Agenda

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View main JACIE 2026 Workshop webpage
 

• Monday April 13

• Tuesday April 14 

• Wednesday April 15

• Thursday April 16

• Friday April  17

Monday, April 13, 2026

8:30 am - 11:30 am
Uncertainty Workshop (Advance registration required)

8:30 am: Introduction, Why Uncertainty Is Important (tie to applications): Mary Pagnutti 
9:00 am: Spectral Characterization and Uncertainties for Earth Science Remote Sensing: Julia Barsi 
9:30 am: Scene-Dependent Uncertainty in Optical Systems (Stray Light, PSF, Signal Integrity in Earth Observation): Bob Ryan
10:00 am: Cross Calibration & Uncertainty Impacts: Esad Micijevic 
10:30 am -11:30 am: Open Discussion

8:30 am - 12:00 pm
Attendee Registration - Welcome Table

9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Exhibit/Poster Setup
Art Hallway (Exhibitors can store items in Room IC113 each evening)

12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
JACIE 2025 Welcome Address — Cody Anderson, USGS

Monday
12:15 pm - 2:45 pm 
Agency 1 Session 
Chairs: Cody Anderson, USGS; Dan Opstal, USGS

12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
USGS Overview / Agency Update: Mike Tischler, USGS

12:30 pm - 12:50 pm
NASA Overview / Agency Update: Melissa Martin, NASA

12:50 pm - 1:10 pm
USDA Overview / Agency Update: Michael Cosh, USDA

1:10 pm - 1:30 pm 
NOAA Agency Update: Natalie Laudier & Gerry Peltzer, NOAA

1:30 pm - 1:50 pm
NRO CSPO Update: Justin Langlois, NRO/CSPO

1:50 pm - 2:10 pm
ESA Update: Valentina Boccia, ESA

2:10 pm - 2:45 pm
GROUP PICTURE

2:45 pm - 3:00 pm 
BREAK

Monday
3:00pm - 4:50 pm 
Agency 2 Session 
Chairs: Jeff Clauson, USGS; Sarah Brothers, NOAA

3:00 pm - 3:15 pm 
VH-RODA Summary ESA: Leo De Laurentiis, ESA

3:15 pm - 3:30 pm 
VH-RODA /JACIE Joint Update: Valentina Boccia, ESA & Jim Vrabel, ITC-USGS

3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
GA Update: Matthew Adams, Geoscience Australia

3:45 pm - 4:00 pm
CIDR: Ryan Longhenry, USGS

4:00 pm - 4:15 pm 
EROS and NCAC Imagery Collection Support - 2025 Progress Report: Ross Rogers, USGS

4:15 pm - 4:45 pm 
National Land Imaging and Landsat Update: Tim Newman/Dan Opstal, USGS

4:45 pm - 4:50 pm
Thank You: Ned Mamula, USGS Director 

4:50 pm - 5:30 pm
Agency 1 & Agency 2 Panel

5:45 pm - 7:45 pm 
Networking Event
Art Hallway

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

7:30 am - 8:30 am
Exhibit/Poster Setup
Art Hallway (Exhibitors can store items in Room IC113 each evening)

Tuesday
8:30 am - 9:45 am
ARD & Interoperability 
Chairs: Cody Anderson, USGS; Matthew Adams, GA

8:30 am - 8:45 am
SWIRSAT: A New Era of High-Resolution Spaceborne SWIR for GHG Intelligence: Wolfgang Lueck, EOIntelligence

8:45 am - 9:00 am
Multi-Modal Mapping Synergies: Integrating Satellite-Derived Bathymetry with Airborne Lidar for Enhanced Data Acquisition in Civilian and Military Maritime Applications: Michael Wernau, EOMAP

9:00 am - 9:15 am
Enabling Timely Water-Quality Monitoring Using High-Resolution Commercial Satellite Observations: Akash Ashapure, NASA GSFC / SSAI

9:15 am - 9:30 am
From MODIS to VIIRS: Maintaining Continuity for Planet's Surface Reflectance Products: Alan Collison, Planet Labs PBC

9:30 am - 9:45 am
World Average Intercomparison Method: An approach to compare Landsat 8 OLI to Landsat 9 OLI: Mehran Yarahmadi, SSAI

9:45 am - 10:00 am
BREAK

Tuesday
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Resources for Data Quality & Calibration
Chairs:  Esad Micijevic, USGS; Valentina Boccia, ESA

