Geospatial Job Hunting Seminar
2021-01-30 10:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto) | British Columbai
Finding a job in geospatial technology can be difficult. Covid-19 is not making that any easier. GoGeomatics Canada has put together an online career seminar to give job seekers the tools and techniques that will put them ahead in their job search.
This online “Zoom” half-day career seminar is designed to give new and seasoned geomatics professionals the tools they need to succeed in the job market. The seminar is particularly focused on those seeking work in GIS, cartography, remote sensing, programming, and other related geospatial fields.
You must register on the Career Seminar website here: Home | January Canadian Geospatial Virtual Career Seminar (Event times are in Eastern Time) (grenadine.co)
Join us online Saturday January 30th,[masked]am Eastern Standard Time. Email [masked] for more info.
Jonathan Murphy, Managing Director of GoGeomatics Canada and geospatial career coach, will be sharing his valued tips and insight for your job search. He is an expert geomatics professional with close to 20 years of experience. Jon’s career has ranged from the oil fields of Alberta to projects with the United Nations in Switzerland.
Topics covered include:
– Geospatial Job Market Trends during pandemic
– Specialty cover letters for GIS & remote sensing
– Professional associations – should you join one?
– Specialized GIS & Geospatial job hunting strategies
– How to analyze a geospatial job posting
– Portfolios
– Salaries & remuneration
– How to handle recruiters & staffing companies
– Your LinkedIn profile
– Career strategies
– The interview
– The fundamentals of successful online networking

Geodesign Summit
2021-02-09 00:00 - 2021-02-10 23:59
Resilient by Geodesign

Our planet and its inhabitants are facing challenges like few times before in history—climate change, resource scarcity, and massive migrations of our planet’s inhabitants as well as local community challenges. Using geodesign, we aim to foster integrated and collaborative planning and design solutions for rapidly evolving landscapes in diverse contexts. We want to overcome challenges through forward thinking and creativity by merging people, data, methods, and technology. We’ll emerge stronger and better prepared—resilient by geodesign.
Join thought leaders, innovators, and other visionaries virtually to see firsthand how they are leveraging geodesign and technology to confront challenges head-on and plan for our future.

Current Trends in Cloud-based GIS
2021-02-19 00:00 - 23:59
As working remotely became our new normal and GIS emerged as the centerpiece for how we viewed changes to our world, cloud providers continued to innovate. Join us for a review of the top cloud solutions and the strong impact they have on how we do GIS.
We will also explore some exciting new possibilities that will allow your organization to realize all the promised benefits of migrating to the cloud — better performance, centralized management, improved data security, and simplified deployment.
Join us to:

Review of the top GIS cloud solutions.
Learn what’s new in the world of VDI.
Explore the top benefits cloud-based GIS organizations experience

About ROK
At ROK Technologies, our sole focus is to architect, deploy and manage the ArcGIS® Enterprise suite and desktop applications in cloud and hybrid environments. Recognized as an Esri Cloud Specialty Partner, our team of certified AWS, Azure, and Esri experts bring our many years of extensive, multi-disciplinary knowledge to each and every organization we serve. With scalable, highly durable, and cost-effective cloud first technologies, ROK can take the IT and ArcGIS Enterprise management off your plate, so you can focus on what you do best, GIS. At ROK, we take your GIS to the Cloud.

Esri USA Federal GIS Conference
2021-02-22 08:00 - 2021-02-24 17:00
GIS—Interconnecting National Government

Join attendees virtually from across government agencies at the Esri Federal GIS Conference. Hear how government agencies are using GIS to power deeper understanding for effective solutions. Choose from a variety of professional development workshops and learn from Esri staff.

