The BC Geophysical Society is excited to announce our upcoming 2022 Workshop “Drones in Geoscience”.

This workshop offers a start-of-the-art examination of where the use of drones is now and where it is headed in the future in applied geoscience, and especially applied geophysics. The first day will consist of lectures and presentations from experts in drone fabrication and from service providers discussing how drones are used. The second day will be at a local outdoor facility where attendees will witness advanced and innovative drones in flight.

Our keynote speaker will be Ron Bell, Senior geoDRONEologist and Geophysicist. His talk will be titled “The Elegance of Drone Geoscience”.

During Thursday’s technical session, companies who will be demonstrating on Friday will be display booths set up. This will be a great opportunity to see the drones and discuss the technology up close.

We are currently looking for volunteers to assist with setup/cleanup on Friday. In exchange we are offering free attendance to the workshop.

Abstract Booklet:  Speaker Abstract Booklet PDF

Schedule – Thursday:  Schedule Thursday PDF

Schedule – Friday: Schedule Friday PDF

Dates:	Thursday May 12, 2022 – Lectures & Presentations Friday May 13, 2022 – Live Field Demonstrations
Times:	Thursday: 8:15am to 5:00pm Friday: 9:30am to 4:30pm
Registration:	Cost: – Two Day Non-Member Price $250 – Two Day BCGS Member Price $230 – Two Day Student Price $20 – One Day (Thur only or Friday only) Price $180 – One Day Virtual (Thur only) Price $75 Registration payment link is below
Locations:	Thursday: SFU Harbour Centre, Fletcher Challenge Theatre (Room 1900) 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC, V6B 5K3 Moose Down Under 830 W Pender St, Vancouver, BC V6C 1J8 Friday: Burnaby Lake Sports Complex – East: Fields 3-6 3520 Sperling Ave, Burnaby, BC V5B 4Z6 **Access directions below

Workshop Event Abstract: Drone Workshop Abstract

Registration:

Please register in advance of the symposium. Your registration is guaranteed once payment has been received. The attendee name must be entered for registration to be complete. Confirmed speakers and demonstrators do not need to register. If you need to register multiple attendees at once, please email info@bcgsonline.org. Payment will be processed by Paypal and can be paid using a credit card, debit card, or a Paypal account.

Current paid 2022 BCGS members are able to register at the BCGS member rate for the two-day event. Other attendees must use the standard industry rate.

We have added a virtual registration option to participate in the Thursday lectures via Zoom.

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Thank you to everyone who attended, both in-person and virtually. Your support is appreciated.

Sponsors:

Speakers:

Ron Bell, Drone Geoscience, LLC
The Elegance of Drone Geoscience

Jan Franke, Groundradar Inc.
Challenges and Opportunities of Drone GPR

Alan Chapman, NAV Canada
Drones and the Airspace: Current Operations and Future Needs

Ian Wills, Coastal Drone
How I learned to love the RPAS; or Flying Drones Legally and Safely in Canada

Steve Donovan, Beyond Visual Light of Sight Innovation Centre (BVLOS InC)
VLOS to BVLOS Protocols, Challenges and Solutions

Nicolas Martin-Burtart, Radiation Solutions Inc.
Radiometric data collected with an UAV: Pre-flight and post-processing

Travis Ferbey, Quaternary Geologist, British Columbia Geological Survey
Can remotely piloted aircraft-borne radiometrics and magnetics detect dispersal trains in subglacial tills?

Zane White, Candrone
Photogrammetry and LiDAR – The Facts and Myths About Modelling Our World in 3D via UAV

Michael Burns, Pioneer Exploration
Lessons Learned in an Emerging Drone-Based Geophysics Industry

Rees Pillizzi, Measur
Large Area UAV LiDAR Mapping: Trinity F90+ with Qube 240 LiDAR

Laura Quigley, Seequent
UAV Geophysics Workflow for your Magnetometer Data

Eric Sazuk, BCIT
Drone-based Gas Sniffing

Geoff Pettifer, Terra Entheos Geoscience
NSG Inter-Society Committee on UAV Geophysics Guidelines and Standards – Drone Magnetic Guidelines

Demonstrators:

We have an exciting group of demonstrators who will be showing the latest and greatest in drone technology. Each of these companies will also have a display booth on Thursday.

• Drone Geoscience, LLC
• Discovery International Geophysics
• Measur
• Pioneer Exploration
• TurnTech
• Candrone
• Radiation Solutions Inc.
• Terraplus
• Stratus Aeronautics / Coywolf (Thurs display booth only)

Access:

Access to the Burnaby Lakes Sports Complex East, Fields 3 & 4, is easy by both vehicle and transit. Access to the parking lot is from Sperling Ave via Joe Sakic Way (Sprott St is currently closed due to construction).