Keynote Speakers
Dylan Lorimer
Product Manager, Google Enterprise Geospatial
Dylan is a product manager at Google where he oversees product development for Enterprise Earth and Maps. In this role Dylan sits at the confluence of the consumer cartographer and the enterprise GIS user. He is responsible for ensuring that Google's enterprise versions of its popular mapping applications continue evolving to meet the particular business needs of the enterprise through Google Earth Enterprise, Google Maps Premier, and Google Earth Pro.
Earlier in his career Dylan managed Google's global aerial and satellite imagery acquisition strategy, helped lead Google's efforts to partner with governments worldwide in order to publish their authoritative geospatial data to Google's products and services, and was on the Earth Enterprise engineering team.
Prior to joining Google, Dylan worked as a software developer and consultant. He earned a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Richmond, and a M.Sc. in Geographic Information Systems from the University of Edinburgh. He presently lives in San Francisco, CA and works at Google's corporate headquarters in Mountain View.
Dr. Thomas Gillespie
Department of Geography, UCLA
Thomas Gillespie is a Geography Professor at UCLA. Dr. Gillespie's past research has focused on using GIS and remote sensing data for predicting geospatial patterns relating to our natural environment.
His current article published in the MIT International Review, describes how he and his team used biogeographic theories, satellite imagery and data analysis to pinpoint the most probable location of terrorist, Osama Bin Laden. Some of this data includes Bin Laden's last known location, cultural background, security needs, declining health, limited mobility and height to create a hypothetical synopsis that shows where he is hiding.
Watch ABC's news video of "Where is Osama Bin Laden?"
Thomas Gillespie earned a B.A. at University of Colorado, Department of International Affairs, a M.A. at California State University, Department of Geography and Planning, and a Ph.D. at University of California, Department of Geography.
Learn more about Thomas Gillespie's current botanical, faunal, and remote sensing research.
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