<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:32pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Curious about how recent <b>Google </b>acquisition <b>Skybox Imaging</b> and DFJ Venture funded <b>Planet Labs</b> will use </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">geospatial data to transform industry on Earth</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">? How will stealth startup <b>Spire</b> revolutionize shipping with a constellation of nano-sats? How will new startup <b>Spaceknow</b> leverage Big Data from space to extract actionable intelligence on commerce in China? On </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Wednesday, October 22</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, come to hear VLAB's panel of entrepreneurs discuss how to use data from new satellites to transform business on earth. “Eyes in the sky</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;line-height:17px;white-space:pre-wrap">” </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.15">now influence finance, insurance, agriculture, fishing, forestry, mapping, manufacturing, shipping, and energy.</span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:32pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="line-height:1.15">Learn about the new application domains, the business models, and the key players in this emerging field.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(227,108,10);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(227,108,10);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Meet the Panelists</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Amaresh Kollipara, </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Princip</span><a href="http://spaceangelsnetwork.com/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">al, </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Space Angels Network</span></a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, and Managing Partner,</span><a href="http://www.earth2orbit.com/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Earth2Orbit</span></a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Pavel Machalek,</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> CEO,</span><a href="http://www.spaceknow.com/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Spaceknow</span></a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Theresa Condor,</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Vice-President Sales & Business Development,</span><a href="http://www.spire.com/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Spire</span></a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">S</span><span style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">hay Har-Noy, Ph.D,</span><span style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Senior Director – Geospatial Big Data,</span><a href="http://www.digitalglobe.com/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">DigitalGlobe</span></a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Robbie Schingler,</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Co-Founder & COO/President – </span><a href="http://www.planet.com/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Planet Labs</span></a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Julian Mann,</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Co-Founder & VP Product Management – </span><span style="text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="http://www.skyboximaging.com/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Skybox Imaging (Google)</a></span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:4pt;margin-right:9pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(227,108,10);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">When</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Wednesday, October 22, 2014</span></p><p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px;line-height:17px;white-space:pre-wrap">9:30 pm EDT come early to save your spot (starts 10:00 pm). </span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:17pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">10:00 pm EDT (7pm PDT) – live stream of Panel Discussion (Q&A)</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(227,108,10);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Where</span></p><p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px;line-height:17px;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Live Stream at</b> <b>MIT Rm 33-116</b>.</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Direct from Northern California: <a href="https://www.vlab.org/locations/stanford-campus-cemex-auditorium-at-the-knight-management-center/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Stanford Graduate School of Business: Cemex Auditorium </a></span></p><p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="Arial" color="#ff9900"><span style="font-size:15px;line-height:17px;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Let us know if you're coming -- space is limited</b></span></font></p><p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px;line-height:17px;white-space:pre-wrap">Sign-up at </span></font><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fgoo.gl%2FX2uPfB" style="font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:14px" target="_blank">http://goo.gl/X2uPfB</a></p></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b><a href="http://www.vlab.org/" target="_blank">VLAB</a> is the MIT Enterprise Forum of the Bay Area </b></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b>Live stream held in cooperation with <a href="http://aeroastro.mit.edu/" target="_blank">MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics</a></b></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div><img src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif"></div></div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
</font></span></div></div></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Kerri Cahoy<br>Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics<br>Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 37-367<br>77 Massachusetts Ave.<br>Cambridge, MA 02139, USA<br>Cell phone: 650 814-8148<br>Office phone: 617 324-6005<br>E-mail: <a href="mailto:kcahoy@mit.edu" target="_blank">kcahoy@mit.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:kerri.cahoy@gmail.com" target="_blank">kerri.cahoy@gmail.com</a><br>
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