Opening Session

Ellsworth LeDrew, Master of Ceremonies

Opening Ceremony

08:30[Video] Welcome to IGARSS 2014 / 35th CSRS
Monique Bernier, General Chair
08:40Welcome from the Canadian Space Agency
Walter Natynczyk, President
08:50Welcome from Natural Resources Canada
Brian Gray, Assistant Deputy Minister, Earth Sciences Sector
09:00[Video] Welcome from the IEEE
Marina Ruggieri, Director, IEEE Division IX
09:10[Video] Welcome from the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society
Melba Crawford, President
09:20[Video] Welcome from the Canadian Remote Sensing Society and CRSS-SCT Awards
Anne Smith, Vice-President
09:30[Video] Major GRSS Awards and Recognitions
Werner Wiesbeck
2014 IEEE Fellows
2014 IEEE GRSS Distinguished Achievement Award
2014 IEEE GRSS Outstanding Service Award
10:10Break

Plenary Session

10:30[Video] Remote Sensing in Support of Electric System Management at Hydro-Québec
Gaétan Lantagne, Institut de recherche d’Hydro-Québec (IREQ)
10:45[Video] Use of satellite products for hydrological applications at EDF
Matthieu Le Lay, Électricité de France (EDF DTG)
11:00[Video] Assimilation of Remote Sensed Observations in NOAA RAP and HRRR Weather Models toward Improved Wind and Solar Forecasts for Renewable Energy
Stan Benjamin, NOAA Earth Systems Research Laboratory
11:15[Video] Remote Sensing for Electricity Networks in Africa
Trevor Gaunt, University of Cape Town
11:30Concluding remarks for plenary
Danielle De Sève, Institut de recherche d’Hydro-Québec (IREQ)

Symposium Introduction

11:35[Video] IGARSS 2014 / 35th CSRS Technical Program
Josée Lévesque, Jean-Marc Garneau, Ellsworth LeDrew
Technical Co-Chairs
11:50[Video] Closing remarks
Monique Bernier, General Chair