10:00 am - 10:15 am
Dense Time Series for Assessment of Photosynthetic Function and Productivity - Cal/Val and Algorithms for New Satellite Products: Petya Campbell, GSTAR II UMBC and NASA GSFC

10:15 am - 10:30 am
Development of a unified framework for quality control of imagery produced by a >20 satellite constellation: Emidio Bueno, Satellogic

10:30 am - 10:45 am
Streamlined Calibration for Small Satellite Optical Payloads: Deron Scott, Space Dynamics Laboratory

10:45 am - 11:00 am
Synthesizing Long-Range Sensor Models for 3-D Exploitation of Non-Earth Imagery: Brian J. Roberts, BAE Systems 

11:00 am - 11:15 am
Spectroradiometric Evaluations of Commercial Data for NASA CSDA: Kurt Thome, NASA GSFC, for Mohammad Tahersima

11:15 am - 11:30 pm
Radiometric Calibration Round Robin for  Earth's Reflective Spectral Range: Boryana Efremova, GeoThinkTankLLC (NASA contractor)

11:30 am -11:45 am
A DIRSIG-based CONUS model to support LandIS sensor trade-studies: Aaron Gerace, Rochester Institute of Technology

11:45 am - 12:00 pm 
Products and Services Beyond RadCalNet: Custom RadCaTS Results and Emerging Upgrades: Jeff Czapla-Myers, University of Arizona

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm — Lunch 
Poster/Vendor Viewing
Art Hallway

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
RADCALNET Side Meeting (Optional)
Room 1B215

• Intro RADCALNET Overview Video (5 min)
• NASA Perspective: RADCALNET Development and Implementation  —  Norvik Voskanian (5 min)
• Site Owner Perspective: RADCALNET Site Requirements — Jeff Czapla-Myers (5 min)
• Data User Perspective: Use Case Examples — Mehran Yarahmadi (15 min)
• Future Direction of NASA Automated Sites
• Thermal Sensor Calibration Networks — Simon Hook (10 min)
• RADCALNET  – Brian Wenny (5 min)
• Discussion and Q & A (15 min)

Tuesday
1:30 pm-3:15 pm
Hyperspectral
Chairs: Jeff Clauson, USGS; Mark Bowman, NRO-CSPO

1:30 pm - 1:45 pm
Pixxel’s Image Calibration Odyssey: From Raw Data to Decision-Ready Intelligence: Spencer Wahrman, Pixxel

1:45 pm - 2:00 pm
The Application of Precisely Calibrated Hyperspectral Imagery to Real-World Problems: Josh Magarick, Orbital Sidekick, Inc.

2:00 pm - 2:15 pm
Wyvern HSI Surface Reflectance Across the Dragonette Constellation: Anudeep Bildfell, Wyvern Inc.

2:15 pm - 2:30 pm
Performance Assessment of Wyvern Dragonette Hyperspectral Constellation: Chad Bryant, Wyvern Inc.

2:30 pm - 2:45 pm
Tanager-1 Surface Reflectance Validation: Dominic LeDuc, Planet Labs

2:45 pm - 3:00 pm
Impact of spectral and spatial uniformity on subpixel target detection performance when using imaging spectrometers that have spectral/spatial non-uniformities: Tom Chrien, Matter Intelligence, Inc.

3:00 pm - 3:15 pm 
Tanager-1: Calibration Improvements and On-Orbit Performance Monitoring: Norberto Hernandez, Planet Labs

3:15 pm - 3:30pm
BREAK

Tuesday
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
AI & Automation 
Chairs: Mike Choate, USGS; Gerry Peltzer, NOAA

3:30 pm - 3:45 pm 
CATALYST's Edge processing solution for band-aligned, geometrically calibrated, and Orthorectified, AI-ready images in near-real-time.: Joe Lovick, CATALYST (PCI Geomatics Inc)

3:45 pm - 4:00 pm
BRDF: A Nuisance or an Additional Information Source for Quantitative Optical Image Analysis?: Wolfgang Lueck, EOIntelligence

4:00 pm - 4:15 pm
GAIA: A Cloud-Hosted Annotation System for Evaluating Commercial Satellite Imagery for Whale Detection: Lauren Connor, NOAA Northeast fisheries science center

4:15 pm - 4:30 pm
Scaling Expert Intuition: Automating Imagery Quality Control with Multimodal Large Language Models: Lucas Antonel, Satellogic

4:30 pm - 4:45 pm
A Game-Theoretic and Model Predictive Control Framework for Fallback Autonomy in Satellite Mega-Constellations: Daniel Reynolds, United States Space Force

