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Harsha Vardhan Madiraju

Associate Ditector
World Geospatial Industry Council (WGIC)

Elementy, w których Harsha Vardhan Madiraju attends

środa 14 kwiecień, 2021

Strefa czasowa: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
14:00
14:00 - 15:00 | 1 godz.

The GeoIgnite Conference and our sponsors are proud to present the third annual Diversity in Leadership Panel.As the common goals of diversity, equity, and inclusion become even more widespread, organizations have the daunting task of figuring out what works.It is our vision that GeoIgnite will spur the grassroots of a more diverse ecosystem where diversity of thinking and knowledge will ignite innovation and better outcomes for us all.The next generation o...

środa 21 kwiecień, 2021

Strefa czasowa: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
10:00
10:00 - 10:30 | 30 min.

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: Canada is the world leader in wide area space-based radar Earth observation through the highly successful RADARSAT program, supporting numerous operational and scientific uses for Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data. MDA, in conjunction with the Canadian government, has created an internationally recognized brand and reputation for...

Minda Suchan

Keynote speaker
10:45
10:45 - 11:15 | 30 min.

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 ...

12:30
12:30 - 13:00 | 30 min.

Over the past year, Minerva Intelligence, a Vancouver-based cognitive AI company, has been awarded two contracts with Natural Resources Canada to design schemas at a national level: the National Flood Hazard Data Layer (NFHDL) and the National Hydro Network V2 (NHNv2). You might be asking yourself why an AI company is designing and building these important database structures. Minerva's cognitive AI system makes use of semantically inoperable data in knowledge graphs and has designed syste...

15:30
15:30 - 16:30 | 1 godz.

Title: Advancing Space Based Observation in Canada:The GeoIgnite 2021 Directors General Geospatial Panel, part of Canada's National Geospatial Conference.Title: Advancing Space Based Observation in CanadaThis is a must attend panel for anyone interested in learning the direction Canada's Federal government geospatial leadership is taking.Join our panelists for an exploration of Canada's geospatial priorities and mission in this exciting discuss...

czwartek 22 kwiecień, 2021

Strefa czasowa: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
15:30
15:30 - 16:30 | 1 godz.

With PetaBytes of data flowing out of Low Earth Orbit everyday, the opportunity afforded by Earth Observation seems to be greater than ever. But is our community realizing that opportunity yet? Are there winners? How should we be thinking about EO businesses in the roaring 2020s?

piątek 23 kwiecień, 2021

Strefa czasowa: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
10:00
10:00 - 10:30 | 30 min.

The global geospatial industry is estimated at US$ 500 Billion and delivers an even more significant impact on society, with derived economic benefits estimated to be multifold. These benefits, however, are still not fully understood by key stakeholders and policy and decision-makers, ultimately hindering the global uptake of geospatial information. With decades of national spatial data infrastructure efforts around the world, how can this be? Focusing on the importance of...

Barbara Ryan

Keynote speaker

wtorek 1 marzec, 2022

Strefa czasowa: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
10:45
10:45 - 11:15 | 30 min.

"GHG Monitoring from Space: A mapping of capabilities across public, private and hybrid missions" was a collaborative effort undertaken by the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), WattTime, and the World Geospatial Industry Council (WGIC).This report, presented at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Earth Information Day at the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 26), was the first syst...