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FedGeoDay 2025 Program

FedGeoDay is on
April 22, 2025

Events will be held at the Department of the Interior and the American Red Cross buildings in Washington, DC.

FedGeoDay Workshops will take place on April 23, 2025

8:30 AM

Registration

Registration and Networking

Check in and registration will be held from 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM.

9:30 AM

Welcome

Welcoming Remarks

Welcoming remarks by Monica Mardel, Program Manager of the Geography Division at the U.S. Census Bureau.

Monica Mardel

Monica Mardel
FedGeoDay Co-
Chairperson

Program Manager, Geography Division

U.S. Census Bureau

9:40 AM

Demonstrations & Discussion

Demonstrations & Discussion: Open Source Geospatial Applications for Resilience

Moderator:

Ryan Burley

Ryan Burley

Director of Sales and Business Development

GeoSolutions

Speakers:

Daniel Dufour

Daniel J. Dufour

Director of Performance Management and Open Data

City of Chattanooga

Karen Townsend

Karen Townsend

President and CEO

Sea Island Software (HURREVAC)

Zac Deziel

Development Seed

eoAPI: A Cloud Native Framework for Earth Observation Data Access and Analysis

Andrew Duncan

UAS Development Lead

Oak Ridge National Lab - Mapster: A geospatial data architecture for collecting and disseminating imagery, video, and other analytic capabilities collected from unmanned aerial systems (UAS)

10:30 AM

Keynote

Keynote Address: Katie Picchione

Keynote speech by Katie Picchione, Response Coordination Lead at NASA, for the NASA Disasters Program.

Katie Picchione

Katie Picchione

Response Coordination Lead

NASA Disasters Program

11:20 AM

Panel

Panel: Open Data for Resilience

Moderator:

Tod Dabolt

Tod Dabolt

Chief Data Officer, Office
of the Chief Information Officer

Office of the Secretary - U.S. Department of the Interior

Panelists:

Maggie Cawley

Maggie Cawley

Executive Director

OpenStreetMap US

John Crowley

John Crowley

Head of Partnerships

MapAction

*More panelists will be announced soon

12:00 PM

Lunch

Lunch Break

Lunch will be provided for a $20 charge.

1:00 PM

Lightning Talks

Lightning Talks

Moderator:

Wayne Hawkins

Wayne Hawkins

VP - Intel Programs

RGi

Presentations:

“Unlocking Data for Resilience Using Iceberg”

Adam Timm

Crunchy Data

*More talks will be announced soon

1:45 PM

Panel

Panel: Achieving Resilience in the Cyber War

Moderator:

Ashley Fairman

Ashley Fairman

Founder & CEO

DICE Cyber LLC

Panelists:

Jennifer Bisceglie

Jennifer Bisceglie

Founder & Executive Vice Chair

Interos Inc.

Damian R. Taylor, MSc.

Chief Information Security Officer

Office of Inspector General - USPS

2:25 PM

Fireside Chat

Fireside Chat: The Resilient Future

Moderator:

Aaron Kelley

Aaron Kelley

President

UpSlope Advisors Inc.

Speakers:

Quentin Cummings

FEMA Future Conditions Analytics Lead, Future Conditions Resilience Branch

FEMA Disaster Resilience Hub

Mikel Maron

Product Lead

Earth Genome

3:15 PM

Panel

Panel: Demystifying AI

Moderator:

Bill Dollins

Bill Dollins
FedGeoDay Co-
Chairperson

Founder and President

Cercana Systems LLC

Panelists:

Brian Maddox

*More panelists will be announced soon

4:10 PM

Presentation

Presentation: Chief Data Officer Survey and Results

Jaymes Cloninger

Jaymes Cloninger

CEO

Motivf

4:50 PM

Closing

Closing Remarks

Eddie Pickle

Eddie Pickle
FedGeoDay Co-
Chairperson

Senior Vice President

Crunchy Data

5:00 - 7:00 PM

Happy Hour

No-Host Happy Hour

FedGeoDay Venues

Department of the Interior (DOI) -
Yates Auditorium

 

Department of the Interior (DOI)
Visitor Entrance on C Street
1849 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20240

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American Red Cross Building

 

American Red Cross Building
Hall of Service Room
1730 E Street NW
Washington, DC 20006

Presenters