Data-driven Insights on the Black Communities in Canada
2021-02-24 13:30 - 15:30
In the past, StatCan has organized half-day events held in different Canadian cities, discussing the uses of statistics in various fields.
This year, A Data Story will be held virtually. This 2-hour virtual event is a wonderful opportunity for Statistics Canada to connect and collaborate with you, our data users and stakeholders, in order to better understand your evolving data needs.
In honour of Black History Month, the event will highlight StatCan’s data on the Black Communities and will be open to all Government of Canada employees as well as the general public.
The event will feature remarks by the Chief Statistician, Anil Arora, keynote address from Assistant Chief Statisticians Lynn Barr-Telford and Greg Peterson, followed by a panel discussion with panelists representing Black Community organizations in Canada.
Moderator
Peter Flegel, Executive Director, Federal Anti-Racism Secretariat Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Branch
Panelists

Richard Sharpe, Director, Equity, Anti-racism, Diversity and Inclusion, Department of Justice Canada
Dr. Malinda Smith, Professor, Vice Provost (Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion) and 2018 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Fellow
Dahabo Ahmed-Omer, Executive Director – BlackNorth Initiative
Dr. Lance McCready, Associate Professor, Leadership, Higher & Adult Education and Director, Transitional Year Program

Registration link

Leica HxMap Webinar: 3D City Modelling Workflow
2021-02-25 03:00 - 04:00
Join us on 25 February to learn about the 3D city modelling module in Leica HxMap, Leica Geosystems’ high-performance unified LiDAR and image processing workflow for airborne sensors. Product manager, Felix Rohrbach, will provide detailed insights into the 3D modelling functionality and key features. For a deeper understanding of the 3D editor, application engineer, René Rothe, will demo the workflow.
Key take-aways

Understand how to generate, edit and texture buildings
Explore editing of building geometries in 2D and 3D
Learn how to take advantage of collected sensor data when editing
Gain knowledge on how to work efficiently using the building object list
Learn to edit in stereo imaging mode using nadir or oblique imagery

Date: Thursday 25 February
Time: 9 – 10 am CET (Central Europe)

Presenters:

• Felix Rohrbach, Product Manager HxMap, Hexagon

• René Rothe, Application Engineer HxMap, Hexagon
The webinar will be recorded and shared with everyone who registered.

Speeding Up Drone Mapping Projects
2021-02-25 04:00 - 05:00
The rapid processing of drone projects can rapidly become challenging, especially with larger datasets comprising several thousands of images. This training session will discuss how to develop an optimal photogrammetric workflow, using the proper level of automation and hardware resources. Specifically, attendees will learn about the following:
Controlling quality of input imagery
Generating dense DSMs, DTMs and 3D models
Producing accurate orthomosaics
Sharing and visualizing results on the web
Space is limited and registration is confirmed on a first-come, first-served basis.
About SimActive
SimActive is the developer of Correlator3D™ software, a patented end-to-end photogrammetry solution for the generation of high-quality geospatial data from satellite and aerial imagery, including drones. Correlator3D™ performs aerial triangulation (AT) and produces dense digital surface models (DSM), digital terrain models (DTM), point clouds, orthomosaics, 3D models and vectorized 3D features. Powered by GPU technology and multi-core CPUs, Correlator3D™ ensures matchless processing speed to support rapid production of large datasets. SimActive has been selling Correlator3D™ to leading mapping firms and government organizations around the world, offering cutting-edge photogrammetry software backed by exceptional customer support. For more information, visit www.simactive.com.

Webinar: CATALYST Microservices to analyze 20 years of mangrove habitat on the cloud
2021-02-25 09:00 - 10:30
Learn how EOfactory.ai leverages CATALYST Microservices to cost-effectively analyze 20 years of mangrove habitat on the cloud
How CATALYST Microservices work
Example of using EOfactory.ai for analyzing 20 years of change in mangrove habitat
How EOfactory.ai leverages CATALYST Microservices and artificial intelligence for large scale processing

Drone Based Remote Sensing in the Environment
2021-02-25 16:00 - 17:30
Learn all about mapping vegetation traits using drone-based remote sensing time-series data with Dr. Aravind Harikumar!

About this Event

The webinar aims to provide audience members with an overview of drone-based, remote sensing data sampling in forests in Southern Ontario/Quebec, how to go from controlling a drone to processing the environmental data, and how machine-learning can help us perform plant-based research including stress monitoring, agriculture, forestry, and genomic selection studies.
Suitable for university/college students, researchers, and members of the general public! For those interested in computer science, drones and other Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), biology, and more, you won’t want to miss the Koffler Scientific Reserve’s first public webinar!
Participants will receive a notification with a zoom link two days before the event! Stay tuned for other updates!
After the ~1 hour webinar, participants will have the opportunity to ask questions with the guest speaker.

