Plenary Speakers

Plenary 1: Converging Policies, Practices and Processes through Public Private Partnership

Moderator

Hugo de Groof DG Environment
Governance, Information & Reporting Unit
European Commission
Belgium
Bio | Video
Speakers
Dorine Burmanje Chair of Executive Board
Dutch Kadaster
Netherlands
Bio | Presentation | Video
Josef Aschbacher Head, Programme Planning & Coordination (EOP-C)
Earth Observation Programmes Directorate
European Space Agency
Italy
Bio | Presentation | Video
Michael Howell Deputy Program Manager
Information Sharing Environment
United States
Bio | Presentation | Video
Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez Senior Director for the Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice
World Bank
United States
Bio | Presentation | Video
Hinnerk Gildhoff Lead, SAP HANA Spatial
SAP
Germany
Bio | Presentation | Video

Plenary 2: Geospatial Technology Trends

Moderator

Alessandro Annoni Head of the Digital Earth and Reference Data Unit
Joint Research Centre
Italy
Bio | Video
Speakers
Ola Rollen President, Chief Executive Officer
Hexagon
Sweden
Bio | Presentation | Video
Damian Spangrud Director of Solutions
Esri
United States
Bio | Presentation | Video
Anthony Whelan Director, Electronic Communications Networks & Services
DG CONNECT, European Commission
Belgium
Bio | Video
Arjen Frentz Committee on Drinking Water
European Federation of National Drinking Water and Waste Water Associations (EUREAU)
Netherlands
Bio | Presentation | Video
Giuseppe Sgorbati Scientific Technical Director
Regional Agency for Environmental Protection
Italy
Bio | Presentation | Video
Eduardo Falcon Executive Vice President and Group General Manager
Topcon Positioning Group
United States
Bio | Presentation | Video

Plenary 3: Geospatial Platform Enabling Workflows

Moderator

Barbara Ryan Secretariat Director
GEO
Switzerland
Bio | Video
Speakers
Steven Hagan Vice President Development
Oracle Corporation
United States
Bio | Presentation | Video
Ted Lamboo Senior Vice President, Infrastructure Owners Global
Bentley Systems
Netherlands
Bio | Presentation | Video
Kanwar Chadha Executive Chairman, Binatone Global Marketing
Advisor Infrastructure, Facebook
Founder & CEO, Inovi Inc
Founder, SiRF
United States
Presentation | Video
Andreas Erwig Vice President of Business Development and Business Operations
Traffic Product Unit
TomTom
Germany
Bio | Presentation | Video

Plenary 4: Geospatial Practices Driving Policies

Moderator

Rolando Ocampo Alcantar Vice President
National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI)
Mexico
Bio | Video
Speakers
Karl Falkenberg Director General of European Commission
DG Environment
Belgium
Bio | Video
Vanessa Lawrence Co-Chair
UN Initiative on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM)
United Kingdom
Bio | Presentation | Video
Abe Usher Chief Technology Officer
HumanGeo
United States
Bio | Presentation | Video
Rui Amaro Alves Director General
Directorate General for Territorial Development
Portugal
Bio | Presentation
Prashant Shukle Director-General, Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation
Natural Resources Canada
Canada
Bio | Presentation | Video
Johannes Melles Coordinator for Spatial Data
German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH)
Germany
Bio | Presentation | Video

* Tentative