Keynotes & Chair:
Morning Keynote
Paul Shotton
White Diamond Risk Advisory
Afternoon Keynote
Mike Spaeth
Earth Daily Analytics
Event Chair
Priscilla Cole
Geospatial Risk Summit
Panel 1: Observations of Physical Risk - From Satellites to Social Media
What is considered data when it comes to signals about planetary conditions, weather, disruptions, and damage? In this panel, we explore a variety of data inputs and the industries that they inform.
Moderator:
Priscilla Cole
Andy Read
ICEYE - VP Gov Solutions
Nima Pahlevan
NASA HQ - Program Scientist & Manager
Erik Weber
ISeeChange - VP Product & Operations
Noam Rosenthal
Kettle - Head of Product
Panel 2: Translation of Data to Domain
Candid conversation about the struggle to make data useful and deliver insights to the people who need it. This brave bunch have pivoted, upskilled, and crawled through the trenches to build products that meet their markets.
Moderator:
Will Cadell
SparkGeo - Founder & CEO
Chris Sams
NearMap - Product Management Lead
Ajay Gupta
HSR.health - CEO & Co-founder
Yana Bebieva
Swiss Re - VP, Nat Cat & Climate Risk Modeling Advisor
Panel 3: Portfolio Risk & Response - Assets, Finance, Insurance
Moderator:
Elizabeth Foughty
Elizabeth Foughty LLC - Strategy consultant
Lou Bonanno
Arch - AVP, Property Underwriting
José Miranda
CPCU, ARM, CCRMP
Vantage Risk - VP, Group Risk Analytics
Ken Zockoll
Spatial Risk Systems - CEO & Founder
Joel Scata
NRDC - Senior Attorney, Water & Climate
Panel 4: GeoAI - Managing Technical, Legal, Ethical Risks
Experts will address the technical challenges, such as data accuracy, bias, and model transparency, while also considering the legal implications of data privacy, intellectual property, and regulatory compliance. Ethical concerns, including potential misuse, fairness, and the impact on vulnerable populations, will be central to the conversation.
The panel will drive insights on how to balance innovation with responsibility, ensuring GeoAI benefits society while minimizing harm and preserving trust in geospatial technologies.
Moderator: Tee Barr
Geospatial Disastertech | Insurtech | Climatetech | Leadership
Daniela Moody
Perennial - CTO
Kevin Pomfret
Attorney, Author | Geospatial Law, AI, Privacy
Nataliya Tkachenko
Lloyds Banking Group, Sustainable AI Ethics Lead
Franklin Manchester, CPCU
SAS - Global Insurance Strategic Advisor
Panel 5: Risk in Movement - Supply Chain, Event Tracking, Telemetry, & Logistics
Risks like weather are always on the move. Fixed assets move in and out statuses of danger, and sometimes the assets themselves are traveling, bearing risk inherent to movement and intersections with extreme events. Hear various perspectives of tracking assets and risks on the move.
Moderator:
Matt Schmidt
Ecopia - Senior Associate
Sadie Frank
ENES - Co-founder
Jim Young
Atomic Maps - Managing Director
Catherine Bohn
Dewberry - Project Manager
Kari Primiano
New Light Technologies - Product Solutions Engineer