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

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