Leveraging Satellite Data and Artificial Intelligence, U.S. Government Customers Showcase Using Tech for Intelligence at Planet-hosted Event, Including NGA, Space Force, and NASA
In a fireside chat hosted by Planet’s
“Our commercial strategy can be wrapped up like this: We need to move fast. And we need to move fast for a very important reason, because our adversary is moving very fast. The remote sensing market is pivoting and changing. It’s now about the insights,” said Major General
In a panel discussion, moderated by
“One area we are really excited about is the magnitude of data coming through. But how do we go to the next level? How do we make more effective use of that? Analytics. We need to bring to bear a human-computer team. In the government, we have so many edge cases that require deep domain expertise as well as deep data expertise,” said
The conference focused on how the latest advances in artificial intelligence are rapidly changing the intelligence and commercial industries. Planet partner SynMax showcased how they have combined Planet satellite data with their proprietary artificial intelligence algorithms to create a maritime awareness solution for classifying and monitoring dark vessels. In March, Planet announced that they are providing this solution to the
The conference expanded to a global conversation as Planet CEO and Co-Founder
"In short, what Planet powers is what we dub ‘broad area management’ — allowing governments and businesses around the world to monitor large areas and take action,” said Planet CEO and Co-founder
In a NASA-moderated session, university researchers and scientists shared how they are applying Planet’s satellite data to persistent challenges associated with human-impacted climate change and disasters, helping advance our understanding of our world and shape a resilient future. Through the NASA Commercial SmallSat Acquisition Program (CSDA), Planet supports thousands of users across 25 government agencies.
This conference follows Planet’s earnings report, released last week, which announced that the
Comprehensive List of Guest Speakers:
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Devin Brande , Director,Commercial Operations Group , NGA -
Major General
Gregory J. Gagnon , Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Intelligence,U.S. Space Force -
Renny Babiarz , Vice President, Analysis and Operations, AllSource Analysis -
Phil Ritcheson , Ph.D., Specialist Executive, Deloitte -
Dave Gauthier , Chief Strategy Officer,GXO Inc. - Marc Jochemich, Head DLR Washington Office, German Aerospace Center (DLR)
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Masami Onoda , Director,Washington D.C. Office,Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) -
Jill Smyth , Counselor for Space Affairs,Canadian Space Agency -
Jeff Pituch , Deputy Lead, NASA Lifelines -
David Roy , Professor,Department of Geography , Environment, & Spatial Sciences and Director,Center for Global Change and Earth Observations ,Michigan State University -
Sergii Skakun , Associate Professor,University of Maryland College Park -
Lindsey Smart , Climate and Ocean Scientist,The Nature Conservancy -
Florence Tan , Deputy Chief Technologist,NASA Science Mission Directorate -
Dean Harkess , Director of Product, SynMax -
Jeremy Groeteke , Head of Computational Agronomy,Syngenta Group -
Justin Dhooghe , Expert Data Scientist, PG&E - Carolyn duPont, Chief Operating Officer, Upstream Tech
Planet Speakers:
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Will Marshall , Co-founder and CEO, Planet -
Ashley Johnson , President and Chief Financial Officer, Planet -
Robert Cardillo , Chief Strategist and Chairman of the Board, Planet Federal, and Former Director of theNational Geospatial-Intelligence Agency -
Troy Toman , SVP of Product and Software Engineering, Planet -
Bill Raymond , Director of Federal Solutions Engineering, Planet - Mike Merit, Chief Customer Officer, Planet
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Silas Ahn , Director ofDoD /IC and Maritime Expert, Planet
Note: The
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