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Preliminary Program

Wednesday, November 19th:
08:00 - 08:30	Registration

08:30 - 08:45	Welcome Remarks

08:45 - 10:00	Keynote Address
	Two Challenging Changes: Changing Climate and Changing Ourselves (Carl Duivenvoorden)

10:00 - 10:30	Networking Break

10:30 - 12:00	Presentations
	Using an Integrated GIS / IT / and Project Management Lifecycle Model (IGLM) for Minimizing Enterprise GIS Failure (Chris Turner, Altus Group)
	Using LiDAR to Map Floodrisk: Examples for Coastal & River Flooding (Tim Webster, Applied Geomatics Research Group, Centre of Geographic Sciences, Nova Scotia Community College)
	Google Transit - "Technology for a Smart City" (Rob Lunn, IT Division, City of Fredericton)

12:00 - 13:30	Lunch Break / GIS Day Special Event

13:30 - 15:00	Presentations
	Identification of Customary Land Boundary and Documentation for Sustainable Land Administration Purposes for Urban Ghana (Joseph Owusu, Building and Road Research Institute (BRRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Ghana)
	The Application of the CanSOIL-INTERPNB Soil Interpretation Model for Crop and Forest Tree Production in New Brunswick (Sherif Fahmy, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Potato Research Centre)
	Geospatial Asset Management Framework to Support Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure in Newfoundland & Labrador (Andrea Bassan, Department of Transportation and Works, Government of Newfoundland & Labrador)

15:00 - 15:30	Networking Break

15:30 - 16:30	Presentations
	Geomatics 2.0 for New Brunswick - In Support of a Spectrum (Green Included) of Decisions (Robin Steeves, Land Information Infrastructure Secretariat, Service New Brunswick)
	Water Level Monitoring and Forecasting (Ernest MacGillivray, Emergency Measures Organization, New Brunswick Department of Public Safety)

16:30 - 17:30	Meet and Greet with the Exhibitors

18:00	Social Event

Thursday, November 20th:
09:00 - 10:00	Presentations
	Riparian Buffer Assessment Using Optimized Classification Method and GIS (Jimmy Leclerc, Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering, University of New Brunswick)
	On the Needs of a Developing Country on the Academic Geomatics Sector for Initiating Sustainable Economic and Environmental Practices (Tristan Goulden, Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering, University of New Brunswick)

10:00 - 10:30	Networking Break

10:30 - 12:00	Presentations
	Examination and Selection of an Optimal Digital Elevation Model for CFB Gagetown (Vincent Le Roy, Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering, University of New Brunswick)
	Agri-environmental Geomatics for Agri-sustainability (Dolores Durant, National Land and Water Information Service at Agriculture and Agri-food Canada)
	Expanding Role of Geomatics in Integrated Analysis of Structural and Ground Deformations (Maciej Bazanowski, Canadian Centre for Geodetic Engineering, University of New Brunswick)

12:00 - 13:30	Lunch Break

13:30 - 14:30	Canadian Institute of Geomatics Annual General Meeting

14:30 - 15:00	Networking Break

15:00 - 16:30	Presentations
	Spatial Database Infrastructure (SDIs) and Sustainable Community Planning: What's in for Local Government Organizations (LGOs)? (Ashoo Anand, School of Planning, University of Waterloo)
	Promoting Sustainability Through Web 2.0 Technologies in Web Mapping (Philip Keyser, Caris)
	Using GIS to Influence Social Policy: Poverty and Plenty in Saint John (Kurt Peacock, University of New Bunswick Saint John)

16:30 - 16:45	Closing Remarks

Please note that all meals during the conference are "on your own". However, the Conference Planning Committee has negotiated discounts, for conference delegates, with the following food service providers:

Boilerworks (2nd Level, Market Square) - 15% off all purchases.

Lord's Lobsters Take-Out (City Market) - 10% off all take-out purchases.

The Infusion (City Market) - 15% off all purchases.

Treats (Shoppes of City Hall) - Lunch for under $4.99 (includes 2 free cookies).

Program

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