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Andrew Davidson

Associate Director
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Dr. Andrew M. Davidson is the Associate Director of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Agroclimate, Geomatics, Earth Observation and Agroenvironmental Resilience Centre (ACGEO-AER). He is also an Adjunct Research Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Carleton University and an Affiliated Researcher with the University’s Global Water Institute. Dr Davidson is Canada’s alternate representative on the Group on Earth Observation (GEO) Programme Board and a member of the GEO Global Agricultural Monitoring (GEOGLAM) Executive Committee. He actively supports Canada's remote sensing community through his involvement with various remote sensing organizations. In November 2013, Dr Davidson was elected to the College of Fellows of the Royal Canadian Geographic Society (RCGS).

Sessions in which Andrew Davidson attends

Wednesday 21 April, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
10:00 AM
10:00 AM

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
11:30 AM

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...
2:00 PM
2:00 PM

Talk

James Ashton, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Speaker)

Explore the structure of an enterprise location intelligence platform at Agriculture Agri-food Canada and how they created a strategic road map to ...
3:30 PM
3:30 PM

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
10:00 AM

Keynote

Luc Brûlé, CSA (Keynote speaker)

3:30 PM
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)
10:00 AM
10:00 AM

Keynote

Barbara Ryan, WGIC (Keynote speaker)

The global geospatial industry is estimated at US$ 500 Billion and delivers an even more significant impact on society, with derived economic be...
12:30 PM
12:30 PM

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...

Tuesday 27 April, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
Introduction to SAR/EO Products Workshop, Hosted by MDA
2 hours, 1:00 PM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT
Signup required

Workshop

Edward Lau, MDA (Presenter)

Google Chrome is the preferred browser for this session.

Friday 30 April, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
GIS Project Management Practices
3 hours 30 minutes, 11:00 AM EDT - 2:30 PM EDT
Signup required

Workshop

Peter Croswell, Croswell-Schulte IT Consultants (Speaker)

Tickets for this workshop must be claimed in advance.This half-day workshop cu...