Jonathan Murphy, serial geospatial entrepreneur and career coach explains what it means to go from employee to an independent contractor providing goods, labor or services in Canada.Independent contractors work as individual entities. You are, however, responsible for managing your own payment and taxes.  Jon with 20 years experience as a consultant and business owner in the Canadian geospatial sector will explain what it takes to go solo and the pros and cons of being your own...

Jonathan Murphy the Geospatial career coach and GeoIgnite conference chair will discuss some strategies when apllying for jobs online and share some jobs for participants to consider.

Do you know what the geospatial product trap is? We fall in love with the technology, not the problem. I am a lucky person. My job has evolved to one where I primarily get to talk about geospatial technology all day. I could be scoping out internal or external projects or evaluating technologies. Increasingly, I provide advice on product ideas. This final situation has forced me to consider the nature of our community-of-practice. The common assumption that geospatial ...

Maxar is building the highest resolution and most accurate 3D map of the planet and this talk will provide an overview of the products and capabilities that are making it possible.

At a time of rising climate change impacts, there is a vital and growing need to prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural disasters. But there is a critical communication gap between authorities and citizens. Drawing on the results of our massive multi-year climate change R&D project, and with assistance from hundreds of students, citizens, academics, NGOs, and government officials, we have identified the top perceived climate change-relatedcommunication problem...

Presentation of Awards and Concluding Announcements.