Collin Branton

GIS Water Resources Project Specialist

Upper Thames River Conservation Authority

Sessions in which Collin Branton attends

Wednesday 21 April, 2021

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

10:00 AM

GeoIgnite Welcome & Keynote: MDA and the Future of SAR - Dr. Minda Suchan, VP of Geointelligence

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

Keynote

Minda Suchan, MDA (Keynote speaker)

Join us for the the launch of GeoIgnite with Jonathan Murphy, the Chair of GeoIgnite, and Dr. Minda Suchan of MDA.Abstract of MDA Keynote...

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...

1:15 PM

Talk: "Beneath the Surface: A closer look at the 2020 aerial topobathymetric lidar survey of Montreal" NV5 Geospatial & CMM

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

Talk

Guillaume Spain, Montreal Metropolitan Community (Speaker)

Sven Cowan, NV5 Geospatial (Speaker)

À l'automne 2020, NV5 Geospatial, propulsé par Quantum Spatial, a été mandaté par la Communauté Métropolitaine de Montréal (CMM) pour réaliser l...

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)

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...

Friday 23 April, 2021

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

10:45 AM

A Tale of Two Cities - Quality cartographic output for your data with Adobe Illustrator and MAPublisher

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

Talk

Spencer Elford, Avenza Systems Inc (Speaker)

Nick Burchell, Avenza Systems Inc (Speaker)

In this presentation by Avenza Systems, we will be showcasing how high quality cartographic outputs after your data analysis can actually be ach...

12:30 PM

Advances in Earth Observation & Analytics Technologies + Deployment in Forest & Climate Solutions - Tara O'Shea, Planet

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

Talk

Tara O’Shea, Planet (Speaker)

With rapid advances in Earth observation, cloud computing, and analytics technologies, more information on our changing world is more readily avail...

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...

Monday 26 April, 2021

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

1:00 PM

GoGeomatics Canada Workshop: Create Interactive Maps with Leaflet (JavaScript library)

2 hours, 1:00 PM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT

Signup required

Workshop

Morgan Ostrander, Benevity (Presenter)

Tickets for this workshop must be claimed in advance.Interested in learning web mapping with JavaScript? Join our intro...

Tuesday 27 April, 2021

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

10:00 AM

Let's Talk Automation

2 hours, 10:00 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT

Signup required

Workshop

Marikka Williams, Fleming College (Presenter)

Gaya Ganesan, Toronto Police Service (Presenter)

Google Chrome is the preferred browser for this session.Tickets for this w...

Wednesday 28 April, 2021

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

10:00 AM

Using software to prepare for Climate Change impacts and natural disaster: Deep Dive on our research findings and software prototype

2 hours, 10:00 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT

Signup required

Workshop

Nicholas Kellett, Deploy Software Solutions (Presenter)

Tickets for this workshop must be claimed in advance.At a time of rising clima...