Tom Richardson

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 : Interoperability - myth or reality? And can standards actually help?
Simon Doyle, Solution Principal, UK and Ireland, HP Enterprise Services

Roundtable 2 : How to Leverage Standards to Drive Cooperation
Tom Richardson, Standards Manager, UK Hydrographic Organisation

Roundtable 3 : Drivers for Greater Collaborative Environments to Share GEOINT
Paul Hancock, Director Defence Geographic Centre, Intelligence Collection Group, UK MOD

Roundtable 4 : New Ways to Enable Location Data Comptability
Denise McKenzie, Executive Director, Communications & Outreach, Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)

Roundtable 5 : How Important are Content Standards in an Uncontrollable Open Source World
Captain Martin Jones, Chairman, NATO DGIWG