4:45 pm - 5:30 pm
AI & Interoperability Panel

5:45 pm - 7:30 pm
No-Host Dinner 
Sully's Pour House - 754 Elden St STE 102, Herndon, VA 20170

Wednesday April 15, 2026

8:30 am - 10:00 am
Calibration / Validation 
Chairs: Leonardo De Laurentiis, ESA; Cody Anderson, USGS

8:30 am - 8:45 am 
The Muon Space GNSS-Reflectometry Constellation: Clara Chew, Muon Space

8:45 am - 9:00 am    
Calibration and validation of SpaceEye-T1 : Moongyu Kim, SI Imaging Services

9:00 am - 9:15 am    
EarthDaily Mission and Post-Launch Cal/Val Progress: Fraser Parlane, EarthDaily Analytics

9:15 am - 9:30 am    
Absolute Radiometric Calibration Sensitivity analysis of Vantor's surface reflectance product: Tina Ochoa, Vantor

9:30 am - 9:45 am
MTF tests for optical sensors before launch: Guoqing (Gary) Lin, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 

9:45 am - 10:00 am
Retiring Long-time JACIE Planning Team Member and Lead: Jon Christopherson. Free Agent as of April 1, 2026

10:00 am - 10:15 am 
BREAK

Wednesday
10:15 am - 12:00 pm
Techniques & Tools
Chairs: Brian Feathers, NGA; Melissa Martin, NASA

10:15 am  - 10:30 am
Angstrom: An Imaging Star Photometer Camera Update: Calibration Processes and Applications: Robert Ryan, Innovative Imaging & Research

10:30 am - 10:45 am
 Effective spatial resolution of a satellite image with a few to tens of meter GSD using causeways: Minsu Kim, KBR /Contractor to USGS EROS

10:45 am - 11:00 am
NASA's CSDA Evaluations of True Spatial Resolution: Alana Semple, SSAI/NASA

11:00 am - 11:15 am
A laboratory-based spectrometer intercomparison for the measurement of snow spectra: Christopher Crawford, USGS

11:15 am - 11: 30 am 
JACIE Data Quality Assessment Interoperability with EDAP+ and Progress Toward a Landsat EDAP+ Evaluation: Jeffrey Clauson, USGS

11:30 am - 11:45 am
Expanding the SPARC/FLARE Methodology: Toward a Unified Point Source Irradiance-Based Calibration Metric for Earth Remote Sensing Systems: Stephen Schiller, Cal/Val Research

11:45 am - 12:00 pm
An Overview of the RIT Open Community eXperiment (ROCX 2025): Nina Raqueno, RIT

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm — Lunch 
Poster/Vendor Viewing
Art Hallway

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
ROCX Side Meeting (Optional)
Room 1B215

• Welcome — John Kerekes and Nina Raqueno (5 min)
• NEON AOP data over ROCX — Mark Helmlinger/Tristan (13 min)
• NRL’s CHROMA ROCX experiments — Katarina Doctor (13 min)
• NGA’s ROCX experiments — Gen Ito & Monica Rios (13 min)
• Matter Intelligence ROCX experiments — Tom Chrien (6 min)
• Open discussion including potential future editions of ROCX (10 min)

Wednesday
1:30 pm - 2:05 pm 
Lightning Talks Session
Chairs: Cody Anderson, USGS; Jeff Clauson, USGS

1:30 pm - 1:35 pm    
Crop Water Productivity  (crop per drop) and Crop Water Savings of Cotton Crop in California's Central Valley using 3-30 m Remote Sensing Data: Daniel Foley, USGS

1:35 pm - 1:40 pm    
Dark Ship Identification with the Wyvern Dragonette Hyperspectral Constellation: Ellie Jones, Wyvern

1:40 pm - 1:45 pm    
Microsoft's Planetary Computer: Building a Planetary-Scale Data Platform: Taylor Corbett, Microsoft

1:45 pm - 1:50 pm   
Multi-Domain Geospatial Fusion: Integrating LiDAR, 3D Analytics, and AI from Terrain to Orbit: Shawana Johnson, Global Marketing Insights, Inc.

