GITA

Preliminary Program
This schedule is subject to change.

Thursday, November 6
TIME	EVENT
8:00–9:00 a.m.	Registration/Continental Breakfast
9:00–10:00 a.m.	Opening Session and Keynote Address by K. J. (Kim) McCaig, Canadian Energy Pipeline Association (CEPA)
10:05–10:50 a.m.	The Role Geospatial Plays in Non-Conventional Oil and Gas Rick Watters, EnCana Corporation	Geospatial Critical Infrastructure Protection—An Integrated Corporate Approach Rob Brook, ESRI; Denise Petrick, Nexen Inc.
10:50–11:05 a.m.	Refreshments and Networking Break with Table Top Exhibitors
11:05–11:50 a.m.	Regulatory Emergency Response Planning Changes in the Use of GIS Shell Clarke and Nola Lewis, Talisman Energy Inc.	Pipeline Database Models—The Who, How, and When of Modeling Andrew Saje, Enbridge Pipelines Inc.; Rob Brook, ESRI
11:50 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:00–1:45 p.m.	GIS in the Alberta Oil Sands David Parker, Colt Geomatics	Bridging the Gap Between GIS and BI Tim Loser, TIBCO – Spotfire Division
1:50–2:50 p.m.	Panel Discussion: Building the Business Case—Why Return on Investment is Important to the Oil and Gas Industry Moderator: Daniel Shannon, TELUS Communications Susan Ancel, EPCOR; Jon Connick, Nexen Inc.; Joseph Hlady, WorleyParsons Geomatics
2:50–3:15 p.m.	Refreshments and Networking Break with Table Top Exhibitors
3:15–4:00 p.m.	Bending at the Knees: Heavy Lifting Using Spatial Services Jason Humber, Integrated Informatics Inc.	Implications on the Horizon: Key Oil and Gas Industry Environmental Issues Samantha Chin, WorleyParsons Infrastructure and Environments
4:00–6:00 p.m.	Networking Reception

Friday, November 7
TIME	EVENT
7:45–8:30 a.m.	Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:30-8:45 a.m.	Welcome Back Plenary
8:45–9:30 a.m.	Extending Pipeline Relational Database Models into ArcGIS David Nemeth, Panhandle Energy	The Quest for Dark Matter and Data / Application Portability Ron Brush, New Century Software
9:35–10:20 a.m.	The Basics of Effective Integrity Management Planning David Richardson, QM4 Engineering	Leveraging Geospatial Technology in Developmental Planning Michael Crape, Altus Geomatics
10:20–10:35 a.m.	Refreshments and Networking Break with Table Top Exhibitors
10:35–11:10 a.m.	Leveraging Web Services Across Energy Companies Jim Bowen, InfoJim Inc.	Understanding The Requirements For Oil and Gas Operators To Successfully Deploy Mobile Applications Dave Goughnour, CartoPac Field Solutions
11:15 a.m.–Noon	The Alberta Integrated Resource Management (IRM) – Geomatics Centre Professor Danielle Marceau, University of Calgary	The Importance of Oil and Gas Critical Infrastructure Interdependencies Robert M. Samborski, GITA
Noon–1:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:05 PM – 1:45 PM	Closing Plenary Regulatory Issues and Compliance Glenn Cameron, National Energy Board; Marta Wojnarowska, National Energy Board