Sanjay Kumar

CEO | Geospatial World | India

Frank Tierolff

Chair Executive Board | Kadaster | The Netherlands

Dean Angelides

Corporate Director, International | Esri | USA

Scott Crozier

Vice President, Survey & Mapping | Trimble | USA

Ananya Narain

Vice President - Commercial Consulting | Geospatial World | India

Marc Carolus

Marc Carolus SVP, Insights & Analytics Location Products , Mastercard , Germany

Marc Carolus is a Senior Vice President within Mastercard's Data & Services division, responsible for Location Insights Product Management globally. In this role Marc owns the product strategy, roadmaps and commercial success of Mastercard's location solutions. His focus on product innovation as well as global scaling to 20+ markets have advanced the business amongst key customers and stakeholders.

Prior to joining Mastercard, Marc was a senior project manager at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants in Europe, focused on the telecom and financial services practice, where he was responsible for developing growth and market strategies for a range of clients in the private and retail banking, loyalty and mobile payments industries.

SVP, Insights & Analytics Location Products | Mastercard | Germany

Sim Choon Cheak

Sim Choon Cheak VP II, Agronomy & Precision Agriculture , Sime Darby Plantation Research , Malaysia

An agroecological researcher with an innovative mindset, Sim strategized the implementation of Precision Agriculture in Sime Darby Plantation. His role in leading the change management within the organization gave him the opportunity to introduce automation applications in the plantation lifecycle and facilitate the new integration with the existing platform.

Sim strongly believes in digital technology capabilities in transforming the plantation sector. In his present position he draws on more than fifteen years of experience in oil palm agronomy, to identify gaps Upstream Operation - all by utilizing the adopted technology. By doing so, he has succeeded in upskilling the company's human resources and upgrading the digital infrastructure. He is now looking into deploying the SMART eco-system into Sime Darby Plantation's group that expands across different continents - whilst driving the company's transition from a static to a dynamic, real-time GIS database.

VP II, Agronomy & Precision Agriculture | Sime Darby Plantation Research | Malaysia

Akshat Pipersenia

Akshat Pipersenia Head- Customer Strategy & Planning , Unilever , The Netherlands

A seasoned strategy and business professional with experience in revenue management, commercial strategy, pricing and portfolio management with diverse international assignments. Passionate about executional excellence, capability building and leading organizational change.

Specialties: Revenue Growth Management, E-Commerce, Pricing, Digital transformation, Account management, Portfolio design, Route to Market, Data Analytics, Supply Chain Excellence, Cost Optimization

Head- Customer Strategy & Planning | Unilever | The Netherlands

Judith Ampomah Owusu

Judith Ampomah Owusu Senior Geoscientist , Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) , Ghana

Judith Ampomah Owusu is a Senior Geoscientist working with the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation(GNPC). She has a particular expertise in Petroleum Geochemistry and has been working in the Oil and Gas industry for 12 years. Judith served as one of the consultants to the International Seabed Authority on the Africa Deep Seabed Resources project, working on the Deepmarine data and resource estimation. She is actively involved in all the western (Tano) basin projects, Offshore Ghana. She is currently the president of the Petroleum Ladies Association (PELA) in her institution.

Senior Geoscientist | Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) | Ghana

Kelvin Wong

Divisional Director - Catastrophe Analytics, EMEA West-South | Gallagher Re | UK

Dr. Bandar Saleh Almuslmani

Advisor to the Minister | Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture | Saudi Arabia

Mark Reichardt

Senior Consultant - Geospatial Policy and Technology | Geospatial World | USA

Paul Becker

President | Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG) | Germany

Christine Najar

Co-Head of SGS Office | Federal Office of Topography swisstopo | Switzerland

Nigel Clifford

Deputy Chairman | Geospatial Commission | UK

John Kedar

Strategic Advisor, Geospatial Infrastructure and Agencies | Geospatial World | UK

Martin Salzmann

Martin Salzmann Corporate Strategy Advisor , Kadaster , The Netherlands

Martin Salzmann is strategy lead with the Netherlands' Cadastre, Land Registry and Mapping Agency (Kadaster).

Martin has a background in academia as a researcher in navigation systems. At Kadaster he has held various advisory and management positions in the field of reference systems, cadastral surveying and mapping, quality assurance, marketing, policy and strategy. Currently he is actively involved in shaping the Netherlands' SDI, digitalisation of the public sector and strategic planning for Kadaster. In the European arena Martin is member of management board of Eurogeographics (representing Europe's National Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration Authorities) and is a past president of EuroSDR (European Spatial Data Research that focusses on applied research in spatial data by NMCA's, research institutes and academia).

Corporate Strategy Advisor | Kadaster | The Netherlands

Brig. Ali Al Shehhi

Director National Space Science & Technology Centre | Board Member, Federal GIS Centre | UAE

Sean Wiid

CEO | UP42 | Germany

Dr. Siva Ravada

Vice President of Development | Oracle | US

Keith Masback

Advisor | Geospatial World | USA

Miriam Daniel

VP & GM Google Maps for Consumers | Google | USA

Jagdish Narayanan

Jagdish Narayanan CIO , Reliance Jio Payments Bank , India

Jagdish Narayanan is the CIO of Jio Payments Bank and Financial Services. With an experience of nearly 3 decades in BFSI and FinTech, he has led technology at digital fintechs such as Jio Payments Bank and Financial Services and Aditya Birla Payments Bank, as well as been a senior technology leader with large multi-national financial institutions such as Citi, Barclays, Bank of America. He has deep knowledge of global businesses in the domains of digital wallets, digital payments, paperless and friction-free e-commerce, Cash Management, Payments, Liquidity Management, Trade Finance, by virtue of experience in heading large global technology portfolios across regions such as North America, EMEA, and Africa.

CIO | Reliance Jio Payments Bank | India

Priyanka Sharma

Strategic Lead | Manager - Location Intelligence | Booking.com | The Netherlands

Sanjay Kumar

CEO | Geospatial World | India

Jan Erik Solem

Chair, Overture Maps Foundation | Engineering Director, Maps, Meta | USA

Willem Strijbosch

VP, Product for Maps | TomTom | The Netherlands

Ingrid vanden Berghe

Administrator-General | National Geospatial Institute | Belgium

Nick Land

Business Development Manager | Esri | UK

Alessandro Annoni

Advisor - Digital Twin and Metaverse | Geospatial World | Italy

Eric DesRoche

Director, Infrastructure Business Strategy | Autodesk Inc. | USA

Serge Lupas

CEO | Cyclomedia | The Netherlands

Luc De Heyn

Chief Commercial Officer | Merkator | Belgium

Alain De Taeye

Member of the Management Board | TomTom | The Netherlands

BVR Mohan Reddy

Founder Chairman | Cyient | India

Ronda Schrenk

CEO | United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) | USA

Erik Josefsson

Erik Josefsson CEO , R-evolution , Sweden

Erik Josefsson, CEO of R-evolution, is tasked with leveraging technologies from Hexagon and R-evolution's partner ecosystem to accelerate the world's transition to a sustainable economy while delivering shareholder returns. Prior to joining the Hexagon, Josefsson was Head of Advanced Industries at Ericsson, where he led the delivery of global Industrial IoT and 5G solutions for the manufacturing and process industries. He has a passion for global tech, has worked and studied in Sweden, Malaysia, China, and the USA, and has experience driving many smart initiatives like 5G factories, Connected Cars, and Smart Sustainable Cities.

CEO | R-evolution | Sweden

Basanta Shrestha

Former Director of Strategic Cooperation | ICIMOD | Nepal

Markku Koivisto

Chief Business Development Officer | GLOBHE | Finland

Saurabh Rai

Saurabh Rai Global Head Analytics, Business Process Services , Tech Mahindra , India

Saurabh is an industry-recognized professional & a thought leader in Geospatial Technology, Process Initiatives, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, User Experience, Data-driven businesses, and Consumer Insights.

He possesses strong entrepreneurial, digital, analytical, and cross-industry skills and has led some of the largest Geospatial surveys & systems deployment across the globe. The projects have won multiple awards including the first Edison award in India.

A career built on a passion for Startups and Innovation; he has incubated Greenfield businesses, set up practices, and seen them through growth. Saurabh is passionate about Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and related technologies in solving problems and bringing automation and efficiency to complex workflows.

Saurabh is the global leader for GIS, Analytics & AI Verticals for Tech Mahindra BPS.

Global Head Analytics, Business Process Services | Tech Mahindra | India

Dr. Greg Scott

Inter-Regional Advisor | UNGGIM | United Nations

Patty Mims

Director of Global National Government | Esri | USA

Anwaar Al Shimmari

Executive Director | Federal Geographic Information Center | UAE

Albert Momo

Vice President & Executive Director, Emerging Markets and Funded Projects, Trimble | Chair, DEI Committee, World Geospatial Industry Council (WGIC) | USA

Sergio Fernandez de Cordova

Executive Chairman | PVBLIC Foundation | USA

Nadine Alameh

CEO | Open Geospatial Consortium | USA

Babatunde David Aremu

Babatunde David Aremu Founder , The Geospatial Hub , Nigeria

Babatunde built and self-financed The Geospatial Hub, a platform for learning GIS skills, with the aim to bridge the knowledge gap encountered by geospatial students in Africa. The Hub started from YouTube videos to free webinars and now to highly-affordable online courses. The Hub has reached over 1,000 learners worldwide from beginner, intermediate to professional levels. Currently, Babatunde is in Spain for a Master's Degree program on geospatial technologies.

Founder | The Geospatial Hub | Nigeria

Yasmeen Al Hashmi

Yasmeen Al Hashmi Director, Spatial Data , Abu Dhabi Department of Municipalities and Transport , UAE

Ms. Yasmeen is the director of the Spatial Data Division (SDD) in the Abu Dhabi Department of Municipalities and Transport (DMT). She is leading a team of specialists in Spatial information, managing the spatial data from the DMT and its affiliates. She is leading the team in creating the Abu Dhabi Digital Twin as part of the Smart Makani system and the 3D model of the Abu Dhabi Emirate. She has been awarded several awards for advancing Spatial Information in Abu Dhabi and the United Arab Emirates.

Director, Spatial Data | Abu Dhabi Department of Municipalities and Transport | UAE

Cristian Araneda

Cristian Araneda CEO , GeoAdvisors , Chile

Cristian began working in Geomarketing 15 years ago, within the Mapcity company, finally the company was bought by the Equifax Corporation, thanks to the growth that Cristian gave him in geography and mapping. Now, Cristian opened his own company to continue growing with location intelligence, not only in Chile, but also in Latin America. previously, he had already opened mapcity in other countries and after finishing his stint in the private world, he was elected Executive Secretary of the National Territorial Information System of Chile.

CEO | GeoAdvisors | Chile

Ewa Grabska-Szwagrzyk

Ewa Grabska-Szwagrzyk Research Assistant , Jagiellonian University , Poland

Ewa is in her activities, combining cutting-edge academic research with popularization and promotion of knowledge about remote sensing and earth observation. In Academia, Ewa is conducting work on implementing machine learning in satellite images analysis. She has managed to conduct the first national-scale classification of tree species with the use of Sentinel-2 satellite imagery, which has been already presented at scientific conferences and distribution and dissemination of which is being undertaken right now. During her various classes with students, Ewa introduces a lot of coding and machine learning exercises, promoting the use of such tools among the non-technical students, such as geographers. In parallel to her research and teaching work, Ewa is leading two most widely read fan pages on the topic of remote sensing and earth observation in Poland, named "Polska z Sentinela" (Poland from Sentinel) and "Z orbity" (From the orbit). On those websites, she presents the beauty of polish and global landscapes, seen from space, combining it with description and explanation of the observed phenomena and facilitating discussion on important environmental topics.

Research Assistant | Jagiellonian University | Poland

Sanjay Kumar

CEO | Geospatial World | India

Motoyuki Arai

CEO | Synspective | Japan

Katja van den Berge

Katja van den Berge Director, Operations , Kadaster , The Netherlands

Since 2021 I am the director of Operations, Services and Registration at Kadaster Nederland (COO). Before I started to work for Kadaster I have worked at several government agencies, such as social services and the tax office. As the COO I am responsible for the primary process of the Dutch Kadaster, that is land registry, cadastral surveying, topographic mapping and land consolidation as well as (e)services.

Director, Operations | Kadaster | The Netherlands

Juan Tomas Hernani

Chief Executive Officer | SATLANTIS | Spain

Ananya Narain

Vice President - Commercial Consulting | Geospatial World | India

Pieter van Teeffelen

Director | digiGO | The Netherlands

Marek Suchocki

Marek Suchocki Head of Industry Associations Strategy , Autodesk , UK

Marek Suchocki is Head of Industry Associations Strategy at Autodesk coordinating engagements with key professional associations, industry organisations and standards bodies globally. He holds a degree in Civil Engineering, is a Chartered Engineer, Chartered IT Professional, Fellow of BCS, Fellow of ICE and Fellow of CICES. He sits on the CICES Council of Management and Geospatial Engineering Practices Committee, is Vice-Chair of the Technology Group of nima (previously known as the UK BIM Alliance) and is on the British Standards B555 committee where he is the nominated representative to CEN (European Standards Committee) for Common Data Environments (CDE), BIM for Infrastructure and IOT/1 Digital Twin mirror committee. He is also part of the buildingSMART UK & Ireland Management Committee as well as the International Infrastructure Room Steering Committee where he is Chair of their Project Steering Committee.

Head of Industry Associations Strategy | Autodesk | UK

Roeland Allewijn

Chief Data Officer | Ministry of Water and Infrastructure (Rijkswaterstaat) | The Netherlands

Amr Raafat

Chief Innovation Officer | Windover Construction | USA

Marc Goldman

Director - AEC Industry Solutions | Esri | USA

Jugal Makwana

Global Director - Digital Engineering | Royal HaskoningDHV | The Netherlands

Kimberly Slaughter

CEO | Systra USA | USA

Clive Billiald

Clive Billiald Chief Executive , buildingSMART International , UK

As Chief Executive of buildingSMART International, Clive leads the global buildingSMART community, established to create and develop open digital ways of working and open standards for the built asset environment. buildingSMART is a technology neutral, not-for-profit organisation.

