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John Roos

Business Development Director for Enterprise
Maxar Intelligence
Participates in 9 items

Graduated from the University of McGill in 1995 with a focus in GIS and Remote Sensing. John worked for three years with a geomatics company in Bogota, Colombia. Following Colombia, he worked for seven years based in Ottawa for PCI Geomatics, working with the remote sensing market in Latin American, South East Asia, Africa and the Middle East. For the last seventeen years, he has been the Canadian Sales Director for Maxar with its headquarters in Westminster, Colorado.

Sessions in which John Roos participates

الأربعاء 19 يونيو, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
8:20
8:20 - 8:30 | 10 minutes
Industry Showcase: Next Level Geospatial Intelligence

John Roos welcomes delegates and introduces the morning Industry tract as MC for GoGeomatics Canada.

الأربعاء 22 يوليو, 2020

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
12:30
12:30 - 13:15 | 45 minutes

Presented by: Jake Dickinson & John Roos Abstract: As shrinking polar ice creates new opportunities for resource exploration and shipping routes, the importance for Arctic nations to monitor the ongoing expansion in the Arctic is ever increasing. Additionally, climate change continues to impact people and the environment. High resolution satellite imagery remains one of the most effective means of monitoring inaccessible and de...

18:00
18:00 - 19:00 | 1 hour

Our next-generation Earth imaging constellation will change everything. We're not just launching more satellites. In 2021, we will deploy WorldView Legion which will provide unprecedented visibility into our changing planet to solve the biggest challenges facing our world today. Grab your favorite beverage and join Maxar for a casual conversation about our next constellation, Legion! Everyone who joins will be entered for a chance to win an IPad!

الخميس 23 يوليو, 2020

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

الإثنين 26 أبريل, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
12:00
12:00 - 14:00 | 2 hours

Tickets for this workshop must be claimed in advance.Join Maxar Product Manager, Jake Dickinson, to learn first-hand how SecureWatch provides commercial and government organizations access to authoritative geospatial information to make decisions and act with confidence. Satellite imagery is foundational to geospatial workflows because it enables analysts to understand and model the locations and characteristics of land, facilities and equipment. But histori...

الثّلاثاء 1 مارس, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:45
9:45 - 10:00 | 15 minutes

Join Jonathan Murphy, Nicholas Kellett and John Roos as they kick off the start of Winter Geo:GeoIgnite 2022.

الأربعاء 2 مارس, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:45
9:45 - 10:00 | 15 minutes

Join Jonathan Murphy and John Roos as they kick off the start of Day 2 Winter Geo:GeoIgnite 2022 and share some information on the upcoming workshop week.

الثّلاثاء 7 نوفمبر, 2023

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
13:30
13:30 - 13:55 | 25 minutes

MAXAR Technology provides integrated space infrastructure and earth intelligence capabilities that make global change visible, information actionable and space accessible. MAXAR has been highly active in remotely sensed projects in Western Canada and this talk with discuss some of the current applications using high resolution data across a number of important sectors.  Moreover,  it will discuss the current and future platforms that are bei...

14:00
14:00 - 15:00 | 1 hour
speaker
Earth Observation Program

In the face of escalating environmental challenges, Canada grapples with the urgent need for advanced solutions in wildfire monitoring, emissions reduction, and natural resource management. This panel discussion explores how the burgeoning "New Space" frontier offers innovative approaches to address these critical issues.We aim to provide a platform for various industry players to share their own innovative technologies and insights, creating a vibrant dialogue on crucial geospatial...

Sessions in which John Roos attends

الخميس 22 أبريل, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
10:00
10:00 - 10:30 | 30 minutes

Abstract forth coming: Oversight for CSA program sectors, including in Space Utilization, Space Exploration, and Space Science and Technology.

Luc Brûlé

Keynote speaker
11:30
11:30 - 12:00 | 30 minutes

Join us April 22nd for a Fireside Chat with Dr. Steve Liang, Founder and CTO of SensorUp. Professor and Rogers IoT Research Chair at University of Calgary and Dr. Nadine Alameh the OGC’s Chief Executive Office (CEO).Steve's goal is to disrupt the silos of the Internet of Things by creating, using, and implementing open and interoperable standards and products for device-cloud communications and cloud-cloud communications. Steve is chairing and the editor of several key IoT enabling...

14:00
14:00 - 14:30 | 30 minutes

For nearly 50 years, geomatics representatives from Canadian provinces and territories have collaborated together and with the federal government on geomatics initiatives. This presentation will explore why such a council came to be and why its work matters to the Canadian geomatics sector and citizens alike. While the geomatics sector and the world we live in continue to change, the need for coordination across jurisdictions remains crucial to support decision-making and response to share...

15:30
15:30 - 16:30 | 1 hour

With PetaBytes of data flowing out of Low Earth Orbit everyday, the opportunity afforded by Earth Observation seems to be greater than ever. But is our community realizing that opportunity yet? Are there winners? How should we be thinking about EO businesses in the roaring 2020s?

الجمعة 23 أبريل, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
10:00
10:00 - 10:30 | 30 minutes

The global geospatial industry is estimated at US$ 500 Billion and delivers an even more significant impact on society, with derived economic benefits estimated to be multifold. These benefits, however, are still not fully understood by key stakeholders and policy and decision-makers, ultimately hindering the global uptake of geospatial information. With decades of national spatial data infrastructure efforts around the world, how can this be? Focusing on the importance of...

Barbara Ryan

Keynote speaker
11:30
11:30 - 12:00 | 30 minutes

In 2003, when GISPartner entered the business Poland was still far behind more developed countries in terms of IT implementation. In 2021 the gap is incomparably smaller and some of Polish IT solutions are widely used across the globe. When public administration is considered, it was also GISPartner, which greatly contributed into transforming paper & stamps into high-class software solutions. We want to share our thoughts on how clever, tailor-made IT solutions are driving this transf...

14:45
14:45 - 15:45 | 1 hour

Join GeoIgnite for this inaugural panel of provincial and territorial geospatial and location technology leaders.We will be discussing issues surrounding: What are main priorities and challenges across jurisdictions? What types of geospatial tools we use to monitor and respond to key challenges like emergency response? How are jurisdictions aligning geospatial tools, data, and people to address climate change? What are some current data...

الثّلاثاء 27 أبريل, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
13:00
13:00 - 15:00 | 2 hours

Google Chrome is the preferred browser for this session.Tickets for this workshop must be claimed in advance.Have you ever wanted to learn more about Synthetic Aperture RADAR (SAR) and Electo-Optical (EO) products? Come join this session for an introduction to some of the basic imaging parameters and learn about the different p...

Edward Lau

Presenter

الخميس 29 أبريل, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
13:00
13:00 - 14:30 | 1 hour 30 minutes

Tickets for this workshop must be claimed in advance.From Imagery Purchasing to Final ProductImagery Intelligence Analysis WorkflowGeospatial intelligence is the first step in any battle or business plan. Understanding the terrain and the subject in question is the key to success or failure.In this 90 min workshop we will discuss the process from how to purchase satellite imagery to producing ...