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- Éric Loubier - Director General - CCMEO - Keynote: Geospatial Opportunities in COVID Times Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- Opening Remarks by GeoIgnite founder Jonathan MurphyKeynote address: Geospatial Opportunities in COVID TimesGeospatial capacity ha...
- Keynote
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- Break
- 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 30 minutes
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11:30 AM
- David Acco - President - Acosys Consulting - Talk: Geospatial data & analytics advance issues critical to Indigenous communities across Canada Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1
- 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | 45 minutes
- Building on the panel discussion at GeoIgnite 2019, David Acco will discuss the potential of geospatial data and analytics to advance issues cri...
- Calvin Klatt - Director and Chief Geodesist for the Canadian Geodetic Survey - Mind the Gap! Canada’s response to the United States’ change of reference frame: Options and Implications Virtual Meeting Space - Room 2
- 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | 45 minutes
- The U.S. reference system modernization effort will replace the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83) with a new North American Terrestrial Refe...
12:15 PM
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- Break
- 12:15 PM - 12:30 PM | 15 minutes
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12:30 PM
- Maxar - Monitoring Arctic Expansion and the Impact of Climate Change with High Resolution Imagery Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1
- 12:30 PM - 1:15 PM | 45 minutes
- Presented by: Jake Dickinson & John Roos Abstract: As shrinking polar ice creates...
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- Break
- 1:15 PM - 1:30 PM | 15 minutes
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1:30 PM
- Will Cadell - CEO - SparkGeo - Talk: Strategic Geospatial for a Complex World Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1
- 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM | 45 minutes
- Strategic Geospatial for a Complex WorldWhere humans move and landscapes change there is value. That’s geospatial. This talk is a...
- David Harper - Director General - ECCC - Talk: Space-Based Earth Observation in Canada - A Vision for the Future Virtual Meeting Space - Room 2
- 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM | 45 minutes
- Space-Based Earth Observation in Canada - A Vision for the Future Today, Canada’s landscape, coasts, waters, and cities...
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- Break
- 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM | 15 minutes
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2:30 PM
- Melody Rosdahl - Global Partner Manager - Business Geografic, Talk: A Modern approach to GIS Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1
- 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM | 45 minutes
- GIS users’ numbers are expanding around the world. It is now possible to find a GIS use in every field and to optimize their success....
- Hydrospatial: Science Coastal Flooding + Detection & Response for Tsunami Virtual Meeting Space - Room 2
- 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM | 45 minutes
- Ocean, Marine & Coastal Hydro(Geo)spatial Management is critical for the Blue Economy. Much knowledge, data, information and coordination ar...
- Talk
3:15 PM
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- Break
- 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM | 15 minutes
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
- What does the future hold for the Canadian Geospatial Sector? Panel Discussion Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1
- 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | 1 hour
- Geospatial and location technologies is present and continues to expand its reach in many sectors. Much of the current digital transformation t...
- Panel
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
- Happy Hour: Legion, Maxar’s Next Constellation Virtual Meeting Space - Social Room
- 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour
- Our next-generation Earth imaging constellation will change everything. We're not just launching more satellites. In 2021, we will deploy WorldV...
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Paul Kennedy - VP of MDA - Keynote: Growing Canada’s Next Earth Observation (EO) Generation Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1
- 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM | 45 minutes
- Title: Growing Canada’s Next Earth Observation (EO) GenerationCanada has a proud history in Earth Observation, supportin...
- Keynote
10:45 AM
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- 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM | 15 minutes
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11:00 AM
- Sven Cowan - Program Manager - Quantum Spatial Canada - What’s New? Innovations and Lidar Applications for Trees & Water Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1
- 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM | 45 minutes
- A closer look at some of the lidar-derived innovations for enhanced forestry management solutions and topobathymetric flood mitigation from Quan...
11:45 AM
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- Break
- 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM | 15 minutes
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12:00 PM
- Bilyana Anicic - President - Aurora Consulting - Talk: Digital Transformation: Our New Reality Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1
- 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM | 45 minutes
- A new era of human experience is upon us. The current disruption brought by the COVID-19 crisis has thrust us from a mere “digital transfo...
- James Ashton - Technology Manager - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada & Paul Giroux from Slimgim - Agriculture Canada’s COVID-19 Response Virtual Meeting Space - Room 2
- 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM | 45 minutes
- Agriculture Canada’s COVID-19 response with location data & technology helping drive Objectives and Key Results (OKR’s) on the Enterprise...
12:45 PM
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- Break
- 12:45 PM - 1:00 PM | 15 minutes
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1:00 PM
- Maxar - Elevation Suite: An overview of the elevation products available through earth observation satellites Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1
- 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM | 45 minutes
- Presented by: Ryan Hamilton & John Roos Abstract: The combination of Maxar’s earth observation sat...
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- Diversity in Leadership Panel: Canada's Geospatial Ecosystem Virtual Meeting Space - Room 2
- 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM | 45 minutes
- The GeoIgnite Conference and our sponsors are proud to present the second Diversity Leadership panel. Our inaugural Summit was a great success f...
- Panel
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
- Deploy Solutions Space Social with Kevin Jones Virtual Meeting Space - Social Room
- 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour
- Join space specialists Nick Kellett, CEO of Deploy Solutions and Kevin Jones, VP Product at PCI Geomatics for this informal, fun and insightful eve...
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Final Day Remarks and Awards with GeoIgnite Committee Members Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1
- 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM | 15 minutes
- Keynote
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- Break
- 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM | 15 minutes
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10:30 AM
- Nick Burchell - Director- Avenza - Talk: Cartographic Journeys with the Avenza Platform Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1
- 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM | 45 minutes
- In this presentation, Avenza’s Nick Burchell will provide a series of case studies on how maps created with the Avenza suite of tools are being ...
- Dr. Heather McGrath - NRCan - Talk: Flood mapping activities and research at Natural Resources Canada Virtual Meeting Space - Room 2
- 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM | 45 minutes
- In recognition of the increasing costs and risk due to flooding, the Government of Canada is investing in flood mapping as part of the Governmen...
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- Break
- 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM | 15 minutes
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11:30 AM
- Nicholas Kellett - Founder & CEO - Deploy Solutions - Talk: New Horizons in Space Apps Development Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1
- 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | 45 minutes
- We are living through a transformative time, not least in the space industry. A graph of upcoming satellite launches looks like a hockey stick –...
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- Break
- 12:15 PM - 12:30 PM | 15 minutes
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12:30 PM
- Statistics Canada - DEIL experiments & outputs with open geospatial data Statistics Canada Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1
- 12:30 PM - 1:15 PM | 45 minutes
- Title: DEIL experiments and outputs with open geospatial dataThe Data Exploration and Integration Lab (DEIL) at Statistics Canada has i...
- How to challenge the Lasers-scanning market at the cost of a drone and simple tools combined with Artificial Intelligence and Pix4D processing software Virtual Meeting Space - Room 2
- 12:30 PM - 1:15 PM | 45 minutes
- The key elements to take into account a successful implementation of drone survey with a mm accuracy are: Know your camera; Trust your measureme...
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- 1:15 PM - 1:30 PM | 15 minutes
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1:30 PM
- June McAlarey - President & CEO - PCI Geomatics - Talk: Making earth observation intelligence available to the decision makers that drive our future Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1
- 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM | 45 minutes
- Abstract A fundamental shift in the geospatial industry has occurred over recent years. Modern remote sensing technolog...