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FINAL PROGRAM/PROGRAMME FINAL June 18-21, 2006 Du 18 au 21 juin 2006 Ottawa Congress Centre Centre des congrès d’Ottawa Ottawa Canada THE ESSENTIAL VOICE OF THE INDUSTRY JUNE 2006 AN IMPENDING MASSIVE 28 GIS Integration— 32 Making Cities More Efficient Enterprise Deployments BALANCING and Flexible Peripherals WATER NEEDS OF Extend Mobility 36 CROPS Product & 40 Business News Data, Hardware and 24 Industry News & FISH This conference is sponsored and supported by GeoTec Media, publisher of GeoWorld magazine and developer of the GeoPlace.com Cette conférence est parrainée et appuyée Web par portal.GeoTec Media, éditeur du magazine GeoWorld et concepteur du portail Web GeoPlace.com. 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Celebrating Technology and Innovation This year’s GeoTec Event marks the 100th anniversary of the Atlas of Canada and the 20th anniversary of the event. This year also marks an expansion of the audience with the co-location of the annual meetings of the Association of Canadian Map PROGRAM COMMITTEE Libraries and Archives, the Canadian Cartographic Association and the Geomatics Industry Association of Canada’s Leaders Forum. COMITÉ DE LA CONFÉRENCE This document is designed to help you navigate all the offerings at Louise Boily, Public Health Agency of Canada/Agence de this event. The Conference at a Glance grid starting on page 16 provides a broad santé Publique du Canada overview of everything that is taking place. You may also search by subject and by day. Sébastien Caquard, Cybercartography and the New Economy Project, Carleton University We hope you enjoy your time at the 2006 GeoTec Event. Thank you for attending and Marc Cockburn, Library and Archives Canada/Bibliothéque please don’t hesitate to visit the show management office in the Executive Suite if there’s et Archives Canada (Association of Canadian Map anything we can do to make this experience more rewarding. Libraries and Archives/ Association des Cartotèques et Archives Cartographiques du Canada) Célébration de la Technologie et de l’Innovation Kelly Dean, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada/Agriculture La conference GeoTec de cette année souligne le 100e anniversaire de l’Atlas du Canada et Agroalimentaire Canada de même que le 20e anniversaire de l’événement. Cette année est également marquée par l’expansion du nombre de participants avec le co-emplacement des assemblées annuelles Christine Earl, Carleton University (Canadian Cartographic de l’Association des cartothèques et archives cartographiques du Canada, de l’Association Association/ L’ Association canadienne de cartographie) canadienne de cartographie et du Forum annuel des leaders en géomatique de l’Association Christopher Eckstein, Ontario Ministry of Natural canadienne des entreprises de géomatique. Resources/Ministère des Richesses naturelles de l’Ontario Ian Gillespie, Environment Canada/Environnement Canada Ce document est conçu pour vous guider à travers toutes les contributions à cet événement. La grille « Coup d’oeil sur la conférence » à la page 16 fournit une vue d’ensemble de tout ce qui est Jody Jeffrey, PCI Geomatics offert. Vous pouvez également consulter une liste de présentations et activités par sujet et par jour. Ed Kennedy, Geomatics Industry Association of Canada/ L’Association Canadienne des Enterprises de Géomatique Nous espérons que vous apprécirez l’événement 2006 de GeoTec. Merci de votre présence et n’hésitez pas à visiter le bureau de gestion d’exposition dans la suite exécutive si nous pouvons Dave McIlhagga, DM Solutions faire quelque chose pour rendre votre expérience plus enrichissante. Susan Mowers, University of Ottawa (Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives/ Association des cartothèques et archives cartographiques du Canada) Stephen Perkins, City of Ottawa/Ville d’Ottawa Mike Sawada, University of Ottawa/Université d’Ottawa Neil Spooner, ESRI Canada Matt Ball Show Manager and Editor, Cameron Wilson, Natural Resources Canada/Ressources GeoWorld magazine naturelles Canada Responsable du salon et rédacteur Geoff Zeiss, Autodesk en chef, Magazine GeoWorld TABLE OF CONTENTS/ TABLE DES MATIÈRES Conference at a Glance ..................... 