GeoNEXT (STL TechWeek 2026)

GeoNEXT convenes Geospatial leaders on April 15th in Downtown STL, part of the 4th Annual STL TechWeek, hosted at venues across St. Louis

Presenting Sponsor T-Kartor welcomes you to GeoNEXT, a full-day immersion into what’s next at the intersection of geospatial, AI, and real-world decision advantage.

Hosted as part of TechSTL’s TechWeek, GeoNEXT brings together leading innovators, operators, investors, and leaders who understand that location intelligence is no longer a niche capability, it’s a foundational layer of modern industry.
Yes, St. Louis is proud to be home to the newly opened NGA Campus West. But GeoNEXT is about much more than national security. It’s about how geospatial technologies are transforming how business is done across virtually every major sector of the economy.

GeoNEXT convenes industry leaders, startups, researchers, and ecosystem builders who are applying geospatial thinking beyond maps — into insight, foresight, and competitive advantage. Expect practical use cases, bold ideas, and meaningful conversations that connect technology to outcomes.
Whether you’re building, deploying, investing in, or relying on location intelligence, GeoNEXT is where the future of geospatial moves from concept to execution.
Join us for a conference that proves geospatial isn’t just about where things are — it’s about where things are going.

PARKING
Free, gated parking is available across the street from the Post Building in Lot 1 or Lot 2. Event entrance is at the northside glass doors on Cole Street. Check-in with the guard at the front desk and make your way to the Main Press Hall for the conference.

SPONSOR
Want to host a table in the GeoNEXT Vendor Fair? Download our Sponsorship Kit and contact **Emily@TechSTL.com** to inquire around availability.

AGENDA
8-9 AM Doors Open

9-9:15 AM Welcome by Simon Bailey, CEO of T-Kartor

9:15-9:50 AM "Beyond the Map: Investing in the "Where" of the Future" Keynote by Will Mortenson, EdD, Overture Maps Foundation

10-10:45 AM "Building the Future of Geo: Aligning Industry, Academia, and Government to Grow the Geospatial Workforce" A Panel with Robert (Bob) Sharp, Tara Vansell, Reda Amer, Freddie E. Wills, Jr., PhD, Frank Romo

11-11:30 AM "Toward Agentic Geospatial AI: Foundation Models Meet the Living Globe" Keynote by John-Isaac "jC" Clark, Vantor and Sean Wohltman, Google

11:30-12:30 PM Lunch

12:30-1:15 PM Breakout Sessions 1
-- "The State of GeoAI: Separating Fact From Fiction" by Anthony Calamito, T-Kartor
-- "Open Architecture AI: Building Geospatial Intelligence Systems" by Peter Kant, Enabled Intelligence, Inc
-- "Smarter GEOINT: Balancing Human Judgment and Automated Power" by Ben Conklin, Janes
-- "Authoritative Basemaps for Decision Dominance: Building the GEOINT Foundation for Defense Operations" by Ramachandra Kagala, TomTom

1:30-2:15 PM Breakout Sessions 2
-- "“They do WHAT!?” Commercial TCPED at Ursa Space in 2026" by David Gwynn, Ursa Space Systems
-- "Your satellite just became your coworker" by Benjamin Tuttle, General Atomics
-- "Who Gets to See the World? A Satellite Mission for the People
The First Community-Driven Satellite for Humanitarian Action" by Rhiannan Price, Common Space
-- "Decision Intelligence at Scale: Fusing Multi-Source Geospatial Data with Larx" by Colter Carambio, Larx

2:30-3:15 PM Breakout Sessions 3
-- Going the Distance? Bank-customer proximity, applicant demographics, and credit access" by Bidisha Chakrabarty, Saint Louis University
-- "From Data to Decisions: How CIRAS Advances National Infrastructure Resilience through Geospatial Science" by Supriya Chinthavali, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
-- "Geospatial Reasoning: Agentic AI converges with GIS" by Gregory Brunner, Esri
-- "Seeing Through the Noise: Turning Geotemporal Data Into Actionable Intelligence at Scale" by Brian Fitzgerald, Bcore