploying tools for operational planning, which resulted in tools such as TOPFAS. Before that, from 1993 to 1998 he worked on the design, development and deployment of Logistical capabilities and as such he was responsible for major components of the ADAMS capability suite. He started his career at STC in 1992 working on predecessors of ICC.

During his years at NC3A and STC Mr Tiems has been deployed numerous times to operational theatres including SFOR, IFOR, KFOR and ISAF. He holds 1 medal for IFOR and 2 for KFOR.

Mr Tiems was born in 1959 in Utrecht, The Netherlands. He is married and has 3 daughters. He holds a Masters in Information Technology and studied at the Utrecht University with a specialty in Operations Research. Mr Tiems also is a certified PMi PMP. Outside work he has a broad interest in social and science affairs including ancient and contemporary history. He also enjoys sport activities and can be found biking the flanks of the Mt Ventoux every summer.

Captain Kjetil Utne entered the Royal Norwegian Naval Academy in July 1983. After graduation in 1987, he started his service on board submarines. After several years of operational service, he entered the Norwegian University of Technology and Science, graduating as Cand. Mar. in 1996. He was then appointed Head of Maritime Education at the Royal Norwegian Naval Academy. In 1997 he became Project Department Head at the Navy’s Navigation Center, and in 1999, took over as Commanding Officer of the Center, responsible for delivering project requirements, education, training and assessments of navigation in the Norwegian Navy.

The following year, he attended the Norwegian Armed Forces Command and Staff College. In 2002, he was appointed as Head of the Military Geographic Branch of the J2 Division at the National Joint Headquarters, where he also worked at the J7 Division establishing a CD&E Branch. During this posting, he also studied Psychology, with a thesis focusing on Human Machine Interaction and Cognitive aspects of Command and Control Systems. In 2005, he received his orders to NATO’s HQ SACT in Norfolk, as Sensors Capabilities Coordinator. He served from 2006 until 2007 as acting Captain and Chief Training and Equipment Cell in NTM-I (NATO’s Training Mission in Iraq). Upon returning from Iraq, he was tasked to work on the NCS PE review, in addition to establishing a new Operational C2 Branch as part of the realignment of SACT’s C4I Division. Early 2009 he returned to Norway, was commissioned Captain and posted as the new Director of the Norwegian Military Geographic Service.

Mr. Visone has served as the Director of the Geospatial Acquisition Support Directorate (GASD)
since February 2009. His directorate is responsible for providing geospatial engineering and domain support to the Army Acquisition Community for implementation of the Army Geospatial Enterprise (AGE). The GASD is directly responsible for: developing and maintaining the AGE
profile of geospatial standards and formats; creating and maintaining the Army Geospatial Data
Model; developing and maintaining a DOD Architecture Framework-compliant AGE architecture; developing and maintaining a list of AGE-compliant Common Applications/Services; and establishing and maintaining AGE geospatial interoperability certification criteria.

BA in Geography, a Masters in Geographical Information Systems, and 12 years professional GIS project experience. Steve is currently employed in a contract position as the GIS Coordinator for the US Army Europe (USAREUR) Sustainable Range Program (SRP) Regional Support Center, located at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany.

Sir Brian Burridge spent a full career as a pilot in the Royal Air Force. He has held a front-line command at every level in the Service and spent a number of years in MOD in policy posts, including almost three years as the Principal Staff Officer to the Chief of the Defence Staff. As Commandant of the Joint Services Command and Staff College, he was responsible for the post-graduate education of the UK’s most able officers in the full range of military operations and Command and Control. He also commanded the UK Joint contingent of 43,000 personnel in the 2003 Iraq War. He left the Royal Air Force in January 2006 as Commander-in-Chief Strike Command and is now the Vice President Strategic Marketing at the Finmeccanica Group of companies. He is also Chairman of Vega Consulting Services Ltd and remains a senior mentor on the UK’s most senior command course.

President of the Air League, he is also the Vice President Defence on the Council of ADS, the aerospace, defence and security sectors’ trade association. He acts as a ‘Critical Friend’ to the UK Home Office Olympic Security Directorate, providing strategic oversight of safety and security planning, as well as acting as a mentor during the rehearsal exercises. With a first degree in physics, he also has an MBA from the Open University where he holds an honorary doctorate. Sir Brian was also research fellow in political science at King’s London and is now a visiting professor at the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Reading.

Marcello Maranesi is the Chief Executive Officer of e-GEOS, a joint company between the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and Telespazio (a Finmeccanica/Thales company) which plays a leading role in the Earth Observation market.
Mr. Maranesi has en Engineering degree.

He joined Telespazio in 1982, when the company was starting up the Matera Space Centre for geodesy operations. He became Commercial Director of the Earth Observation Division and CEO of Eurimage, a joint venture between Telespazio and Astrium for the distribution of satellite data on the European market. In 2003 Mr. Maranesi has been appointed to the position of Vice President of Telespazio in the Earth Observation Division, and CEO of e-GEOS. Since 2011, he is Vice President in charge of the Geo Information Business Unit of the Telespazio Group

e-GEOS is in charge of promoting the COSMO-SkyMed satellite constellation on the worldwide market, as well as to implement applications and services in Geo Information.

Peter Young has been involved in high technology businesses for over 30 years. His recent career has been spent in the Aerospace and Defence industries since he joined VEGA Group PLC in 2001 as part of a new management team; he initially held the positions of Strategy & Marketing Director and laterally Corporate Development Director. In this latter role, he was responsible for a number of successful M&A’s for the Company. Since the acquisition of VEGA by Finmeccanica in 2008, he was responsible for its integration into Finmeccanica SpA and subsequent merger with SELEX SI. He was appointed to the role of Business Development and Strategy Director of the newly merged entity in 2009. As a result of a corporate review in early 2010, Peter was tasked with carving out the company’s Space activities to create a new entity for sale to Telespazio SpA (a Finmeccanica -Thales jv). He was appointed CEO of VEGA Space in 2010 and also appointed Senior Vice President of Telespazio's Satellite Systems Business Unit in 2011 based in Rome. Peter also sits on a number of other external and internal Boards. Previously he has worked for Logica, AEA Technology and Philips.

Major Dave Campey commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 2005 having served 23 years in the ranks. On completion of his trade training he served in Cameroon, Kenya, Norway, and Australia, and on Operations in Bosnia and Kosovo. More recently he deployed as SO3 Geo on Op HERRICK6 attached to 26 Engineer Regiment, Headquarters Task Force Helmand. He has served as the RSM of the City of Edinburgh Universities Officer Training Corps, a Troop Commander at 1 RSME Regiment, and 2ic of 14 Geographic Squadron. He completed the MSc in GEOINT in 2010 at the Royal School of Military Survey and was then attached to Headquarters 3rd (United Kingdom) Division as the SO3 GEOINT. On promotion Major Campey took up the post of SO2 GEOINT, Information Support Branch, Land Warfare Centre in October 2011 and has spent the summer of 2012 on Op HERRICK in Afghanistan. As well as being a member of the Situational Awareness, Application Coherence and Geospatial Metadata Working Groups, Major Campey also provides integral geospatial support to Mission Specific Training and is studying part time at Masters level in Information Capability Management. He regularly represents the Army at judo, runs his own military judo club, is married to Julie and has with three ‘grown up’ children (Josh, Jake and Emma) and a hyperactive dog named Keira.