Clive's career has centred on the leadership of complex programmes within the engineering, technology and construction sectors, for both central government and private industry. He has acted as the asset owner for multi-billion € portfolios, delivered first-of-a-kind engineering and construction projects, and led the transformation and reform of national-level organisations responsible for programme planning and management.

Chief Executive | buildingSMART International | UK

Igor Starkov

VP, Digital Twin | Siemens Industry, Inc. | USA

Carlo Ruiz

Senior Director AI Solutions - EMEA | NViDIA | The Netherlands

Nelson Ogunshakin

CEO | International Federation of Consulting Engineers | Switzerland

Loh Teck Hee

Group Director - Design and Planning Lab | Urban Redevelopment Authority | Singapore

Andres Maremae

Andres Maremae Head of GIS, Strategic Management Office , City of Tallinn , Estonia

Andres Maremae is the leader of the GIS team of the city of Tallinn and is responsible for the developments of Tallinn's digital twin. His educational background is product development and technology management from Tallinn University of Technology, geomatics from the Estonian University of Life Sciences, and a master's degree in business and technology management from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Tartu. Combining the education with long-term experience in the field of spatial data in the private sector, he has a broad understanding of both technology and the application of technology in business processes in both the private and public sectors.

Head of GIS, Strategic Management Office | City of Tallinn | Estonia

Roland van der Heijden

Program manager - Digital City Rotterdam | Municipality of Rotterdam | Netherlands

Ignasi Perez Arnal

CEO | BIM Academy | Spain

Simone De Gale

CEO | Simone de Gale Architects | UK

Jeroen Tishauser

Information Manager and Product Owner | VolkerWessels Infrastructure | The Netherlands

Gary Cowan

Head of Digital Construction/VDC | Kane Group | Northern Ireland

Martyn Carlier

Martyn Carlier Program Manager , digiGO , The Netherlands

Martyn Carlier is Manager of the adoption program at digiGO BIM Loket, the Dutch foundation for digital collaboration in the built environment. The program aims to establish, publish, and promote best practices where open standards are applied.

Program Manager | digiGO | The Netherlands

Rolf Jonker

Project Leader BIM & Civil Engineering | Municipality of Rotterdam | The Netherlands

Marloes Graaumans

Marloes Graaumans Geo Information Specialist , Municipality of The Hague , The Netherlands

Marloes Graaumans has been working for the municipality of The Hague since 2009 in the field of geo-information. She has extensive experience in managing key registers (basisregistraties) and has played an important role in the BIM for BAG project, which aims to support the Basisregistratie Adressen en Gebouwen (BAG) process. Marloes has a deep understanding of the complexities involved in managing key registers.

Geo Information Specialist | Municipality of The Hague | The Netherlands

Francesca Noardo

Francesca Noardo Innovation Project Manager , Open Geospatial Consortium , Belgium

Dr. Francesca Noardo (she/her) is a Project Manager in the Innovation Program of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). Prior to join OGC she has developed her research in geomatics at the Politecnico di Torino (Italy), where she obtained her PhD, and in the 3D geoinformation group at the Delft University of Technology (NL), where she worked as a postdoc for more than 3 years. She has been working towards the interoperability and integration of multi-source spatial data, in particular, detailed 3D information systems, in interoperable 3D maps (GeoBIM), leveraging Open standards and adopting a user-centric approach for the concrete uptake of such technologies for urban applications. She is coordinating an international multidisciplinary collaboration as founder and leader of the European Network for Digital Building Permits (EUnet4DBP). She is co-chair of the ISPRS WG IV-1 'Spatial Data Representation and Interoperability'

Innovation Project Manager | Open Geospatial Consortium | Belgium

Eduard Loscos

President | Building Digital Twin Association | Spain

Alfonso Perna

Alfonso Perna International Product Engineering , ACCA Software , Italy

Alfonso Perna is in charge for the development of the French and English speaking markets at ACCA Software. His current professional interest is mainly focused on the development and implementation of open BIM solutions for infrastructure and aeco industry. He is MSc graduated from the University of Pisa/Italy in computer engineering with a specialization in software production processes. Since 2001 he is involved with the deployment and supply of accessible web-oriented IT services for companies and public institutions.

International Product Engineering | ACCA Software | Italy

Andreas Gerster

Andreas Gerster VP, SW Technology , Hexagon Geosystems , Germany

With more than 10 years of experience with reality capture technology, Andreas Gerster serves as Hexagon's Geosystem Vice President for Software Technology Solutions. He drives and develops the company's business software strategy around reality capture applications to deliver digitally accessible and autonomously intelligent solutions.

Gerster brings a wealth of experience to Hexagon's reality capture team, including leading the global business for laser scanners and related software for a major player in the industry and two decades in the electronic test and measurement business working on optical and wireless communication.

He has held leadership roles in product management, sales and business development and technical roles in R&D and production engineering at various global high tech blue-chip companies. Additionally, he holds a Master of Science in Physics from the University of Stuttgart.

His extensive experience with reality capture technologies positions him as an effective leader in the digital transformation that is bridging the physical and virtual world for Hexagon's customers.

VP, SW Technology | Hexagon Geosystems | Germany

Jan Grobler

Jan Grobler Business Development Manager - Building Construction , Topcon Positioning Netherlands

With a decade of experience in Construction, Mining, and Land Survey Technology & Solutions, I am a seasoned professional who has acquired expertise across multiple domains. Currently serving as Topcon's Business Development Manager for Building Construction Solutions, my core competencies include proficiency in CAD products, providing Geospatial solutions, utilizing Land Surveying systems, and leveraging diverse geo-positioning technologies. I also possess extensive experience in working with various 3D HDS scanning and photogrammetry solutions. My objective is to facilitate digital transformation for customers by assisting them in identifying the optimal blend of technologies and techniques that align with their specific requirements, in order to effectively resolve their challenges.

Business Development Manager - Building Construction | Topcon Positioning Netherlands

Nikolaus Studnicka

Nikolaus Studnicka Terrestrial Laser Scanning Business Division Manager , RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems GmbH , Austria

Nikolaus Studnicka (1965) was born in Mistelbach, Austria. He studied at the Technical University of Vienna, Austria, and has a degree in Communications and Radio Frequency Engineering since 1994. Since 1995 he has been working for RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems GmbH, mainly as International Sales Manager. In the years 2014 - 2018 Mr. Studnicka was Managing Director of RIEGL CHINA Ltd. His most important publications are on terrestrial, mobile and airborne laser scanning for heritage documentation, archaeological fieldwork, architectural representation, etc. Currently Mr. Studnicka works as Terrestrial Laser Scanning Business Division Manager for RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems GmbH.

Terrestrial Laser Scanning Business Division Manager | RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems GmbH | Austria

Ellen Klingelhoeffer

Ellen Klingelhoeffer Technical Sales Engineer , Trimble , Germany

Ellen Klingelhoffer has a background in Civil Engineering and Surveying and has worked in Cadastral, Construction and Tunneling projects. She joined Trimble in 2001 and has since held a number of technical and sales related positions focused on Trimble's Geospatial solutions.

Her background and foundation as a graduated Surveyor with an engineering degree from the Frankfurt University of Applied Science, is the key which allows her to help to support and bring new techniques and solutions in the market. She is a technical pre-sales point of contact for Channel distributor partners, across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA).

Technical Sales Engineer | Trimble | Germany

Asmaa Abouleish

BIM Manager | EGIS Group | Saudi Arabia

Alessandro Annoni

Advisor - Digital Twin and Metaverse | Geospatial World | Italy

Claudius Lieven

Claudius Lieven Head of Stadtwerkstatt , Hamburg Department of Urban Development and Housing , Germany

Claudius Lieven is head of the "Stadtwerkstatt", a department for citizen participation in the Hamburg Department of Urban Development and Housing. He holds a degree in political science and was spokesman for urban development for the Green parliamentary group in the Hamburg City Parliament. He led the development of the RISE program (Framework Program for Integrated Urban District Development) and the DIPAS project (Digital Participation System). He is currently working on the development of digital tools for urban development and the further development of DIPAS as part of the Connected Urban Twins project, among other projects. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Federal Association for Housing and Urban Development and the Alliance for Diverse Democracy of the Berlin Institute for Participation.

Head of Stadtwerkstatt | Hamburg Department of Urban Development and Housing | Germany

Anthony Tuffour

Director - GIS and Digital Twins | BuroHappold Engineering | UK

Carsten Ronsdorf

Carsten Ronsdorf Strategic Propositions Manager , Ordnance Survey , UK

Carsten Ronsdorf is a Strategic Propositions Manager and geospatial data interoperability in the Products and Markets team. He oversees the development of secure data sharing propositions, drawing on experience from the National Underground Asset Register (NUAR) Pilot and the National Energy Systems Map Proof of Concept. He is focussing on value creation from geospatial data and technologies in the utilities and infrastructure sectors and has a track record of developing successful, practical interoperability standards in the Open Geospatial Consortium.

Strategic Propositions Manager | Ordnance Survey | UK

Frederic Jacon

Frederic Jacon Branch Manager , Camptocamp , France

Frederic Jacon is a Branch Manager and a Project Manager at Camptocamp since 2010. The Geospatial Solutions Department of Camptocamp is specialized in Open Source Geographic Information Systems. We help our customers leverage the most of geospatial data and being one step ahead in their most critical missions.

Branch Manager | Camptocamp | France

Sri Krishna Hari

Sri Krishna Hari Head of GIS / Staff Engineer , Beans.ai , USA

Krishna Hari leads the GIS teams at Beans.ai. As an early employee at Beans.ai krishna worked on designing and developing the 3D and Indoor capable digital twins for Apartments and MDUs in the US. The GIS teams at Beans.ai won the ESRI Creative content award and the peoples choice awards at ESRI EPN and UC respectively.

Head of GIS / Staff Engineer | Beans.ai | USA

Shravan Shah

Shravan Shah Director , TM Systems BV , Netherlands

Shravan Shah is the director of TM Systems BV. He has over a decade of experience dealing with geospatial data. His focus is to educate everyone on the importance of securing data, devices and location-based tracking.

Director | TM Systems BV | Netherlands

Ramesh Kajrolkar

Ramesh Kajrolkar Head of Operations , Tech Mahindra , India

With over 25 years of experience in the Geospatial/Location-based technology domain, Ramesh leads the global delivery team for Tech Mahindra, as GIS Operations Head. In this role, he and his team are responsible for data collection and acquisition using various methods for the development and maintenance of Navigational map products. Throughout his career, Ramesh has gained diversified experience in various Geospatial domains, including Utilities, Land bases, Marine Navigation, and Land Navigation. He has also been part of a global leadership team that was involved in developing and executing product level and operational strategies for Digital mapping.

Head of Operations | Tech Mahindra | India

Harry Atkinson

Harry Atkinson Co-Founder and Chief Data Officer , Sensat , UK

Harry Atkinson is Sensat's Co-Founder and Chief Data Officer. He is a highly inquisitive person with an entrepreneurial mindset who is drawn to new challenges. He received a BA from the University of Sussex and the University of California, where he first met James Dean. He Co-Founded Sensat due to his interest in construction and the inspiring challenge of revolutionising this industry by improving future urban environments through geospatial digitalisation. Harry's skillset is orientated around problem-solving and a passion for understanding how the world works. He manages the vital data coming in and out of the company and ensures this intelligence is informing value-based results through the customer success team. He is driven by the benefits and triumphs Sensat's products deliver to their clients, from monumental projects such as HS2, Heathrow Airport and the M25 to mitigating the risks presented to construction personnel. Harry has been recognised as one of Forbes 30 under 30 and is motivated to continue Sensat's mission as the business expands into new territories.

Co-Founder and Chief Data Officer | Sensat | UK

Remy Ghalayini

Remy Ghalayini Chief Technology Officer , GLOBHE , Sweden

Remy is a tech professional on a mission to make people's life easier, provide solutions to everyday problems, help the environment, and make the world a better place. He holds a Ph.D. in geophysics from Sorbonne Universite and have work for many years as a data scientist in the energy industry. Today working as a CTO at GLOBHE, where we provide earth observation with drones to make the world a better place, help the environment, and contribute to solving the climate crisis with high-resolution imagery.

Chief Technology Officer | GLOBHE | Sweden

Francois Robida

President | MINnD | France

Christophe Castaing

Former Director, Digital Engineering Program | Egis group | France

Vincent Keller

Head, Digital Engineering | Egis Rail | France

Aidan Mercer

Aidan Mercer Marketing Director , buildingSMART International Ltd , United Kingdom

Aidan Mercer joined buildingSMART International in 2018 and is currently the global marketing director. Prior to this, Aidan has held various roles in high-tech organisations including Bentley Systems and Exor Corporation. Previous roles included global marketing responsibility for AEC, geospatial and utilities marketing for infrastructure project delivery and asset management. Aidan's responsibilities span the bSI brand to include the User, Compliance and Standards programs, as well as coordination for the various chapters. Aidan graduated with a bachelor's degree in history and holds a master's degree in marketing from the University of Gloucestershire and various CIM Chartered marketing qualifications. Aidan has written extensively on global topics such as BIM, Smart Cities and Going Digital as he aligns the company message to audiences around the world.

Marketing Director | buildingSMART International Ltd | United Kingdom

Arisca Droog

Arisca Droog Data Engineer, ASM / Digital, Data & Analytics / Team Information Management Services , Amsterdam Airport Schiphol , The Netherlands

Arisca Droog is currently working as a Data Engineer/Asset Information Manager for the Asset Management department of Schiphol Airport and is part of the information management team. With input from various stakeholders, she is working on designing and updating Schiphol's data model and implementing a new digital environment based on linked data.

