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Building Software Solutions for Climate Change: Closing the communication gap between citizens and trusted authorities before, during, or after a disaster with Nicholas Kellett, Founder and CEO of Deploy Software Solutions, Inc.

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When:
10:45, quarta-feira 2 mar 2022 (30 minutes)
Where:
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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 ongoing results of our massive multi-year climate change research and development project, and with assistance from hundreds of students, citizens, academics, NGOs, government officials, and industry partners, Deploy Solutions has identified the top perceived climate change-related communication problems. We have explored numerous ways software can help overcome these key barriers to trust and misinformation and offer practical and life-saving advice to protect citizens and society. 

We are building a prototype to show how authorities could communicate with the general public and citizen scientists before, during, or after a flood. Our "space app" demonstrates specific and practical ways satellite imagery, AI,  web portals, citizen science, geospatial data analysis and reporting tools, cloud-hosted infrastructure, and other features can be combined in a working software solution.

We will cover our key findings and briefly demonstrate our prototype progress (attend our deep dive session to see even more!). 

Learn and be inspired by the practical ways software can help our citizens and communities weather climate change impacts and natural disasters!

Who's Attending

Vivienne Wu
Manager of Business Development
MDA
Andrew House
VP, Business Development
Sparkgeo
Abigail Graham
Data Analyst
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
Holly Girling
Student
SAIT
Jessica Saigeon
GIS CO OP
SAIT
Jiaao Guo
RS analyst
NWT Centre for Geomatics
Mohamad Nasrullah
PHD student
Saint Petersburg Mining University
Charles Papasodoro
Team Leader
NRCan
Matthew Ladd
Ecosystems Research Analyst
Statistics Canada
Nga To
Business Applications Manager
Thompson-Nicola Regional District
Mr. Dennis Nazarenko
Founder
Cardinalus Corporate Consulting/ClearSky Connect
Robyn Ash
Manager, Crown Survey Administration
Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources and Renewables
Paula McLeod
Special Advisor
Geological Survey of Canada
Madoka Otani
Product manager
Information Services Corp
Karyssa Derrien
GIS Analyst
Aspen Planers Ltd
Cj frazer
Srudent
Texas a&m
saeedeh Madani
Student
SAIT
Somayeh Yavari
Geomatics Engineer
SFU
Emily Mahon
Manager, Geomatics Services
Government of the Northwest Territories, Centre for Geomatics
Daniel Kwagbenu
Digital IT Service Lead
SAIT

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