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USGIF Member company ERDAS recently announced its upcoming 2011 Software Release, with new versions of ERDAS IMAGINE, LPS, ERDAS Extensions for ArcGIS 10, ERDAS APOLLO and other leading desktop and server products. To promote this significant release, ERDAS is also launching a world tour with customer events worldwide. Following is an exclusive podcast with Mladen Stojic, Senior Vice President, Product Management and Marketing of ERDAS, who will discuss these updates and other exciting things happening at ERDAS.

EMC Corporation is a leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions that enable organizations of all sizes to transform the way they compete and create value from their information. The company is also a key player in the GEOINT sector. Today we are speaking with Tim Harder who is a business development executive for EMC Corporation about GEOINT in the cloud and other topics.

DigitalGlobe is a leading global provider of commercial high-resolution earth imagery products and services and a major player in the GEOINT sector. We were lucky enough to spend a few minutes with DigitalGlobe's CEO Jill Smith who discusses the recent EnhancedView contract win and the implications for all customers of the building out of the DigitalGlobe constellation, ground systems, products and solutions. Jill also describes DigitalGlobe’s private user groups at GEOINT; if you want to see if you’re eligible to attend these private group meetings, go see DigitalGlobe in booth, # 557.

USGIF member company Geosemble Technologies offers products that help organizations search, discover and manage text information geographically. The company’s flagship product GeoXray, links unstructured content to locations by assigning it a latitude-longitude value. Following is an exclusive podcast with Andre Doumitt, Geosemble's CEO, who tells us more about the company and its dynamic role in the GEOINT community.

USGIF Member company GeoEye is always on the leading edge when it comes to providing exceptional quality imaging products. Earlier this month, GeoEye announced that it won a $3.8 billion contract award from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for increased commercial satellite-imaging capacity. The contract is part of the agency's EnhancedView program, which uses high-resolution images gathered by commercial satellites.

On September 9-10, more than 100 leaders from the Earth Observation community including senior executives from satellite operators, manufacturers, government agencies and service providers, will be gathering in Paris for Euroconsult’s upcoming Symposium on Earth Observation Business, which takes place during World Satellite Business Week. This high-profile event is a unique meeting place to discuss market trends and the opportunities and challenges ahead in the growing and changing Earth observation sector. Today we are speaking with Adam Keith, Director, Earth Observation, Euroconsult about this event and other EO trends and topics.

The USGIF Awards Program annually recognizes the exceptional work of the geospatial intelligence tradecraft's brightest minds. And the nominations are now open! Following is an exclusive podcast with Kevin Jackson, USGIF Awards Subcommittee Chair, who discusses the value of this awards program.

Today we are speaking Stephanie Ayanian is a senior producer/director for Penn State Public Broadcasting and serves as the producer for the Geospatial Revolution Project.

USGIF is hosting its GEOINT Community Career Fair on July 15 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency in Reston. This event will bring together GEOINT professionals from the Defense, Intelligence and Homeland Security Communities, industry, and recent graduates who will make connections face to face with recruiters who make hiring decisions. Today we are speaking with Max Baber, Director of Academic Programs about the GEOINT Community Career fair, as well as GEOINT opportunities for students.

USGIF member company TerraGo delivers software applications that extend the access and application of maps and images for non-GIS users and customers. TerraGo GeoPDF solutions are the most efficient method for quickly deploying geospatial information to end-users throughout an organization, even those operating in the field and those with no GIS expertise. We are excited to be doing an exclusive podcast with Rick Cobb, CEO of TerraGo, who will be discussing the one-year anniversary of the GeoPDF patent.

Today we are speaking with Jennifer Daniel, Human Development Director for the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency about the GEOINT Community Career Fair.

As the younger generation plays a major role in shaping the future of the GEOINT community, the USGIF board of directors decided to create a USGIF Young Professionals seat on the Board of Directors, which is a one-year position. This Young Professional board member has full voting power within the board and exemplifies all the qualities of a future leader and represents GEOINT Young Professionals as a whole. USGIF is excited to announce that Alexander Martinez, a staff engineer at Lockheed Martin will be the very first Young Professionals board member.

Following is an exclusive podcast with Mr. Martin Faga, who is the retired president and chief executive officer of The MITRE Corporation. He is also a member of the MITRE board. Mr. Faga is a highly respected member of the GEOINT community and was formerly the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space. Mr. Faga will be discussing with us some of his insights from the recent USGIF International Commercial Remote Sensing Symposium, which was 3 Days of exhibits and discussions on the key issues affecting the community: resolution limits, export control, licensing and policy, commercial radar, user communities, the future of the industry, among many others.

Following is an exclusive podcast with Brady Forrest, Chair for O'Reilly's Where 2.0 Conference, which is where the grassroots and leading edge developers building location-aware technology intersect with the businesses and entrepreneurs seeking out location apps, platforms, and hardware to gain a competitive edge.

We are excited to host an exclusive podcast with Mark Lowenthal, President of the Intelligence & Security Academy, who will discuss the OpenIntell Academy of courses, which includes the GEOINT 101, one-day course provides an introduction to the fundamentals of the Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) community, core GEOINT technologies and operations, and the role of GEOINT in national security affairs supporting decision makers and operations.