Arisca has been involved with the Airport Room Steering Committee of buildingSMART International since March 2019. She is also part of the working group of the Airport Entities Project where they are working on standardizing the way in which airports refer to building components and infrastructure assets during planning, designing, building, and operating airports.

Data Engineer, ASM / Digital, Data & Analytics / Team Information Management Services | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | The Netherlands

Rob Roef

Senior Business Developer | TNO | The Netherlands

Marc Goldman

Director - AEC Industry Solutions | Esri | USA

Jugal Makwana

Global Director - Digital Engineering | Royal HaskoningDHV | The Netherlands

Alfonso Perna

Alfonso Perna International Product Engineering , ACCA Software , Italy

Alfonso Perna is in charge for the development of the French and English speaking markets at ACCA Software. His current professional interest is mainly focused on the development and implementation of open BIM solutions for infrastructure and aeco industry. He is MSc graduated from the University of Pisa/Italy in computer engineering with a specialization in software production processes. Since 2001 he is involved with the deployment and supply of accessible web-oriented IT services for companies and public institutions.

International Product Engineering | ACCA Software | Italy

Alex Worp

Alex Worp Asset Information Manager , Waternet , The Netherlands

Alexander Worp is a seasoned professional with almost three decades of experience in the construction and asset management industry. In recent years, Alexander has been focusing on digitizing information needs in/for the asset management (life cycle) processes, focusing on valuable information products by combining the available data.

As the Asset Information Manager at Waternet, Alexander leads a team preparing the organization's Asset Information Systems to support the digital twin concept(s), which will enable more efficient and effective asset management. This involves developing a Waternet Data Model, a semantic Object Type Library, that helps improves the data quality, and the organization gets a better grip on information exchange and its AM-information functionalities. Additionally, Alexander and his team are working towards preparing the Asset Information System for linked data.

Alexander is an active member of BuildingSMART International. This organization develops open standards such as IFC and BCF to help users work more efficiently and effectively in the asset management life cycle. By leveraging these open standards, Alexander believes that organizations can achieve greater interoperability, which is essential for the successful implementation of digital transformation initiatives.


‘Asset management optimization can only be achieved through the collaboration of all stakeholders throughout the asset life cycle. This calls for sharing structured data, integrating data from different sources, and adopting sound data governance policies. By embracing these practices, asset managers can achieve long-term asset sustainability, optimal asset performance, and reduced operational costs.’

Overall, Alexander's expertise in information strategy development, digital transformation, and data analytics, combined with his extensive experience in construction and asset management, makes him an invaluable asset to any organization looking to leverage technology to achieve business objectives.

Asset Information Manager | Waternet | The Netherlands

Francesca Noardo

Francesca Noardo Innovation Project Manager , Open Geospatial Consortium , Belgium

Dr. Francesca Noardo (she/her) is a Project Manager in the Innovation Program of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). Prior to join OGC she has developed her research in geomatics at the Politecnico di Torino (Italy), where she obtained her PhD, and in the 3D geoinformation group at the Delft University of Technology (NL), where she worked as a postdoc for more than 3 years. She has been working towards the interoperability and integration of multi-source spatial data, in particular, detailed 3D information systems, in interoperable 3D maps (GeoBIM), leveraging Open standards and adopting a user-centric approach for the concrete uptake of such technologies for urban applications. She is coordinating an international multidisciplinary collaboration as founder and leader of the European Network for Digital Building Permits (EUnet4DBP). She is co-chair of the ISPRS WG IV-1 'Spatial Data Representation and Interoperability'

Innovation Project Manager | Open Geospatial Consortium | Belgium

Rob Roef

Senior Business Developer | TNO | The Netherlands

Mohamed Amine Ben Rhaiem

Mohamed Amine Ben Rhaiem Head of department, geospatial application development and scientific methodologies , National Centre of Mapping and Remote Sensing (CNCT) , Tunisia

Mohamed Amine Ben Rhaiem is a GIS developer,analyst and an active member in the Tunisian national SDI project. He got his master degree in GIS from PARIS 1 SORBONNE in 2017. Since August 2022, He is the head department of geospatial application development and scientific methodologies in the national center of mapping and remote sensing in Tunisia (CNCT). Now, he is coordinating the scientific project "The big spatiotemporal data at the service of an intelligent and sustainable city" which aims to develop a model of a digital twin city in Bizerte in Tunisia.

Head of department, geospatial application development and scientific methodologies | National Centre of Mapping and Remote Sensing (CNCT) | Tunisia

Hesham Gamal Gaafar

Hesham Gamal Gaafar Digital Twin & GIS Manager , Gleeds , Egypt

Hesham dedicates his career to helping the AECO sector leverage geospatial technologies to develop its processes. Recently, Hesham has been listed as AEC GIS Hero by ESRI and Autodesk has recognized him as BIM Hero in the BIM Coordinators Summit 2022. Also, he is certified as BIM Informed professional by the British Research Establishment. He is investing his programming skills to build digital twin systems to help achieve data-driven design sustainability for the built environment. Meanwhile, he dedicated his research to his master's degree for using geo-statistics and data analysis in preconstruction studies. Hesham is known for pioneering integrating GIS with BIM and other technologies like IoT, cloud computing, digital realities and business intelligence to enhance the project's processes. In addition to participating in multiple mega projects in the middle east and overseas, he focuses on information sharing through different online and offline channels.

Digital Twin & GIS Manager | Gleeds | Egypt

Paul Becker

President | Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG) | Germany

Ananya Narain

Vice President - Commercial Consulting | Geospatial World | India

Raitis Busmanis

Raitis Busmanis Head of VDC , Rail Baltica , Latvia

Raitis Busmanis has been working with BIM systems and software for more than 9 years. Started his involvement with BIM systems in an innovative private company in Latvia as an engineer and was a part of the team responsible for developing the internal BIM standards and quality criteria. From August 2014 continued his career in Finland joining Trimble Solutions Oy (previously Tekla Oy) as Software Specialist supporting clients globally and working tightly with the developers and other stakeholders. Later, as Project Manager, was responsible for testing the latest BIM software's improvements and developments with end-users. Raitis has a Professional Master Degree in Transportation Engineering from Riga Technical University and started his career in this industry as a bridge designer. Joined the RB Rail AS (Rail Baltica Global Project coordinator) team in January 2018 to lead the BIM implementation for the project. Currently he is in a position of Head of Virtual Design and Construction department which is reponsible for BIM (Building Information Management), GIS (Geographic Information System), AR (Asset Register) and DC (Document control) system and standard implementation for the Rail Baltica Global Project.

Head of VDC | Rail Baltica | Latvia

Vaidas Ulenskas

Vaidas Ulenskas GIS Team Leader , Rail Baltica , Latvia

Vaidas Ulenskas is a GIS Team Leader at RB Rail AS. He graduated from Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (Vilnius Tech) in 2011 with M.Sc. degree in Civil Engineering. After 8 years of activities in urban planning, where he applied ArcGIS for data analysis and public awareness, he joined Rail Baltica in 2019 meeting the new challenge - to lead GIS developments in the largest greenfield high speed rail transport infrastructure megaproject in Baltic states. Vaidas and his colleagues established the GIS infrastructure based on ArcGIS products from scratch. Within 4 years, he assembled the solid GIS team, while the role of GIS in the project has changed dramatically - it turned into main source of information and the backbone of the currently developing Rail Baltica Digital Twin. Vaidas is a constant presenter in various GIS conferences at national and World level (e.g.- North American GIS Rail Summit 2021, 2022 European Rail GIS Summit etc.) sharing his knowledge and experience about the faced challenges, issues and achievements implementing ArcGIS in the megaproject.

GIS Team Leader | Rail Baltica | Latvia

Niels Reyngoud

Program Manager, Implementation Asset Management and BIM | Department of Roads and Traffic, Province of Gelderland | The Netherlands

Wajdi Mereb

Wajdi Mereb Senior Manager BIM , Miral , UAE

A degree-qualified Architect (M.Sc.) with 17 years of pioneering experience in Digital Built Environment, Digital Twin, BIM, and asset management digitalization, he is an active Digital Twin Hub Community Champion and a Digital Twin Consortium member who had been awarded the Innovator of the Year Award - AEC Excellence Awards 2020 & obtained the Individual Achievement Award of the Institute of Asset Management (IAM) Global Awards 2019.

Currently he is managing the Digital Twin Initiative & BIM Implementation throughout the lifecycle of multi-billion projects in one of the most reputable entities that follows a clear Digital Transformation Strategy targeting to become a fully integrated data-driven asset owner. Hence, paving the way to translate 4th Industrial Revolution into reality & integrated with its ecosystem to deliver smart & agile solutions for Leisure & Entertainment projects.

Senior Manager BIM | Miral | UAE

Francois Robida

President | MINnD | France

Agustin Roldan Hernandez

Agustin Roldan Hernandez BIM Manager , TYPSA Group , Spain

Agustin is a Civil Engineer with a master's degree in BIM and a master's degree in Business Administration. He works at TYPSA as BIM Manager and at the same time he is responsible for the Data Office. He is an expert in the use of GIS technology, and since the beginning of his career he has worked on the interconnection of the BIM and GIS worlds, focusing on having the geospatial context help making better decisions, make projects more sustainable and at the same time more efficient both economically and in terms of resources.

BIM Manager | TYPSA Group | Spain

Paloma Sanchez Allegue

Paloma Sanchez Allegue Building Engineer , TYPSA Group , Spain

Paloma is a Building Engineer with experience as BIM Manager, currently head of digital engineering at TPYSA. She is immersed in the use of cutting-edge technologies such as Virtual Reality, IoT, Metaverse, LIDAR, Digital Twin, etc. Additionally, she specializes in 3D Digitisation techniques including laser scanning, and both aerial and terrestrial photogrammetry. Paloma has completed four master's degrees related to building management, the management and digital documentation of architectural heritage, and new technologies, as well as being an Autodesk Professional BIM Master and Master in BIM Programming. Her experience allow her to expertly integrate various technologies into construction projects, unlocking the full potential of BIM.

Building Engineer | TYPSA Group | Spain

B.S.Mukund

Head - Building Information Modeling (BIM) | L&T Construction

Masashi Kojima

Masashi Kojima Innovation Lead, Asia Digital Lab , Obayashi Corporation , Singapore

Masashi Kojima has worked for more than 28 years for OBAYASHI CORPORATION in Singapore, Australia, the United States, Thailand, Indonesia, Bangladesh, India and Japan on major civil engineering projects, including a variety of foundation works, bridges, highways and tunnels. He acquired his construction management skills on several major projects and by participating in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's construction management programme. He is currently working for Obayashi's Asia Digital Lab in Singapore, where he is researching new innovative technologies, including Construction DX, Robotics, Well Being, Carbon Neutral and Smart City.

Innovation Lead, Asia Digital Lab | Obayashi Corporation | Singapore

Francesca Elisa Leonelli

Francesca Elisa Leonelli Earth Observation Green Transition Data Application Scientist , European Space Agency , Italy

Francesca has jointly worked with the Istituto di Scienze Marine (ISMAR-CNR) and La Sapienza University, obtaining a PhD in applied Mathematics in 2022. Her research has focused on time series analysis and extreme events' detection within the Copernicus Climate Change Service. She is strongly involved in volunteering as President of Retake NGO, whose mission is to improve urban liveability by putting together citizens, public institutions, companies, schools, etc. for concrete actions to preserve the environment while enriching the sense of belonging. She has recently joint ESA on GTIF project, whose aim is to develop interactive information supporting Green Transition actions, following a stakeholders' co-design approach.

Earth Observation Green Transition Data Application Scientist | European Space Agency | Italy

Stefanie Lumnitz

Stefanie Lumnitz DestinE EO Application Scientist , European Space Agency , Italy

Stefanie's interests intersect high performance data analytics, artificial intelligence, and open innovation advocacy, especially applied to Digital Twins and managing the urban green transition. Much of her recent work focuses on building tools and services around open Earth Observation (EO) mission science and applications (biopal.org), and growing diverse open EO communities. Stefanie is an EO Application Scientist at the European Space Agency working on European flagship projects such as Destination Earth, and the Green Transition Information Factories. She is the chair of the conference Big Data from Space and serves as a member of the Python Software Foundation and OSgeo.

DestinE EO Application Scientist | European Space Agency | Italy

Abdulaziz Faeyz Alfaeyz

Abdulaziz Faeyz Alfaeyz Urban Planning and GIS Project Manager , Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones (MODON) , Saudi Arabia

Project management professional, offering many years of overseeing multiple major capital engineering projects for the Kingdom's most prominent ventures. Proven history in leading groups with diverse members in all aspects of project management- from initial design phase and planning all the way through commissioning and support.

Recognized as an experienced highly knowledgeable "go-to resource" who supervise technical matters and projects direction. Held on prominent esteem by Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones "MODON" management, contractors, peers and key decision-makers.

Proven history of conducting detailed inspections, identifying potential risks and ensuring the compliance with all the government's Industrial regulations. Effectively managing digital transformation and asset management projects and directing project teams on site ensuring tasks are carried out according to project specifications. Demonstrated record in excelling when dealing with complex issues in highly stressful and dynamic environments.

Urban Planning and GIS Project Manager | Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones (MODON) | Saudi Arabia

Akanksha Tyagi

Regional Director - EMEA | Geospatial World | UAE

Dan Culli

Dan Culli GIS Consultant , Locana/TEAM2100 , UK

Dan Culli is a GIS Consultant with Locana, where he currently manages the GIS for the Thames Estuary Asset Management 2100 Programme based in London. In this role, he takes the lead on innovative and award-winning enterprise GIS solutions for the largest flood risk management programme in the UK. He has 15+ years of experience in the public and private sectors in the US and the UK across a variety of areas including AEC, flood risk management, urban issues and agriculture.

