Erin Tompkins

Researcher
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

Sessions auxquelles Erin Tompkins assiste

Mercredi 22 Juillet, 2020

Fuseau horaire: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
10:00
Decorative image for session Éric Loubier - Director General - CCMEO - Keynote: Geospatial Opportunities in COVID Times
Éric Loubier - Director General - CCMEO - Keynote: Geospatial Opportunities in COVID Times
Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1
10:00 - 11:00 | 1 heure

Opening Remarks by GeoIgnite founder Jonathan MurphyKeynote address: Geospatial Opportunities in COVID TimesGeospatial capacity has been helpful in providing answers to Canadians during a time where nothing seems normal anymore. At the forefront of tracking, reporting and managing the response to the COVID crisis are geospatial tools, data and leadership. Natural Resources Canada’s Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation supported the Government of Canada’s response b...

Jonathan Murphy
Conférencier.ère

Éric Loubier
Invité.e d'honneur
11:30
Decorative image for session David Acco - President - Acosys Consulting - Talk: Geospatial data & analytics advance issues critical to Indigenous communities across Canada
David Acco - President - Acosys Consulting - Talk: Geospatial data & analytics advance issues critical to Indigenous communities across Canada
Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1
11:30 - 12:15 | 45 minutes

Building on the panel discussion at GeoIgnite 2019, David Acco will discuss the potential of geospatial data and analytics to advance issues critical to Indigenous communities across Canada, from exerting sovereignty over territory, to environmental protection and climate change adaptation, to natural resources development. Mr. Acco will further outline how his firm, Acosys Consulting Services Inc., has developed an approach to marrying Indigenous Traditional Knowledge (ITK) and geospatial...