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INNOVATIVE LIDAR SOLUTIONS CONFERENCE - June 24 - 26, 2009 - Toronto, Canada

Agenda subject to change

Tuesday, June 23, 2009
1.00 - 7.00 Registration available      
5.00 - 7.00 Welcome reception      
         
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Time  
8.30 - 9.00 Breakfast. Don Carswell: Welcome and Introduction
9.00 - 10.00 Keynote. Doug Houston,Optech. Lidar Mapping Technology Development: Past, Present & Future
  Airborne ACCURACY Sessions
Grand York B
Presenter Mobile Mapping APPLICATIONS Sessions
Grand York C
Presenter
10.30 - 11.00 Horizontal Accuracy Assessment and Adjustment Tools for Airborne Lidar Data Martin Flood, GeoCue Colorized Point Cloud Data Nick Holden, UKEA  
11.00 - 11.30 Laser Point Block Adjustment - Empirical Results Peter Friess, Optech User Tests of the Optech Lynx Mobile Mapping System: Data QC to Ground Survey Control Clay Wygant, WH Pacific
11.30 - 12.00 POSPac MMS for Increased Accuracy and Productivity in Airborne Lidar Mapping Joe Hutton, Applanix Using Mobile Lidar to Survey Railway Infrastructure Mike Leslar, Optech
12.00 - 1.00 Lunch & Sponsor Fair
  Airborne SENSOR INTEGRATION Sessions
Grand York B
Presenter TLS APPLICATIONS Sessions Presenter
1.00 - 1.30 The Benefits of Remote Sensing Sensor Integration Erica Tharp, 3001 A Northrop Grummun Co. ILRIS-3D: Bringing Pieces of History Back Together Zlatan Novak, Geo3D
1.30 - 2.00 Aerial camera systems in corridor survey Tobias Toleg, RolleiMetric ILRIS Studies of Tree Crown Structural Characterization Inian Moorthy, York University
2.00 - 2.30 CoCo: A Patent Innovative Technology for Co-Mounting and Co-Registering Imaging Sensors with Lidar and Other Dr. J. Armando Guevara, M7 Visual Intelligence LP Structural Survey, Inspection and Evaluation using Laser Scanner Technology Michael Xinogalos, Astrolabe
2.30 - 3.00 Networking & Sponsor Fair
  Open Workshop
Grand York A
Presenter    
3.00 - 5.00 The Global Market for Airborne Lidar Systems and Services Tina Cary, Cary and Associates
Thursday, June 25, 2009
8.30 - 9.00 Breakfast
9.00 - 10.00 Keynote. Nick Holden, U.K. Environment Agency. Lidar Technology as a Quintessential Tool for Environmental Modeling
  Airborne QUALITY CONTROL Sessions
Grand York B
Presenter Mobile Mapping SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS Sessions
Grand York C
Presenter
10.30 - 11.00 Quality Control of Lidar Data Dr. Ayman F. Habib, University of Calgary ALTM and Lynx Data Visualization and Processing: An Integrated Approach Franco Coren, OGS
11.00 - 11.30 Real-time In-Flight Lidar Quality Control Stephan Landtwing, BSFSwissphoto Control Measurements & Lynx Accuracy Arttu Soininen, Terrasolid
11.30 - 12.00 Lidar Analyst: An Automated 3D Urban Feature Extraction Tool Set for Mobile and Airborne Lidar Applications James Blundell, Overwatch Software Solutions for Lynx, ILRIS-3D and ALTM Sensor Data Fusion Matteo Sgrenzaroli, Gexcel
12.00 - 1.00 Lunch & Sponsor Fair
  Airborne HYDROGRAPHIC Sessions
Grand York B
Presenter TLS SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS Sessions
Grand York C
Presenter
1.00 - 1.30 Geo-Referencing Hyperspectral Imagery Using Lidar Data Ashley Tam, ITRES Data Integration for coastal survey: Trial in Porto Venere Marco Bacciocchi, Codivintec