GIS Consultant | Locana/TEAM2100 | UK

Elnazir Ramadan

Elnazir Ramadan Associate Professor , Sultan Qaboos Universty , Oman

Professional background on academic teaching, research and consultancy in issues related to land use planning and spatial development issues including sustainable urbanization. Specializations include geographic information systems and remote sensing and their application in urban and regional planning. Recent research focus is on the integration of geospatial information within national, regional and global policy frameworks as well as mapping SDGs as they relate to broad social, economic, and environmental challenges

Associate Professor | Sultan Qaboos Universty | Oman

Ed Parsons

Geospatial Technologist | Google Inc. | UK

Chris Smeaton

Chris Smeaton Associate Principal - Digital Leader , InSite International , United Arab Emirates

As the Digital lead of InSite International, Chris is responsible for transforming the way we design and advise, to help clients become future-ready and working with professionals across the business to enhance the way they design and implement integrated solutions across core digital competencies, including visualization, data analytics, digital modeling, computational design, information management, and solution development.

Associate Principal - Digital Leader | InSite International | United Arab Emirates

Michael Marriott

Michael Marriott Infrastructure Manager, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , KEO Infrastructure

Michael Marriott is a multi-disciplinary built environment professional from Australia, who has qualifications in landscape architecture and urban design and over 15 years of experience working on policy, design, planning and project management of major urban development and infrastructure projects. Michael is KEO International Consultant's Manager of the Infrastructure team in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In this role Michael is supporting the delivery of many mega and giga development projects across the Kingdom, and leading KEO's KSA infrastructure team growth. In this role Michael is also leading development of KEO's Smart Solutions services capability.

Prior to his arrival in Riyadh, held several roles across public and private sections, including leading of Infrastructure, Planning and Environment policy and investment programmes with Manchester City Council, and working for the department of infrastructure in the national government of Australia, where he worked on the development and delivery of major transport and urban investment projects. Michael began his career with AECOM and other consulting firms in Australia where he worked on master plans, urban design and public realm for new communities, infill development and infrastructure projects.

Infrastructure Manager, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | KEO Infrastructure

Alex Worp

Alex Worp Asset Information Manager , Waternet , The Netherlands

Alexander Worp is a seasoned professional with almost three decades of experience in the construction and asset management industry. In recent years, Alexander has been focusing on digitizing information needs in/for the asset management (life cycle) processes, focusing on valuable information products by combining the available data.

As the Asset Information Manager at Waternet, Alexander leads a team preparing the organization's Asset Information Systems to support the digital twin concept(s), which will enable more efficient and effective asset management. This involves developing a Waternet Data Model, a semantic Object Type Library, that helps improves the data quality, and the organization gets a better grip on information exchange and its AM-information functionalities. Additionally, Alexander and his team are working towards preparing the Asset Information System for linked data.

Alexander is an active member of BuildingSMART International. This organization develops open standards such as IFC and BCF to help users work more efficiently and effectively in the asset management life cycle. By leveraging these open standards, Alexander believes that organizations can achieve greater interoperability, which is essential for the successful implementation of digital transformation initiatives.


‘Asset management optimization can only be achieved through the collaboration of all stakeholders throughout the asset life cycle. This calls for sharing structured data, integrating data from different sources, and adopting sound data governance policies. By embracing these practices, asset managers can achieve long-term asset sustainability, optimal asset performance, and reduced operational costs.’

Overall, Alexander's expertise in information strategy development, digital transformation, and data analytics, combined with his extensive experience in construction and asset management, makes him an invaluable asset to any organization looking to leverage technology to achieve business objectives.

Asset Information Manager | Waternet | The Netherlands

Kalaiselvan Baskaran

Kalaiselvan Baskaran Functional Consultant - BIM , Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) , India

16+ years of global experience in BIM Consulting, Program, Design & Management of AEC / EPC / ER & UTL projects, Virtual Design & Construction, Digital Engineering and Sustainable Design & Development.

Functional Consultant - BIM | Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) | India

Rahma Al Balushi

Rahma Al Balushi GIS Specialist , Oman Electricity Transmission Company , Oman

I am a BSc qualified professional with a successful record of accomplishment in ,GIS, analysis and research. I am a thinker, innovative and keen to learn and expand my knowledge. I'm skilled in Esri products, such as ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, and RDMS, such as Oracle and SQL Server. I've worked in the geographic Information System domain for 7 years in different sectors.

GIS Specialist | Oman Electricity Transmission Company | Oman

Dr. Siva Ravada

Vice President of Development | Oracle | US

Rombout Verwimp

Rombout Verwimp CEO , Geo Solutions , Belgium

CEO and co-founder of Geo Solutions 25 years active in the domain of location intelligence and ICT. Worked in Belgium at the EU level and in developing countries. Has a broad expertise with the design and implementation of ICT systems for location intelligence (GIS, BIM, integrations GIS-BIM, GIS-ERP, etc.)

CEO | Geo Solutions | Belgium

Nuno Correia

Head of Sustainability | WilkinsonEyre | UK

Marino Cavallo

Head Innovation | Metropolitan City of Bologna | Italy

Sharad Ughade

Sharad Ughade Director (Information Technology) & Assistant Commissioner D ward , Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) , India

Mr. Sharad Ughade is Director (IT) & Asst. Commissioner D ward. He has implemented various IT & GIS initiatives in Mumbai.

Director (Information Technology) & Assistant Commissioner D ward | Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) | India

Dimitrios Mentis

Project Lead for Energy Access Explorer | World Resources Institute | Greece

Alexandru Morcov

Alexandru Morcov Expert Coordinator , Congress of Local Authorities from Moldova (CALM) , Republic of Moldova

Master in cartography, land survey, cadaster and valuation. I have held various technical and administrative positions both in the private sector and in governmental structures related to spatial data infrastructure, urban planning and management (deputy general director of ALRC, adviser of government, etc.). Currently I hold the position of expert coordinator of the expert assistance and training centre of the Congress of Local Authorities of Moldova, advisor to the public administration committee and the environment and regional development committee of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, member of several governmental and international committees.

Expert Coordinator | Congress of Local Authorities from Moldova (CALM) | Republic of Moldova

Disha Dwivedi

Industry Manager - National Mapping and Sustainability | Geospatial World | India

Bernard Liew Chau Min

Bernard Liew Chau Min Director , Sabah Lands And Surveys Department , Malaysia

The speaker is presently the Director of Lands and Surveys Department of Sabah, Malaysia responsible for the land administration, cadastral survey, mapping, land valuation and the geospatial development for the State of Sabah in Malaysia. He is also the Chairman of the Sabah Surveyors Board and a council members of the ASEAN Federation of Land Surveying and Geomatics (AFlag).

Abstract

Application of geospatial technologies for good land governance in sabah, malaysia

The Sabah Lands and Surveys Department has applied latest geospatial technologies to integrate various digital land related data such as cadastral parcels, land ownerships, land valuation, land-use zoning, property registration, land dealings and revenue collection are integrated for efficient and effective land governance to support UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Director | Sabah Lands And Surveys Department | Malaysia

Paula Dijkstra

Director | Kadaster International | The Netherlands

Brent Jones

Global Manager | Land Records/Cadastre, Esri | USA

Laura Becerra

Laura Becerra Local Project Director , Kadaster International , Colombia

MSc Geomatics from the Universidad Distrital in Colombia. She is director of Kadaster's land administration projects in Colombia. Her fields of interest cover land administration, community empowerment, remote sensing, and geographic information systems.

Local Project Director | Kadaster International | Colombia

Begona Verdejo

Begona Verdejo Senior Consultant for EMEA Government, Transportation and Defense Division , Hexagon , Spain

She has experience in Geospatial world in different areas, from GIS to Remote Sensing, including Photogrammetry and specific applications such UAVs, Transportation, Lidar, and Cataloging and managing big data. Her 30 years of experience in the same company has allowed her to specialize in pre-sales and post-sales, as well as in specific consultancies in special projects, even on customer's site, including the Defense environment) and training.

Senior Consultant for EMEA Government, Transportation and Defense Division | Hexagon | Spain

Eng. Naif Saeed Al-Juhany

Executive Director of Geospatial Products | General Authority for Survey and Geospatial Information

Abhinandan Arya

Abhinandan Arya VP, Head of Technology - Solutions , Synspective , Japan

Dynamic and innovative Technology executive with expertise in remote sensing and computational intelligence, Mr. Abhinandan is an AI professional with industry experience in telecommunication, satellite remote sensing, and product design & development. Graduated from India's Ivy League, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati in Electronics and Electrical with Computer Science and Engineering, He has worked in Research and Development with leading universities and MNCs in India, South Korea, and Japan.

Mr. Abhinandan has demonstrated research, and professional excellence throughout his career working with large corporations, like Vodafone Group, Tech Mahindra as an Engineering Leader, and Technology Specialist. He also holds a PGP degree in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Business Applications from the University of Texas at Austin.

Currently, Mr. Abhinandan is the Head of Technology for Solutions at Synspective and is leading the core solution research and development using our SAR satellite constellations.

Abstract

Enabling persistent land monitoring through SAR satellites and more

Land is a dynamic subject, and so is the land economy. Insight, precursor, and response are key requirements for organizations and authorities to enhance decision-making, strengthen the world economy, and improve the quality of life for all.

Satellite constellations, notably SAR sensors, are becoming indispensable in enabling decision-making and response for companies and governments focusing on infrastructure, mining, forest and environment, national security, and maritime. From alerting authorities of slope and ground instability to saving lives, estimating carbon credits to boost sustainable farming, monitoring floods to assist people in disaster-hit areas, to estimating wind to better plan wind farms to support renewable energy and the economy, SAR satellite constellations through persistent monitoring and intelligent analytics are becoming the go-to tool. This talk introduces two diverse SAR application use-cases from infrastructure monitoring and forest biodiversity.

Geotechnical land-deformation events such as slope failures associated with landslides often occur without much apparent warning, thus causing loss of lives and property. A methodology for detecting salient precursors of ground instability through SAR satellite persistent scatterer point, robust to spatio-temporal noise is developed to improve the applicability of ToF in the operational monitoring of infrastructure, land subsidence, and mine slopes.

Furthermore, with the growing importance of decarbonization, forest preservation, and management face critical challenges. SAR satellite constellations with their persistent monitoring capabilities offer a comprehensive solution for forest owners and governments enabling them to monitor biodiversity, carbon estimation, forest degradation, and logging monitoring. The talk encourages the audience to explore the gaps in their organization which can be plugged with SAR constellations and analytics.

VP, Head of Technology - Solutions | Synspective | Japan

Pier Francesco Cardillo

Head of Commercial Development - RPAS e UTM | Telespazio | Italy

Dr. Simon Musaeus

VP, Geospatial Content Solutions | Hexagon | President | EAASI | Spain

Simon Kay

Dep Head of Unit | European Commission, DG Climate Action | Belgium

Rachel Tidmarsh

Managing Director | Bluesky

Nicola De Quattro

Nicola De Quattro Head of Innovation and Technology Governance , Telespazio Belgium , Belgium

Nicola De Quattro is the head of Innovation and Technology Governance at Telespazio Belgium and Innovation Domain Manager for PNT Infrastructure and Solutions at Telespazio Group. Before joining Telespazio Belgium in 2014, he has been working as space systems engineer for Earth Observation, science, satellite communications and navigation missions, dealing with aspects related to space and ground segment. He manages all innovative programs in the company and defines the R&D and investments roadmap.

Abstract

Driving Decarbonization with Integrated Satellite-based Monitoring Solutions

Solutions based on satellite data and space technology can support the transition to a low-carbon economy. We are investing our know-how to develop an integrated solution that uses satellite data to monitor CO2 emissions, integrate whole supply chain pollution monitoring and simulate good practices in near real time . Our focus is on creating an integrated system that uses artificial intelligence and satellite data to analyse satellite imagery and sensor data to provide accurate estimates of emissions and estimates of relative soil sequestration, organic matter uptake and storage times. The aim of this cross-sectoral system is to combine satellite data with artificial intelligence to create a complete and detailed picture of the environmental situation, making it possible to accurately assess the impacts of human activities on the land and integrate any best practices to mitigate them.Our approach moves beyond the concept of just monitoring data, and we transform satellite data into a decision support tool for decarbonization and carbon sequestration. In particular, we will analyse the Road Map of the SA4D project, supported by the MaxICS artificial intelligence platform. We will showcase the results of our analysis in the Food Production and Buildings - Energy and Utilities supply chains, highlighting the added value of our solution and its integration within the green geo-information context.

Head of Innovation and Technology Governance | Telespazio Belgium | Belgium

Caroline Robinson

Caroline Robinson Journalist, Maplines , British Cartographic Society , UK

Caroline has been in defence, governmental, transport, energy, planning and the environmental geospatial sectors with a keen interest in agricultural policy. She is Founder and Lead Cartographer at Clear Mapping Co. She is a Journalist for Maplines, the membership magazine, for the British Cartographic Society. Caroline is Unite Lead at Women+ In Geospatial, covering Diversity, equity, and inclusion. She is a member and Middle Manager with the Chartered Management Institute. Caroline is a Fellow and Chartered Geographer with the Royal Geographical Society. She has a keen interest in sustainability, resilience and supporting the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Journalist, Maplines | British Cartographic Society | UK

Jones Ofori-Boadu

Deputy Executive Secretary - Corporate Services | Land Commissions | Ghana

Remy Ghalayini

Remy Ghalayini Chief Technology Officer , GLOBHE , Sweden

Remy is a tech professional on a mission to make people's life easier, provide solutions to everyday problems, help the environment, and make the world a better place. He holds a Ph.D. in geophysics from Sorbonne Universite and have work for many years as a data scientist in the energy industry. Today working as a CTO at GLOBHE, where we provide earth observation with drones to make the world a better place, help the environment, and contribute to solving the climate crisis with high-resolution imagery.

