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Program

Wtorek 18 czerwiec, 2019

Strefa czasowa: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
8:20
8:20
Jonathan Murphy - Founder - GeoIgnite & GoGeomatics Canada welcomes participants
10 min., 8:20 - 8:30

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Keynote

Jonathan Murphy, GoGeomatics Canada (Participant)

8:30
8:30
Jim Watson - Mayor - City of Ottawa, Talk: Welcome to Ottawa Canada's Tech City
10 min., 8:30 - 8:40

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Keynote

8:40
8:40
Keith Masback - Chair - National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC), Talk: Geospatial 20/20: Envisioning Our Path to the Future
20 min., 8:40 - 9:00

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Keynote

There's never been a more exciting time to be a part of the geospatial profession. From mapping the infrastructure beneath our cities to indoor way...
9:00
9:00
Nadine Alameh - CEO - Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Talk: A changing world: Impacts on location standards and innovation
20 min., 9:00 - 9:20

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Keynote

Nadine Alameh, Taylor Geospatial Institute (Participant)

Let’s admit it! We live in exciting times with technology, social interactions and business models changing before our eyes: Flying taxis, self-d...
9:40
9:40
Prashant Shukle - Director General - Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation (NRCan) Talk: The Future of National Mapping
20 min., 9:40 - 10:00

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Prashant Shukle, buildingSMART Canada (Participant)

Prashant Shukle is the Director General for the Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation Branch, Earth Sciences Sector, at Natural Resourc...
10:00
10:00
Keynote Panel Discussion on Digital Transformation: Global & Canadian Impacts
30 min., 10:00 - 10:30

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Panel

Jonathan Murphy, GoGeomatics Canada (Moderator)

Nadine Alameh, Taylor Geospatial Institute (Participant)

Prashant Shukle, buildingSMART Canada (Participant)

What are the ramifications of the current digital transformation globally and what will it mean for Canada and the globe? Our award winning panel o...
11:15
11:15
Amina Deiab - Senior Director Economic Policy, Economic Development and Trade - Government of Alberta, Talk: Alberta View: Economic impacts and Opportunities of the Geospatial Sector
20 min., 11:15 - 11:35

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Talk

Alberta View: Economic impacts and Opportunities of the Geospatial SectorLocation technologies are changing the way we live, wor...
11:35
11:35
Christiane Saad - Lawyer - Univ Of Ottawa, Talk: The Future of Geospatial "Big Data" legal issues and challenges
20 min., 11:35 - 11:55

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Christiane Saad, University of Ottawa (Participant)

The future is digital. Big data is an integral part of the digital transformation of a private or public organization. Location and geospatial tech...
11:55
11:55
Arnold Hougham - Vice President PCI Geomatics -Talk: Data Cubes & opportunities to leverage hyper temporal image archives to support climate change studies
20 min., 11:55 - 12:15

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Arnold Hougham (Participant)

Several key trends in the geospatial industry over the last few years have created the conditions needed to truly leverage remote sensing as a tech...
12:15
12:15
SDG's & GeoSpatial In Action: Saving the world's Oceans, one Hope Spot at a time
20 min., 12:15 - 12:35

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Graham Stickler, SkyWatch (Participant)

Hope Spots are special places that are critical to the health of the ocean — Earth’s blue heart. Some Hope Spots are already formally protec...
14:00
14:00
Bilyana Anicic - Enterprise Architect - Talk: Digital Transformations: Mapping our Future
30 min., 14:00 - 14:30

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Keynote

Bilyana Anicic, Aurora Consulting (Participant)

Today, geospatial technologies are embedded in many of the workflows that support the Fourth Industrial Revolution and therefore invaluable to user...
14:30
14:30
Walter Knitl - CEO - Praxiem, Talk: Geospatial: Internet of Things – the Cornerstone of Digital Disruption
20 min., 14:30 - 14:50

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Walter Knitl, Praxiem (Participant)

The Internet of Things (IoT) is here. Whether applied to industrial automation, wearables, connected transportation and logistics, drones or smart ...
14:50
14:50
Geoff Zeiss - Talk: Growing evidence of the benefits of an integrated BIM & geospatial approach to construction
20 min., 14:50 - 15:10

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Geoff Zeiss, Between the Poles (Participant)

The UK Government as part of its building information modeling (BIM) initiative has said repeatedly that it expects the big payoff of a digital mod...
15:10
15:10
Faramarz Samavati - Professor - Univ Calgary, Talk: Discrete Global Grid System, a disruptive method for implementing Digital Earth
20 min., 15:10 - 15:30

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Faramarz Samavati, University of Calgary (Participant)

The Earth is immense, and abundant with interesting information. Recent advancements in geospatial sensors (e.g. satellites, smart phones, meteorol...
16:00
16:00
Will Cadell - CEO - Sparkgeo: Talk: Cloudy With a Chance of Data Science. What happened to my GIS? A forecast for modern geospatial
20 min., 16:00 - 16:20

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Will Cadell, Sparkgeo (Participant)

Cloudy with a chance of data science.Sparkgeo had been building cloud first geospatial applications, from day 1. But that was not the pla...
16:20
16:20
Anthony Calamito - Director, Government Programs - Mapbox, Talk: How to Access and Analyze Your Sensitive Geospatial Data On and Off Network
20 min., 16:20 - 16:40

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Anthony Calamito, Mapbox (Participant)

The Mapbox live location platform was designed to serve all levels of government and the critical services they support. Develop custom mapping and...
16:40
16:40
Calvin Klatt - Director & Chief Geodesist for the Canadian Geodetic Survey, Talk: Advances in Geodesy: Precise Global Positioning on a Dynamic Planet
20 min., 16:40 - 17:00

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Calvin Klatt PhD (Participant)

We are entering a new era of positioning, navigation and timing. Global, instantaneous, and easily accessible positioning at better than 10cm is co...