DGI 2015 (past event)
19 - 21 January, 2015
Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London, United Kingdom
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Barry MacDonald
Former Deputy Director Geospatial Intelligence Policy and Partners
Canadian Armed Forces
In 2007, Barry was assigned to National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa where he was the national coordinator for Measurement and Signatures Intelligence and, later, Chief of Staff for the Directorate of Geospatial Intelligence; an organization of some 600 personnel.
Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in 2010, he led the Governance and Partnerships Staff responsible for managing Canadian Forces geospatial intelligence relationships both domestic and international. He was also selected to establish a J2 Targeting Branch which he led until his retirement from Regular Force service in May 2011.
Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Barry.
Download The Latest AgendaDay 1
Friday, July 1st, 2016
13:25 The New ‘Cold Rush’
Day 2
Monday, August 1st, 2016
16:25 Roundtable Sessions
- 5 mins introductions
- 40 mins discussion
- 5 mins summary
- 10 mins for 3 tables to share 3 key take-aways
Roundtable 1 : Modern Tactical User Experiences of GEOINT
John Teufert, JISR SL Geospatial Services Group Head, NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency)
Matt Roper, Group Head, NATO Owned Systems, Joint Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (JISR) Team, NATO Communications & Information Agency (NCIA)
Roundtable 2 – How Can GEOINT Impact the Decision Making Process Better?
Colonel (ret’d) Mark Burrows, Department of Business and Innovation, UK Government
Roundtable 3 : Potential and Challenges of Combining Crowd Sourced and Internet Sourced Data with Authoritative Sources
Professor Mike Jackson, Professor of Geospatial Science and Director of the Centre of Geospatial Science, Notthingham University
Roundtable 4 : Exploiting Geospatial Intelligence for Precision Targeting
Barry MacDonald, Senior Information Management Officer at Department of National Defence, Canadian Armed Forces
Roundtable 5 : Achieving Service and Data Quality within a Defence Spatial Enterprise
Ian Burrell, Senior Scientist, Dstl