The Koffler Scientific Reserve at Joker’s Hill is the University of Toronto’s biological field station known for cutting-edge research, education, and outreach in biodiversity, ecology, evolution, and conservation biology. We are excited to bring you free webinars to ask scientists all your burning questions about biology, research, wildlife, and more! Follow us on social media for more event updates!
Twitter: @ksr_jokershill
Instagram: @ksr.jokershill
Facebook: @KSRJokersHill
Website: ksr.utoronto.ca

All you need to know about the performance of Europe’s Global Navigation Satellite System
2021-03-03 14:00 - 18:00
Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) provide services to billions of users around the world for various applications. This has resulted in the need for monitoring the performance of GNSS as part of the service provision under responsibility of the service provider or as part of the need of specific users’ groups.

This webinar will introduce:

the Galileo programme needs for performance monitoring
the Galileo services as defined in service definition documents (SDD)
the Minimum Performance Levels (MPLs), the SDD presents the targets for services and defines the conditions under which such MPLs can be reached
Key Performance Indicator (KPI) which are quantifiable measures used to evaluate the performance
publicly available data, products and tools which can be used for GNSS monitoring
a set of monitoring and assessment guidelines for the implementation of a solution able to monitor the Galileo system performance based on publicly available data, products, and tools.

Draft agenda is available here.
To register click here.

The Big Picture of Commercial Imagery
2021-03-03 16:00 - 17:00
The GeoInnovation National Speaker Series, presented by Cortex, T-REX, and GeoFutures, brings together national thought leaders around location sciences and shines a monthly spotlight on the fast-growing geospatial ecosystem in the St. Louis region. Each session will be moderated by a local leader in a “fireside chat” format for a one hour session, with an opportunity for attendees to ask questions.
This Month’s Special Guests:
Nancy Coleman, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, MAXAR (National Guest)
Dennis Muilenburg, Chairman & CEO, New Vista Acquisition Corp. (Moderator)

Geo Connect Asia 2021
2021-03-24 00:00 - 2021-03-25 23:59
About GCA21
Geo Connect Asia looks to host their ASEAN neighbours and build on a vibrant community as new technologies add new application tools to enable the Industry 4.0 Revolution. The emergence of AI, blockchain, IoT, robotics and UAVs create a new dynamic and platforms for a region well equipped to take on the challenges ahead.

Modern Health GIS – Supporting the spectrum from understanding to action
2021-03-26 12:00 - 13:00
The Department of Community Health Sciences and the O’Brien Institute for Public Health present:
Modern Health GIS – Supporting the spectrum from understanding to action
Maps and spatial analysis are delivering greater understanding across health disciplines and increasing awareness of impacted populations and resources needs. Planning tools, mobile tools, real-time monitoring and new communication tools in applied health geography help move organizations from understanding to data-driven action. This presentation will review the range of modern tools and methods in geographic information systems (GIS) technology for health.
Objectives:

Learners will gain an appreciation for the range of applications for applied health geography.
Learners will be able to apply a logical workflow model to various spatial problems.
Learners will discover how spatial overlay can support consensus in policy decisions.

Speaker Biography:
Dr. Geraghty is the Chief Medical Officer at Esri, developer of the world’s most powerful mapping and analytics platform. She leads business development in Health and Human Services and is passionate about delivering value thru a geographic approach. Formerly a Deputy Director with the California Department of Public Health, she led the state’s open data initiative. She also served as Associate Professor at the University of California Davis, conducting research on geographic approaches to health policy and community development. In addition to degrees in Medicine, Medical Informatics and Public Health, Dr. Geraghty is also a Geographic Information Systems Professional (GISP).

Modern Health GIS – Supporting the spectrum from understanding to action
2021-03-26 15:00 - 16:00
The Department of Community Health Sciences and the O’Brien Institute for Public Health present:
Modern Health GIS – Supporting the spectrum from understanding to action
Maps and spatial analysis are delivering greater understanding across health disciplines and increasing awareness of impacted populations and resources needs. Planning tools, mobile tools, real-time monitoring and new communication tools in applied health geography help move organizations from understanding to data-driven action. This presentation will review the range of modern tools and methods in geographic information systems (GIS) technology for health.
Objectives:

Learners will gain an appreciation for the range of applications for applied health geography.
Learners will be able to apply a logical workflow model to various spatial problems.
Learners will discover how spatial overlay can support consensus in policy decisions.

