Sault Ste. Marie, ON

Main Conference - Agenda
Tuesday, May 7, 2006
7:45 AM Registration & Morning Coffee - Solutions Expo Open
8:15 AM Welcome & Introduction
8:30 AM

ESRI Canada Strategic Directions and Technology Live!
Alex Miller, President and Chris North, Director of Marketing & Client Support, ESRI Canada

9:30 AM Refreshment break & Solutions Expo
10:00 AM ESRI Canada Strategic Directions and Technology Live! - Continued
Alex Miller, President and Chris North, Director of Marketing & Client Support, ESRI Canada
11:00 AM Keynote - Ontario's Forests: The Road Ahead
Bill Thornton, Ministry of Natural Resources
11:45 AM K-12 Program Presentation
12:00 PM Presentation of ESRI Canada's Award of Excellence
12:10 PM Lunch
CONCURRENT USER PRESENTATIONS
1:00 PM

Session 1: Municipal GIS

The Community GeoMatics Centre:
Sault Ste. Marie's Information Utility

Paul Beech, Manager, Community Geomatics Centre
Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre

Using GIS in Transportation
Limit Your Liability - Road Patrolling & Compliance with Regulation 239/2

Arunas Kalinauskas, Manager, Geomatics Groups R.J. Burnside

Session 2: Natural Resources

A New, Enhanced Forest Resource Inventory for Ontario

Frank Kennedy, RPF Director
Ministry of Natural Resources

GIS Direction in MNR
Brian Maloney, Director
Ministry of Natural Resources

2:30 PM Refreshment break & Solutions Expo
3:00 PM

Digital Communities
Jennifer Meszaros
and
Kieren Tinning
ESRI Canada

Spatial Permissions / Data Security within SDE
Paul Tremblay, Manager, Information Technology,Domtar Inc.

Applying Landscape Ecology Science in Forest Policy and Management in Ontario
Ajith Perera, Senior Research Scientist, Ministry of Natural Resources

4:30 PM Reception and Door Prizes