EMINENT SPEAKERS
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UELI MAURER
Member of the Swiss Federal Council,
Head of the Department of Defence,
Civil Protection and Sports,
Switzerland
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HON’BLE ALHAJI
A.B. INUSAH FUSEINI
Minister for Lands and
Natural Resources
Ghana
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STEVE W. BERGLUND
Chief Executive Officer
Trimble
USA
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CHRIS GIBSON
Vice President
Trimble
USA
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JEAN PHILIPPE AMSTEIN
Director
Swisstopo
Switzerland
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RAYMOND O’CONNOR
President and CEO
Topcon
Positioning Systems
USA
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Actuary Ronaldo Ocampo-Alcántar
Vice President – National Geographic and Environment Information
INEGI
Mexico
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JUERGEN DOLD
President
Hexagon Geosystems
Switzerland
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JAY W. FREELAND
President and Chief
Executive Officer
Faro Technologies
USA
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CHRISTOPHER
CAPPELLI
Director of Sales
Esri
USA
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STEVEN HAGAN
Vice President Development
for Server Technologies
Oracle Corporation
USA
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AMAR HANSPAL
Vice President - IPG Product Group
Autodesk USA
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CARLO DES DORIDES
Executive Director
European GNSS Agency
Czech Republic
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PETER HANSFORD
Chief Construction
Adviser
London
Government
UK
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DORINE BURMANJE
Chairman Executive Board
Cadastre Land Registry and
Mapping Agency
The Netherlands
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TOM WALSH
Managing Director
Government, Tax & Accounting
Thomson Reuters
USA
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PASCAL BERTEAUD
Director General
IGN
France
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BERNHARD
BRENNER
Executive Director of
Airbus Defence & Space
France
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BARBARA RYAN
Director
Group on Earth Observations
(GEO) Secretariat
Switzerland
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DR. WENDY WATSON-WRIGHT
Assistant Director General &
Executive Secretary, Intergovern-
mental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
France
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REINHARD SCHULTE-BRAUCKS
Head of Unit, Copernicus
Infrastructure, DG Enterprise &
Industry, European Commission, Belgium
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SALLY
FEGAN-WYLES
Assistant Secretary General
United Nations
Director-UNITAR
Switzerland
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MICHAEL JONES
Chief Technology Advocate
Google
USA
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CHAIRPERSONS |
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GEORGE GARTNER
President
International Cartography
Association (ICA)
Austria
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HUGO DE GROOF
Chief Scientist
Research and
Innovation Unit at DG Environment
European Commission
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DR. VANESSA LAWRENCE CB
Director General & Chief Executive
Ordnance Survey
UK
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PRASHANT SHUKLE
Director General for
Mapping Information Branch
Geomatics Canada
Natural Resources
Canada*
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*Tentative
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GWF 2013 : AT A GLANCE
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Stakeholder Participation Over the Years
36% |
Technology Providers |
28% |
Users* |
25% |
Policy Makers |
11% |
Academia &
Non-Government |
*This includes end users from industry verticals such as Agriculture, Mining, Construction, Utilities, Land Administration, Governance, Energy, Public Safety, Climate Change, Environment, Water, Transport |
Exhibitor Participation Over the Years
32% |
Solution & Service Providers |
28% |
Software Companies |
25% |
Data Providers |
11% |
User Organizations |
9% |
National Geospatial Agencies |
7% |
Hardware Providers |
6% |
Academic Institutes |
3% |
Multilateral Agencies |
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