Speaker Biography:
Dr. Geraghty is the Chief Medical Officer at Esri, developer of the world’s most powerful mapping and analytics platform. She leads business development in Health and Human Services and is passionate about delivering value thru a geographic approach. Formerly a Deputy Director with the California Department of Public Health, she led the state’s open data initiative. She also served as Associate Professor at the University of California Davis, conducting research on geographic approaches to health policy and community development. In addition to degrees in Medicine, Medical Informatics and Public Health, Dr. Geraghty is also a Geographic Information Systems Professional (GISP).
Register

OS Geo Alberta Chapter Meetup
2021-04-07 18:00 - 20:00
Details

5.45pm: ONLINE LOBBY
6.00pm: Introductions
6.15pm: Any updates or proposals on projects
Following:
Quick Update: Dr. Ashok Krishnamurthy will provide a quick update on his use of R in statistical analysis of geospatial spread in infectious disease.
Panel: Coming Into Alberta Geospatial Industry
Our group is lucky to have a few people who do, or have done, hiring for various roles, including geospatial roles, in Alberta. They’ve offered to share some of their thoughts and insights:
– The market – what jobs, who’s hiring, what’s the competition?
– Finding opportunities – Your network/portfolio, social media
– Landing the job – Resume / Interview tips
– The real world – what will the job probably look like, day to day
Panelists:
Tanya Yeomans
– Open Data Specialist, Geospatial Scientist
Dare Adeyemi
– GIS and Asset Management Coordinator at Town of Drayton Valley
Stefan Price
– Geomatics Services Supervisor at Town of Cochrane
Kemi Mebude
– GIS Analyst II at Town of Beumont
This Monthly Chapter event is open to all. Feel free to bring your topics, projects, or presentations.
Some suggestions from the chapter for presentations include:
– Show us your side hustle
– Bring us your problems ( stuff you’re working on and issues )
– teach something new ( OS Geo projects or other ).
Please check out the Alberta Chapter WIKI page – https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Alberta_Chapter – to join the mailing list and contribute to the conversation.
Big thanks to Assembly Coworking Space for providing the venue ( even though we’re all at home right now).

Canadian Geospatial Career Fair Online
2021-04-14 00:00 - 23:59
GoGeomatics is pleased to announce our latest endeavor to support and develop the Canadian Geospatial Ecosystem. This year for GeoIgnite 2021 we will be hosting a geospatial and geomatics career fair open to all job seekers and students looking to engage with top Canadian geospatial organizations.

If you are a company or organization looking to hire top geospatial talent, these events are for you.
For more information on how your company can participate and get in front of a motivated and engaged audience of job seekers download our participation package PDf for GeoIgnite 2021 here.
More information will be published in the days ahead. Save the date in your calendar.

Code in Place 2021
2021-04-19 00:00 - 2021-05-28 23:59
A Free Python programming online course hosted by Stanford University
We are happy to announce that we are going to run Code in Place 2021. Join us for the next offering as either a student (apply by April 8th) or as a section leader (apply by March 25th)! Applications for section leaders are now open!
Is this the course with the most teachers ever? In 2020, at the start of the pandemic, as an act of community service over 900 teachers from around the world came together to offer a first-of-its-kind volunteer-led course called Code in Place, hosted by Stanford University. Code in Place was a great, uplifting, learning experience and over 10,000 students learned how to code in python. It was such a good time we are going to do it again in April 2021. Applications for students open on April 2nd!

