Vice Admiral (ret'd) Robert B. Murrett

Deputy Director, Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSC
Public Administration and International Affairs

Robert B. Murrett is a faculty member in the Department of Public Administration and International Affairs, and serves as the Deputy Director of the Institute for National Security and Counter terrorism (INSCT) at the University. In addition, he is a staff member at the RAND Corporation, and the Institute for Defense Analyses.

Previously, Murrett was a career intelligence officer in the U.S. Navy, serving in assignments throughout the Pacific,Europe, and the Middle East through his thirty-four years of duty, retiring in the grade of Vice Admiral. His duty stations included service as Operational Intelligence Officer for the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Assistant Naval Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Oslo, Norway. For the last ten years, he served as Vice Director for Intelligence on the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Director of Naval Intelligence, and Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).

Murrett has been honored with a “Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award” by International Relations (IR) students at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Each year IR students are asked by the Maxwell School to nominate a current member of the faculty who practices effective, innovative teaching in the field of international affairs.

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Day 1

Friday, July 1st, 2016

10:10 Global Strategic Risk and the Impact on Geospatial Intelligence Mission Sets

One of the most anticipated sessions every year is the morning keynote from Mr Murrett, former head of the US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), make sure you have a front row seat! During this in-depth analysis of the geo-political risks you face today you will learn about the uneven use of GEOINT and the challenge this poses; the relationship between strategic intelligence, homeland security, military support and national missions; how to go about enhancing your capabilities and integrating them into the existing framework and much more besides! Make sure you attend this briefing and you will take away:

● A deeper understanding of how partnerships with foreign intelligence services really work
● New knowledge about the continuing challenges by ‘state’ and ‘non-state’ actors
● Strategies to manage terrorism in all its new guises
● An explanation as to why there is increased emphasis on the ‘global commons’ – space, the high seas and cyberspace and what this all means for your organisation

Day 3

Thursday, September 1st, 2016

08:50 Chairman’s Welcome Address and Thought-Provoker – Geo-Political Changes Shaping the Future for Location Intelligence Professionals

Start your day with an assessment of current global security challenges, likely projections for 2015, and implications to you and your organisation before the senior speaker faculty begin their interrogation of today’s theme ‘the Future of Geospatial Intelligence’. Expect opinion, experiences and real-life case studies from one of DGI’s longest supporters, former Head of the NGA Bob Murrett.

● Defense and intelligence challenges
● Collective international responses
● Geospatial implications for organisation you work for and with

09:10 Live Leadership Interview - How will the Discipline of Military Geography Evolve in the Future?

Benefit from this completely new format at DGI bringing you closer to senior geospatial experts as they discuss in a frank and open manner challenges that must be solved to support the evolution of the geospatial intelligence profession. Nowhere else will you receive insight and opinion on what might matter most to future geospatial intelligence agencies and their leaders allowing you to challenge your own thinking on this important subject. Attend to:

Learn new ways to look at the changes in the geospatial intelligence profession and what this might mean for your next projects
Challenge your own thinking on what matters most to future generations of geospatial intelligence experts and how you can help them to develop professionally in the future
Put your own questions to the panel to receive expert advice on concerns you have about the direction geospatial intelligence as a profession is taking today

17:10 Final Visionary Statement – Horizon Scanning to Identify Future Trends in Location Intelligence

Capture the major themes and findings from today’s sessions during this keynote closing speech from the chairman so you leave DGI 2015 equipped with a strategy to better tackle the challenges ahead.