FedGeoDay 2026 Program
FedGeoDay is on
April 22-23, 2026
Events will be held at Census Bureau in Suitland, MD.
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April 22 - Day 1
8:00 AM
Census Bureau
Registration & Networking
9:00 AM
Census Bureau
Welcome & Keynote Introduction
Dr. Ron Jarmin
Deputy Director
U.S. Census Bureau
9:15 AM
Census Bureau
Delivering on the Full Potential of Federal Open Geospatial Data
Denice Ross
Senior Fellow
Federation of American Scientists
9:45 AM
Census Bureau
The Future of Open Data for Federal Programs
Eddie Pickle
Sr. District Manager, US Public Sector
Snowflake
Denice Ross
Senior Fellow
Federation of American Scientists
Jed Sundwall
Executive Director
Radiant Earth
John Crowley
Head of US Partnerships
MapAction
Andrew Turner
Director & CTO
Esri R&D Center DC
11:00 AM
Census Bureau
Evolving Non-Federal Data Services: New Ways to Think of the National Data Ecosystem
Puneet Kollipara
Geospatial Data Science and Communications Consultant
Maggie Cawley
Executive Director
OpenStreetMap US
Joel Gurin
President & Co-Founder
The Center for Open Data Enterprise
Nagendra Singh
Group Leader, Geospatial Data Modeling Group
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
12:00 PM
Census Bureau
Lunch
1:00 PM
Census Bureau
Lightning Talks
2:00 PM
Census Bureau
Cloud Hosted SDI: FOSS4G Use Cases
Rob Pitts
Executive Director, Commerce Programs
ActionNet
Ryan Burley
Director of Sales and Business Development
United States and Canada
GeoSolutions USA
Jason Newmoyer
Chief Executive Officer
NGS LLC
2:30 PM
Census Bureau
Adapting to a Data Rich World
Erika Becker-Medina
Senior Leader for Statistical Information Product Development and Use
U.S. Census Bureau
Dr. Sallie Keller
Chief Scientist and Associate Director
U.S. Census Bureau’s Research and Methodology Directorate
Lori Zehr
Senior Technical Lead
Frames, US Census Bureau
Chase Sawyer
Technical Lead
Data Product Development, U.S. Census Bureau
Carla Medalia
Technical Advisor
U.S. Census Bureau
3:45 PM
Census Bureau
Open Data Meets Artificial Intelligence - Insights from Federal Executives
Nadine Alameh
Founder
LunateAI
Pete Doucette
David Carter
Chief Data Officer
Department of the Interior
FedGeoDay Venue
U.S. Census Bureau Headquarters
4600 Silver Hill Rd, Suitland, MD 20746
Presenters
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Denice Ross
Senior Fellow
Federation of American Scientists -
Ryan Burley
Director of Sales and Business Development
GeoSolutions -
Dr. Ron Jarmin
Deputy Director
U.S. Census Bureau -
Jaymes Cloninger
CEO
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Maggie Cawley
Executive Director
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John Crowley
Head of Partnerships
MapAction -
Jed Sundwall
Executive Director
Radiant Earth -
Eddie Pickle
Sr. District Manager, US Public Sector
Snowflake
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Andrew Turner
Director & CTO
Esri R&D Center DC -
Puneet Kollipara
Geospatial Data Science and Communications Consultant
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Joel Gurin
President & Co-Founder
The Center for Open Data Enterprise -
Nagendra Singh
Group Leader, Geospatial Data Modeling Group
Oak Ridge National Laboratory -
Rob Pitts
Executive Director, Commerce Programs
ActionNet
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Jason Newmoyer
Chief Executive Officer
NGS LLC -
Erika Becker-Medina
Senior Leader for Statistical Information Product Development and Use
U.S. Census Bureau -
Dr. Sallie Keller
Chief Scientist and Associate Director
U.S. Census Bureau’s Research and Methodology Directorate -
Lori Zehr
Senior Technical Lead
Frames, US Census Bureau -
Chase Sawyer
Technical Lead
Data Product Development, U.S. Census Bureau -
Carla Medalia
Technical Advisor
U.S. Census Bureau -
Nadine Alameh
Founder
LunateAI
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Pete Doucette
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David Carter
Chief Data Officer
Department of the Interior
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Andrea Johnson
Deputy Division Chief
U.S. Census Bureau’s Geography Division -
Dr. Vipin Arora
Director
Bureau of Economic Analysis -
Bill Wiatrowski
Deputy Commissioner
Bureau of Labor Statistics -
Josh Coutts
Branch Chief
U.S. Census Bureau -
Kyle Hood
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Bethany DeSalvo
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Jesse Osborne
Data Scientist
NAPSG -
Reed Van Beveren
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Justin Rice