GeoIgnite 2021: Canadian Leadership & Geospatial Intelligence
2021-04-21 08:00 - 2021-04-22 17:00
GeoIgnite invites the geospatial community to engage with one another by sharing your work, services, and data at our third annual conference. Download the sector participation package PDF.
One month with three great events

April 14th GeoIgnite Career Fair & Diversity Leadership (1 day)
April 21-22 GeoIgnite Main Conference (2 days)
Week of April 26th Workshops, Seminars, & Training

GeoIgnite 2021 is online this April and plans continue to bring government and industry together for innovative programming. As an added feature, for registered attendees, our conference content will be made available post event.
With GeoIgnite again going virtual for 2021, it allows for the audience to expand exponentially. C-level participation will continue and grow with the addition participants from Canada and abroad.

GIS Improves Field Operations for Environmental Projects
2021-04-28 07:00 - 10:00
Field data collection, real time monitoring, and offline remote work
Field data acquisition and site monitoring are key activities for environmental projects. Mobile GIS technology has quickly become a critical component of successful environmental management projects. Firms are improving their field operations and expanding the value of their services using mobile apps. In this webinar, you will learn how two environmental firms use ArcGIS field applications to locate sites and assets, access system information, collect field data, and provide real-time information.
Attendees will gain valuable insights on the following:

Maximizing field efficiency with apps
Managing field operations in real time
Working in offline remote areas

Presenters:

Casey Talento and Matthew Nanney, AECOM
“Future Forward Data Collection Technologies”

Joy Stephens and Cesar Leon, SCS Engineers
“Using Drones and ArcGIS Field Apps for Operational Efficiency at Landfills”

BeSpatial'21
2021-05-04 10:00 - 16:00
The BeSpatial event is an annual event for the geospatial and information community. The event offers program sessions, executive presentations, industry updates and an expo showcase. The event attracts attendees from a diverse cross-section of public and private disciplines: Geospatial (GIS) professionals and Information service (IT/IS) managers, engineers, surveyors, consultants, analysts, technicians, technologists, specialists, professors and students.
BeSpatial/ URISA Ontario is inviting you to join us at its 34th Annual program event, executive session and EXPO.
BeSpatial’21 overall event theme is Resilience
Resilience ( ri-ˈzil-yən(t)s)

an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change
the ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape; elasticity
the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness

Resilience is made up of five pillars: self-awareness, mindfulness, self-care, positive relationships & purpose.
Date: May 4th and 5th, 2021
Location: Virtual Conference

State of the Map Industry May 12th
2021-05-12 11:00 - 13:00
The State of the Map Industry is a new virtual event IMIA has developed for you to hear directly from leading experts in the geospatial, mapping and location fields of our industry. Our invited panel will be presenting key information on current issues in our industry, answering your questions on where the industry is headed in the coming year and discussing important trends that may impact your business.
After the featured discussion, we will use the second hour to break into smaller groups to keep the conversation going and to network.
Our speakers include:
Barry Glick
Managing partner of Carillon Ventures LLC
Director at Rand McNally and GeoJunxion

Greg Scott
Inter-Regional Advisor, UN-GGIM
Environment Statistics and Geospatial Information Branch
United Nations Statistics Division
Department of Economic and Social Affairs

Geoff Zeiss
Principal
Between the Poles

Moderator
Jonathan Murphy
Founder & Managing Director
GoGeomatics Canada
Click here for more information about our speakers.

QUICK EVENT DETAILS:
Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Time: 11am ET – Panel discussion
12 pm ET – Small group networking
Location: Virtual (via Zoom)
Must pre-register. Custom Zoom link will be sent to registrants two days prior to the event.
IMIA Annual Sponsors receive complimentary tickets to this event. Please contact IMIA’s Donna De Marco at imia@oferrallgroup.com.

Avenza User Conference 2021
2021-05-12 11:00 - 17:00
The Avenza User Conference is a free, day-long virtual conference for map makers, GIS enthusiasts, and geospatial professionals worldwide who share a common interest in Avenza mapping technology. The Avenza User Conference 2021 will be held on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM (EST).
The day will offer a mix of virtual sessions from presenters who will share their experience of using Avenza mapping products in their projects, mapping tips and tricks, product development updates from the Avenza team, and remarks from Ted Florence, Avenza President.
Register Here

CCA: Canadian Multi-Dimensional Mapping Virtual Conference
2021-05-25 08:00 - 2021-05-27 17:00
Geospatial technology has continually advanced over the past several years and high quality multi-dimensional mapping is now available to a much broader
audience. There is growing interest in LiDAR technology for mapping natural disasters, forestry, flood mapping, and much more, Join us for a 3 day online
conference where we explore LiDAR and other mapping techniques.

