
Geoff has been tracking the contribution of geospatial technology to the digitization of construction, operation and maintenance of energy, building and transportation infrastructure - primarily in his blog “Between The Poles”, on LinkedIn and Geospatial World. From 2014 to 2016 Geoff was Editor for Energy and Building with Geospatial Media. Prior to that Geoff was responsible for thought leadership, evangelization, and industry messaging for the utility industry program at Autodesk. Geoff Zeiss has more than 20 years experience in the geospatial IT industry working with utilities, communications, and public works in enterprise IT around the world. In his early career, he was responsible for some of the largest successful implementations of location-aware enterprise design and records management software in the utility and telecommunications sectors. In 2004, he received a global technology award from Oracle Corporation for technical innovation and leadership in the use of Oracle. In recognition of his efforts to increase the awareness of geospatial data and technologies in utilities and construction, Geoff received the Geospatial Ambassador Award at Geospatial World Forum 2014 in Geneva, Switzerland. He actively supports open standards as a director of the Open Geospatial Consortium and contributed to the founding of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation in 2005/2006.
Sessions in which Geoff Zeiss participates
- Welcome to the Canadian Underground Forum
- Speaker Geoff Zeiss (Between the Poles) |
- 10:00 AM EDT - 10:15 AM EDT | 15 minutes Part of: Canadian Underground Forum Day 1 of 2
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- CUF Closing Remarks
- Master of ceremonies Geoff Zeiss (Between the Poles) |
- 2:35 PM EDT - 2:45 PM EDT | 10 minutes Part of: Canadian Underground Forum Day 2 of 2
Sessions in which Geoff Zeiss attends
- GeoIgnite Welcome & Keynote: MDA and the Future of SAR - Dr. Minda Suchan, VP of Geointelligence
- 10:00 AM EDT - 10:30 AM EDT | 30 minutes
- Keynote

- Talk: "The Geospatial Product Trap," SparkGeo's CEO - Will Cadell
- 10:45 AM EDT - 11:15 AM EDT | 30 minutes
- Talk
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- Optimizing and Accelerating the Globe in 3D
- 2:45 PM EDT - 3:15 PM EDT | 30 minutes
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- Keynote: Address by Vice-President of the Canadian Space Agency - Luc Brulé
- 10:00 AM EDT - 10:30 AM EDT | 30 minutes
- Keynote

- Special Event: Fire Side Chat with Dr. Steve Liang, Founder & CTO of SensorUp & Dr. Nadine Alameh the OGC’s CEO
- 11:30 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT | 30 minutes
- Talk

- Lunch Keynote: "Why it Takes a Legion" MAXAR's Executive Vice President & CTO Dr. Walter Scott
- 12:00 PM EDT - 12:45 PM EDT | 45 minutes
- Keynote

- Canadian Geodetic Survey – Supporting Accurate Geospatial Positioning in Canada
- 2:45 PM EDT - 3:15 PM EDT | 30 minutes
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- Spatial Finance, New Markets For Earth Observation
- 3:30 PM EDT - 4:30 PM EDT | 1 hour
- Panel

- Keynote: Barbara Ryan - Supporting Decision Makers: Challenges and Opportunities for the Earth Observation and Geospatial Communities
- 10:00 AM EDT - 10:30 AM EDT | 30 minutes
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- Lunch Break, Awards and Announcements
- 12:10 PM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT | 20 minutes
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- Advances in Earth Observation & Analytics Technologies + Deployment in Forest & Climate Solutions - Tara O'Shea, Planet
- 12:30 PM EDT - 1:00 PM EDT | 30 minutes
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- Metadata, the ties that bind
- 1:15 PM EDT - 1:45 PM EDT | 30 minutes
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