First (of four) of the Geomatics Atlantic News for 2012. Part of www.geomaticsatlantic.com

1. 25 Years
Saint Mary’s University
, Halifax
Geomatics Atlantic News Service Vol. 1 June 12-14, 2012
www.geomaticsatlantic.com
Where the news is. Where it happens.
CONTENTS: GANS ONCE AGAIN PLAYS HOST
GANS PLAYS HOST TO GA 2012 Bill Jones, President of the Geomatics
FOURNIER TO KEYNOTE FOR 25TH Assoc. of NS is excited that GANS was
once again hosting Geomatics Atlantic
MEDIA SPONSOR AGREEMENT
In an exclusive interview Jones said
TECTERRA SUPPORT FOR SMEs
“we always look forward to the year GA
SMU PLAYS HOST TO GEOMATICS
comes here – we include it in our
HAVE A STORY TO SHARE business plan for members and for
hosting other groups from around the
BREAKING NEWS: region.” What of 25 years of GA? “I am
FOURNIER TO GIVE not sure if it was luck or design” said
KEYNOTE FOR 25th President Jones. “Either way, we are
ANNIVERSARY - humbled to be hosting this historic
GA News has learned event for our industry in Atlantic
Dr. Robert Fournier is Canada.” What of the plans for this
to headline the 25th Anniversary anniversary? Jones pointed to the
Geomatics Atlantic Conference in program for the event. “Besides the
Halifax this June. “Bob” is Emeritus amazing speakers and workshops, we
Professor at the Dalhousie University haven’t hidden surprises, we haven’t
Oceanography Department. His career gone overboard.” He pointed out that,
and contributions in ocean science are “we are from this region, all of us, and
internationally recognized for the we know a party can be friends getting
significance of their impact. Fournier is together and laughing and talking
well known in Nova Scotia as weekly about the great times, and catching up
science contributor for CBC Radio’s on all the news.” He also said, “it will
Information Morning. For almost the be a celebration. We didn’t have to
same time as Geomatics Atlantic has break much of a sweat coming up with
existed, Bob has provided, insight, this years motto of looking back and
humour and brain twisting questions moving forward. It made sense. It was
for early morning listeners of the most a natural. And that is what attendees
popular morning radio show in the will experience this year. In fact, it
province. This talk is not to be missed. would be fun if people could talk to
each other about where they were 25
POSTER CALL EXTENDED GA2012 years ago.” With a wry smile on his
Update: Call for Posters Extended to May face, Jones concluded, “some of us
11. Send abstracts to lbeazley@gans.ca were not here 25 years ago, and some
www.geomaticsatlantic.com of us may wish to turn back the clock
Top Ten Reasons to Come to GA2012: #10
and get rid of some grey hairs and
Halifax is awesome in June, and any day of the wrinkles. I don’t think we can do that in
week that ends with a “y” the conference program”.
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2. 25 Years
Saint Mary’s University,
Halifax
Geomatics Atlantic News Service Vol. 1 June 12-14, 2012
Where the news is. Where it happens. www.geomaticsatlantic.com
TECTERRA PROVIDES GA 2012 CONFERENCE SIGNS ELAINE MACEACHERN TO ADDRESS
SUPPORT In an exciting turn of MEDIA DEAL WITH LEADING GA 2012 FROM ASIA:
events, the GA 2012 Committee PUBLISHERS: In what can only Elaine MacEachern is currently the
found out that Tecterra was be described as exceptionally Asia Pacific Regional Manager for
able to provide funding to positive piece of news, GA2012 IFC’s financial infrastructure secured
organization has secured lending product and is based in
support SMEs in the geomatics
Directions Magazine (DM) as the Jakarta, Indonesia. In a unique
sector with help to attend trade
OFFICIAL MEDIA SPONSORS for move, GA 2012 will hear from her
shows like GA 2012.This paper
the 2012 event. Committee live from her base in Jakarta. Her
also learned, the agency is also experience spans areas in both the
able to provide ongoing support representatives explained how
public and private sectors within
for companies to reach out to this happened. “We reached
governments, consultancies,
other markets through trade out to them and we both saw development agencies, and
shows and trade missions. This the benefits of talking to each international funding institutions
news came just in time as of our respective audiences including the World Bank Group,
sponsors and exhibitors were about who we are and the Asian Development Bank, Inter-
planning to attend and support support we provide to the American Development Bank and
the GA 2012 event. Readers are geomatics communities. DM has the Caribbean Development Bank.
encouraged to visit the GA 2012 a very large readership who This is sure to be a presentation
web site or Tecterra for details : trust and rely upon their work with depth and well grounded
http://www.tecterra.com and information sources. We experience to share. Elaine was a
admire their work too and we former Registrar of both Land Titles
SAINT MARY’S UNIVERSITY are looking forward to working (immoveable) and Personal
HOSTS GA FOR FIRST TIME: The with DM now and in the future. Property (moveable) for the
25th Anniversary Geomatics As part of the GA partnership , Province of Nova Scotia, so her
Atlantic Conference sees the information from the event will return (even via Skype) is still a
be transmitted live to followers rerun home of sorts.. Of interest to
Nova Scotia section move the
of DM through such media-rich many us, lovers of travel, is her
event to Halifax and the Saint
platforms as Twitter and blogs. experience in countries such as
Mary’s campus. This was done Bhutan, Barbados, Canada, China,
as a means to recognize the Ghana, India, Lao, Kenya, Mongolia,
contributions of Saint Mary’s to Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, South
geomatics through the only Sudan, Sri Lanka, Trinidad Tobago,
geography degree program in Uganda, and Vietnam.
Nova Scotia. The campus as a
whole has been supportive and STORIES TO SHARE REQUESTED:
The 25th Anniversary Geomatics Atlantic
welcoming with GA 2012, and
Conference is looking for a few good
working with their conference stories about the last 25 years. All you
services has helped make the have to do is send your ideas to GAnews
planning of the event a pleasure. via james.boxall@dal.ca and we will be
Visit our GA site for more info. sure to place them in the newsletters.
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