1:50 pm - 1:55 pm    
Assessment of Photosynthetic Function with ESA’s FLEX and CHIME, and NASA’s SBG and PACE products: Petya Campbell, NASA/GSFC and UMBC/GESTARII

1:55 pm - 2:00 pm    
Anchoring Reality: Strengthening Modern Remote Sensing Through Real-World GCPs and Geodetic Rigor: Philipp Hummel, CompassData

2:00 pm - 2:15 pm
BREAK 
1-on-1 Lightning Talk Q&A (in auditorium or hallway)

Wednesday
2:15 pm - 5:30 pm 
Thermal 
Chairs: Esad Micijevic, USGS; Mark Bowman, NRO-CSPO

2:15 pm - 2:30 pm
Geometric Calibration of Hydrosat Data Products: Ian McGreer, Hydrosat

2:30 pm - 2:45 pm    
HotSat imagery and calval activities - ensuring product quality at SatVu: Joshua Chadney, SatVu

2:45 pm - 3:00 pm    
Radiometric Calibration and Validation of Hydrosat’s Dual-Payload Thermal Missions for High-Resolution Land Surface Temperature Retrieval: Tania Kleynhans, Hydrosat

3:00 pm - 3:15 pm    
FireSat: From Orbit to Action: Michael Falkowski, Earth Fire Alliance

3:15 pm - 3:30 pm    
Calibration and Performance of OroraTech's Level-1 Thermal Data Products: Andrea Spichtinger, OroraTech

3:30 pm - 3:45 pm    
On-Orbit Radiometric Calibration and Validation of the FireSat0 Instrument: Stephen Maxwell, Muon Space

3:45 pm - 4:00 pm 
Status and Progress in the Cal/Val activities and Data Quality of the thermal and VNIR Constellation HiVE: Andreas Brunn, constellr GmbH

4:00 pm - 4:15 pm
Landsat TIRS L1T Product Radiometric Pixel Uncertainty Update: Robert Ryan, Innovative Imaging & Research

4:15 pm - 4:30 pm 
Calibrating and Validating Satellite Datasets using the JPL Mid and Thermal Automated Radiometer Network aka Hooknet: Simon Hook, NASA/JPL

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm 
Cal/Val Panel 

5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Happy Hour 
Jackson's Mighty Fine Food and Lucky Lounge - 11927 Democracy Dr, Reston, VA 20190

Thursday April 16, 2026

8:30 am - 9:45 am 
Characterization Results
Chairs: Dave Case, USGS; Mark Bowman, NRO-CSPO

8:30 am - 8:45 am 
Cross-Calibration Challenges and Strategies for Multi-Spectral Constellations with 20+ Spectral Bands: Keith Beckett, EarthDaily Analytics

8:45 am - 9:00 am    
Early Radiometric Calibration Performance of Hydrosat’s VNIR Instruments on VZ-1 and VZ-2: Pre-Launch Characterization and Initial On-Orbit Cross-Calibration: William Thomas, Hydrosat

9:00 am - 9:15 am   
High-Precision 3D Geometric Calibration and Validation Sites from Multi-Modal Satellite and Airborne Elevation Datasets: Shashank Bhushan, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center & University of Maryland

9:15 am - 9:30 am    
EROS Cal/Val Center of Excellence and Partners Level 2 Validation 2025 Annual Comparison: Garrison Gross, KBR /Contractor to USGS EROS

9:30 am - 9:45 am    
Consideration of Correlations in Radiometric Measurements of the Environment: Steven Brown, NIST

9:45 am - 10:00 am
BREAK 

Thursday
10:00 am - 12:00 pm 
Spatial, Geometry & Elevation
Chairs: Mike Choate, USGS; Jeff Irwin, USGS

10:00 am - 10:15 am    
Geometric Correction and Radiometric Validation of Landsat Lunar Images: Jie Shan, Purdue University

10:15 am - 10:30 am    
Geometric Validation and Refinement of Landsat 8/9 Orthoimage Products: Jie Shan, Purdue University

10:30 am - 10:45 am 
Beyond Geometric Error: A Physics-Based Integrity and Accuracy Rating for Next-Generation Remote Sensing Data: Shawana Johnson, Global Marketing Insights, Inc

10:45 am - 11:00 am
Forensic Satellite Archeology of Historic Calibration Sites: Mark Abrams, Exquisite Geolocation Systems

11:00 am - 11:15 am
A Semi-Monte Carlo Technique for Evaluating True Image Spatial Resolution: Bin Tan, GSFC/SSAI

11:15 am - 11:30 am
Preliminary Geometric Performance of the Pelican Constellation: Saif Aati, Planet Labs

11:30 am - 11:45 am 
Geolocation Accuracy Assessment of National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) Orthoimages Across State Boundaries: Paul Bresnahan, KBR / USGS EROS

11:45 am - 12:00 pm
NOAA's SatBathy Desktop Tool: Gretchen Imahori, NOAA

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm — Lunch 
Poster/Vendor Viewing
Art Hallway

