IQPC announces Annual Geospatial Intelligence conference

The region's first and only focused geospatial intelligence summit will be held in Dubai between 10th - 13th May 2009 with participation of global experts from the world's leading geospatial intelligence organizations and the support of ESRI, Overwatch Geospatial, Raytheon, Intergraph, Atheeb, Digital Globe, Harris, Pictometry, Geoeye, and BAE Systems.

Joanna Edwards, Divisional Director of Defence IQ, IQPC Middle East says, "The four day geospatial intelligence Middle East forum gives military, government and critical infrastructure personnel an opportunity to meet key decision makers and exchange best practice and learning and we're very proud that for the second year running, the event will be under the official patronage of the UAE Ministry of Defence."

The summit will cross the military civilian divide to drive forwards regional geospatial development. With exclusive case studies from some of the global leaders in intelligence exploitation, this event tackles interoperability and integration head-on.

"The conference delivers critical information to senior decision makers in the defence, government, security, aerospace and technology sectors, tackling issues relating to the latest defence plans, requirements, programmes and technologies and how they affect the industry,"

says Edwards.

Topics covered include the future of GIS - what technologies are on the horizon that may radically impact the evolution of geospatial technology; future geospatial trends and technologies that could aid homeland security and civil resilience.

"Within the GCC countries, the use of geographic information is increasingly valuable in the defence sector as well as in civilian sphere in terms of regional development and ensuring national security.

As the threats to national security increases, asymmetrical partnership between military, security and civilian organizations have become critical."

Delegates will be addressed and discussions will be facilitated by those in the top of the field including representatives from The UAE Ministry of Defence, the UK MoD, the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, the Open Geospatial Consortium and EU Satellite Centre.