The Cercana Systems team had a wonderful time attending FedGeoDay 2025 in Washington, D.C.! It was fun to catch up with long-time colleagues, make new professional connections, and learn how a wide array of new projects are contributing to the ever-evolving world of open geospatial ecosystems.
A standout highlight was the in-depth keynote by Katie Picchione of NASA’s Disasters Program on the critical role played by open geospatial data in disaster response. Additionally, Ryan Burley of GeoSolutions moderated an excellent panel on Open-Source Geospatial Applications for Resilience, and Eddie Pickle of Crunchy Data led an energetic panel on Open Data for Resilience.
We were especially excited about the “Demystifying AI” panel with panelists Emily Kalda of RGi, Jason Gilman of Element 84, Ran Goldblatt of New Light Technologies, and Jackie Kazil of Bana Solutions which was moderated by Cercana’s president Bill Dollins.
Location is an increasingly important component of cybersecurity and FedGeoDay featured a fireside chat on cybersecurity led by Ashley Fairman of DICE Cyber. On either side of the lunch break, Wayne Hawkins of RGi moderated a series of informative lightning talks on a range of topics.
FedGeoDay was a content-rich event that was upbeat from beginning to end. We are grateful to all of the presenters and panelists for taking the time to share their knowledge and to the organizing committee for their work in pulling together such a high-quality event. Cercana is proud to support FedGeoDay and looks forward to continuing to do so for years to come.
