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Attending an event or professional conference is a great way to keep update about what is currently happening in the Geomatics industry and also an opportunity to have a good time while networking and mingling with others. Many organizations across Canada offer great conferences and events, we have tried to highlight a few of the recommended ones here for you. a few for If you know of a Geomatics event that is taking place in Canada and it is not listed here then let us know.

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2009 Scheduled Events:

Event: GIS Day 2009
Date: November 18, 2009
Location: Various locations across Canada
Details: GIS Day is a global event for thousands of users of GIS technology to educate millions of children and adults about how geography makes a difference in our lives through the technology of GIS and to demonstrate GIS technology at schools and organizations around the world.

GIS Day 2009 will take place on Wednesday, November 18, during the National Geographic Society's Geography Awareness Week. It plays a powerful role in creating geographic awareness throughout our world. Various events are held across our country, if your organization is having one, then share it with all of us, or check out the official GIS Day web site for more details

Contact Info: See official web site for more details

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Event: the 25th CIG Geomatics symposium "Geomatics 2009"
Date: October 21-22, 2009
Location: Montreal, Quebec
Details: Geomatics 2009 will be held at the Hilton Bonaventure Convention Centre next October 21th and 22th in Montreal. Geomatics solutions can be found with many organizations’ business activities, driving the processes and even often support essential or mission-critical services which are key to an organization’s success! This year's symposium plans to showcase this major, irreversible trend by addressing both public and private sector managers and personnel playing an active role in strategic and operational processes, whether geomatics professionals or not.

Participants will have a chance to hear knowledgeable speakers present their latest achievements, their new products and services or their vision of the future. As in past years, visitors will be treated to a large commercial exhibition bringing together the key hardware, software and service players. Geomatics 2009 promises to be the event you will not want to miss.

Contact Info: See official web site for more details

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Event: ESRI Regional User Conference
Date: September 17 & 18, 2009
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Details: ESRI Canada is pleased to invite you to join other GIS professionals for this exclusive opportunity to learn about the latest advances in GIS technology and hear first hand how others in your community are using a geographic approach in their work.

The main conference (plenary sessions, user presentations and technical sessions) will be held on Thursday, September 17, 2009, Workshops will be held on Friday, September 18, 2009.

Contact Info: See official web site for more details

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Event: GeoWeb 2009
Date: July 27 - 31, 2009
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Details: GeoWeb conferences focus exclusively on geographic information systems, the Internet, and the economic potential associated with their convergence. GeoWeb 2009 will continue the tradition of focusing on the reciprocal impact of the Web and Geographic Information as well as the ever-increasing need for collaboration in light of global economic and environmental concerns. GeoWeb 2009 is for everyone!

Contact Info: See official web site for more details

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Event: the 2nd Conference of Spatial Knowledge and Information Canada
Date: February 20-22, 2009
Location: Fernie , British Columbia
Details: The conference will be structured as a series of presentations, hosted with a moderator and staffed with approximately seven interested participants. Moderators will be chosen from Executive/Programming Committee and will contact participants in advance to construct the contents of the sessions.

Conference sessions will be designed around a rapid-communication format successfully used in medicine, neuroscience, and other disciplines. Each presentation will be 10 minutes with a short shared opportunity for public questions. Additionally each evening of the conference will also include a reception offering ample time for interaction and discussion. In addition to the research presentations we will have a keynote address during the dinner hour of the first evening and a panel of non-GIS academics (e.g., department heads, deans, and VPs research) on the second evening. This latter event will allow our community to share with non-GIS and non-geography academics and administrators our research as well as an opportunity to discuss how to best develop GIS in an increasingly competitive and constrained academic environment.
Contact Info: See web site