Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1
Sessions
10:00
10:00
- Éric Loubier - Director General - CCMEO - Keynote: Geospatial Opportunities in COVID Times Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1
- 10:00 - 11:00 | 1 hour
- Opening Remarks by GeoIgnite founder Jonathan MurphyKeynote address: Geospatial Opportunities in COVID TimesGeospatial capacity ha...
- Keynote

11:30
11:30
- 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 cri...
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12:30
12:30
- Maxar - Monitoring Arctic Expansion and the Impact of Climate Change with High Resolution Imagery Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1
- 12:30 - 13:15 | 45 minutes
- Presented by: Jake Dickinson & John Roos Abstract: As shrinking polar ice creates...
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13:30
13:30
- Will Cadell - CEO - SparkGeo - Talk: Strategic Geospatial for a Complex World Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1
- 13:30 - 14:15 | 45 minutes
- Strategic Geospatial for a Complex WorldWhere humans move and landscapes change there is value. That’s geospatial. This talk is a...
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14:30
14:30
- Melody Rosdahl - Global Partner Manager - Business Geografic, Talk: A Modern approach to GIS Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1
- 14:30 - 15:15 | 45 minutes
- GIS users’ numbers are expanding around the world. It is now possible to find a GIS use in every field and to optimize their success....
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15:30
15:30
- What does the future hold for the Canadian Geospatial Sector? Panel Discussion Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1
- 15:30 - 16:30 | 1 hour
- Geospatial and location technologies is present and continues to expand its reach in many sectors. Much of the current digital transformation t...
- Panel

10:00
10:00
- Paul Kennedy - VP of MDA - Keynote: Growing Canada’s Next Earth Observation (EO) Generation Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1
- 10:00 - 10:45 | 45 minutes
- Title: Growing Canada’s Next Earth Observation (EO) GenerationCanada has a proud history in Earth Observation, supportin...
- Keynote
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11:00
11:00
- Sven Cowan - Program Manager - Quantum Spatial Canada - What’s New? Innovations and Lidar Applications for Trees & Water Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1
- 11:00 - 11:45 | 45 minutes
- A closer look at some of the lidar-derived innovations for enhanced forestry management solutions and topobathymetric flood mitigation from Quan...
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12:00
12:00
- Bilyana Anicic - President - Aurora Consulting - Talk: Digital Transformation: Our New Reality Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1
- 12:00 - 12:45 | 45 minutes
- A new era of human experience is upon us. The current disruption brought by the COVID-19 crisis has thrust us from a mere “digital transfo...
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13:00
13:00
- Maxar - Elevation Suite: An overview of the elevation products available through earth observation satellites Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1
- 13:00 - 13:45 | 45 minutes
- Presented by: Ryan Hamilton & John Roos Abstract: The combination of Maxar’s earth observation sat...
10:00
10:00
- Final Day Remarks and Awards with GeoIgnite Committee Members Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1
- 10:00 - 10:15 | 15 minutes
- Keynote
10:30
10:30
- Nick Burchell - Director- Avenza - Talk: Cartographic Journeys with the Avenza Platform Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1
- 10:30 - 11:15 | 45 minutes
- In this presentation, Avenza’s Nick Burchell will provide a series of case studies on how maps created with the Avenza suite of tools are being ...
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11:30
11:30
- Nicholas Kellett - Founder & CEO - Deploy Solutions - Talk: New Horizons in Space Apps Development Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1
- 11:30 - 12:15 | 45 minutes
- We are living through a transformative time, not least in the space industry. A graph of upcoming satellite launches looks like a hockey stick –...
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12:30
12:30
- Statistics Canada - DEIL experiments & outputs with open geospatial data Statistics Canada Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1
- 12:30 - 13:15 | 45 minutes
- Title: DEIL experiments and outputs with open geospatial dataThe Data Exploration and Integration Lab (DEIL) at Statistics Canada has i...

13:30
13:30
- June McAlarey - President & CEO - PCI Geomatics - Talk: Making earth observation intelligence available to the decision makers that drive our future Virtual Meeting Space - Room 1
- 13:30 - 14:15 | 45 minutes
- Abstract A fundamental shift in the geospatial industry has occurred over recent years. Modern remote sensing technolog...
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