To learn more about the conference click here

Contact Conference organizing committee here

Conference Keynote Presenters

Dr. Tim Webster
His research focus is mapping and modeling processes in the coastal zone.
In 2017 he was presented with the Geomatics Association of Nova Scotia Award of Distinction, in 2010 the Gulf of Maine Council Visionary Award. He obtained his PhD from Dalhousie University in 2006, MSc from Acadia University in 1996, an Advanced Diploma in Remote Sensing in 1988, and a BSc in 1987.
His group has focused on research utilizing an airborne topo-bathymetric lidar sensors where they visualize 3-D data in virtual reality and mixed reality systems to aid in a better understanding of the data and environment.
You can find out more about his research work with the Applied Geomatics Research Group

Anita Graser
Anita Graser is a researcher, open source GIS developer, and author.
She works at the Austrian Institute of Technology in Vienna, teaches Python for QGIS at UNIGIS Salzburg and serves on the QGIS project steering committee. She has published several books about QGIS, including “Learning QGIS” and “QGIS Map Design”. Her latest project is MovingPandas, a Python library for analyzing movement data.
You can find out more about her work on anitagraser.com and follow her on Twitter @underdarkGIS.

Dr. Steve Liang
Steve Liang is a researcher, teacher and entrepreneur. Steve is the founder and CTO of SensorUp, offering a NATO-award winning Geospatial IoT cloud platform that interconnects the world’s IoT data empowering the connected workers of the future to apply intelligent automation for productivity, safety, quality, and job satisfaction.
Dr. Liang is a global influencer on the Internet of Things, and he is the working group chair of several international standard working groups of the Open Geospatial Consortium and UN’s ITU-T. Additionally, he is a professor and research chair at the University of Calgary, director of the GeoSensorWeb Laboratory, and a lab scientist of the Creative Destruction Lab.
Steve was recently named the Rogers IoT Research Chair, a five-year research chair position sponsored by Rogers Communications. A recipient of numerous awards, Dr. Liang has received Calgary’s Top 40 Under 40, Killam Emerging Research Leader Award, and more.

Note: More Details will be added on this page as they becomes available, however if you have questions about the event then do not hesitate to contact us.

Geomatics Day 2021
2021-05-27 06:00 - 11:00
Geomatics Day 2021
On 25 June the Geomatics Day 2021 will take place.
Geomatics Day gives you the opportunity to meet students, alumni and other geo-information professionals and to explore together how Geomatics can contribute to better understand and shape the Built Environment. An afternoon full of varied presentations, innovative demos and interesting network opportunities!
Geomatics
Geomatics is an innovative and rapidly developing field. High-quality, accurate and reliable 3D representations of our built environment are essential for modelling performance and other computational contests. Big data offers new challenges for urging academic, commercial and societal issues. Developments like Internet of Things to sensor the built environment and to monitor devices and valuable equipment inside facilities result in huge datasets. Autonomous cars and drones require integration of sensors and accurate and real-time environmental data. Geomatics covers all aspects from sensoring to storage, from data quality to data protection (privacy) and from analysis and visualisation to application.

Geomatics day 2021 programme

13:00
Welcome by Bastiaan van Loenen, program director MSc. Geomatics for the Built Environment

13:10
Student project 1: Finding the plastic hotspots with (GIS) data; client https://www.noria.earth/

13:40
Company presentation

13:55
Student project 2: Tree reconstruction from a point cloud using L-system; client: www.cobra-groeninzicht.nl

14:25
“This is Geodata in the Real World” by Ivo de Liefde en Roeland Meulmeester. Tensing GIS Consultancy

BREAK

15:00
Student project 3: Digital Real-Estate in Sight; client: www.brink.nl

15:30
Company presentation

15:45
Student project 4: Building rhythms – Reopening the Workspace; client: TU Delft Campus

16:15
Company presentation

16:30
Student project 5: 3D Representations for Visual Insight; client: Dutch National Police

