June 4, 2023
By Shigeki KUZUOKA, Satellite Business Network

A Report on Participation at the GEOINT 2023 Symposium
Table of ContentsOverview ......................................................................................................................................................... 1
Main presentations & discussions ....................................................................................................................... 1(1) Keynote speech by the new head of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).................................. 1(2) Keynote speech from the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) ........................................ 1(3) The Commercial GEOINT Working Group ..................................................................................................... 2(5) The metaverse .......................................................................................................................................... 2(6) The future of GEOINT ................................................................................................................................ 2
Other miscellaneous comments.......................................................................................................................... 2Overview
The GEOINT 2023 Symposium, hosted by the UnitedStates Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF), washeld from May 21(Sun.) to 24 (Wed.),2023, at the America'sCenter
Convention
Complex in St. Louis,Missouri, U.S. This
year's theme was"FROM MAPS TOMETAVERSE."
The symposium's participants are mainly fromgovernments, the private sector, and academia related togeospatial intelligence operations in the defense andsecurity fields, mainly from the U.S., and, according to theorganizers, this time about 4,000 people from 750
organizations attended, with more than 240 companies
exhibiting. Meanwhile, the number of participants fromJapan, both from the public and private sector, wasestimated at close to 100. While there were noparticipants from Mainland China, a large number ofparticipants from Taiwan and South Korea did stand out.

Overall impression & analysis<The rest is omitted.>
Main presentations & discussions(1) Keynote speech by the new head of the National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)<The rest is omitted.>© USGIF

T-REX joint office, for GEOINT startups(2) Keynote speech from the United States Geospatial
Intelligence Foundation (USGIF)<The rest is omitted.>© USGIFPage 1(6) The future of GEOINT<The rest is omitted.>© USGIF© USGIF

Other miscellaneous comments
St. Louis, the city where the GEOINT 2023 symposium washeld this time, is positioned as a gateway to the western
half of the United States. For this reason, and not only in
St. Louis, BBQ cuisine, which is a representative dish of thewestern U.S., is eaten everywhere. A main dish of thiscuisine is BBQ pork spare ribs, and if you don't say
anything to the contrary, you'll be given the whole side ofan animal. I ordered half that size, and it was still a goodportion—more than enough for one person. It's quite anice & wild experience, as you use a knife to cut along theribs and pull the meat off the bone with your teeth andhands.
This all pairs very
wellwitha
Budweiser, theworld's
mostwell-known beer.
After all, thecompany
isheadquartered in
St. Louis, so you'llsee
Budweiser
ads everywhere you go. Local people commonly refer to
Budweiser as a "local beer," so they must be proud that abeer from their town is known the world over.

(3) The Commercial GEOINT Working Group<The rest is omitted.>

If you have any questions regarding this report, pleasecontact:© USGIF

Shigeki Kuzuoka, Satellite Business Network Co., Ltd.
https://sat-biznet.com/en/contact-us/(4) Hyperspectral satellites<The rest is omitted.>(5) The metaverse<The rest is omitted.>

Shigeki Kuzuoka, Euroconsult, Japan Officehttps://www.euroconsult-ec.com/contact-us/

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