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Sessions

Terça-feira 7 novembro, 2023

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
12:00
12:00
Evolving Reality Capture Panel
45 minutes, 12:00 - 12:45

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Panel

Mack Kowalski, LiDAholics consulting (Moderator)

Gabriel Kettler, Turner Construction (Panelist)

Kevin Grover, McElhanney (Panelist)

David Prangnell (Panelist)

Join us for a riveting panel discussion featuring leading experts in the realm of reality capture. As the industry stands on the precipice of mo...
13:00
13:00
Geomatics Education Panel
45 minutes, 13:00 - 13:45

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Panel

Peter Pulsifer, Carleton Univeristy (Panelist)

Victoria Desjardins, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) (Panelist)

Ivan Detchev, University of Calgary (Panelist)

Carina Butterworth P.Eng., PhD(c), Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) (Moderator)

Join us at the GoGeomatics Expo in Calgary for a concise panel discussion on the present and future of geomatics educat...
14:00
14:00
New Space: addressing Canada's challenges in wildfire, emissions and natural resource management
1 hour, 14:00 - 15:00

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Panel

Will Cadell, Sparkgeo (Moderator)

John Roos, Maxar Intelligence Inc. (Panelist)

Kurtis Broda, Wyvern Inc (Panelist)

Dr. Chris Hopkinson, University of Lethbridge (Panelist)

William Parkinson, EarthDaily Analytics (Panelist)

In the face of escalating environmental challenges, Canada grapples with the urgent need for advanced solutions in wildfire monitoring, emission...
15:45
15:45
Diversity Leadership Panel
45 minutes, 15:45 - 16:30

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Panel

Prashant Shukle, buildingSMART Canada (Panelist)

Dr. Steve Liang, University of Calgary, SensorUp (Panelist)

David Gachuche, RiverCross Technologies (Panelist)

Amina Deiab OLD, QED Inc. (Moderator)

Andrea Krupa, PhotoSat (Panelist)

The GoGeomatics Expo and our sponsors are proud to present the Diversity in Leadership Panel.
16:45
16:45
buildingSMART BIM/GIS Panel
45 minutes, 16:45 - 17:30

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Panel

Trevor Taylor, The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) (Moderator)

Gavin Schrock, GoGeomatics (Panelist)

Paul Churcher, Department of National Defence (Panelist)

Join us at the BIM/GIS panel of our conference as we delve into critical subjects shaping the intersection of Building ...

Quarta-feira 8 novembro, 2023

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
12:00
12:00
Lidar CANEX Panel
45 minutes, 12:00 - 12:45

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Panel

Jennifer Triana, TopoDOT (Panelist)

Kenneth Ang, Terra Remote Sensing Inc (Moderator)

Dr. Tim Webster, Applied Geomatics Research Group NSCC (Panelist)

Michael Sitar, Riegl USA (Panelist)

Join us at the GoGeomatics Expo for a dynamic panel discussion on the latest trends in Lidar technology. Our panel of experts will dive into the ad...
13:00
13:00
SLAM Scan-Off Results
1 hour, 13:00 - 14:00

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Talk

Alex Hill-Stosky, Eagle Engineering and Consulting (Speaker)

Carina Butterworth P.Eng., PhD(c), Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) (Speaker)

Hongzhou Yang, University of Calgary (Speaker)

Rapid, short-range data collection will only become more critical as the technological revolution continues. From planning and analytics to VDC ...
14:00
14:00
Canada’s SLAM Market: Applications & Considerations for Industry
1 hour, 14:00 - 15:00

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Panel

Alex Hill-Stosky, Eagle Engineering and Consulting (Moderator)

Carina Butterworth P.Eng., PhD(c), Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) (Panelist)

Christopher Kercheval, Leica Geosystems Reality Capture (Panelist)

The SLAM Scan-off results are in, but what does that mean, where can this technology be applied, and what technology can be applied to it?Jo...
15:45
15:45
Fast Pitches
1 hour, 15:45 - 16:45

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Gavin Schrock, GoGeomatics (Moderator)

Got a cool geomatics product, service, student project, or academic/science research project/paper? Pitch it to a select panel of geomatics pres...
16:45
16:45
Surveyor Succession Planning Panel
45 minutes, 16:45 - 17:30

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Panel

Gavin Schrock, GoGeomatics (Moderator)

Jesse Vanneste, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) (Panelist)

Sherry Espiritu, LN Land Development Technologies. Inc (Panelist)

Dr. Robert Radovanovic, IPSAR Inc. (Panelist)

Join us at the GoGeomatics Expo for an insightful panel discussion that tackles the pressing question: Where will the next generation of land surve...

Terça-feira 29 outubro, 2024

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
11:00
11:00
Why Space Matters to Canada
30 minutes, 11:00 - 11:30

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Keynote

Dr Gordon Osinski, University of Western Ontario (Keynote speaker)

Space, the final frontier. Or is it? Although many people are fascinated by space, most are relatively unaware of how space technologies pervade th...
11:45
11:45
Human Footprint Datasets for Alberta: Mapping and Monitoring in Support of Land and Resource Management
15 minutes, 11:45 - 12:00

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Talk

Scott Vegter, Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (Speaker)

The Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (ABMI) defines human footprint as the visible alteration or conversion of native ecosystems to tempor...
12:00
12:00
Democratizing and Operationalizing Satellite-based Vegetation Recovery Monitoring in Canadian Boreal Forests
15 minutes, 12:00 - 12:15

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Talk

Jiaao Guo, Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (Speaker)

