September: Satellite Imagery and Dave Matthews!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEGV9H0aZaQ

OK. Guest speakers don't include Dave Matthews, but we do have some amazing talks and potential acoustic guitar riffs about the nature of satellite imagery. We have big satellites that can see everything from the tomato plants to parking spaces and smaller satellites that capture the <a>change of people and place</a>. And the ethics that connect us all.

Join us and follow the conversation at #geonyc for the latest updates.

OUR SPEAKERS

Lela Prashad[@lelap]is the Chief Data Scientist and Co-Founder ofNiJeL, a company that tells stories with data and maps for social and environmental causes. Previously, she directed the100 Cities Projectat Arizona State University and is continuing her involvement in urban remote sensing with ASU. She participates with the NASA Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) Science Team and is on the user working group of the NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC). Lela will be talking about "The People within the Pixels" theethics of remote sensing and the importance of connecting data points and pixels to people and their lives on the ground.

Kevin Bullock [@kevin_bullock]is a Product Manager at DigitalGlobe and has been in the geospatial industry for over a decade. He grew up in Canada, studied Engineering at Arizona State University and currently lives in Erie, Colorado with his wife and three children, and likes pizza. Kevin will be talking aboutsatellites, remote sensing, information, geo, ice hockey. Ohh and WorldView-3, thepowerful commercial satellite ever made.

Chris Holmes [@opencholmes]started his career as lead developer of GeoServer and then founded OpenGeo, providing commercial support for open source geospatial software projects. At Planet Labs he sits at the nexus of technology and business, doing Product Strategy and helping the company become more open. In this talk, Chris will go through the history of Planet Labs and their Agile Aerospace approach. Planet's goal is to greatly increase everyone's access to earth imagery with tools, API's and licensing that bring the data to everyone. Early imagery from their constellation of satellites will be shown, along with a preview of our software and API's.

OUR SCHEDULE

6:30PM: The Mingle: doors, beer, pizza, people, etc
7:00PM: The Wonder: presentations followed by Q&A
8:30PM+: The celebrations.