17:00
Award ceremony best thesis award 2020

17:15
Closing

17:20
Meet the Geomatics network in Zoom break out rooms

Geomatics thesis award
At 5pm we will announce the winner of the Geomatics thesis award 2020. This award includes a 500 euro price money and a certificate. The nominees will be announced soon.
The jury consists of:

Dr. Lars Bodum, Associate professor at Aalborg university, Denmark
Kortryna Valeckaite MSc., Geomatics engineer, City of The Hague
Shenglan Du, TU Delft (winner thesis award 2019)
Sabine de Milliano, 52Impact,

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://tudelft.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYlf-uuqT8vE9F_lq9-m9W3UMkjj-RhI43q
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Reimagining the Supply chain landscape through Location Intelligence
2021-05-27 11:00 - 15:30
With the new way of life and changing norms during and post pandemic, businesses and companies are striving to improve their operational efficiencies to provide customer satisfaction. With COVID-19’s immediate impact on the supply chain and logistics industry, companies are now trying to ‘redefine’ the management of the entire supply chain model. In today’s digital era, it is imperative for companies to reimagine the relationships with suppliers to promote partnerships as opposed to traditional supply relationships and give rise to innovation. It is crucial to understand the requirements from first mile to the last mile deliveries in a supply chain model. Within this context, digital technologies such as location intelligence (LI), AI, IoT, blockchain and machine learning is being used to promote visibility, tracking, and forecasting of the products. Thus, LI becoming an integral part of business across the supply chain and logistics is no exception.

Canadian Geospatial Virtual Career Seminar
2021-05-29 10:00 - 14:00
Finding a job in geospatial technology can be difficult. Covid-19 is not making that any easier. That’s why GoGeomatics Canada is bringing back our popular Career Seminar to give job seekers the tools and techniques that will put them ahead in their job search.
This online “Zoom” half-day career seminar is designed to give new and seasoned geomatics professionals the tools they need to succeed in the job market. The seminar is particularly focused on those seeking work in GIS, cartography, remote sensing, programming, and other related geospatial fields.
Jonathan Murphy, Managing Director of GoGeomatics Canada and geospatial career coach, will be sharing his valued tips and insight for your job search. He is an expert geomatics professional with close to 20 years of experience. Jon’s career has ranged from the oil fields of Alberta to projects with the United Nations in Switzerland. Topics covered include:

Geospatial Job Market Trends during pandemic
Specialty cover letters for GIS & remote sensing
Professional associations – should you join one?
Specialized GIS & Geospatial job hunting strategies
How to analyse a geopsatial job posting
Portfolios
Salaries & remuneration
How to handle recruiters
Your LinkedIn profile
Career strategies
The interview
The fundamentals of successful online networking

Testimonials from the Career Seminar in January 2021:

“A large number of COGS students across our geospatial programs attended the GoGeomatics “Geospatial Job Hunting Seminar” in late January: they got so much out of this. Jon’s geospatial-specific insight, background, and suggestions were thoroughly appreciated; questions were thoughtfully answered. Many students implemented ideas and suggestions from this job-hunt seminar into their resumes and/or LinkedIn pages. This is definitely a worthwhile session; I highly recommend it.”

– Dave MacLean (@DaveAtCOGS), GIS Faculty at COGS

“It was really well organized and prepared. No technological hiccups, and the speaker was excellent”

-Emily

“The speaker was very experienced and committed”

-Evan

100% of attendees would recommend this event to a colleague or friend!

ArcGIS Field Apps: Take the Power of Location Anywhere
2021-06-02 12:00 - 15:30
ArcGIS provides a suite of apps to help digitalize and streamline field data collection workflows in your organization. As soon as you step out of the office, there is an app to help you efficiently and effortlessly complete your field work and get the information back to those in the office who need it, right away.
We invite you to join us for this virtual seminar to discover how to digitally enable mobile workflows with location intelligence so field work can be completed faster, more efficiently and provide you with a better return on investment. Watch several demonstrations by our technical specialists and hear from users who are currently using ArcGIS mobile apps in their day-to-day work activities.

