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Speaker lineup

An early innovator in underground utility mapping is Otto Ballintijn, CEO of Reduct which has developed inertial or gyro technology for mapping underground pipe networks. In his keynote he will explain the evolution of the technology including the concept, operational method, and data output of gyro mapping technology.

A number of jurisdictions around the world are developing digital twins at the urban, regional and even national level. Danny Petrecca of Locusview, an early leader in capturing and managing underground data in the gas industry, will review why as-builting still remains paper-based and discuss a digital construction solution that stitches together existing technologies to create the reliable digital twin that utilities need in the age of the smart grid.

Government has a crucial role to play in locating and mapping underground infrastructure. Gord Reynolds will present Infrastructure Ontario’s vision for province wide mapping of underground infrastructure. Gordon McElravy, of buildingSMART Canada, will discuss buildingSMART’s efforts in implementing the Municipal Infrastructure Council Program to encourage building information model (BIM) initiatives at the municipal level.

Carsten Roensdorf and Neil Brammall will introduce the Open Geospatial Consortium’s work in progress, the MUDDI standard for exchanging location data about underground infrastructure. Lawrence Arcand, who has led Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) investigations on a national level since 2003, will provide an overview of the Canadian standard CSA S250:20 Mapping of underground utility infrastructure.

Leica Geosystems’ IDS Georadar was one of the early innovators in ground penetrating radar. Simon Pedley, Detection Ambassador at Leica Geosystems will talk about some of the innovations in hardware and software that Leica Geosystems has developed in the last couple of years.