Paula McLeod

Special Advisor

Geological Survey of Canada

Sessions in which Paula McLeod 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)

10:45 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...

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)

1:00 PM

VertiGIS Studio at Statistics Canada with Peter McLaren, Account Manager

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

Peter Mclaren, VertiGIS (Speaker)

Steve Maddison, VertiGIS (Speaker)

Statistics Canada along with their partner, VertiGIS Studio (formerly Geocortex), have collaborated to update the original Census Program Data V...

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...

Thursday 3 March, 2022

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

10:00 AM

Keynote: State of the Geospatial Industry with Sanjay Kumar, Founder & CEO of Geospatial World

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

Sanjay Kumar, Geospatial World (Keynote speaker)

Sanjay Kumar is the founder and CEO of Geospatial Media &amp...

11:30 AM

Introduction to NeoGeo Canada with Sreeramam GV, Chief Executive Officer

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

Sreeramam GV, NeoGeoInfo (Speaker)

Sree, the CEO of NeoGeoInfo will give a brief introduction of the organization along with our focus on 3D Data, Sub Surface Utility Detection (G...

12:15 PM

The OGC Disaster Pilot 2021 - Eyes in the Sky to Feet on the Ground with Trevor Taylor, Senior Director, Member Success and Development at OGC

30 minutes, 12:15 PM EST - 12:45 PM EST

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

By some estimates, 80% of response time during a disater is spent procuring and preparing data, leaving 2...

Wednesday 9 March, 2022

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

1:00 PM

NV5 Geospatial Topobathymetric Lidar Solutions & Applications Workshop

3 hours, 1:00 PM EST - 4:00 PM EST

Available

The Topobathymetric Lidar Solutions & Applications Workshop presented by NV5 Geospatial is de...

Friday 11 March, 2022

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

11:00 AM

Using software to prepare for Climate Change impacts and natural disaster: Deep Dive

1 hour, 11:00 AM EST - 12:00 PM EST

Available

Nicholas Kellett, Deploy Software Solutions (Presenter)

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