DGI 2015 (past event)

19 - 21 January, 2015

Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London, United Kingdom

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Commander Kelly Taylor


Director and Commanding Officer
US National Ice Center and the US Naval Ice Centre

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Day 1

Friday, July 1st, 2016


12:00 Panel Discussion : What are the New Requirements and Solutions for Geospatial Capabilities?

Option for Ms Dickerson to Join

Discover new ways to develop a world-class geospatial capability during this interactive panel discussion by exchanging ideas and views with a panel of experts assembled from agencies in North America for your benefit. During this open and frank discussion you will hear how different agencies are generating requirements and exploring new solutions as well as receiving ample time to ask your own questions and challenge answers offered. As the central panel of the day this is one session you can’t afford to miss! Topics to be discussed include:

New capabilities and data and analysis tools
A five year outlook on user requirements
What is the current demand spike for imagery doing to user experience?
What are the new applications to be aware of?
What does the move into mass market mean for satellite imagery?
Future sensor capabilities

14:10 U.S. National Ice Centre: How the US National Ice Center Maximizes Collaboration in the Arctic Maritime Environment

Now you have the Canadian perspective on strategies to operate around Ice benefit from the US experience setting up a national Ice centre, creating objectives and driving collaboration and cooperation to ensure information is shared and risks are avoided. Offering his views for the first time at DGI is Commander Kelly Taylor who heads up the US National Ice Centre, the best positioned expert to provide you with facts about:

Products and outputs from the centre
Cooperation and collaboration with other agencies
Internal cooperation
Challenges and opportunities for the future