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...

11:30 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...

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...

1:30 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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

10:30 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 ...

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 –...

12:30 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...

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...

Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1

Sessions

Wednesday 22 July, 2020

Thursday 23 July, 2020

Friday 24 July, 2020