Christy Fung

Geomatics Officer

Government of Northwest Territories

Sessions in which Christy Fung attends

Tuesday 1 March, 2022

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

9:45 AM

GeoIgnite 2022 Welcome Cold Open

15 minutes, 9:45 AM EST - 10:00 AM EST

Jonathan Murphy, GoGeomatics Canada (Speaker)

John Roos, Maxar Intelligence (Speaker)

Nicholas Kellett, Deploy Software Solutions (Speaker)

Bilyana Anicic, Aurora Consulting (Speaker)

10:00 AM

Keynote: Maxar Powering the Global Shift from 2D to 3D, with Daniel Nord, Chief Product Officer and SVP of MAXAR Technologies

30 minutes, 10:00 AM EST - 10:30 AM EST

Daniel Nord, Maxar Technologies (Speaker)

In this talk Dan Nord will share key insights on Maxar’s position as a centerpiece in the global tech shift from 2D to 3D. Join us to hear more ...

10:45 AM

GHG Monitoring from Space – Leveraging Commercial Capabilities with Barbara Ryan, Executive Director of WGIC

30 minutes, 10:45 AM EST - 11:15 AM EST

Barbara Ryan, WGIC (Speaker)

"GHG Monitoring from Space: A mapping of capabilities across public, private and hybrid missions" was a collaborative...

11:30 AM

Increasing Canada’s resilience to flooding: Introducing the Flood Hazard Identification and Mapping Program (FHIMP) with Brian Perry, engineering advisor for flood modelling with Natural Resources Canada

30 minutes, 11:30 AM EST - 12:00 PM EST

Brian Perry, NRCan (Speaker)

In Budget 2021, the government tabled a recovery plan for jobs, growth, and resilience. Within the budget were specific investments to promoting...

1:00 PM

Accurate Geospatial Analysis for a Dynamically Changing World with Briana Brown, Geographer from SafeGraph

30 minutes, 1:00 PM EST - 1:30 PM EST

Briana Brown, SafeGraph (Speaker)

Abstract: Organizations are increasingly relying on geospatial analysis to power their decision making and business pro...

1:45 PM

Remote Sensing and Analyses to Support Hydrospatial Solutions with Sven Cowan, Canada Program Manager at NV5 Geospatial and Mischa Hey, Practice Lead: Analytics at NV5 Geospatial

30 minutes, 1:45 PM EST - 2:15 PM EST

Mischa Hey, NV5 Geospatial (Speaker)

Sven Cowan, NV5 Geospatial (Speaker)

NV5 Geospatial has been at the forefront of hydrospatial data acquisition and processing for deca...

2:30 PM

Remote sensing of permafrost thaw landslides in the Northwest Territories – from Field to Cloud to Field again with Jurjen van der Sluijs, Unmanned Aircraft Systems Coordinator with NWT Centre for Geomatics

30 minutes, 2:30 PM EST - 3:00 PM EST

Mr. Jurjen van der Sluijs, NWT Centre for Geomatics (Speaker)

The landscapes in the Northwest Territories (NWT, Canada) are amongst the most rapidly changing in the world due to climate-induced permafrost t...

3:15 PM

Panel: Using GeoIntelligence & AI to solve real world problems Sponsored by MAXAR

45 minutes, 3:15 PM EST - 4:00 PM EST

Prashant Shukle, Global Geospatial Group (Moderator)

Barbara Ryan, WGIC (Panelist)

Arthur Berrill, Royal Bank of Canada (Panelist)

Dr. Kumar Navulur, Maxar Technologies (Panelist)

Mark Carmichael, MDA (Panelist)

Wednesday 2 March, 2022

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

10:00 AM

Keynote: Planetary Scale: A Geospatial Lens with Will Cadell, Founder and CEO of Sparkgeo

30 minutes, 10:00 AM EST - 10:30 AM EST

Keynote

Will Cadell, Sparkgeo (Keynote speaker)

Our planet is in flux: pandemics, climate change, inequality. This talk will explore the ideas of "planetary-sca...

10:45 AM

Building Software Solutions for Climate Change: Closing the communication gap between citizens and trusted authorities before, during, or after a disaster with Nicholas Kellett, Founder and CEO of Deploy Software Solutions, Inc.

30 minutes, 10:45 AM EST - 11:15 AM EST

Nicholas Kellett, Deploy Software Solutions (Speaker)

At a time of rising climate change impacts, there is a vital and growing need to prepare for, respond to, and recover...

11:30 AM

Dr. Marshall Shepherd & Keith Masback Discuss Climate Change

30 minutes, 11:30 AM EST - 12:00 PM EST

Dr. Marshall Shepherd (Speaker)

3:15 PM

The Federal Government of Canada Geospatial Directors General Panel: Satellite Earth Observation in Canada – A Strategy in Action

45 minutes, 3:15 PM EST - 4:00 PM EST

David Harper, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) (Panelist)

Eric Laliberté, CSA (Panelist)

Éric Loubier, Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation (Panelist)

Jonathan Murphy, GoGeomatics Canada (Moderator)

Join our DG Panel discussion moderated by Jonathan Murphy, Managing Director of GoGeomatics Canada. Our panelists are E...