SUMSF 2024

^{Announcing The Virtual Subsurface Utility Mapping Strategy Forum Conference}

^{Founded by Geoff Zeiss}

The Legacy of Geoff Zeiss

Dear SUMSF Community,

Geoff Zeiss devoted over 30 years of his life to the Geospatial industry and global community. Besides focusing on utility and construction sectors, and mapping underground utility infrastructure among many other projects, he promoted awareness, innovation, and the evolution of geospatial data, technology, and underground utilities.

Geoff showed his leadership in many ways. Geoff and GoGeomatics created the SUMSF event together, where Geoff served as Conference Chair since the event’s inception. He created a thought leadership blog that now holds over 2000 articles. Between the Poles is a blog Geoff created to advocate issues of importance to the sector.

In late 2022, Geoff and I, in partnership with Carleton University, created an endowment fund. Geoff played a major role in developing the Geoff Zeiss Urban Infrastructure Mapping Fund, which uses the knowledge and experiences of decades of research in innovation, sustainable urban infrastructure, and developing supporting urban information systems by Geoff. The fund will focus on creating new technologies, improving efficiency and safety, and possibly creating future scholarships, post-doctoral fellowships, and research positions.

Geoff passed away on September 14, 2022.

GoGeomatics and the Geomatics community are continuing Geoff’s work and are inviting you to take part. To continue the legacy in Geoff’s footprints, please contact me, at jmurphy@gogoematics.ca, if you are interested in speaking, sponsoring, hosting, or participating in SUMSF 2023.

It’s an honour and privilege to work with the community to continue Geoff’s legacy.

With humble thanks,

Jonathan Murphy

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SUMFS Attendees 2023

Industry Participants

2M Locating, LLC
3D Geomatics
3-D Line Locating Ltd.
3D Mapping
3D Maritime Inc.
4-ip
4M Analytics
4Sight Utility Engineers
AECOM
Affinity Water
Aitihad Bandar
Association of Ontario Land Surveyors
ApoSys Technologies
ARUP
Atlas Geophysical
Atlas Surveying
Atlheritage Services Corp.
Augview Ltd
Bark.com
Beca
Between the Poles
BGC Engineering
BHATE Geosciences Corporation
BhuSatyam Technologies
Bonnefield
Boustead Geospatial Technologies
Bury Services
CAE
CES Group
Colliers Engineering & Design
Condux Intl
Conocida
DeCoste Surveys Ltd.
DexAfrica
DGT Associates.com
Dura-Line
Engineering
Enhanced Scanning
Eningo
Eos Positioning Systems
Eurovia
GE Digital
Geospatial
GEOSYSTEMS France
Geotechoverseas
GeoTerra Surveys
GeoVerra Inc.
Global Information Technology, Inc
globalsurvey
Ground Penetrating Radar Systems
Graicells
HighView Drone Imagery
Hihnshaw
Horrocks
HSC Pipeline Engineering Pte Ltd
Ice core consults
Information Services Corp
International Space Station
IT34 A/S

Kens Welding
KorrAI
Kyoshin Giken Co., Ltd.
Learning Bird
Leica Geosystems Technologies Pte Ltd
Lidar News
LiDARist Co. Ltd.
Locusview
Linesearch BeforeUdig
Lux Modus
Mach9 Robotics
Manitoba Hydro
Map Graphics
McElravy Associates
MDA
Mobile GIS Services
Movella
Murphy Geospatial Ltd
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
nv5
Ordnance Survey
Organization
Ott Consulting
Ovintiv
Parsons
PelicanCorp
Planetary Remote Sensing Inc
Planview Utility Services Ltd.
Plowman Craven
Polaris Land Surveying Inc
Posterity
Premier Locates
Proceq Asia
Professional Surveyors Canada
Prostar Geocorp Inc.
PSD CityWide
Put
Pyxis Geotech
Quanta
R&D and Innovation
Reduct
Reveal
Reveal Infrastructure
RODRADAR
Safe Software
Screening Eagle
SeeScan
Sofiyska voda
Sogelink
Southern California contractors association
Spacept
SSP innovations
Stantec
subsuperificie
Subsurface Solutions, Subsurface
Services
Subsurface Utility Engineering LLC &
Subsurface Utility Engineering Association
Sweco
Terre Noire Surveyor

The INTUS Group
The Lexis Group, LLC
The Lorrnel Group
Tierra Geomatic
Trimble
Tuatara Structures
Utility Mapping
Vattenfall
VEERUM
Vislock & Vision
Vislock Ltd
VP Partners Development
Rodradar
WGI Inc.
Woods
Woolpert
WSP
Xsens

Government Participants
Federal Participants

Building Code Commission
Cabinet Office
Crown Indigenous Relations
Cues Mapping/PIPC
Defence Construction Canada
Defence Science & Technology Agency
Department of National Defence
Energy Safety
Geological Survey of Canada of
Natural Resources Canada
Geospatial Commission
Government of Canada
Istituto Nazionale Di Geofisica e Vulcanologia
National Research Council Canada
Northern Development Mines
Natural Resources and Forestry
Public Services and
Procurement Canada
Public Works
Singapore Land Authority
Underground Safety Board

Provincial Participants

Alberta Parks
California Office of Energy
Infrastructure Safety
Government Of Alberta
Government of Nunavut
Northwest Territories Centre for Geomatics
Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Ontario Public Works Association

Municipal Participants

Chatham-Kent Public Utilities Commission
City of Charlottetown
City of Marshfield
City of Ottawa

Durham Workforce Authority
Kitsap County
Municipality of Clarington
The City of Ottawa
Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
NGO’s and First Nations
Centre for Newcomers Society of Calgary
Cs4 Services
Gopher State One Call
Halifax Water
Indigenous Services Canada
Nickel District Conservation Authority
Nigeria Flying Labs Southwest Hub
North American Committee of NGOs for the Environment
OGC
Pennsylvania Utility Contractors Association
Sustainable Cobourg
Trufi Association

Academia

Cees Punjab university Lahore Pakistan
College of the North Atlantic Office of
Applied Research and Innovation
Delhi Technological University
GISMO
Lawrence Technological University
Mining University
New York University Center for Urban Science + Progress
North American College of Information Technology
Nova Scotia Community College
Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology Okitipupa
Poznan University of Life Sciences
Queen’s University Belfast
Ryerson University
Singapore-ETH Centre
Universidad Militar Nueva Granada
Universidad Nacional
Université Laval
University of Calgary
University of Manitoba
University of Melbourne
University Of Mines And Technology
University of Twente
Western University

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