Suzanne Etheridge

GIS Specialist

Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada

Sessions in which Suzanne Etheridge attends

Wednesday 21 April, 2021

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

11:30 AM

Canada's DEM: The National Canadian Elevation Data Strategy Update from NRCan

30 minutes, 11:30 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT

Talk

David Bélanger, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) (Speaker)

The Canadian Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation (NRCan) continues its work to implement the National Elevation Data Strategy. Through this...

12:30 PM

Talk: "Why is an AI company designing Canada's hydro database?" Minerva Intelligence's COO - Jake McGregor

30 minutes, 12:30 PM EDT - 1:00 PM EDT

Talk

Jake McGregor, Minerva Intelligence Inc (Speaker)

Over the past year, Minerva Intelligence, a Vancouver-based cognitive AI company, has been awarded two contracts with Natural Resources Canada t...

3:30 PM

Title: Advancing Space Based Observation in Canada: The Federal Government of Canada Geospatial Directors General Panel

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

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)

Title: Advancing Space Based Observation in Canada:The GeoIgnite 2021 Directors General Geospatial Panel, part of Canada's National Geospati...

Thursday 22 April, 2021

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

10:00 AM

Keynote: Address by Vice-President of the Canadian Space Agency - Luc Brulé

30 minutes, 10:00 AM EDT - 10:30 AM EDT

Keynote

Luc Brûlé, CSA (Keynote speaker)

10:45 AM

Talk: "Building Software Solutions for Climate Change: Closing the communication gap between citizens & trusted authorities before, during, or after a disaster," Deploy Solutions's CEO - Nick Kellett

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

Talk

Nicholas Kellett, Deploy Software Solutions (Speaker)

At a time of rising climate change impacts, there is a vital and growing need to prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural disasters. Bu...

11:30 AM

Special Event: Fire Side Chat with Dr. Steve Liang, Founder & CTO of SensorUp & Dr. Nadine Alameh the OGC’s CEO

30 minutes, 11:30 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT

Talk

Dr. Steve Liang, University of Calgary, SensorUp (Speaker)

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

Join us April 22nd for a Fireside Chat with Dr. Steve Liang, Founder and CTO of SensorUp. Professor and Rogers IoT Research Chair at University of ...

12:00 PM

Lunch Keynote: "Why it Takes a Legion" MAXAR's Executive Vice President & CTO Dr. Walter Scott

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

Keynote

In this presentation, Dr. Walter Scott will compare the satellite imaging constellations of Maxar and other commercial companies to show how the...

2:00 PM

Talk: Canadian Council on Geomatics - Fostering collaboration across jurisdictions

30 minutes, 2:00 PM EDT - 2:30 PM EDT

Talk

Melanie Desjardins, NWT Centre for Geomatics (Speaker)

For nearly 50 years, geomatics representatives from Canadian provinces and territories have collaborated together and with the federal governmen...

2:45 PM

Canadian Geodetic Survey – Supporting Accurate Geospatial Positioning in Canada

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

Talk

Brian Donahue, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) (Speaker)

The Canadian Geodetic Survey (CGS) of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is responsible for defining, maintaining, and providing access to the Can...

3:30 PM

Spatial Finance, New Markets For Earth Observation

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

Panel

June McAlarey, CATALYST Earth (Panelist)

Will Cadell, Sparkgeo (Moderator)

Bill Greer, Maxar (Panelist)

Florian Thaler, OilX (Panelist)

Joe Morrison, Umbra (Panelist)

With PetaBytes of data flowing out of Low Earth Orbit everyday, the opportunity afforded by Earth Observation seems to be greater than ever. But is...

Friday 23 April, 2021

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

1:15 PM

Metadata, the ties that bind

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

Talk

Tobias Spears, Canada's Mirror Committee to ISO/TC 211 Geographic Information/Geomatics (Speaker)

The Government of Canada and organizations such as the UN recognize the critical role of standards in geographic information and geomatics to su...

2:45 PM

Canada’s Provincial & Territorial Geospatial Leadership Panel

1 hour, 2:45 PM EDT - 3:45 PM EDT

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)

Join GeoIgnite for this inaugural panel of provincial and territorial geospatial and location technology leaders.We will be discussing i...