Presentations

Presentations Tuesday, May 8, 2007
08:50	First Nations Mountain Pine Beetle Initiative Dan George, CEO, First Nations Mountain Pine Beetle Initiative
09:30	First Nations Information Management Darrell Robb, Director, Aboriginal Affairs Branch, Ministry of Forests & Range
10:00	Business Drivers between Industry & Government Dan Battistella, Manager Resource Planning and Forest Information Systems, Kamloops
10:40	Corporate Resource Information Management Kevin Jardine, Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Resource Information Management and Species at Risk Coordinating Office
11:10	Strategic Vision for Data Sharing – progress report and discussion Amin Kassam, Director, Base Mapping and Geomatic Services Evert Kenk, Executive Director, Chief Resource Information Office Nelson Lah, Chief Information Officer & Director, Information Management Group, MoFR Mark Todd, Woodlands Information Management Coordinator Panel discussion / Q&A
13:15	Evolving partnership on base mapping and new initiatives Amin Kassam – Director, Base Mapping and Geomatic Services
13:50	LRDW Overview of access and download tools Al Becker, Business Area Specialist, Natural Resources Information Centre (NRIC) & Land and Resource Data Warehouse (LRDW)
Breakout – Concurrent Sessions - In depth sessions to review & discuss LRDW tools Integrated Land & Resource Registry Integrated Land & Resource Registry Road Trip

Presentations Wednesday, May 9, 2007
08:05	Keynote Address – Jim Snetsinger, Chief Forester, Province of British Columbia
08:45	Data Sharing perspectives Alex Miller, President, ESRI Canada
Challenge sessions – project reports and opportunity for input
09:45	Inconsistent Government Business Practices Chris Fleming, Senior Applications Architect, Ministry of Forests & Range, Victoria
Challenge sessions – project reports and opportunity for input
11:00	Forest Roads Allan Bennett, Stewardship Forester, West Fraser Mills, Quesnel
11:20	Escalation Procedures & Process Mapping for New and Existing Data Issues Dave Andersen, Geomatics Technician, Ministry of Forests & Range, Vernon
13:45	Vegetation Resource Inventory Management System (VRIMS) Marc Rousseau, Vegetation Update Specialist, Ministry of Forests & Range
14:15	Presentation & discussion - Electronic Forest Stewardship Plan Submission John Gallimore, Forestry Analyst, Ministry of Forests & Range, Victoria Bill Beard, Timber Tenures Forester, Ministry of Forests & Range, Victoria
Applications of new technology – Lidar
15:15	Project Overview – Canfor & University of Victoria Mark Todd, Canfor, Prince George
15:40	Lidar 101 – Dr. Olaf Niemann, University of Victoria

Presentations Tuesday, May 8, 2007