1.30 - 2.00 CZMIL: A New Bathymetric Sensor Design for Environmental Mapping Grady Tuell, Optech International PolyWorks V11 IM Survey Features Elizabeth Burson, Innovmetric
2.00 - 2.30 MAPLE and PULSE: One Terrestrial and One Submarine Portable Device for Ground Calibration of Bathymetric and Aerial Lidar Survey Data Bernard Long, INRS-ETE, University of Quebec Tensioning Tendon Load Measurement Using Laser Scanning Technology Pierre Carreaud, Sites
2.30 - 3.00 Networking & Sponsor Fair
  Airborne WORKSHOP Sessions
Grand York B
Presenter TLS/Mobile Mapping APPLICATION Sessions
Grand York C
Presenter
3.00 - 3.30 DiMAC Cameras: Bringing Image Quality to Lidar’s Accuracy Julien Losseau, DIMAC Systems Coltop-3D: A Software for Analyzing Rock-slope Relief Using 3D-Imaging Point Clouds Dr. Richard Metzger, University of Lausanne
3.30 - 4.00 QT Modeler: An Interactive Workshop Highlighting Lidar QA/QC Tools, Production Processes, Google Earth Applications Michael Umansky, Applied Imagery Innovative Geotechnical Engineering Applications of Mobile Terrestrial Lidar Along Transportation Corridors Matt Lato, Queen's University
4.00- 4.30 Imaging the 2008 Yosemite Valley Rock Fall Jimmy Green, Optech
4.30 - 5.00 Via Appia Survey with LYNX Mobile Mapper Frederica Zampa, Sineco
5.00 - 5.30 Advantage of High-Grade Fiber Optic Gyroscopes (FOG) for Mobile Mapping and Airborne Applications Stephane Loeul, IXSEA
7.00 - 10.00 Dinner and Keynote. Allan Carswell, Optech. Lidar Goes to Mars
Friday, June 26, 2009  
8.30 - 9.00 Breakfast
9.00 - 10.00 Keynote. Tom Greaves, SPAR. Mobile Scanning: Why it Makes Business Sense in a Tough Economy
  Airborne APPLICATIONS Sessions
Grand York B
Presenter Mobile Mapping FUTURE TRENDS Sessions
Grand York C
Presenter
10.30 - 11.00 Individual Tree Crown Delineation Using Combined Lidar Data and Optical Imagery Wen Zhang, York University Calibration and Accuracies of a LYNX System Bruno Van Bastelaere, Teccon
11.00 - 11.30 Airborne Laser Scanning Based DTM Production Workflow in the National Land Survey of Finland Risto Ilves, National Land Survey of Finland LYNX Mobile Mapper: The First 30 Days Scott Dunham, Aerial Data Service
11.30 - 12.00 Using Lidar Data for Small Hydroelectric Power Plant Feasibility Studies Daniele Zandona, Lactec Long-Range Rover Localization by Matching Lidar Scans to Orbital Elevation Maps Pat Carle, UTIAS, University of Toronto
12.00 - 1.00 Lunch & Sponsor Fair
  Airborne CORRIDOR MAPPING Sessions Presenter Mobile Mapping ROUNDTABLE Session
Grand York C
Presenter
1.00 - 1.30 Powerline Surveying: New Software Tools for Production Processing Eugene Medvedev, Altex Geomatica LYNX Users Roundtable Discussion Bernie Poplack, Optech
1.30 - 2.00 Applications and Benefits of Airborne Lidar Technology for Transmission Line Asset Management Michael Sitar, Optech
2.00 - 2.30 Conference Wrap-Up. Don Carswell


Break-out session topics include:

Best Practices
  • Accuracy/Error Assessment
  • Integrated Sensors
  • Data Fusion
Economics
  • ROI
  • Process Flow Efficiencies
Applications
  • Corridor and Engineering Applications
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Urban Mapping
  • Homeland Security
  • Asset Management
  • Bathymetric Applications
  • Geological Engineering