keynote speakers
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Dr. John C. Curlander, General Manager for the Microsoft Virtual Earth Business Unit, is internationally recognized for his work in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) systems and data processing. At JPL he was responsible for all SAR ground system activities and space borne SAR programs. He is also the former President and CEO of Vexcel Corporation and led the company to become the world’s leading provider of signal processors for space borne SAR systems. Dr. Curlander has over 25 publications in refereed journals and over 50 conference publications on SAR signal processing, pre-processing and post-processing techniques. He has received numerous awards for his contributions from organizations that include NASA and IEEE. |
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Michael T. Jones is Google’s Chief Technology Advocate, charged with advancing the technology to organize the world’’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. He was formerly Chief Technologist of Google Maps, Earth, and Local Search - the teams responsible for providing location intelligence and information in global context to users worldwide. Before its acquisition by Google, Michael was CTO of Keyhole Corporation, the company that developed the technology used today in Google Earth. Previously he was CEO of Intrinsic Graphics and Director of Advanced Graphics at Silicon Graphics. A computer programmer since 4th grade, he is a prolific inventor, developer of notable scientific and computer graphics software, an engineering and business executive, and an avid traveler and photographer using a home-built 4 gigapixel camera made with parts from the U2/SR71. |
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Alex Miller is founder and President of ESRI Canada Limited, a privately held Canadian owned company specializing in the design and implementation of geographic information systems. Mr. Miller is a graduate of the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton with a Bachelor of Science in Surveying Engineering. Mr. Miller has over 35 years experience in surveying, mapping, engineering, information systems design and management consulting. He is past Chair of the Geomatics Industry Association of Canada, Co-Chair of the GeoConnections Policy Advisory Committee, Chair of the Geomatics Canada Advisory Committee and a member of the Federal Department of Natural Resources Minister’s National Advisory Board on Earth Sciences. |
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invited speakers
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Dr. Michael F. Goodchild is Professor of Geography at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Director of spatial@ucsb. His published books include Accuracy of Spatial Databases; Geographical Information Systems: Principles and Applications; Environmental Modeling with GIS; Scale in Remote Sensing and GIS; Interoperating Geographic Information Systems; Geographic Information Systems and Science; Uncertainty in Geographical Information; Foundations of Geographic Information Science; Spatially Integrated Social Science; GIS, Spatial Analysis, and Modeling; and Geospatial Analysis: A Comprehensive Guide to Principles, Techniques and Software Tools. |
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Dr. Michael Kay is best known for his work on XML. Based in the UK, he is the editor of the XSLT specification and author of the definitive book on the language, and is also active on the standards group for XQuery and XML Schema. He is also the developer of the popular open-source Saxon software which implements these specifications. He gained a PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1975 for work on database technology, and has retained links with the academic world, currently holding the position of Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Reading. |
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Kimon G. Onuma, FAIA, is recognized as a leader in building industry technologies and has a unique perspective that spans architecture, planning, programming and software development. Onuma was one of the first to use BIM on large scale US government facilities in 1994. His US Coast Guard (USCG) work for the Sector Planning System streamlined the design process of 35 sector Command Centers to six months and integrated data from various command centers and received a 2006 CETI award in the Small Scale Implementation category. In December 2006 he proved at an international Open Geospatial Consortium event that web feature services can link BIM and GIS. |
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