THE 2020 SENSOR SHOWDOWN
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ABOUT THE SENSOR SHOWDOWN
We're experiencing a revolution in geospatial intelligence with an explosion of new commercial sensors and analytic capabilities. It can also be daunting to keep up with everything that's happening and understand how it all fits together. At Project Geospatial and Ursa, we're very excited about what's happening in this space, want to continue bring this community together, share information so all can access it, and created the "Sensor Showdown" as a forum to do this. We hope you'll join us on this exciting journey.
Ursa is a U.S.-based satellite intelligence company that provides business and government decision-makers access to on-demand analytic solutions. Through its radar satellite network and data fusion expertise, Ursa detects real-time changes in the physical world to expand transparency. The company’s subscription and custom services enable clients to access satellite imagery and analytic results with no geographic, political, or weather-related limitations.
THE SENSOR SHOWDOWN HAS MORE PANELS AND SESSIONS IN THE WORKS SO CHECK BACK OFTEN (CURRENT AS OF 2020-06-07)
PREVIOUS SESSIONS
COMMERCIAL IMAGERY TO GEOINT ANALYTICS
A Government Panel
From imagery concepts, mission use cases, and tech architectures to today's GEOINT Analytics listen to this amazing panel of government experts discuss the insights! Moderated by the extraordinary Karyn Hayes-Ryan, this session is certain to provide brilliant perception into the relationship and demand of commercial data within the government.
SMALL SAT OPERATORS PANEL
WHAT’S UP WITH THE NEW KIDS?
An update on Radar Satellite startups, exploring their capabilities, strategies and applications.
ADVANCED ANALYTICS ROUNDTABLE
There is much excitement generated about the advent of new capabilities in space. The recent NASA SpaceX launch seemingly captured the attention of the world. In terms of remote sensing capabilities, it is indeed an exciting time as new and more advanced capabilities are arriving in space at a remarkable pace. With less fanfare, an equally important revolution is taking place on the ground with regard to managing the increasing volumes of data being produced by these new space platforms. The panel will feature four thought leaders in the field of advanced analytics in a unique gathering of industry luminaries.
INVESTOR PERSPECTIVE PANEL
This panel will focus on the investor perspective. There’s a number of new, commercial sensors launching this year and the continued rise of commercial analytics. There’s also the collapse of some large constellations and the economic impacts of COVID-19. With these ups and downs, what does the future hold for commercial investment?
AMAZON TO TESLA: BUSINESS INSIGHTS USING SAR
How can synthetic aperture radar (SAR) provide a pulse on the relative economic strength or weakness of a country or company? We'll focus on the time advantage SAR provides compared to several macroeconomic indicators and quarterly earnings releases as it pertains to the auto manufacturing sector, Tesla, and Amazon.
PRODUCTION & EQUIPMENT YARD INDICATORS
USING SAR
How can satellite imagery reveal answers about the state of the oil market? Our presentation will describe how monitoring storage tanks and drilling equipment yards using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) can unearth valuable insights for clients.
BORDER TENSION MONITORING USING COMSAR
The world is eager for relevant, rapid intelligence about distinct changes in our environment. Satellite synthetic aperture radar (SAR) provides an all-weather, 24/7 stream of actionable data. We will focus on how COMSAR provides independent and timely monitoring capabilities in situations pertaining to international relations, an example of such being the current border tensions between China & India. Are the two nations de-escalating, holding a steady state, or continuing expansion of support facilities?
Mauritius Oil Spill Insights
On July 25th the MV Wakashio bulk carrier went off course and grounded on a coral reef. Less than two weeks later the ship, carrying 4,000 tons of oil started leaking. Join URSA’s COO Julie Baker and Paul Frey in discussing how SAR imagery was used to monitor the crisis and how events unfolded surrounding the event.
SAR 101 - WITH URSA’S DANIELA MOODY
URSA’s Daniela Moody helps us understand the basics of Synthetic Aperature RADAR. Interested in finding out what it is and why it’s got big buzz in commercial imagery? Then this is a session for you. Daniela brings a complex sensor down to easily understandable concepts to define how this sensor is an excellent resource to any data-toolbox.