Chief Technology Officer | GLOBHE | Sweden

Antoine Lefebvre

Antoine Lefebvre CEO , KERMAP , France

Antoine Lefebvre, 39, Co-founder and CEO of KERMAP: Graduated with a PhD in Geography-Signal Processing (2011), Antoine is specialized in image processing and geographic information. He has several years of experience in public research (CNRS, CNES) and abroad (China). He also has more than 3 years of experience as R&D project manager in the private sector. Antoine is in charge of innovation and R&D at Kermap.

Abstract

Enabling land cover changes monitoring at global scale

Monitoring changes in land use is essential for monitoring climate change and initiatives to counter it. Today, many global mapping projects exist (ESA WorldCover, Global Forest Watch, World Settlement Footprint) and they all show their advantages and weaknesses in terms of quality, update frequency, and thematic precision. One of the main keys to success is related to input data and especially, their access and structuration for the implementation in machine learning algorithms. It is necessary that the data be homogeneous spatially and continuous in time. In this context, KERMAP has developed basemaps on a global scale, updated on a monthly basis. This data provides seamless, cloud-free and artifact-free coverage of the Copernicus Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 products. More than a simple basemap, it is continuously updated every month and allows monitoring tasks and training models based on time series. The first use-cases have in particular shown relevant applications for the monitoring of urbanization, forests, crop monitoring in the context of compliance with good environmental practices.

CEO | KERMAP | France

Ahmed Al Fazari

GIS Specialist | Public Authority for Special Economic Zones and Free Zone | Sultanate of Oman

Najya Sultan AlHajri

GIS Specialist | Public Authority for Special Economic Zones and Free Zone | Sultanate of Oman

Adel Alqulaiti

Adel Alqulaiti Land Affairs Rep , Saudi Aramco , Saudi Arabia

Adel Alqulaiti is a group leader of Encroachment Analysis Group within Saudi Aramco Land Affairs Department, Land Protection Division. He joined the company back in 2013. Within his 10 years of experience in Land Management and GIS, he led to a number of successful implementation in modernizing land management strategies and GIS aspects for protecting Company's surface rights.

Abstract

Geospatial Methods of Protecting Saudi Aramco Lands

Saudi Aramco has massive reserved lands that need to be monitored and protected from unauthorized use, known as Encroachments. Land Affairs Department of Saudi Aramco applied geospatial methods to classify lands into two zones: Critical

Land Affairs Rep | Saudi Aramco | Saudi Arabia

Yousef Al-Ghassab

Yousef Al-Ghassab Land Affairs Rep , Saudi Aramco , Saudi Arabia

Yousef recently completed 30 years of service with Aramco, and he is currently acting as Land Protection Division Manager. His team is focused on protecting company surface rights from unauthorized users using latest GIS tools and technologies.

Land Affairs Rep | Saudi Aramco | Saudi Arabia

Abhinandan Arya

Abhinandan Arya VP, Head of Technology - Solutions , Synspective , Japan

Dynamic and innovative Technology executive with expertise in remote sensing and computational intelligence, Mr. Abhinandan is an AI professional with industry experience in telecommunication, satellite remote sensing, and product design & development. Graduated from India's Ivy League, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati in Electronics and Electrical with Computer Science and Engineering, He has worked in Research and Development with leading universities and MNCs in India, South Korea, and Japan.

Mr. Abhinandan has demonstrated research, and professional excellence throughout his career working with large corporations, like Vodafone Group, Tech Mahindra as an Engineering Leader, and Technology Specialist. He also holds a PGP degree in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Business Applications from the University of Texas at Austin.

Currently, Mr. Abhinandan is the Head of Technology for Solutions at Synspective and is leading the core solution research and development using our SAR satellite constellations.

VP, Head of Technology - Solutions | Synspective | Japan

Mark Noort

Mark Noort Director / Owner , HCP international, Amsterdam , The Netherlands

Mark Noort is director/owner of HCP international. His passion is to help achieve successful application of geodata-based solutions in the fields of agriculture, water, land use, climate and environment, based on innovative technologies, with emphasis on Earth observation. Apart from implementing projects in Africa and Australia, he carries out assignments as a consultant for the European Commission, Dutch ministries and several companies. He has more than 35 years of experience in working for both the public and private sector in an international environment. Since 2008 he has been active in different capacities in the Group on Earth Observations (GEO). He is a graduate of Wageningen University in the Netherlands.

Director / Owner | HCP international, Amsterdam | The Netherlands

Maria Ovdii

Maria Ovdii Head Geodesy, Mapping and Geoinformation Department , Agency for Land Relations and Cadastre , Moldova

Ms. Maria OVDII, Dr. Ing has over 30 year experience working in the field of land relations, geodesy, mapping and geoinformation. She joined the Agency for Land Relations and Cadastre of Moldova in January 2000 and contributed in development of Geodetic, Mapping Systems and National Spatial Data Infrastructure in the Republic of Moldova.

Abstract

Norwegian Support to Geospatial Sector in the Republic Of Moldova: Sixteen Years of Capacity Development

The development of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure in Moldova has achieved a significant progress in recent years thanks to donor support from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its implementing agency the Norwegian Mapping Authority - Kartverket, working together with the beneficiary in Moldova - the Agency for Land Relations and Cadastre - ALRC. Norwegian support to the geospatial sector in Moldova has started in 2006. The main development goal of the Norwegian support to the geospatial sector in Moldova was to achieve economic growth supported by a functioning land market and tools for good land management. A number of projects have been successfully implemented, delivering tangible results, bringing new technologies and establishing professional and technical capacity to ensure sustainability and efficient use of the project deliverables and transferred knowledge.

Head Geodesy, Mapping and Geoinformation Department | Agency for Land Relations and Cadastre | Moldova

Golgi Alvarez

Golgi Alvarez Founder & Editor , Geofumadas , Colombia

Golgi Alvarez, Editor and Founder of GEOFUMADAS. Graduated in Social Change, he is a researcher, speaker and specialist in land administration with +25 years of experience in projects related to Cadastre - Registry - land planning integration; currently forming part of the consultants of Swiss Cooperation and the World Bank. GEOFUMADAS has covered conferences worldwide since 2007. Golgi also has many years of experience in e-learning, leading the AulaGEO Academy team to create +150 courses and +25.000 students across the entire CAD - GIS - BIM - Digital Twins - Smart Cities spectrum.

Abstract

Land Administration Systems - Point of truth for Digital Twin

An irreversible trend in the current digital transformation is to integrate the management and operation related to space-time. Much of the effort has focused on connecting the built environment with the physical environment; but beyond the data, connect the key moments of the processes and life cycle of assets. From the point of view of Land Administration Systems (LAS), in addition to

Founder & Editor | Geofumadas | Colombia

Matthieu Lefebvre

Matthieu Lefebvre Head of Sales & Business Development , Wingtra , Switzerland

With a MSc in Surveying and Mapping and a MBA in Entrepreneurship and Leadership, he is Head of Sales & Business Development for Wingtra in Europe. He focuses on expanding Wingtra's activities in the region and helping users succeed with their drone mapping projects by leveraging Wingtra's leading-edge drone products.

Head of Sales & Business Development | Wingtra | Switzerland

Luisa Bettili

Luisa Bettili Project Manager , e-geos , Italy

Luisa is covering the role of Project Manager within the Program division at e-GEOS. She has recently started coordinating the CENTAUR project led by e-GEOS (Horizon Europe calls for space 2021-2022 managed by HaDEA) in the framework of the Copernicus Security and Emergency services evolution; coordinating the project management and technical activities within the ESA-GDA-Fragility, Conflicts and Security program led by e-GEOS. Luisa previously covered the role of Technical Manager within the Emergency Services and Operations division at e-GEOS, coordinating on-duty technical operations and performing periodical reporting. Luisa held a Ph.D in Civil/Environmental Engineering at the University of Roma Tre and in collaboration with FAO (United Nations), towards a knowledge-based Decision Support System for water resources management in developing contexts of Uganda, Burkina Faso, Tajikistan.

Abstract

An interdisciplinary approach for analysing land tenure security and land property right within post conflict affected areas

In the context of ESA-GDA-Fragility, Conflicts and Security a multidisciplinary approach of combined Earth-Observation data and Open-Source INTelligence data is applied to identify drivers and instances of land-grabbing in the context of post conflict-affected areas. This knowledge would help design and implement IFIs' land administration/management initiatives to protect land tenure rights, and the transition beyond conflict.

Project Manager | e-geos | Italy

Amy Coughenour Betancourt

CEO | CADASTA Foundation | USA

Denise McKenzie

Denise McKenzie Partner, Community & Ethics , PLACE , UK

Denise is a strategic advisor, partnership builder, and presenter with over 20 years of experience across the geospatial profession. Driven by a passion for more equitable access and use of location data she takes pride in her work across data ethics, diversity and inclusion, and the geospatial profession. As the Managing Partner for the new PLACE Trust, she is keen to expand the work of PLACE to ensure that high-resolution imagery is made accessible to governments and a broad range of trusted and responsible organisations throughout the world. In addition, she is responsible for the development of the PLACE Community Membership, ethics and is a co-author of the Locus Charter -10 principles for the ethical and responsible use of location data.

Partner, Community & Ethics | PLACE | UK

Jasmin Catic

Jasmin Catic Expert for SDI Geoportal , Federal Administration for Geodetic and Real Property Affairs , Bosnia

My name is Jasmin Catic. I currently work at the Federal Administration for Geodetic and Real Property Affairs in Sarajevo, as an Expert for SDI Geoportal. Also, I am a part-time teaching assistant at the Faculty of Civil Engineering in Sarajevo, at the Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformatics. I also started PhD studies in the year of 2023 in the field of Geodesy. I am an author and coauthor of many scientific research studies, professional articles, etc. I have an active role in the working group for developing a new SDI Strategy in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina based on Integrated Geospatial Information Framework (UN-IGIF) which is in the final adoption phase.

Expert for SDI Geoportal | Federal Administration for Geodetic and Real Property Affairs | Bosnia

Luigi Scatteia

Luigi Scatteia Partner - Space Practice Leader , PwC Advisory , France

Luigi is a Partner in PwC Advisory France. Within PwC he leads the Space Practice worldwide, and core space strategy consulting team based in Paris and Toulouse, focused on serving institutional and commercial stakeholders in the space sector, as well as non-space companies with specific commercial interest in space products and applications. He has 22 years of experience in the space sector and he has extensively supported the Space Industry, Space Agencies, intergovernmental organizations, and governments in Europe and Worldwide. He is a member of the International Astronautical Federation Technical Committee (chair of the IAF Space Economy Committee), and a regular keynote and panel speaker at space-related events worldwide.

Partner - Space Practice Leader | PwC Advisory | France

Kandasri Limpakom

Kandasri Limpakom Deputy Executive Director , GISTDA , Thailand

Kandasri is the Deputy Executive Director at GISTDA, where she supervises and provides advice and counsel to the management in the strategic planning and the development and innovation of GISTDA's Geo-Informatics products & services.

Deputy Executive Director | GISTDA | Thailand

Nicolaus Hanowski

Nicolaus Hanowski Head, Mission Management & Ground Segments Department , Directorate of Earth Observation Programmes, European Space Agency , Italy

Nicolaus Hanowski holds a Ph.D. in Earth and Planetary Sciences. He started as a researcher in the US and then transferred to Mission Operations at the German Space Operations Centre. In 2009 he joined ESA and became responsible for the development of Science Ground Segments for missions, such Rosetta, Gaia, JWST, Solar Orbiter and Euclid in the Science Directorate. Since 2014 he is responsible for the Operations and Ground Segments of the ESA Earth Observation Missions and the Copernicus Sentinel satellites and the corresponding data management aspects at ESA. He is coordinating the Copernicus Long Term Scenario of Copernicus and the Destination Earth activities within ESA.

Head, Mission Management & Ground Segments Department | Directorate of Earth Observation Programmes, European Space Agency | Italy

Donna Lyndsay

Donna Lyndsay Strategic Market Lead - Environment and Sustainability , Ordnance Survey , UK

Donna Lyndsay is the Strategic Market Lead for Environment & Sustainability at Ordnance Survey. She supports Ordnance Survey's mission to be a world leader in geospatial services; delivering location insight for positive impact with colleagues, partners and customers. Donna is also Vice Chair of the Space4Climate group who aim to put the UK at the forefront of global efforts to create and use trusted satellite data for climate action for all.

Abstract

Using geospatial information to unlock value from Earth observation data

Ordnance Survey, as a National Mapping Agency, has a track record of utilising aerial imagery and ground based survey methods to maintain our national geographic database. We are now seeing advantages from combining these traditional survey techniques with more frequent time series EO data from satellites providing high fidelity data. This combination of Earth observation data with accurate, up to date geospatial data provides the context and provenance that is key to unlocking the actionable information needed by organisations to monitor asset level change over time that enable net zero targets to be met. NMAs now need to consider how they can create new products and serves that are relevant to our changing environment to meet both the SDG's and customer demands.

Strategic Market Lead - Environment and Sustainability | Ordnance Survey | UK

Azlikamil Napiah

Azlikamil Napiah Director General , Malaysian Space Agency (MYSA) , Malaysia

Mr. Azlikamil Napiah started his professional career in the private sector as a Senior Geologist in 1993. He joined Malaysian government sector as Research Officer in 1994. He gained formal knowledge through certified training in Remote Sensing in Australia, United Kingdom and The Netherlands. With the vast experience in R&D and technical management, he was then appointed to lead corporate and strategic section in Malaysian Remote Sensing Agency (MRSA) and later promoted as Deputy Director General (Technical Service) in 2011. Now, he is the Director General of Malaysian Space Agency (MYSA).

