
Prashant has worked in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors in a variety of roles and sectors. In the past decade, he provided the vision and worked to establish the Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation and then managed all aspects of its operations as its first Director-General. He also led CCMEO through deep reductions in the early 2010s and then led its renewal and subsequent large scale successes in delivering the highly successful Federal Geospatial Platform (GeoDiscovery); the science and satellite renewal elements of the 2019 Radarsat Constellation Mission; and after two years of consultation and negotiation, the launch of Canada's Flood Hazard Information Mapping Program.
Since 2019, he has been working with a variety of private sector companies where is an investor and he continues to advise Canadian geospatial and space startups. He is the Board Chair of the Open Geospatial Consortium; a Board Member of Building Smart Canada, and Ottawa's Dave Smith Youth Treatment Centre.
Sessions in which Prashant Shukle participates
Wednesday 17 May, 2023
Geoff Zeiss devoted over 30 years of his life to the Geospatial industry and global community, focusing on utility and construction sectors, and mapping underground utility infrastructure among many other projects. Sadly, Geoff passed away in September of 2022. The Geoff Zeiss Urban Infrastructure Mapping Fund was established to build on decades of innovation by Dr. Zeiss in developing effective and sustainable urban infrastructure through research and development supporting ...