Wednesday 22 July, 2020

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

10:00 AM

Éric Loubier - Director General - CCMEO - Keynote: Geospatial Opportunities in COVID Times

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

Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1

Keynote

Jonathan Murphy, GoGeomatics Canada (Speaker)

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

Opening Remarks by GeoIgnite founder Jonathan MurphyKeynote address: Geospatial Opportunities in COVID TimesGeospatial capacity ha...

11:00 AM

Break

30 minutes, 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

11:30 AM

David Acco - President - Acosys Consulting - Talk: Geospatial data & analytics advance issues critical to Indigenous communities across Canada

45 minutes, 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM

Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1

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

45 minutes, 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM

Virtual Meeting Space - Room 2

Calvin Klatt PhD (Speaker)

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

Break

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

12:30 PM

Maxar - Monitoring Arctic Expansion and the Impact of Climate Change with High Resolution Imagery

45 minutes, 12:30 PM - 1:15 PM

Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1

Jake Dickinson, Maxar (Speaker)

John Roos, Maxar Intelligence (Speaker)

Presented by: Jake Dickinson & John Roos Abstract: As shrinking polar ice creates...

1:15 PM

Break

15 minutes, 1:15 PM - 1:30 PM

1:30 PM

Will Cadell - CEO - SparkGeo - Talk: Strategic Geospatial for a Complex World

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

Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1

Will Cadell, Sparkgeo (Speaker)

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

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

Virtual Meeting Space - Room 2

Space-Based Earth Observation in Canada - A Vision for the Future Today, Canada’s landscape, coasts, waters, and cities...

2:15 PM

Break

15 minutes, 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM

2:30 PM

Melody Rosdahl - Global Partner Manager - Business Geografic, Talk: A Modern approach to GIS

45 minutes, 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM

Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1

Melody Rosdahl, Business Geografic – Ciril GROUP (Speaker)

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

45 minutes, 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM

Virtual Meeting Space - Room 2

Talk

Dr. Daniel Lebel, Geological Survey of Canada of Natural Resources Canada (Speaker)

Dr. Gwyn Lintern, NRCan (Speaker)

Dr. David McCormack, NRCan (Speaker)

Mark LeBlanc, Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS) (Speaker)

Denis Hains, H2i (Speaker)

Ocean, Marine & Coastal Hydro(Geo)spatial Management is critical for the Blue Economy. Much knowledge, data, information and coordination ar...

3:15 PM

Break

15 minutes, 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM

3:30 PM

What does the future hold for the Canadian Geospatial Sector? Panel Discussion

1 hour, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1

Panel

Prashant Shukle, Global Geospatial Group (Moderator)

Dr. Kumar Navulur, Maxar Technologies (Panelist)

Paul Kennedy, MDA (Panelist)

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

Geospatial and location technologies is present and continues to expand its reach in many sectors. Much of the current digital transformation t...

6:00 PM

Happy Hour: Legion, Maxar’s Next Constellation

1 hour, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Virtual Meeting Space - Social Room

Chris Formeller, Maxar Technologies (Speaker)

Kathryn Seitz, Maxar (Speaker)

John Roos, Maxar Intelligence (Speaker)

Dr. Kumar Navulur, Maxar Technologies (Speaker)

Our next-generation Earth imaging constellation will change everything. We're not just launching more satellites. In 2021, we will deploy WorldV...

Thursday 23 July, 2020

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

10:00 AM

Paul Kennedy - VP of MDA - Keynote: Growing Canada’s Next Earth Observation (EO) Generation

45 minutes, 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1

Keynote

Paul Kennedy, MDA (Keynote speaker)

Title: Growing Canada’s Next Earth Observation (EO) GenerationCanada has a proud history in Earth Observation, supportin...

10:45 AM

Break

15 minutes, 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

11:00 AM

Sven Cowan - Program Manager - Quantum Spatial Canada - What’s New? Innovations and Lidar Applications for Trees & Water

45 minutes, 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1

Dr. Andrew Brenner, Quantum Spatial Canada Inc. (Speaker)

Colin Cooper, Quantum Spatial Canada Inc. (Speaker)

Sven Cowan, NV5 Geospatial (Speaker)

A closer look at some of the lidar-derived innovations for enhanced forestry management solutions and topobathymetric flood mitigation from Quan...

