Denis Hains
Founder, President & CEO ofH2i (www.h2i.ca)
- Affiliate Research Scientist with the “University of New Hampshire – Centre for Coastal & Ocean Mapping(UNH-CCOM)”(www.ccom.unh.edu/user/dhains);
- Vice President of the Board of Directors of the CIDCO (Interdisciplinary Centre for Ocean Mapping Development –https://www.cidco.ca/index.php/en/about-us/board-directors/denis-hains);
- Representative of the “United States Canada Hydrographic Commission (USCHC)” on the International Hydrographic Review (IHR) Editorial Board, of the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) – (https://iho.int/en/ihr-editorial-board);
- Member of “The Nippon Foundation – GEBCO Seabed 2030 - Strategic Advisory Group” + Ocean Frontier Mapping Committee External Advisor (https://seabed2030.gebco.net);
- Member of the Quebec Land Surveyor Modernization Committee;
- Member of the Hydrographic Professional Accreditation Scheme (HPAS) Panel of the International Federation of Hydrographic Society (IFHS)
Denis holds a Bachelor in Geodetic Sciences from Laval University; he is a Québec Land Surveyor. He worked 35 years in the Public Service of Canada, 20 years with Fisheries and Oceans Canada for the Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS), including 2 years for the Canadian Coast Guard; plus 15 years with Natural Resources Canada, primarily as National Director of the Canadian Geodetic Survey. He retired in 2018 as Director General CHS & Hydrographer General of Canada, in Ottawa, Canada. He is still very active internationally as an Hydrospatial advocate via the company H2i.
Sessions in which Denis Hains attends
Keynote
Minda Suchan, MDA (Keynote speaker)
Talk
Jake McGregor, Minerva Intelligence Inc (Speaker)
Talk
Guillaume Spain, Montreal Metropolitan Community (Speaker)
Sven Cowan, NV5 Geospatial (Speaker)
Panel
Éric Loubier, Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation (Panelist)
Jonathan Murphy, GoGeomatics Canada (Moderator)
Eric Laliberté, CSA (Panelist)
David Harper, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) (Panelist)
Keynote
Luc Brûlé, CSA (Keynote speaker)
Keynote
Barbara Ryan, WGIC (Keynote speaker)
Panel
Trevor Taylor, OGC (Moderator)
Melanie Desjardins, NWT Centre for Geomatics (Panelist)
James Britton, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (Panelist)
Colin Macdonald, Province of Nova Scotia (Panelist)