Ottawa Conference and Event Centre - Plenary

Sessions

Tuesday 14 May, 2024

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
8:20 AM
8:20 AM
Welcome
10 minutes, 8:20 AM - 8:30 AM

Ottawa Conference and Event Centre - Plenary

Talk

Bilyana Anicic, Aurora Consulting (Speaker)

Jonathan Murphy, GoGeomatics Canada (Speaker)

8:30 AM
8:30 AM
Human Interoperability: Enhancing Geospatial Effectiveness in the Relationship Economy
30 minutes, 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Ottawa Conference and Event Centre - Plenary

Keynote

Steven Ramage, Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (Keynote speaker)

Connecting the knowledge economy to the emerging relationship economy in a geospatial context. This talk will emphasize the growing importance of s...
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
Canada's Geospatial Leadership Panel
1 hour, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Ottawa Conference and Event Centre - Plenary

Panel

Claudia Cozzitorto, buildingSMART Canada (Panelist)

Morgan Crowley PhD, Natural Resources Canada (Panelist)

Melanie Desjardins, NWT Centre for Geomatics (Panelist)

Amina Deiab MPP, ICD.D, Alberta Insurance Council (Moderator)

Bilyana Anicic, Aurora Consulting (Panelist)

GeoIgnite is thrilled to present its keynote session, "Canada's Geospatial Leadership Panel," a gathering of some of Canada's most influential figu...
10:45 AM
10:45 AM
Digital Governance Standardization: Pioneering Trust in an Evolving Digital Landscape
30 minutes, 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM

Ottawa Conference and Event Centre - Plenary

Talk

Keith Jansa, Digital Governance Council (Speaker)

In today's rapidly advancing technological environment, the imperative for robust digital governance has never been more critical. The rapid increa...
11:45 AM
11:45 AM
A Twenty-year Journey Using GIS Digital Twin to Improve the Health and Well-Being of the Community
30 minutes, 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM

Ottawa Conference and Event Centre - Plenary

Talk

Marie Alexander GISP, Acorn Information Solutions - Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre (Speaker)

This presentation will explore how Sault Ste. Marie leveraged two decades of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to craft and maintain its cutting...
12:15 PM
12:15 PM
Global Site Monitoring from Space: Ongoing challenges and new developments to make it a reality
30 minutes, 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM

Ottawa Conference and Event Centre - Plenary

Talk

Scott Herman, Maxar Intelligence (Speaker)

Monitoring large numbers of activities and assets from space has long been an aspirational “holy grail” for satellite remote sensing. However, lack...
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
The OGC Community - Innovation, standards and impacts for climate, disasters and the marine environment
30 minutes, 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Ottawa Conference and Event Centre - Plenary

Talk

Trevor Taylor, The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) (Speaker)

The global OGC community continues to accelerate innovation, ba...
2:30 PM
2:30 PM
Mapping the Future: Honoring Geoff Zeiss and His Transformative Work in Geospatial Technology
1 hour, 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Ottawa Conference and Event Centre - Plenary

Panel

Steve Slusarenko, Subsurface Utility Map Data Exchange (SUMDEx) (Panelist)

Dan Shannon, New Brunswick Community College (Panelist)

Gordon McElravy, buildingSMART Canada (Panelist)

Trevor Taylor, The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) (Moderator)

Peter Pulsifer, Carleton Univeristy (Panelist)

In the upcoming Canada's National Geospatial Conference, we are delighted to host a special plenary session, "Mapping t...
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
Updates on Recent Satellite Earth Observation (SEO) Activities Across the Government of Canada
1 hour, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Ottawa Conference and Event Centre - Plenary

Panel

Steven Ramage, Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (Moderator)

Taryn Tomlinson, Canadian Space Agency (Panelist)

Mathieu Benoit, CCRS/CCMEO - NRCan (Panelist)

Catherine Champagne, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Panelist)

GeoIgnite is excited to present an all star panel discussion on earth observation in Canada. This panel brings together a trifecta of esteemed expe...