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm 
CEOS Side Meeting (Optional)
Room 1B215

• WGCV Data Quality Activities
• Future of CEO-ARD
• SR Quality and Consistency
• Unlocking Commercial Archives for Public Good

Thursday
1:30 pm - 3:00pm 
Active Sensors
Chairs: Brian Feathers, NGA; Dath Mita, USDA

1:30 pm - 1:45 pm     
Developments in the Umbra SAR constellation: Paul Woodford, Umbra Space

1:45 pm - 2:00 pm     
Automating the Ground Control Process with AI-Generated Synthetic Imagery in the ESA EDAP+ Assessment: Mark Abrams, Exquisite Geolocation Systems

2:00 pm - 2:15 pm  
Watching the Earth Change: How Reliable Revisit Enables Time-Series Science: Vincent Hurley, ICEYE US  

2:15 pm - 2:30 pm    
Global elevation data from NASA's ICESat-2 mission: Denis Felikson, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

2:30 pm - 2:45 pm      
Advantages of Third-Party Processing for High Resolution Commercial SAR CPHDs: Jeff Pennings, Wolverine Radar

2.45 pm - 3:00 pm 
BREAK

Thursday
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm 
Quality & Accuracy Impacts to Data Fusion 
Chairs: Dave Case, USGS; Christa Johnson, NGA

3:00 pm  - 3:15 pm
System Characterization and Evaluation of Remote Sensing Imagery- Lessons Learned from EDAP Evaluation: Aparajithan Sampath, KBR /Contractor to USGS EROS

3:15 pm - 3:30 pm     
Uncertainty-Aware Modeling of Remote Sensing Data: From measurement uncertainty to Decision Analytics: Afreen Siddiqi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Satellite derived bathymetry vertical accuracy independence on satellite mission and processing method: Monica Palaseanu-Lovejoy, USGS / Geology, Minerals, Energy and Geophysics (GMEG) Science Center

Bringing Clarity to Geometric Accuracy: Evaluating Imagery Using Independent Ground Control: Hayden Howard, CompassData

3:45 pm - 4:30pm 
Quality and Fusion Panel

Friday April 17, 2026

8:30 am - 9:45 am
Trust, Traceability & Standards
Chairs: Dave Case, USGS; Dana Ostrenga, NASA

8:30 am - 8:45 am    
US Engagement with Technical Content for International Geospatial Standards: David Stolarz, GeoSDO

8:45 am - 9:00 am   
Landsat Next Near-lossless Image Compression Strategy: Matthew Montanaro, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

9:00 am - 9:15 am    
Towards a Scalable, Trust-Based Certification System for Earth Data: Zorana Jelenak, UCAR/UPC/CPAESS

9:15 am - 9:30 am   
Advances in Commercial EO Imagery Product Standards: Monica Rios, NGA/ QS

9:30 am - 9:45 am 
BREAK

Friday
9:45 am - 10:45 am
Calibrating Satellite Constellations
Chairs: Mike Choate, USGS; Esad Micijevic, USGS

9:45 am - 10:00 am    
Update on calibration & validation of Newsat constellation: Emidio Bueno, Satellogic

10:00 am - 10:15 am
WorldView Legion Geolocation Accuracy Calibration and Performance: Ryder Whitmire, Vantor

10:15 am - 10:30 am    
WorldView Legion Constellation Instrument Geometric Calibration: Steven Hartung, Vantor

10:30 am - 10:45 am    
Building a thermal digital twin - operational results from OroraTech’s high revisit constellat.ion: Ignacio Zuleta, OroraTech GmbH

Friday
10:45 am - 11:30 am
Atmospherics
Chairs: Gerry Peltzer, NOAA; Melissa Martin, NASA

10:45 am - 11:00 am
Earthnet data assessment project (EDAP+) - Latest assessments using the Maturity Matrix and Guidelines tailored for the Atmospheric domain : Leo De Laurentiis, ESA & Chloe Helena Martella, Serco for ESA

11:00 am - 11:15 am    
The NOAA NESDIS Commercial GNSS-R Ocean Surface Winds Pilot Project: Gerard Peltzer, NOAA NESDIS Commercial Data Program, Science and Technology Corporation (STC)

11:15 am - 11:30 am    
Greenhouse Gas Emission Monitoring with the GHGSat Constellation: Progress and Performance: Jason McKeever, GHGSat

Friday
11:30 am - 11:45 am
JACIE 2026 closing remarks
Cody Anderson, USGS