Director General | Malaysian Space Agency (MYSA) | Malaysia

Glenn Cockerton

Glenn Cockerton Managing Director , Spatial Vision , Australia

Glenn has been an active supporter of the geospatial information industry throughout his career. Glenn has served multiple terms as a Board member of the Spatial Industries Business Association (SIBA), including as Chair during 2015 and 2016. Glenn is co-Chair of the leadership group that was responsible for the highly regarded 2026 Spatial Industry Transformation and Growth Agenda launched in April 2017. Glenn is currently Deputy Chair for the 2030 Space and Spatial Industry Growth Roadmap. Glenn also serves on the board of Locate Conferences Australia Pty Ltd, the entity established to deliver the industry's annual "Locate" conference series. Glenn is the Chair of the Industry Advisory Committee for the Department of Geospatial Sciences at RMIT, and a member of the Department of Infrastructure Engineering Industry Advisory Board at the University of Melbourne. Glenn was a member of the Victorian Spatial Council for over four and half years, and the recipient of the Surveying and Spatial Science Institute's Victorian Spatial Professional of the Year Award in 2007.

Glenn is a recognised leader in the geospatial information technology industry. Glenn is strategic thinker, advocate and advisor regarding how geospatial and related systems, data and analysis can be utilised to improve organisational decision-making and efficiency, and address some of our most pressing environmental, economic and resource issues. He has over 35 years of experience, gained working in Australia and internationally, both with the private sector and all levels of government.

Managing Director | Spatial Vision | Australia

Brig. Ali Al Shehhi

Director National Space Science & Technology Centre | Board Member, Federal GIS Centre | UAE

Saurabh Rai

Saurabh Rai Global Head Analytics, Business Process Services , Tech Mahindra , India

Saurabh is an industry-recognized professional & a thought leader in Geospatial Technology, Process Initiatives, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, User Experience, Data-driven businesses, and Consumer Insights.

He possesses strong entrepreneurial, digital, analytical, and cross-industry skills and has led some of the largest Geospatial surveys & systems deployment across the globe. The projects have won multiple awards including the first Edison award in India.

A career built on a passion for Startups and Innovation; he has incubated Greenfield businesses, set up practices, and seen them through growth. Saurabh is passionate about Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and related technologies in solving problems and bringing automation and efficiency to complex workflows.

Saurabh is the global leader for GIS, Analytics & AI Verticals for Tech Mahindra BPS.

Global Head Analytics, Business Process Services | Tech Mahindra | India

Srinath Logasubramanian

Srinath Logasubramanian Director - Commercial Space , Telespazio Germany , UK

As Sales Director for Commercial Space at Telespazio Germany, Srinath is responsible for providing space businesses with innovative ground segment solutions for constellation management. Srinath has a strong background in the satellite industry with more than 20 years of experience across EMEA. As a space enthusiast, he is energized by the positive impact space enables in our day-to-day lives. Additionally, Srinath has acted as a key advocate in overcoming the digital divide and has been instrumental in connecting schools across Africa.

Director - Commercial Space | Telespazio Germany | UK

Eiman AlShamsi

Eiman AlShamsi Program Manager , National Space Science and Technology , UAE

Eiman has 11 years of experience starting as a researcher working with scintillating crystals for high energy particles detectors which was part of the Crystal Clear Collaboration project at CERN. She worked as science curriculum and labs developer in Abu Dhabi Education Council. In 2017 Eiman decided to take a new direction in her career and discover the world of Space science and technology, when she joined the National Space Science and Technology as a space mission analyst of cubesat missions. In addition to her engineering role at the center, Eiman engaged in many managerial and strategy development roles in the center. She is currently managing the Arab Satellite 813 program, an earth observation nanosatellite focusing on education and knowledge transfer.

Eiman had her bachelor's degree in applied physics from UAEU and and her Master's degree in industrial engineering at Khalifa University.

Abstract

Satellite 813: A "New" Space Platform

• Introduction of the National Space Science and Technology Center, The United Arab Emirates University
• Introduction of the Satellite 813 program initiative
• Satellite 813: from the Idea to the Implementation
• A New Space Approach
• The Strategy: Connection, Collaboration, Continuity

Program Manager | National Space Science and Technology | UAE

Gunter Schreier

Deputy Director | German Remote Sensing Data Center, DLR

Lena Halounova

President | ISPRS

Gianluigi Baldesi

Senior Commercialisation Officer | European Space Agency | France

Alex Gow

Alex Gow Sales Director , SatelliteVu , UK

Alex is an experienced technical sales professional specialising in enabling geospatial applications using satellite imagery. With previous experience at Maxar supporting international clients, he joined Satellite Vu in 2021 heading the sales team as the company progresses towards launching the first commercial constellation of high-resolution thermal imaging satellites.

Sales Director | SatelliteVu | UK

Motoyuki Arai

CEO | Synspective | Japan

Suyash Singh

Co-Founder & CEO | GalaxEye

Christian Beilschmidt

Christian Beilschmidt Co-Founder , Geo Engine GmbH , Germany

Dr. Christian Beilschmidt is co-founder and core developer of Geo Engine. He received his doctoral degree in computer science at the University of Marburg, Germany. His research interests are spatio-temporal data processing, database systems development, and machine learning. Before his work as a research assistant, he studied computer science at the University of Bonn, Germany.Dr. Christian Beilschmidt is co-founder and core developer of Geo Engine. He received his doctoral degree in computer science at the University of Marburg, Germany. His research interests are spatio-temporal data processing, database systems development, and machine learning. Before his work as a research assistant, he studied computer science at the University of Bonn, Germany.

Abstract

Geo Engine: Harmonized data access for data analysis pipelines

Geo Engine is a cloud-ready geospatial data analysis platform that provides low-threshold access to geospatial data and workflow processing. Users can access data and workflows via programming interfaces, e.g. from Python, as well as via a browser using a web GIS. This forms the foundation for creating spatio-temporal data pipelines for processing data and feeding it into frameworks for machine learning. Geo Engine GmbH is a start-up of computer scientists and geographers from the University of Marburg. The core of Geo Engine is developed as an open-source project, which is well suited for research projects. In addition, Geo Engine as a service is offered under a commercial license. Geo Engine is used in various research and infrastructure projects such as NFDI4BioDiversity, FAIR Data Spaces, and GEO BON as well as in commercial applications. Geo Engine provides cloud-based processing of spatio-temporal datasets and supports both raster and vector data. Processing is described by workflows that define virtual layers. When multiple data sources are combined within a workflow, automated data harmonization occurs on-the-fly. A USP is that each dataset is treated as a time series. This makes it easy to apply existing workflows to new areas or points in time.

Co-Founder | Geo Engine GmbH | Germany

Edward Anderson

Digital Earth Partnership Program Lead | The World Bank

Alex Chunet

Alex Chunet ESA Representative to the World Bank , European Space Agency , USA

Alex Chunet is the European Space Agency Representative to the World Bank, hosted at GFDRR, and supports the coordination of collaborative activities under the ESA partnership and the Global Development Assistance program across the World Bank. He previously worked for the World Bank from 2017 to 2020 as a geospatial data scientist and contributed to the deployment of earth observation technologies and their application and adoption within World Bank operations and analytical pieces. Subsequently, he also led the development of the first geospatial strategy of the Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD). He holds a Master of Science from the London School of Economics, a Masters in Public Management from Sciences Po Paris, and has completed trainings from the MIT, the French Space Agency, and EUMETSAT in Data Science and Earth Observation technologies.

ESA Representative to the World Bank | European Space Agency | USA

Emmanuel Pajot

Emmanuel Pajot Secretary General , EARSC

Emmanuel Pajot is the Secretary General of the European Association of Remote Sensing Companies (EARSC). Geologist, he is a remote sensing specialist with over 19 years of experience in projects and research studies. He joined EARSC in 2017 as a Senior project manager to lead the eoMALL initiative to help companies promote solutions delivered online. He is conducting activities to support SMEs in developing new services and engaging with institutions or communities of users. From 2003 to 2010, he worked as a consultant for the energy company TOTAL, where he implemented numerous projects to map geological features, identify risks for field operations and monitor assets. From 2011 to 2017, he created an Earth Observation team at SPIE Oil & Gas. He performed Business Development for international companies in Europe and US, developing innovative solutions to monitor offshore activities.

Secretary General | EARSC

Mahsa Taheran

Mahsa Taheran Satellite Ground Segment Systems Engineer , ConstellR , Germany

Mahsa Taheran is leading the development of mission operations and operational infrastructure at Constellr, for the first-generation of constellation to be launched in 2024 and 2025. Constellr aims to deliver daily LST imagery optimized for high-precision agriculture. She is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Space Systems in University of Stuttgart, and recipient of Amelia Earhart fellowship in 2022.

Abstract

HiVE: Thermal infrared Earth observation for food security and water supply management

HiVE (High Precision Versatile Ecosphere Monitoring Mission) is a microsatellite constellation for thermal infrared (TIR) land surface temperature (LST) monitoring, with the goal of providing global land surface temperature imagery optimised for high-precision agriculture, water management, temperature-derived crop health management, yield forecasting and sustainable resource management. Sub-field crop monitoring calls for high resolution imagery, day-to-day planning requires high revisit frequencies and operational use demand low latencies for data and analytics.

The HiVE Mission aims at delivering LST and derived ET data to users at a 1-day global temporal resolution, 30 meters spatial resolution and 1K temperature resolution. The constellation consists of microsatellites in 100kg class, flying in the same sun synchronous orbital plane at an altitude of 550 kilometres, carrying a cryo-cooled thermal imager covering the longwave infrared spectral region between 8 and 12 microns in 4 bands, as well as a Visible and Near Infrared sensor covering the same spectral bands as the Sentinel-2 MultiSpectral Imager in this spectral region (10 bands). The current planning foresees a launch of the first two constellation satellites in 2024.

Satellite Ground Segment Systems Engineer | ConstellR | Germany

Federico Franciamore

Federico Franciamore GIS & Remote Sensing Specialist/Project Leader , Space4Good B.V , Netherlands

Federico has a background in environmental science and a master's degree in GIS from the University of Wageningen. During his academic career, he deeply explored machine learning-based methods to detect deforestation using radar satellite images. In 2020 he joined Space4Good, a dutch social enterprise, as GIS and Remote Sensing expert. Within the company, his passion for graphics lends to his inspiring UI and UX design, focusing his attention on mock-ups and prototypes of geospatial-related projects, and to lead project-based solutions. 'Always ready to embark on innovative journeys, working with space data for impact on the earth.'

Abstract

Forest beyond borders - Protecting Europe's primary and old-growth forests in the Western Balkans

We have been mapping Primary and old-growth forests in the Western Balkans (for 7 countries, namely Kosovo, Albania, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Macedonia), using satellite-based data, GIS techniques, and in-situ validation processes. Furthermore, we conducted studies on deforestation rates for the same areas. Mayor project's goals: 1) analyzing their conservation status and strengthening their legal protection; 2 creating a network of conservationists and NGOs for the protection of these super valuable and fragile ecosystems. Main partners of the project: EuroNatur (german organization) and 7 local entities from the Western Balkans.

GIS & Remote Sensing Specialist/Project Leader | Space4Good B.V | Netherlands

Luisa Bettili

Luisa Bettili Project Manager , e-geos , Italy

Luisa is covering the role of Project Manager within the Program division at e-GEOS. She has recently started coordinating the CENTAUR project led by e-GEOS (Horizon Europe calls for space 2021-2022 managed by HaDEA) in the framework of the Copernicus Security and Emergency services evolution; coordinating the project management and technical activities within the ESA-GDA-Fragility, Conflicts and Security program led by e-GEOS. Luisa previously covered the role of Technical Manager within the Emergency Services and Operations division at e-GEOS, coordinating on-duty technical operations and performing periodical reporting. Luisa held a Ph.D in Civil/Environmental Engineering at the University of Roma Tre and in collaboration with FAO (United Nations), towards a knowledge-based Decision Support System for water resources management in developing contexts of Uganda, Burkina Faso, Tajikistan.

Abstract

Blending EO and OSINT data to address fragile and conflict-affected contexts

ESA-Global Development Assistance programme focuses on the targeted Agile EO Information Development applied to 11 thematic priority sectors. The Fragility, Conflict and Security (FCS) programme, led by e-GEOS, engages with IFIs partners to co-design innovative tools through a multidisciplinary approach, blending Earth-Observation based products with OSINT data to improve decision making processes, within FCS affected contexts.

Project Manager | e-geos | Italy

Phil Cooper

Phil Cooper Geospatial Global Lead, Aerospace and Satellite - EMEA , Amazon Web Services (AWS) , UK

Established Business and Technical Professional in the technology sector supporting growth of and use of satellite, space and cloud technology in both large aerospace industry whilst at Airbus but also went on to build a dedicated earth observation and geospatial business 'SterlingGeo' over 8 years.

With a 23 year history in the Earth Observation and Geospatial industry Phil has witnessed the change from research and development within EO, into daily operational exploitation of this rich and rapidly expanding data source. Phil has worked across platforms and in different environments witnessing the value and importance of accurate, reliable and repeatable geospatial data. His work includes projects with World Bank, Inmarsat, Rural Payments Agency and National Infrastructure Survey programmes. As well as advocating for the value of Geographical data services in our everyday lives.

Today Phil is the Geospatial Global Lead for the Aerospace and Satellite Division of AWS for EMEA, having worked at AWS for nearly 4 years in the Ground Station team and then the EMEA A&S team, Phil now supports our Geospatial customers globally building on cloud, across the space domain with Earth Observation and Geospatial data creation accelerating with the new customers and partners and bringing an understanding of what AWS has to offer to the Geospatial community.

Phil holds a Masters Degree in Earth Observation Science and MBA in Business Administration building commercial offerings, developing business strategy and growing customers now on AWS.

