John Roos is Maxar Intelligence’s Enterprise Sales Director for Canada and Latin America. With more than 20 years experience in the geospatial industry, John can help customers find the best ways to leverage Maxar’s industry-leading satellite imagery to their advantage. He lives in Ottawa, Canada, and is avid hockey fan.
Sessions in which John Roos participates
Monday 26 April, 2021
Tickets for this workshop must be claimed in advance.Join Maxar Product Manager, Jake Dickinson, to learn first-hand how SecureWatch provides commercial and government organizations access to authoritative geospatial information to make decisions and act with confidence. Satellite imagery is foundational to geospatial workflows because it enables analysts to understand and model the locations and characteristics of land, facilities and equipment. But histori...
Sessions in which John Roos attends
Thursday 22 April, 2021
Abstract forth coming: Oversight for CSA program sectors, including in Space Utilization, Space Exploration, and Space Science and Technology.
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 Calgary and Dr. Nadine Alameh the OGC’s Chief Executive Office (CEO).Steve's goal is to disrupt the silos of the Internet of Things by creating, using, and implementing open and interoperable standards and products for device-cloud communications and cloud-cloud communications. Steve is chairing and the editor of several key IoT enabling...
For nearly 50 years, geomatics representatives from Canadian provinces and territories have collaborated together and with the federal government on geomatics initiatives. This presentation will explore why such a council came to be and why its work matters to the Canadian geomatics sector and citizens alike. While the geomatics sector and the world we live in continue to change, the need for coordination across jurisdictions remains crucial to support decision-making and response to share...
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 our community realizing that opportunity yet? Are there winners? How should we be thinking about EO businesses in the roaring 2020s?
Friday 23 April, 2021
The global geospatial industry is estimated at US$ 500 Billion and delivers an even more significant impact on society, with derived economic benefits estimated to be multifold. These benefits, however, are still not fully understood by key stakeholders and policy and decision-makers, ultimately hindering the global uptake of geospatial information. With decades of national spatial data infrastructure efforts around the world, how can this be? Focusing on the importance of...
In 2003, when GISPartner entered the business Poland was still far behind more developed countries in terms of IT implementation. In 2021 the gap is incomparably smaller and some of Polish IT solutions are widely used across the globe. When public administration is considered, it was also GISPartner, which greatly contributed into transforming paper & stamps into high-class software solutions. We want to share our thoughts on how clever, tailor-made IT solutions are driving this transf...
Join GeoIgnite for this inaugural panel of provincial and territorial geospatial and location technology leaders.We will be discussing issues surrounding: What are main priorities and challenges across jurisdictions? What types of geospatial tools we use to monitor and respond to key challenges like emergency response? How are jurisdictions aligning geospatial tools, data, and people to address climate change? What are some current data...
Tuesday 27 April, 2021
Google Chrome is the preferred browser for this session.Tickets for this workshop must be claimed in advance.Have you ever wanted to learn more about Synthetic Aperture RADAR (SAR) and Electo-Optical (EO) products? Come join this session for an introduction to some of the basic imaging parameters and learn about the different p...
Thursday 29 April, 2021
Tickets for this workshop must be claimed in advance.From Imagery Purchasing to Final ProductImagery Intelligence Analysis WorkflowGeospatial intelligence is the first step in any battle or business plan. Understanding the terrain and the subject in question is the key to success or failure.In this 90 min workshop we will discuss the process from how to purchase satellite imagery to producing ...