Chris Sheldrick

Founder and CEO
what3words

As CEO Chris is ultimately responsible for rolling out the What3Words technology across commercial and government partners across the world. In addition he is responsible for putting in place the appropriate technical infrastructure to support the system and educating new sectors on the real-world applications of what3words relevant to their sector and the benefits they can reap.

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Chris.

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Day 1

Friday, July 1st, 2016

16:20 The Power of Co-ordinates Delivered through Words

Day 2

Monday, August 1st, 2016

16:25 Roundtable Sessions

New to DGI - Benefit from structured roundtable sessions facilitated by GEOINT experts from a wide range of backgrounds providing you with the chance to exchange ideas, challenge current thinking and come to new conclusions. Each table will run as follows:

5 mins introductions
40 mins discussion
5 mins summary
10 mins for 3 tables to share 3 key take-aways

Roundtable 1 – Rethinking Co-ordinates for Enhanced Location Intelligence
Chris Sheldrick, Owner, What3Words

Roundtable 2 : Identifying and Overcoming Impediments to Innovation in Classified Environments
Lt Colonel Roly Cockwell MBE, Staff Officer, Centre for Intelligence Innovation, RAF Wyton

Roundtable 3 : Smart Dissemination
Duncan Rose, Executive Officer Information, Joint Forces Intelligence Group, Defence Geospatial Intelligence Fusion Centre

Roundtable 4 : How To Get Innovative Ideas Noticed by Leadership
Major General (ret'd) Stephen Schmidt, Former Commander, NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force Command

Roundtable 5 : Harnessing Innovatin Opportunities From Open Data and Big Data
Dr Gabor Remetey-Fulopp,Secretary General, Hungarian Association for Geo-information

Roger Longhorn, Secretary-General, GSDI Association