Sessions: Human footprint datasets for Canada: mapping and monitoring in support of land and resource managementDisturbance is a key compone...
12:15
12:15
Pairing Geospatial Datasets with Local Knowledge for Landscape Management Planning in the Ghost Region of Alberta
15 minutes, 12:15 - 12:30

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Talk

Sharlene Fritz, Sourcewater Communications (Speaker)

From ancient cave drawings depicting hunting grounds to hand-sketched layouts of backyard gardens, humans conceptualize space through map making. M...
13:00
13:00
Lidar and AI Based Seismic Line Mapping in Caribou Ranges in Boreal Alberta, Canada
15 minutes, 13:00 - 13:15

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Talk

Jesse Viehweger, Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (Speaker)

Maintaining undisturbed habitat is key to the recovery strategy of the Woodland Caribou boreal population. Seismic lines have been identified as a ...
13:15
13:15
Fusion of Lidar and Machine Learning Methods for Vegetation Classification on Human Footprint Features in Boreal Alberta, Canada
15 minutes, 13:15 - 13:30

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Talk

Mir Mustafizur Rahman, Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (Speaker)

Large-scale habitat inventories are necessary for understanding how human land-use, natural disturbances (e.g., fire) and climate change are influe...
13:30
13:30
Accuracy, Uncertainty and Biases in the Human Footprint Mapping in British Columbia
15 minutes, 13:30 - 13:45

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Talk

Miguel Arias, University of Northern British Columbia (Speaker)

Session Human footprint datasets for Canada: mapping and monitoring in support of land and resource managementHuman activities have disturbe...
13:45
13:45
High-Resolution Human Pressure Mapping for Improved Cumulative Effects Assessment in British Columbia
15 minutes, 13:45 - 14:00

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Talk

Juan Pablo Ramirez-Delgado, University of Northern British Columbia (Speaker)

Regional and provincial conservation efforts require detailed human pressure mapping to manage and mitigate human impacts effectively. However, in ...
15:15
15:15
Space-based Maritime Monitoring for Sustainable Management of Ocean Resources
30 minutes, 15:15 - 15:45

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Talk

John Bowers, MDA (Speaker)

The health of the global ocean environment is of critical importance. Planetary limits for climate change and biodiversity are being reached, and u...
16:15
16:15
How Topography Affects Flood Mapping and Dam Breach Analysis
30 minutes, 16:15 - 16:45

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Talk

Andrea Krupa, PhotoSat (Speaker)

In flood mapping and dam breach analysis, engineers and planners define inundation areas through flow modeling. A crucial input for this analysis i...
17:15
17:15
Mapping Industrial Methane Emissions Using Space-based and Airborne Instruments
30 minutes, 17:15 - 17:45

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Talk

Warren Shaw, GHGSat (Speaker)

Methane is a greenhouse gas that has a global warming potential 80 times greater than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period. Reducing methane emissi...
18:00
18:00
Harnessing the Supercharged Maxar Constellation for Energy
30 minutes, 18:00 - 18:30

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Talk

John Roos, Maxar Intelligence Inc. (Speaker)

Maxar has doubled the size of its electro-optical constellation in 2024 with the launch of four new WorldView Legion satellites, and two more will ...
20:00
20:00
UESI Ontario AB BC AGM
1 hour, 20:00 - 21:00

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Please register and attend in perso...

Quarta-feira 30 outubro, 2024

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
11:00
11:00
Results of Accuracy Testing for Laser Scanners in Concrete Verificaion
30 minutes, 11:00 - 11:30

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Talk

Mack Kowalski, LiDAholics consulting (Speaker)

This presentation details the results of a field study conducted in July in Santa Cr...
11:45
11:45
Virtual Assembly for Heavy Industrial Projects
30 minutes, 11:45 - 12:15

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Talk

Kyle Pickering, OnSite3D (Speaker)

The Virtual Assembly Showcase highlights the value of integrating advanced 3D laser scanning and virtual assembly in industrial construction. In a ...
13:00
13:00
Leveraging UAVs and GIS Machine Learning to Support Airport Runway Rehabilitations
30 minutes, 13:00 - 13:30

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Talk

Jeff Benjamin, Dillon Consulting Limited (Speaker)

Dillon was retained by the Government of Nunavut to perform a Needs Assessment for the reh...
13:45
13:45
CanSLAM 2024 Results
30 minutes, 13:45 - 14:15

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Talk

Alex Hill-Stosky, Eagle Engineering and Consulting (Speaker)

Carina Butterworth P.Eng., PhD(c), Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) (Speaker)

The time has come for the presentation of this year's mobile mapping system and SLAM system participants.Are you looking to collect more dat...
15:15
15:15
The Effect of Creative Teaching and Radical Constructivism in Geomatics Education
30 minutes, 15:15 - 15:45

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Talk

Carina Butterworth P.Eng., PhD(c), Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) (Speaker)

Traditional teaching methods in post-secondary often included using powerpoint presentations and writing on a white or blackboard.  The newer ...
16:00
16:00
Multi Disciplicinary Geomatics for Environmental Management
30 minutes, 16:00 - 16:30

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Talk

Kenneth Ang, Terra Remote Sensing Inc (Speaker)

How do hydrographic surveys, aerial Remote Sensing and GIS help with environmental efforts? Terra explores 2 projects that use a combination of dif...
16:45
16:45
Putting Earth Observation Technology to Work
30 minutes, 16:45 - 17:15

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Talk

Aaron Addison, World Geospatial Industry Council (WGIC) (Speaker)

Earth Observation technologies have experienced unprecedented inno...