Why Attend

Discover what’s new & exciting in ArcGIS mobile apps
Explore different options for data collection, workforce coordination & communication
Eliminate paper-based workflows and optimize field data collection & accuracy
Enable real-time analysis and location assessment
Understand the benefits of the app integration and learn options for making your mobile apps work seamlessly together

Intended Audience

GIS users of all levels who want to start using or learn what’s new in ArcGIS mobile apps. Current ArcGIS mobile apps users are encouraged to sign up for this event.

FOSSGIS-Konferenz 2021
2021-06-06 00:00 - 2021-06-09 23:59
The FOSSGIS conference is the leading conference for Free and Open Source Software Geo-Software and OpenStreetMap.
The FOSSGIS Conference 2021 is organized by the non-profit FOSSGIS eV and the OpenStreetMap Community with the support of the OST Campus Rapperswil .
What is the FOSSGIS conference?
The aim of the annual conference is the dissemination of free and open source software for geographic information systems. This is where users and developers meet for a mutual exchange about application and work options as well as the latest developments in this area. It’s about web mapping, spatial data infrastructures, spatial data management, GeoProcessing and desktop GIS and about free spatial data such as OpenStreetMap.
Due to the current pandemic situation, FOSSGIS is planned as a hybrid event, ie it will be possible to travel to Rapperswil or take part online.
The conference is mainly supported by volunteer work, whereby in addition to the participation fees, the income from donations and, above all, the income from sponsors and exhibitors, an important source of financial income to cover the costs of the conference and also to promote open source projects.

Free Online Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data & analysis Event
2021-06-09 00:00 - 23:59
Join us on June 9th for SAR Sessions, a half-day event solely focused on the trends, benefits, techniques and applications of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data and analysis.
Experts from the following organizations will be speaking:

– Airbus Defence and Space
– e-GEOS
– German Aerospace Center
– NASA
– sarmap SA
– Intern. Atomic Energy Agency
– German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR)
– Ursa Space Systems
– Capella Space
– Royal Dutch Shell
– ICEYE

Gain insights from SAR experts in public organizations, academia, and commercial industries and see what the present and future of SAR looks like from their perspectives. This event will benefit anyone who is using or considering using SAR data.
The main event will be followed up by three practical webinars on June 16th, June 23rd and June 30th.
The best part – this event is completely FREE to attend.
Not sure if you can attend the entire event or not able to follow the event live because of the time difference? Register anyway and you will receive access to the recordings.
Check out the line-up of amazing speakers and reserve your spot today!
Email us at events@L3Harris.com.

The Line Crossed Us 2021: New Directions in Critical Border Studies Conference
2021-06-10 08:00 - 2021-06-11 17:00
Building on the success of our first conference in June 2019, the Lethbridge Border Studies Group is hosting our virtual follow-up conference, The Line Crossed Us 2021: New Directions in Critical Border Studies, from June 10-11, 2021.

The conference brings Indigenous, settler, and migration politics and histories into conversation and focuses on early-career researchers to promote new voices and cutting-edge questions in the field of critical border studies.
Our call for papers welcomed submissions from current graduate students, emerging scholars, community researchers, and activists working on any aspect of border studies. This year approximately 70 presenters will share their research in fifteen panels over the two-day conference, including two events that will be open to the public.

Purchasing a free ticket to this event is your way to register and gain access to the “Online Event Page” where you will find the conference program and associated zoom links. Registration is available at: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-line-crossed-us-2021-new-directions-in-critical-border-studies-tickets-152880019253.
In addition to fifteen panels, we are also hosting two free public events.
The keynote address, “A Line of Blood and Dirt: Creating the Canada-United States Border across Indigenous Lands” by Dr. Benjamin Hoy, will be held on Thursday, June 10th, 2021, from 11:00am to 12:30pm (GMT -6). Registration is available at: https://uleth.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_J1Q37pzFRiGtdCcrkZca5g.
The public event “Creative Defiance in the U.S.- Mexico Borderlands” will be held on Friday, June 11th, 2021, from 11:00am to 12:30pm (GMT -6). Registration is available at: https://uleth.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tL5yAR4OS5WLzAPfAbB8fg.
For more information please contact us at borderstudies@uleth.ca
Follow us on Twitter @LethBordStudies