11:45 AM

Break

15 minutes, 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM

12:00 PM

Bilyana Anicic - President - Aurora Consulting - Talk: Digital Transformation: Our New Reality

45 minutes, 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1

Bilyana Anicic, Aurora Consulting (Speaker)

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

45 minutes, 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Virtual Meeting Space - Room 2

Paul Giroux, Slimgim.info (Speaker)

James Ashton, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Speaker)

Agriculture Canada’s COVID-19 response with location data & technology helping drive Objectives and Key Results (OKR’s) on the Enterprise...

12:45 PM

Break

15 minutes, 12:45 PM - 1:00 PM

1:00 PM

Maxar - Elevation Suite: An overview of the elevation products available through earth observation satellites

45 minutes, 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1

Ryan Hamilton, Maxar (Speaker)

John Roos, Maxar Intelligence (Speaker)

Presented by: Ryan Hamilton & John Roos Abstract: The combination of Maxar’s earth observation sat...

1:45 PM

Diversity in Leadership Panel: Canada's Geospatial Ecosystem

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

Virtual Meeting Space - Room 2

Panel

David Gachuche, RiverCross Technologies (Panelist)

David Acco, Acosys Consulting Service Inc (Speaker)

Nadine Alameh, Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) (Panelist)

Bilyana Anicic, Aurora Consulting (Speaker)

The GeoIgnite Conference and our sponsors are proud to present the second Diversity Leadership panel. Our inaugural Summit was a great success f...

6:00 PM

Deploy Solutions Space Social with Kevin Jones

1 hour, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Virtual Meeting Space - Social Room

Nicholas Kellett, Deploy Software Solutions (Speaker)

Kevin Jones, PCI Geomatics (Speaker)

Join space specialists Nick Kellett, CEO of Deploy Solutions and Kevin Jones, VP Product at PCI Geomatics for this informal, fun and insightful eve...

Friday 24 July, 2020

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

10:00 AM

Final Day Remarks and Awards with GeoIgnite Committee Members

15 minutes, 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1

Keynote

10:15 AM

Break

15 minutes, 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

10:30 AM

Nick Burchell - Director- Avenza - Talk: Cartographic Journeys with the Avenza Platform

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

Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1

Nick Burchell, Avenza Systems Inc (Speaker)

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

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

Virtual Meeting Space - Room 2

Dr. Heather McGrath, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) (Speaker)

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...

11:15 AM

Break

15 minutes, 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM

11:30 AM

Nicholas Kellett - Founder & CEO - Deploy Solutions - Talk: New Horizons in Space Apps Development

45 minutes, 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM

Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1

Nicholas Kellett, Deploy Software Solutions (Speaker)

We are living through a transformative time, not least in the space industry. A graph of upcoming satellite launches looks like a hockey stick –...

12:15 PM

Break

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

12:30 PM

Statistics Canada - DEIL experiments & outputs with open geospatial data Statistics Canada

45 minutes, 12:30 PM - 1:15 PM

Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1

Nick Newstead, Statistics Canada (Speaker)

Marina Smailes, Statistics Canada (Speaker)

Joseph Kuchar, Statistics Canada (Speaker)

Alessandro Alasia, Statistics Canada (Speaker)

Ala'a Al-Habashna, Statistics Canada (Speaker)

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

45 minutes, 12:30 PM - 1:15 PM

Virtual Meeting Space - Room 2

J. Carlos Maia (Speaker)

Emanuele Traversari, Drone_To_Business Platform (Speaker)

The key elements to take into account a successful implementation of drone survey with a mm accuracy are: Know your camera; Trust your measureme...

1:15 PM

Break

15 minutes, 1:15 PM - 1:30 PM

1:30 PM

June McAlarey - President & CEO - PCI Geomatics - Talk: Making earth observation intelligence available to the decision makers that drive our future

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

Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1

June McAlarey, CATALYST Earth (Speaker)

Abstract A fundamental shift in the geospatial industry has occurred over recent years. Modern remote sensing technolog...

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