CARIS 2003 Keynote Speaker
The opening keynote speaker at CARIS 2003 will be Mr Denis Hains. Hosted in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, conference Educational Sessions will be held on 8th and19th November, with Conference Sessions to follow on 20th and 21st November.
Mr Hains was been appointed Acting Dominion Hydrographer and Director General of the Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS) in the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada in October 2002. He was previously Director General of the Audit and Evaluation Branch in Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) for two years. He has had broad experience in the delivery of operational programmes to Canadians, in a regional environment with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and more recently with the Earth Sciences Sector and Audit and Evaluation of NRCan. He gained extensive experience in hydrography, as well as in sciences, research and development related to geomatics/geodesy with Geomatics Canada. He has led regional, national and international initiatives.