Geospatial Global Lead, Aerospace and Satellite - EMEA | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | UK

Dobrina Laleva

Dobrina Laleva Senior Product Marketing Manager , UP42 , Germany

Dobrina Laleva is a Senior Product Marketing Manager at UP42. With over ten years of experience in business development and product marketing for highly technical products, she has worked for companies like Novartis, Deliveroo, and HERE Technologies. At UP42, Dobrina leads full-cycle go-to-market strategies for new features, products, verticals, and partnerships. She also contributes platform-focused content to UP42's blog and other geospatial publications. Dobrina graduated from Imperial College London and is currently living in Berlin.

Senior Product Marketing Manager | UP42 | Germany

Krystal Azelton

Krystal Azelton Director of Space Applications Programs , Secure World Foundation , USA

Krystal Azelton (nee Wilson) is a Director of Space Applications Programs at Secure World Foundation and has over 10 years of international and domestic space, public policy, and management experience.

Prior to joining SWF, Ms. Azelton was a consultant at Access Partnership, where she worked with international satellite service providers and other leading technology companies on policy issues related to spectrum management, emergency communications, telecommunications standards, orbital debris, and multilateral processes including representing industry at the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission. She has also served as a project manager at the Tauri Group, a leading aerospace analytics firm, providing research, analysis, strategic planning, and regulatory assessment to government and commercial clients. She led and supported production of NASA's strategic plans, audits, performance plans, budgets, and annual reports. Her work exposed to the full range of NASA's Earth observation, human exploration, and aviation programs. In that role, she was also recognized as a key member of a data management team that received the NASA Group Achievement Award.

Director of Space Applications Programs | Secure World Foundation | USA

Sarah Erickson

Sarah Erickson Research Assistant - Space Security and WMD Programmes , UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) , USA

Sarah Erickson is a Research Assistant for the Space Security and WMD Programmes at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR).

She holds a dual master's degree from the Middleburry Institute of International Studies at Monterey and Moscow State Institute of International Relations in WMD Nonproliferation, Nuclear Policy and Global Security. Her research focuses on the political and legal implications of arms proliferation in outer space, the nuclear-space security nexus, and the history and future development of global space policies and strategies.

She has worked with the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, the Russian Center for Policy Research (PIR Center), and the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Nonproliferation. Sarah was a fellow for both the IAEA Marie-Sklodowska Curie Fellowship and Fulbright Fellowship programmes and has received a master's degree in Russian Linguistics, Literature, and Language from the University of Arizona.

Research Assistant - Space Security and WMD Programmes | UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) | USA

Kees van der Pols

Kees van der Pols Head of Ground Segment and Mission Operations , ClearSpace , Switzerland

Kees van der Pols is head of Ground Segment and Mission Operations at ClearSpace. A spacecraft operations expert in solar system exploration and earth observation missions, he is managing a team of rockstars towards a timely, safe and cost-effective service delivery using the complete fleet. Besides his day-to-day responsibilities he is also an active space sustainability activist and TEDx speaker.

ClearSpace, a ground-breaking initiative based in Switzerland to clear up Space debris, provides in-orbit services to support institutions and commercial operators in accomplishing their space missions safely and sustainably.

Head of Ground Segment and Mission Operations | ClearSpace | Switzerland

Dimitra Stefoudi

International Institute of Air and Space Law | Leiden University | The Netherlands

Dr Deb Jyoti Pal

Vice President - BI Platforms | Geospatial World | India

Aravind Ravichandran

Aravind Ravichandran Founder , TerraWatch Space , France

Aravind is the founder of TerraWatch Space, a strategic advisory and communications firm, specialising in Earth observation, satellite data and its applications. Based in France, Aravind works on strategic assignments with space agencies, NewSpace startups and private investors, while also working with organisations across sectors in supporting their adoption of Earth observation data. Aravind is also the author of the TerraWatch Space newsletter and the host of TerraWatch Space podcast, both aimed at demystifying Earth observation for all.

Abstract

Overview of the EO value chain with trends, landscape and outlook for the adoption of data covering both the imaging and weather segments

Overview of the EO value chain with trends, landscape and outlook for the adoption of data covering both the imaging and weather segments

Founder | TerraWatch Space | France

Alexis Conte

Alexis Conte Senior Consultant , Euroconsult , France

Based in Toulouse, France, Alexis is a Senior Consultant at Euroconsult. His expertise focuses on a wide range of satellite and aerial EO applications (drones, HAPs) considering optical, hyperspectral, SAR, and third-party data. He aims at providing an independent EO market view by analyzing industry challenges and technology trends with the goal of identifying and initiating investigations into potential new areas of growth. Alexis is the editor of the Satellite-Based Earth Observation Market Prospects report and contributes to other Euroconsult reports such as the Space Economy report and the Ground Segment Market report. Alexis also works on various consulting missions including market analysis, business plans, commercial pricing and distribution strategy, due diligence, and development of research methodology. Typical customers include government agencies, leading commercial satellite operators, start-ups, and investors. Prior to joining Euroconsult, he worked for the French Agricultural Ministry. He oversaw feasibility studies for programming imagery by remote sensing both by satellite and aerial operations in relation to the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC). By coordinating a provision contract of imagery, he was in charge of benchmarking, quality control, and deliveries of photogrammetry products in order to fit the recommendations of the European Common Agricultural Policy. Alexis holds a Master's Degree in Applied Geography by GIS from La Sorbonne University and conducted missions in Nepal to build DEM for flood assessment. He also spent time in New Caledonia in a research institute to prevent wildfires by remote sensing analysis.

Abstract

Satellite Earth Observation: Global Ecosystem on the move

A boom in Earth observation satellites creates demand for new markets. With more than $4.5 billion in revenues in 2021 growing at a 5-year CAGR of 5%, the earth observation market is still evolving from data-centric products to next-gen value-added services. In 2022, defense & security proved it remains the most significant market in Earth Observation with almost $2 billion (around 45% of the total market), led by the adoption of new commercial sources. Indeed, adaptations in regulation and in procurement frameworks, particularly in the U.S., contributed to industry growth, driven by the procurement of diverse types of data (optical, SAR, GNSS-RO, etc.) and solutions for both defense and civil government applications. Moreover, the service market is also expected to undergo accelerated growth driven by constellation supply. Since January 2022, more than 150 satellites have been already launched by more than 25 commercial operators. Earth observation promises of constellations are now taking shape, delivering monitoring services, near-real-time observations, and global mapping. These new business models completely transformed the way customers are using satellite imagery. Therefore, it brings a digital transformation all along the value chain, from ground segment and online platforms to building richer services with more automation. The take-up of several vertical segments should build the around $6 billion revenue that we anticipate by 2025.

Senior Consultant | Euroconsult | France

Solange Uwera

Solange Uwera Product Manager, User Experience , Satellogic , Spain

Solange Uwera is a Senior Geospatial Analyst at Satellogic with extensive experience in Earth Observation and GIS. She is working to bring high-quality satellite data to the public and private organizations and helping clients to access satellite products that are valuable for strategic decision making. Before joining Satellogic, Solange worked at the United Nations Satellite Centre, supporting operations and activities of UN agencies and NGOs using satellite imagery analysis for democratic and policy decision making, disaster risks reduction, humanitarian, peace and human rights operations. She holds a Master's degree in Geographical Information Science from the University of Manchester in the UK and in Human Settlement and Urban Design from the University of Leuven in Belgium. Solange also holds a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Conservation.

Abstract

It Takes a Global Village: Building True Digital Twins to Drive Geospatial Adoption

What is a true digital twin? From Satellogic's perspective, a digital twin has the potential to be a true representation of all data layers in a given location-not just the built and natural environments as seen from space. Converging exterior geospatial data with interior spatial data for complete and consistent sources can support a diverse volume of end-users. Now, there are several impediments to procuring and leveraging geospatial information. Traditionally, EO data is an incredibly expensive resource. For many who don't understand the value of the data, it is an expense they simply won't entertain. Satellogic will share its new pricing model and how it will help more markets to explore, experiment with, and ultimately adopt the data. Lack of market education is also a huge hindrance. There are many great conferences and workshops, albeit segmented efforts. The industry as a whole needs to collaborate in making the abstract more approachable and the scientific more scalable. Satellogic will share its initiatives to inspire discussion. The future of the geospatial information ecosystem relies on adoption across diverse industries and will benefit immensely from true digital twins. Improving the access to and the adoption of EO data is limited by budgets just as much as by uneducated markets and untrained models. Satellogic strongly believes collaboration across the EO sector will grow the entire geospatial information ecosystem while removing barriers to access.

Product Manager, User Experience | Satellogic | Spain

Max Kampen

Max Kampen Remote Sensing Engineer , Sentinel Hub , Austria

Born in 1988 in Germany, Max received MSc. in Forestry at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. He then worked in the Institute for Geomatics, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna and finally came to Sentinel Hub GmbH as one of the first members of the team in 2020. With his colleagues they are building the Sentinel Hub product, a Copernicus Masters award winning service for processing and distribution of satellite data, which is providing seamless access to more than 50 petabytes of data data to over 400.000 users every month, who jointly process more than half a billion of requests monthly. In 2022 Sentinel Hub became one of the core building blocks of the new Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem.

Remote Sensing Engineer | Sentinel Hub | Austria

Hugo de Groof

Former Policy Officer | DG Environment, European Commission | Belgium

Chad Meley

Chad Meley CMO , Kinetica , USA

Chad Meley is the CMO at Kinetica. With over 20 years of experience as a leader in SaaS, big data, advanced analytics, and data driven marketing, Chad is known for innovative thinking, delivering high impact results, and building inclusive, global, forward-thinking teams. Prior to joining Kinetica, Chad was VP of Marketing at Teradata, and held a variety of leadership roles centered around data and analytics while at Electronic Arts, Dell and FedEx. Professional awards include Best Practice Award for Driving Business Results in Data Warehousing from The Data Warehouse Institute and Marketing Excellence Award from the Direct Marketing Association. Chad is a regular speaker at conferences, including The O'Reilly AI Conference, Strata, Constellation Connected Enterprise, and Analytics Universe. He is often quoted by major media publications such as CIO Magazine, Forbes, InformationWeek, and others.

Abstract

Modern Air Domain Analysis

Drawing upon real-world case studies at the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), we'll discuss how hundreds of terrestrial and space-based radar feeds are fused into composite tracks in near-real time for greater classification accuracy.

CMO | Kinetica | USA

Oscar Rojas

Oscar Rojas Natural Resources Officer , Food and Agricultural Organization of United Nations (FAO) , Italy

Oscar Rojas is currently a Natural Resources Officer of CBC Division. He has more than 30 years of experience working on the field of crop monitoring and yield forecasting for food security projects. He worked with Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), FAO, World Bank and the Joint Research Centre of European Commission (JRC). The areas of experience are: Crop risk management to develop weather indexed crop insurance with the objective to transfer the local-level risk to international insurance and capital markets. Crop monitoring and early warning for food security, crop modeling, remote sensing, drought monitoring, risk management and development of tools to assess the impact of climate variability in agriculture. He developed the Agricultural Stress Index System (ASIS) that is an expert system to monitor agricultural drought at global level based on geospatial information. ASIS has received a 'Geospatial World Excellence Award - 2016'. He holds a Ph.D. in Agrometeorology from the 'Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon': a MBA in Bank and Finance from National University, San Diego - California and BA in Agricultural Economics from the University of Costa Rica.

Abstract

Next Generation Agricultural Stress Index System (ASIS) for Agricultural Drought Monitoring. Remote Sensing

Over the past 40 years, drought has affected more people in the world than any other natural hazard, affecting large segments of the population and destroying the natural resource base, livestock and livelihoods. Recent projections show that drought events are expected to increase in frequency and intensity due to climate change. According to studies conducted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 83% of all damages and losses caused globally by drought between 2006 and 2016 have been absorbed by agriculture, putting a large part of the world's population at risk of food insecurity. This study shows the advantage of scaling-up FAO's agricultural drought monitoring and early warning system (ASIS) and building the bridge with the anticipatory action, drought financial mechanisms, social protection and other initiatives for preventing the deterioration of food security and strengthening resilience. The results of the methodology that is based on and supported by the digital innovation, machine learning, matured knowledge and experiences accumulated over the past 10 years are illustrated with practical examples from different countries, ecological environments and crops. A fused time series of Advanced Very-High-Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) data from Meteorological Operational satellite (METOP) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) was used to produce a consistent time series of a vegetation health index (VHI) at 1 km spatial resolution from 1984 to present. VHI is multiplied by the crop coefficient (kc) to provide more responsiveness to the VHI anomaly that occurs during sensitive phenological phases to water stress such as a flowering and grain filling. The weighted VHI (wVHI) is integrated from the start of the season (SOS) up to the end of season (EOS). Once the temporal analysis of wVHI is completed, the spatial average is calculated using the values of pixels within a specific crop mask and administrative unit. The system proposed different vegetation indices to assess the impact of drought in agriculture; including an agricultural drought forecast that provide more time to the decision makers for implementing anticipatory actions to mitigate the drought in agriculture. Next generation agricultural stress index system (ASIS) offers full capabilities to support: parametric crop insurance, social protection schemes, early action, national drought management plans and to guide public investments.

Natural Resources Officer | Food and Agricultural Organization of United Nations (FAO) | Italy

Sami Murphy

Sami Murphy Program Manager , United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Innovation Cell , USA

For over two years, Sami has managed the research, design, and expansion of projects at the Innovation Cell. While her role is to apply emerging technologies to peace and security use-cases generally, her main expertise is in geospatial analysis for the advancement of environmental security. Sami is passionate about diversity and inclusion within the geospatial field, particularly for women, girls, and indigenous communities. Central to her role is storytelling and bridging the technical and political worlds.

Abstract

Mapping Dynamic Transhumance Routes using Geospatial Data and Indigenous Knowledge

The Innovation Cell aims to monitor seasonal pastoral migration, known as

Program Manager | United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Innovation Cell | USA

Alina Game

Alina Game GIS Expert , International Labour Organisation (ILO) , Switzerland

Alina has worked at the International Labour Organisation (ILO) for two years, focussing on using GIS and satellite data in employment impact assessments of infrastructure projects in sub-Saharan Africa. She has previously worked in other areas of sustainable development, in sectors such as health and education, applying geospatial data solutions for decision making in low and middle income countries. She has an academic background and GIS and remote sensing.

