Every year, CARIS Conferences bring together an unmatched roster of top experts and speakers to present in-depth technical papers. CARIS 2012 will make no exception, delivering a program of presentations by renowned marine and hydrographic community stars and geospatial experts.

The Honourable Keith Ashfield, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, will deliver the Opening Keynote Address to launch the Conference Sessions on Wednesday, June 27th.

Minister Keith Ashfield

Keith Ashfield is the Member of Parliament for Fredericton, New Brunswick.

Keith Ashfield was first elected to the House of Commons in 2008 and re-elected in 2011. In October 2008, he was appointed Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency). In January 2010, he was appointed Minister of National Revenue, Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway.

Prior to his election, Mr. Ashfield served in the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly. From 1999 to 2003, he served as Deputy Speaker of the Legislature and as provincial Minister of Natural Resources from 2003 to 2006.

Prior to entering politics, Mr. Ashfield was active in local, provincial and national school trustee associations. He has also held senior positions in local companies, and has owned and operated his own businesses.

Mr. Ashfield studied business administration at the University of New Brunswick.

He resides in Lincoln, New Brunswick. He is married to Judy and they have two children.

 

Our second speaker is John Delaney. John Delaney is a Professor of Oceanography and holds the Jerome M. Paros Endowed Chair in Sensor Networks at the University of Washington. Since 1997, he has directed development of the regional cabled ocean observatory in the northeast Pacific Ocean that evolved into the Regional Scale Nodes program within the National Science Foundation's Ocean Observatories Initiative. The construction phase of this observatory began in September 2009 with the announcement of an award to the University of Washington of $126 million over five-and-a-half years.

Professor John Delaney

This distributed, remote, sensor-robotic network will convert a sector of the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate and overlying ocean into an internationally accessible, interactive, real-time natural laboratory capable of reaching millions of users via the Internet. Such networks are at the leading edge of ocean and earth science research and education.

Delaney, who joined the University of Washington faculty in 1977, has published nearly 100 scientific papers and articles, and has served as chief scientist on more than 45 oceanographic research cruises, many of which have included the Deep Submergence Vehicle Alvin and the Remotely Operated Vehicle Jason. In September 2005, he co-led the VISIONS'05 research expedition, which successfully broadcast the first-ever live, high-definition video from the seafloor across the world. Scientists, educators, and the general public, viewed the real-time broadcasts from the underwater volcanoes of the NE Pacific over cable and satellite television and on the web via the ResearchChannel.

His research focuses on the deep-sea volcanic activity of the Juan de Fuca Ridge in the northeast Pacific Ocean. In the summer of 1998, Delaney led a joint expedition with the American Museum of Natural History to successfully recover four volcanic sulfide structures now on display in AMNH's Hall of the Planet Earth. This U.S./Canadian effort was the subject of a NOVA/PBS and a BBC documentary entitled Volcanoes of the Deep. Samples collected on this expedition produced the highest temperature microbes ever cultured on earth. Some hypotheses link these deepsea volcanic systems to the origin of life on earth.

In 1987, Delaney served as the first Chairman of the RIDGE Program and initial co-chairman of the international InterRIDGE. Both programs were designed to foster intensive studies of the physical, chemical, and biological interactions that characterize the vigorous volcanic and hydrothermal activity along the 70,000-kilometer mid-ocean ridge system. These programs, still active today, have channeled hundreds of millions of dollars into research and education about processes that support exotic life forms sustained through chemosynthesis driven by plate tectonics several kilometers below sea level. Delaney has served on several NASA Committees charged with defining the nature of missions to Europa, one of the moons of Jupiter, suspected to harbor both a liquid ocean and submarine volcanoes.

Ocean Database and its Integration with Spatial Fusion Enterprise
Mike Osborne, OceanWise Ltd.

Crowd Sourcing for Hydrographic Data: a Preliminary Examination of Collected Data and Recommendations for its Effective Utilization
Maxim van Norden, University of Southern Mississippi

So You think you are a Category A surveyor?
Gordon Johnston, Venture Geomatics Limited

GIS in Education - an Ocean Mapping Perspective
Paul Elliott, School of Ocean Technology

BEAMS: A Collaborative, Undergraduate-Focused Seafloor Mapping Program
Leslie Sautter, College of Charleston
Miles Logsdon, University of Washington
Paul Cooper, CARIS
M. Scott Harris, College of Charleston

The British Geological Survey - Multibeam Survey Operations, an Aid to Understanding our Submerged Landscape
Rhys Cooper, The British Geological Survey

Applications of CARIS Tools Using Remote Computer Access for Hydrographic Surveys and Chart Revision
Jessica Heke, Canadian Hydrographic Service
Rob Hare, Canadian Hydrographic Service

Vertical Surface Processing from Integrated MBES-lidar Data
Elizabeth Leblanc, CIDCO
Mathieu Rondeau, CIDCO
Jean-Guy Nistad, CIDCO

Why Centimetric Level Positioning is Essential in Shallow Surveys
Mike Brissette, MosaicHydro Ltd

Filling the Gaps: Vessel-based Laser Scanning
Kevin Tomanka, David Evans and Associates, Inc.

Partnering with CARIS for MBES Development
Doug Lockhart, Teledyne RDI

Mapping Dynamic Processes with Recurring Surveys: a Case Study
Jean-Guy Nistad, CIDCO

Quality Control for Multibeam echosounders at the French Naval Hydrographic Service
Thierry Schmitt, SHOM

Implementation of CARIS Bathy DataBASE in Pacific Region, Canadian Hydrographic Service
Michel Breton, Canadian Hydrographic Service

Process for Capturing Real World Features from 3D Laser Scanned Point Clouds
Katrina Wyllie, NOAA
Grant Froelich, NOAA
Karen Cove, CARIS
Karen Hart, CARIS

Preparing Data from Kongsberg Multibeam Echosounders for Map Production
Terje Haga Pedersen, Kongsberg

Using the latest CARIS Technology to Help Ensure Safe and Efficient Navigation in Restricted Waterways
Wayne Dutchak, Canadian Coast Guard

The CARIS Engineering Analysis Module - Assisting in the Management of Queensland's Waterways
Owen Cantrill, Maritime Safety Queensland
Daniel Kruimel, CARIS

Production of S-57 Feature Objects from Airborne LiDAR Bathymetry data in the Florida Keys
José V. Martinez-Diaz, Fugro Pelagos
Marshall Blackbourn, Fugro Pelagos

Hydrographic Production Database and Law of the Sea, Digital Data with no Limits
Simon Matthews, United Kingdom Hydrographic Office

Assessing capabilities for CHS law of the sea data management through CARIS HPD
Serge Lévesque, Canadian Hydrographic Service

Unlocking the Benefit of a Hydrographic Database: Metrics, Benefits and Approaches
James Carey, United Kingdom Hydrographic Office
Simon Gittins, United Kingdom Hydrographic Office

Methods to Influence Precise Automated Sounding Selection via Sounding Attribution & Depth Areas
Edward Owens, NOAA
CDR Richard Brennan, NOAA

LINZ Paper Chart Masters
Andrea McDonald, Land Information New Zealand

Database-Driven Marine Cartography at BSH
Jana Vetter, BSH

ENC Production for the Panama Canal Using CARIS Software
Jaime Rodriguez, Panama Canal Authority