[Baps] Big Data From Space with Skybox and Planet Labs Live Stream, Wed 10/22 10:00 PM in 33-116

[Kerri Cahoy]

Curious about how recent *Google *acquisition *Skybox Imaging* and DFJ
Venture funded *Planet Labs* will use geospatial data to transform industry
on Earth? How will stealth startup *Spire* revolutionize shipping with a
constellation of nano-sats? How will new startup *Spaceknow* leverage Big
Data from space to extract actionable intelligence on commerce in
China? On Wednesday,
October 22, 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” now
influence finance, insurance, agriculture, fishing, forestry, mapping,
manufacturing, shipping, and energy.

Learn about the new application domains, the business models, and the key
players in this emerging field.


Meet the Panelists

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   Amaresh Kollipara, Principal, Space Angels Network
   <http://spaceangelsnetwork.com/>, and Managing Partner, Earth2Orbit
   <http://www.earth2orbit.com/>
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   Pavel Machalek, CEO, Spaceknow <http://www.spaceknow.com/>
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   Theresa Condor, Vice-President Sales & Business Development, Spire
   <http://www.spire.com/>
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   Shay Har-Noy, Ph.D, Senior Director – Geospatial Big Data, DigitalGlobe
   <http://www.digitalglobe.com/>
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   Robbie Schingler, Co-Founder & COO/President – Planet Labs
   <http://www.planet.com/>
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   Julian Mann, Co-Founder & VP Product Management – Skybox Imaging (Google)
   <http://www.skyboximaging.com/>


When

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

9:30 pm EDT come early to save your spot (starts 10:00 pm).

10:00 pm EDT (7pm PDT) – live stream of Panel Discussion (Q&A)

Where

*Live Stream at* *MIT Rm 33-116*.

Direct from Northern California: Stanford Graduate School of Business:
Cemex Auditorium
<https://www.vlab.org/locations/stanford-campus-cemex-auditorium-at-the-knight-management-center/>


*Let us know if you're coming -- space is limited*

Sign-up at http://goo.gl/X2uPfB
<https://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fgoo.gl%2FX2uPfB>

*VLAB <http://www.vlab.org/> is the MIT Enterprise Forum of the Bay Area *
*Live stream held in cooperation with MIT Department of Aeronautics and
Astronautics <http://aeroastro.mit.edu/>*



-- 
Kerri Cahoy
Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 37-367
77 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Cell phone: 650 814-8148
Office phone: 617 324-6005
E-mail: kcahoy at mit.edu, kerri.cahoy at gmail.com
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