Andrew Edwards

PSD CityWide

Sessions in which Andrew Edwards 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...

10:45 AM

Talk: "The Geospatial Product Trap," SparkGeo's CEO - Will Cadell

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

Talk

Will Cadell, Sparkgeo (Speaker)

Do you know what the geospatial product trap is? We fall in love with the technology, not the problem. I am a lucky person....

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...

Friday 23 April, 2021

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

11:30 AM

GIS & beyond – smart software solutions made in Poland

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

Talk

Michal Hermanowski, GISPartner sp. z o.o. (Speaker)

Bartlomiej Grabowski, GISPartner sp. z o.o. (Speaker)

In 2003, when GISPartner entered the business Poland was still far behind more developed countries in terms of IT implementation. In 2021 the ga...

2:00 PM

Talk: "Locating the Blockchain"- Bilyana Anicic CEO, Aurora Consulting

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

Talk

Bilyana Anicic, Aurora Consulting (Speaker)

This talk will be bringing together the power of location intelligence and blockchain technology for an increased speed and accuracy of transact...

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...

Wednesday 28 April, 2021

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

1:00 PM

Drone-derived data and geomatics quality and accuracy standards

3 hours, 1:00 PM EDT - 4:00 PM EDT

Signup required

Workshop

Clément CHARRÉ, ASG Mapping Ltd. | GeoIgnite2020 Online Team (Speaker)

Mozhdeh Shahbazi, Centre de géomatique du Québec (Speaker)

Mike Venables, Aero-Photos (Speaker)

Regie Alam, ASG Mapping Ltd (Speaker)

Tickets for this workshop must be claimed in advance.The use of drones, officially referred to as Remotely Pilote...

Thursday 29 April, 2021

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

2:00 PM

Avenza Maps: A mobile solution for offline mapping, data collection and navigation in the field

2 hours, 2:00 PM EDT - 4:00 PM EDT

Signup required

Workshop

Felipe Gonzalez-Macqueen, Avenza (Speaker)

Spencer Elford, Avenza Systems Inc (Speaker)

Justin Baradi, Avenza Systems Inc. (Speaker)

Alex Videka, Avenza (Speaker)

Tickets for this workshop must be claimed in advance.This workshop will of...

Friday 30 April, 2021

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

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...