OSINT for Strategic Verification: Scoping Workshop

Open source verification is being transformed by a set of technologies that have matured in recent years. High-cadence commercial satellite imagery now images sites daily and, with SAR, in any weather, day or night. AI and machine learning can sift that imagery and other open data—energy use, shipping, sensor feeds—for the anomalies and patterns no analyst could track at scale. A great deal of what once required inspectors or classified national systems can increasingly be done from open sources. These capabilities are arriving faster than the field is putting them to use. This project is designed to help close that gap.

This 1.5-day workshop will convene a small group of leading experts and stakeholders to define this challenge in ways that inspire new research and develop new collaborations. The workshop will inform a new prize competition, led by the Global Risks Fund, for building and demonstrating new technical solutions with OSINT for verification and monitoring.