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

Tickets for this workshop must be claimed in advance.Join Maxar Product Manager, Jake Dickinson, to learn first-hand how SecureWatch provides commercial and government organizations access to authoritative geospatial information to make decisions and act with confidence. Satellite imagery is foundational to geospatial workflows because it enables analysts to understand and model the locations and characteristics of land, facilities and equipment. But histori...

John Roos

Speaker

Jake Dickinson

Presenter

Google Chrome is the preferred browser for this session.Tickets for this workshop must be claimed in advance.Have you ever wanted to learn more about Synthetic Aperture RADAR (SAR) and Electo-Optical (EO) products? Come join this session for an introduction to some of the basic imaging parameters and learn about the different p...

Edward Lau

Presenter

The world is dynamically changing and so are businesses. By some estimates, 20% of new businesses close within one year of opening. In 2020, 

Michael Taylor 

Speaker

Maxar’s WeatherDesk is a mature product platform that has continually evolved to satisfy changing customer requirements.  It sets the standard for reliable and accurate weather forecasting through sound attention to science, an intense focus on customer service including 24/7 meteorological and operational support, and optimally solving customer problems.  WeatherDesk products elegantly translate weather data into insights and actionable intelligen...

Chris Hyde

Speaker

The Integrated Cadastral Information Society (ICI Society) is a leader in sharing geospatial information, promoting the integration, adoption, and use of spatial data for the social and economic benefit of British Columbians. In addition to data sharing, ICI Society works to facilitate opportunities for training, education, and collaboration across government, industry, and other interested organizations.  Incorporated in May 2001 and registered under the BC Societies Act as a ...

Eden McDonald-Yale

Presenter

Steve Mark

Presenter

This workshop will use open tools and standards to create STAC compliant data for a Canadian Federal Dataset.  The workshop will focus on the nuances of working on Canadian Data in a Cloud environment. It will further demonstrate modern geospatial data science tools to create a SpatioTemporal Asset Catalogue.  Sparkgeo will also demonstrate use in leading desktop and cloud mapping software. 

Tomer Rockman

Speaker

James Banting

Speaker

Taking urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts" is a crucial goal set forward under Goal 13 – Climate Action as part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).Climate action requires global efforts related to climate change mitigation – reducing the flow of heat-trapping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, or enhancing the "sinks" that accu...

Barbara Ryan

Moderator

Alex Gow

Speaker

Dr. Kumar Navulur

Speaker

Adina Gillespie

Speaker

Sarah Shivers

Speaker

Join this session to get the latest information on Maxar foundational products as well as demonstrations and round-table conversation with our subject matter experts. Please bring your questions if you're a current user, or come ready to experience the industry's best satellite imagery for the first time. 

Vicki Bassett

Panelist

Ryan Hamilton

Panelist

Please join us for the MDA-hosted workshop on multi-band SAR presented by MDA (Canada), Iceye (Finland) and VENG (Argentina).  After presenting SAR fundamentals, we will dive deep into the specifications of X-band (Iceye), C-band (RADARSAT-2) and L-band (SAOCOM) missions, as well as the sensors’ merit and strength in specific applications that are of relevance to Canada.  The last hour would be Q&As and discussion.

Vivienne Wu

Moderator

Lesley Gamble

Panelist

Michael Wollersheim

Panelist

Adrián Unger

Panelist

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,  citizens, and communities.   Drawing on the ongoing results of our massive multi-year climate change research project, and with assistance from hundreds of students, citizens, academics, NGOs, government officials, and industry partners, Deploy Solutions has identif...

Nicholas Kellett

Presenter