16-17 Exhibitor Directory /Répertoire des Exposants . 23-27 This year, the GeoTec Event will be co-located with the following organizations / Cette anné, la conference GeoTec sera donnée en collaboration avec les organismes suivants: Floor Plans/Map .......................... 28-29 General Information /Information Générale ........30 General Sessions/Séances Générales ...............4 Association of Canadian Canadian Cartographic Geomatics Industry GIAC .....................................18 Map Libraries Association Association of Canada and Archives (CCA) (GIAC) Geomatics Leaders Forum (ACMLA) Registration /Inscription .......................30 Sessions by Day/Séances Quotidiennes Supporting Organizations / Organismes de soutien Monday /Lundi .......................... 8-9 Tuesday / Mardi ........................ 10-13 Canadian Institute of Geomatics Wednesday /Mercredi .................14, 19, 20 Sessions by Subject/Séances par Sujet ............ 6-7 Media Sponsors Special Events /Activités Spéciales ................15 Vendor Seminars /Séances des Fournisseurs ..... 21-22 Workshops/Ateliers ...........................5 OCC = Ottawa Congress Centre/Centre des congrès d’Ottawa 3 GENERAL SESSIONS / SÉANCES GÉNÉRALES MONDAY, JUNE 19/ CONCURRENT PANEL Panelists: LUNDI 19 JUIN DISCUSSIONS/ DISCUSSIONS Karen Siderelis, Associate Director for Geospatial Information and Chief Information Officer, EN GROUPES SIMULTANÉES U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, USA 08:30 - 09:00 Join one of two concurrent panels that will address Irwin J. Itzkovitch, Assistant Deputy Minister, Earth OCC - Hall E future technology directions. Audience participation is Sciences Sector, Natural Resources Canada, encouraged and facilitated. Ottawa, ON, Canada Opening Ceremony / Joignez-vous à un des deux panels simultanés qui por- Cérémonie d’ouverture teront sur les orientations technologiques futures. Nous Fraser Taylor, Distinguished Research Professor Matt Ball, Show Manager, GeoTec Event encourageons et favorisons la participation du public. in International Affairs, Geography and The Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister, Natural Environmental Studies, and the Director of Resources Canada / Ressources naturelles Canada the Geomatics and Cartographic Research Ian Wilson, Librarian and Archivist of Canada, Library 10:30 - 12:00 Centre, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, and Archives Canada /Bibliothèque et Archives PANEL—Geospatial Technology Canada Canada Outlook Alex Miller, President, ESRI Canada, Toronto, ON, Elizabeth Wong, Stamp Manager, Canada Post / Postes Canada Canada OCC - Hall E Moderator: Matt Ball, Editor, GeoWorld magazine, Boulder, CO, USA Gala Dinner Keynote/ 09:00 - 10:00 Panelists: Conférencier-invité au dîner de gala OCC - Hall E Joseph K. Berry, Keck Scholar in the Geosciences, Rex Murphy presents in- Opening Keynote/ University of Denver, Denver, CO, USA formed, insightful and Dr. Berry is column author of “Beyond sometimes biting commentary. Discours d’ouverture Murphy is a social commenta- Ambient Findability: Mapping” for GeoWorld. He has written more than 200 papers on the analytic capabilities tor and editorial journalist Mapping the Future Present with weekly television com- Peter Morville, President, of GIS, and he authored the popular books “Beyond Mapping” and “Spatial Reasoning.” mentary on The National Semantic Studios, Ann Arbor, Magazine, host of the Sunday MI, USA Since 1976, he has presented workshops on GIS technology and map analysis concepts to afternoon CBC Radio program thousands of professionals. Cross Country Checkup, an Ambient findability describes editorial contributor to CBC a world, at the crossroads of Henry Kucera, President, Swiftsure Spatial Systems,