Vivienne Wu

Manager of Business Development

MDA

Participates in 1 Session

Vivienne Wu has been with MDA for more than 24 years in the business development role, with knowledge and credential in optical and SAR sensors (ground segment, data, derived information and services). She has extensive experience supporting MDA’s clients and partners in Canada, Latin America and Asia Pacific.

Sessions in which Vivienne Wu participates

Friday 11 March, 2022

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

10:00 AM

Multi-band SAR Sensors (X, C and L band) and Applications in Canadian Context: Workshop presented by MDA

4 hours, 10:00 AM EST - 2:00 PM EST

Available

Vivienne Wu, MDA (Moderator)

Lesley Gamble, MDA Geointelligence (Panelist)

Michael Wollersheim, Iceye (Panelist)

Adrián Unger, VENG (Panelist)

Please join us for the MDA-hosted workshop on multi-band SAR presented by MDA (Canada), Iceye (Finland) and ...

Sessions in which Vivienne Wu attends

Tuesday 1 March, 2022

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

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

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

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...

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)

10:45 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)

12:15 PM

Combatting IUU Fishing with Crow’s Nest Maritime Monitoring and Security with Bryan Smith, Director of Product Management at Maxar Technologies

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

Bryan Smith, Maxar Technologies (Speaker)

Maritime regions are vast, vessels of interest operate dark, and the agencies responsible for maritime enforceme...

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...

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 ...

2:30 PM

CHORUS - Changing How and When We See the World with Wayne Hoyle, Senior Director, Business Development MDA Geointelligence

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

Wayne Hoyle, MDA (Speaker)

MDA's new multi-sensor Earth observation satellite constellation, CHORUS, will bring together multiple diverse and un...

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...

Friday 4 March, 2022

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

9:00 AM

International Hydrographer Certification Scheme: Presentation hosted by The Association of Canada Lands Surveyord (ACLS)

1 hour, 9:00 AM EST - 10:00 AM EST

Available

Jean-Claude Tétreault, Association of Canada Lands Surveyors (Presenter)

The Association of Canada Lands Surveyord (ACLS) has developed a certification model for hydrographers which, has been officially recognized by ...

2:00 PM

Workshop: Monitoring Invasive Plant Species Using Planetscope 8-Band Data presented by Planet

45 minutes, 2:00 PM EST - 2:45 PM EST

Available

Workshop

Tony Stafford (Speaker)

In this short technical demonstration, I’ll explore some of the ways that Planetscope’s new 8-band capabilities can be used to both detect and m...

Tuesday 8 March, 2022

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

10:00 AM

Workshop on Maxar’s WeatherDesk

1 hour, 10:00 AM EST - 11:00 AM EST

Available

Workshop

Chris Hyde, Maxar (Speaker)

Maxar’s WeatherDesk is a mature product platform that has continually evolved to satisfy changing customer requi...

2:00 PM

Canadian Federal Datasets and STAC: A hands on tutorial.

3 hours, 2:00 PM EST - 5:00 PM EST

Available

Tomer Rockman, Sparkgeo (Speaker)

James Banting, Sparkgeo (Speaker)

This workshop will use open tools and standards to create STAC compliant data for a Canadian Federal Dataset. The workshop will focus on t...

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...

2:00 PM

ERDAS IMAGINE Training 2022 presented by Hexagon

3 hours, 2:00 PM EST - 5:00 PM EST

Available

Michael Ann Lane, Hexagon Geospatial (Presenter)

Join us in this training to learn about some of the latest and greatest features in ERDAS IMAGINE! With the exponentially increasing amoun...

Thursday 10 March, 2022

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

10:00 AM

Earth Observation applications for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

2 hours, 10:00 AM EST - 12:00 PM EST

Available

Barbara Ryan, WGIC (Moderator)

Alex Gow, Satellite Vu (Speaker)

Dr. Kumar Navulur, Maxar Technologies (Speaker)

Adina Gillespie, GHGSat Inc. (Speaker)

Sarah Shivers, Planet (Speaker)

Taking urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts" is a crucial goal set forward...

11:00 AM

Maxar Foundational Product Panel & User Workshop

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

Available

Workshop

Vicki Bassett, Maxar (Panelist)

Ryan Hamilton, Maxar (Panelist)

Join this session to get the latest information on Maxar fou...

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...