The Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico was the subject of a special plenary session at the 2010 Rocket City Geospatial Conference in Huntsville, AL, November 16-17. The session included four speakers plus a keynote presentation by Dr. Amy Merten from NOAA. This was the first time since the spill occurred that a conference gathered specifically to discuss the geospatial technology applications used during the mitigation efforts in the Gulf. State, federal and private entities were represented in this special session. The conference was managed by Directions Media.