Shawn Larocque

GIS Specialist
Government of the Northwest Territories

Sessions in which Shawn Larocque attends

Tuesday 1 March, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:45 AM
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
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 ...
11:30 AM
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...
12:15 PM
12:15 PM
New Applications of Satellite Data for Agriculture with Greg Crutsinger, Customer Success Manager - Agriculture with Planet
30 minutes, 12:15 PM EST - 12:45 PM EST

Greg Crutsinger, Planet (Speaker)

Planet's constellation of satellites capture the whole of Earth's landmass every day. This unprecedented dataset provides insights to the agricu...
2:30 PM
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
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)
9:45 AM
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)

Join Jonathan Murphy and John Roos as they kick off the start of Day 2 Winter Geo:GeoIgnite 2022 and share some ...
10:00 AM
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
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...
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
Monitoring the Impacts of Extreme Weather on Canada's Food Supply with Catherine Champagne, Environmental Scientist, National Agroclimate Information Service with Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
30 minutes, 1:45 PM EST - 2:15 PM EST

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

Inter-annual variability in agricultural production in Canada is largely determined by weather and climate. Climate-related impacts have caused ...

Thursday 3 March, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:45 AM
9:45 AM
GeoIgnite 2022 Welcome Cold Open
15 minutes, 9:45 AM EST - 10:00 AM EST

Jonathan Murphy, GoGeomatics Canada (Speaker)