NGA Discovery Summit

Subject Title: NGA Analysis Discovery Summit Introduction The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) would like to invite you to the NGA Analysis Discovery Summit facilitated by our industry partner – The Foundation for Innovation and Discovery (FINND). Hosted by Mr. Gary Dunow, NGA Portfolio Manager for Analytic Capabilities, and Director (acting) of the NGA Analysis Directorate, the NGA Analysis Discovery Summit will be held on Thursday, 26 February 2015, from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, with check-in from 8:00-9:00 AM at NGA Campus East (NCE). Discovery Summits are technology discovery and market research events for Government agencies, generated by a crowd-sourced innovation-finding effort. To learn more, go to: https://engine.finnd.org/NGAAnalysis . Early and frequent interaction and collaboration with industry is critical to the NGA mission, our customers, and strategic partnerships. The intent of the NGA Discovery Summit is to gain exposure to innovative and advanced technologies that support GEOINT. We strive to promote a shared understanding of the challenges and opportunities we face going forward. For reference, we encourage interested partners to review the NGA Strategy and the Analysis Technology Plan . Link to NGA Strategy: https://www.nga.mil/About/NGAStrategy/Documents/19639_NGA%20Strat%20Pub_Public_Web.pdf Link to Analysis Technology Plan: https://www1.nga.mil/MediaRoom/PressReleases/Document /NGA_Analysis_Tech_Plan.pdf Registration Information All information related to the NGA Analysis Discovery Summit, to include registration information will be posted on the Foundation for Innovation and Discovery webpage at https://engine.finnd.org/NGAAnalysis . All registration information is required NLT 5:00 pm, 31 December 2014 . Point of Contacts (POC) POCs for this event are: · FINND – Gene Keselman / [email protected] / 571-766-8120 · FINND – Louis Tucker / [email protected] / 571-766-8120 · NGA - Jim Luzius / [email protected]