Abstract

Harnessing satellite data to assess the economic impacts of infrastructure investments

The use of geospatial and satellite data for assessing changes in economic development and employment is relatively new. This presentation will cover some of the UN's International Labour Organisation (ILO) work on using satellite imagery, including night time lights data to analyse the economic impacts of infrastructure interventions in sub-Saharan Africa. It will explore how GIS can be used to identify how the construction of roads, can increase mobility and economic activity for surrounding areas, taking advantage of temporal dimensions of satellite data. Understanding the economic and employment impacts of such infrastructure construction projects in Africa is important, for targeting future decision making and policy setting.

GIS Expert | International Labour Organisation (ILO) | Switzerland

Alberto Meroni

Business Development Manager, Europe | Esri | Italy

John Kedar

Strategic Advisor, Geospatial Infrastructure and Agencies | Geospatial World | UK

Dr. Greg Scott

Inter-Regional Advisor | UNGGIM | United Nations

David Henderson

Chief Geospatial Officer | Ordnance Survey | UK

Dr. Michael Tischler

Director of the National Geospatial Program (NGP) | U.S Geological Survey (USGS) | USA

Mari Khardziani

Mari Khardziani Head of International Relations Service , National Agency of Public Registry , Georgia

Ms. Mari Khardziani is Head of International Relations Service at National Agency of Public Registry (NAPR) under Ministry of Justice of Georgia, in charge of international relations and coordination/management of international projects. In 2016-2022, she was the local project manager of the Norwegian projects, and was involved the IGIF project implemented with the Norwegian support in Georgia. From 2016 till April, 2023 she was also a member of UNECE WPLA Bureau.

After working in private sector for several years, in 2004 she moved to NAPR - a government agency responsible for land administration, business registry, geodesy, mapping, address registry and the National Coordinator for development of National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) in Georgia. At NAPR, she worked at different positions, including over 14 years at managerial position. Being at NAPR since its foundation, she was involved in implementation of the reforms and nationwide projects, including land administration and geospatial spheres. Her top skills and competences cover international relations, organizational leadership/management, strategic planning, communication, project management and land administration.

Ms. Khardziani holds BA in English and the Master's degree in Public Administration (MPA) from Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA).

Head of International Relations Service | National Agency of Public Registry | Georgia

Dr. Lesley Arnold

Dr. Lesley Arnold Director , Geospatial Frameworks Pty Ltd , Australia

Dr Lesley Arnold is Director and owner of consulting firm Geospatial Frameworks. As principal consultant, she works with governments to develop strategies, policies and implementation plans for geospatial information reform, open data initiatives and geospatial innovation, globally. Examples of her work include Cadastre 2034, and Elevation and Depth 2030 strategies for the Australian Government, and SDI Strategy for the Government of Sri Lanka.

Lesley also works with the United Nations, FAO and World Bank supporting countries to strengthen their geospatial information management capabilities towards implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. She is one of the lead authors of the UN-GGIM Integrated Geospatial Information Framework (IGIF), and has developed IGIF educational materials, Webinars and conducted IGIF training and mentoring.

Previously, Lesley was Director at Landgate responsible for Western Australia's (WA) geographic, aerial photography and satellite remote sensing programs, and the delivery of products and services through Landgate's Shared Location Information Platform.

Lesley has held several executive positions on intergovernmental committees, and is currently Non-Executive Director for AuScope, and the Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network (AURIN), and Board Member for Geoscience Australia's Location Program. Lesley is also Adjunct Associate Professor at Curtin University WA, where she co-supervises PhD Students. Her research interests include the future Geospatial Information Ecosystem, spatial data supply chains and automated updating.

Director | Geospatial Frameworks Pty Ltd | Australia

Marcos Martinez

Secretary General | EAASI | Spain

Thalia Baldwin

Thalia Baldwin Director , Geospatial Commission , UK

Thalia is the Director of the Geospatial Commission, which is an independent Expert Committee within the UK Government's Cabinet Office, tasked with advising the government on priorities for improving the UK's location data, running the public sector's key geospatial data contracts and developing and overseeing implementation of the UK's national geospatial strategy. Prior to this, Thalia established and led HM Treasury's digital policy team, where she was responsible for the approach to public spending on digital technology and infrastructure.

Director | Geospatial Commission | UK

Dr. Bandar Saleh Almuslmani

Advisor to the Minister | Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture | Saudi Arabia

Dr. Simon Musaeus

VP, Geospatial Content Solutions | Hexagon | President | EAASI | Spain

Dr. Karsten Pippig

Dr. Karsten Pippig Project Coordinator , Federal Office of Topography swisstopo , Switzerland

2004 - 2011 Cartography studies at the TU Dresden
2011 - 2014 Doctoral studies at the TU Dresden (PhD in 2014)
2014 - 2018 Geodata Manager at swisstopo
2018 - 2020 project manager in railroad construction business
since 2020 Project coordinator at swisstopo

Abstract

Next Generation Map

The rapidly increasing use of mobile devices in the digital and mobile society has led to a wide variety of mobile map applications and a large number of map users (Bartling 2022). Today, mobile map applications are ubiquitous. In particular, the map applications of the major players in this field have fundamentally influenced and changed user requirements. This inevitably leads to a rethinking and reorientation in official cartography to meet the changing user requirements of a mobile society. Globally, a trend is emerging in which the focus of official cartography is increasingly on the flexible and mobile presentation of data, accompanied by a shift away from the production of printed maps. Faced with these challenges and based on internal studies, swisstopo has launched the

Project Coordinator | Federal Office of Topography swisstopo | Switzerland

Raphaele Heno

Head of Innovation | IGN | France

Ed Parsons

Geospatial Technologist | Google Inc. | UK

Dr. Jill Saligoe-Simmel

Dr. Jill Saligoe-Simmel Principal Product Manager , Esri , USA

Dr. Jill Saligoe-Simmel is the principal product manager of Geospatial Infrastructure at Esri. She is responsible for product requirements and strategy for modern Spatial Data Infrastructures and INSPIRE. As a Subject Matter Expert, Jill brings 25 years of geospatial technology, governance, and policy-level experience, with substantial involvement in statewide and national NSDI.

Abstract

Geospatial Product Thinking for Knowledge-Based Digital Ecosystems

As stakeholders in future digital ecosystems, we provide the integrated geospatial infrastructure that helps organizations work beyond borders to address shared challenges and achieve common goals. We also cultivate entrepreneurial mindsets, understand geospatial product thinking, and propagate proven good practices that help grow knowledge-based ecosystems. Our shared experiences help us all go further, faster, together.

Principal Product Manager | Esri | USA

Dr. Siva Ravada

Vice President of Development | Oracle | US

Albert Momo

Vice President & Executive Director, Emerging Markets and Funded Projects, Trimble | Chair, DEI Committee, World Geospatial Industry Council (WGIC) | USA

Abigail Coholic

Abigail Coholic Senior Director - Channel Partnerships , Ecopia AI , Canada

Abigail Coholic is the Senior Director of Channel Partnerships at Ecopia AI, a technology company founded with the mission of digitizing the world using AI. Ecopia applies advanced AI technology to mine geospatial imagery, outputting large-scale, GIS professional quality 2D and 3D Land Cover maps. Named by Deloitte as one of the fastest-growing technology companies in North America for the past two consecutive years, and the winner of GWF's Innovation in AI Award in 2022, Ecopia's maps continue to be embedded into hundreds of decision-making applications across over 100 countries around the world

Senior Director - Channel Partnerships | Ecopia AI | Canada

Dr. Raj Kumar Khatri

Dr. Raj Kumar Khatri Principal SCO-Karnataka , Reliance Projects & Property Management Services Ltd.

Dr. Raj Kumar Khatri has served as a member of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) for over 33 years. He worked as Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Commerce & Industries Department, Education Department, Land Revenue Department, Labor Department in the State of Karnataka, India. He was actively involved in drafting Aerospace Policy and Electric Vehicle (EV) Policy for Karnataka. He was responsible for implementation of infrastructure projects including public private partnership (PPP) basis projects including the expansion of the Bengaluru International Airport. He also administered prudent crisis response during the COVID-19 pandemic.

He has used GIS / Geo Spatial Technologies in various Government Departments such as Urban Development, Agriculture, Land Management. He was a member of think tank constituted by Geospatial World.

Presently he is working with Reliance Jio, the largest telecom company in India that extensively uses GIS.

Principal SCO-Karnataka | Reliance Projects & Property Management Services Ltd.

Colin Bray

Colin Bray CEO, Ordnance Survey Ireland , President, EuroGeographics

Colin Bray is Head of National Mapping, Tailte Eireann and has been President of EuroGeographics since 2018.

Colin has more than twenty-five years' experience in strategic geospatial information management. He was CEO and Chief Survey Officer, Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi) from 2013 until its merger with the Property Registration Authority and Valuation Office to form Tailte Eireann.

He holds a Master of Science Degree in Management/Organisational Behaviour, a European Honours degree in Geodetic Engineering, and a Diploma in Geo-Surveying. He was the first Chartered Geomatics Surveyor to become President of the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI).

CEO, Ordnance Survey Ireland | President, EuroGeographics

David Henderson

Chief Geospatial Officer | Ordnance Survey | UK

Ingrid vanden Berghe

Administrator-General | National Geospatial Institute | Belgium

Darko Vucetic

Darko Vucetic Director of Development and Innovation , Republic Geodetic Authority of Serbia

Darko Vucetic is a Director for Development and Innovations of Serbian NMCA and Head of Centre for Geospatial information management at Republic geodetic authority of Serbia. Darko's main activity is to seek and provide the most optimal solutions based on geospatial data management to all public sector institutions within the NSDI and to ensure strategic approach for geospatial data use at the national level. Centre using innovative approach and technologies, develop fit-for-purpose solutions, methodologies and business processes, provide capacity building and awareness rising for usage of geospatial data for public sector in Serbia.

Director of Development and Innovation | Republic Geodetic Authority of Serbia

Sallie Payne Snell

Sallie Payne Snell Acting Secretary General and Executive Director , EuroGeographics

Sallie Payne Snell is Acting Secretary General and Executive Director of EuroGeographics. A highly respected senior manager, she has an international network of geospatial contacts gained through extensive relationship and reputation management experience.

Sallie represents EuroGeographics in its capacity as an Observer Organisation at both the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) and UN-GGIM: Europe.

Her previous positions include Deputy Director, Association for Geographic Information and International Stakeholder Relationship Manager, Ordnance Survey. She holds a BSc in Geographical Science.

Acting Secretary General and Executive Director | EuroGeographics

Dr. Greg Scott

Inter-Regional Advisor | UNGGIM | United Nations

Dr. Shivangi Somvanshi

Director - GKI | Geospatial World | India

Francesco Pignatelli

Strategic Advisor | European Commission - DG JRC

Dr. Nagy-Rothengass Marta

Deputy Director and Head of Unit | European Commission | Luxembourg

Deirdre Dalpiaz Bishop

Chief Geography Division | U.S. Census Bureau | USA

Paul Janssen

Expert Geo-standards | Geonovum | The Netherlands

Darcee Killpack

Darcee Killpack Deputy Associate Director for Core Science Systems , U.S. Geological Survey , USA

Ms. Killpack serves as the Deputy Associate Director for the Core Science Systems Mission Area within the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The Core Science System Mission Area (CSS) fulfills the role as the National Civilian Mapping Agency and is responsible for mapping the geologic, geographic, and land features of the United States. The CSS conducts detailed surveys and distributes high-quality and highly accurate topographic, geologic, hydrographic, and biogeographic maps and remotely sensed data to the public. As Deputy Associate Director, Ms. Killpack provides leadership for the science planning and direction of the Mission Area. Ms. Killpack also leads the development, management, and coordination of program activities which include the National Geospatial Program (NGP), the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC), the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP), the Science Analytics and Synthesis (SAS) Program, the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (NGGDPP), and the National Land Imaging Program. Ms. Killpack previously served as the Deputy Director of the USGS National Geospatial Technical Operations Center (NGTOC) providing senior level oversight for the Center including workforce planning and execution, administration and facilities support, labor-management relations, and training and communication. Before working for the USGS, Ms. Killpack also worked for the Department of the Interior National Park Service as the GIS Coordinator for the Intermountain Region, SWCA, Inc. as the GIS Director, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Pacific Services Center as the Geospatial Technology Coordinator. She holds a B.S. in Material Science from University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and a M.S. in Environmental Monitoring from University of Wisconsin Madison.

Deputy Associate Director for Core Science Systems | U.S. Geological Survey | USA

Sumit Gera

Sumit Gera Senior Director of Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI) , CCMEO, Department of Natural Resources , Canada

Mr. Sumit Gera is the Senior Director of Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI) division of Canadian Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation (CCMEO), Department of Natural Resources. He holds Bachelor of Commerce degree honours from Carleton University with a specialization in finance. He has extensive experience in audit, business valuations and mergers and acquisitions. In his past roles, he acted as a lead Canadian negotiator on Climate Change files.

Senior Director of Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI) | CCMEO, Department of Natural Resources | Canada

Carlo Cipolloni

Carlo Cipolloni Information System & INSPIRE Unit Head , ISPRA DG-SINA (Division for the National Environmental Information System) , Italy

Degree in Geological Sciences and with a PhD in Geodynamics, he has been Senior Researcher at ISPRA since 2005; from 1998 to today he has been involved in the management and development of Geographical Information Systems, SDI and technological infrastructures and has designed various databases and web applications for sharing, analyzing and validating data quality.

Since 2018 he has been technical manager of the National Environmental Information System which represents the national hub of Spatial and Environmental data, while since 2013 he has represented Italy at the European Commission for the INSPIRE Directive and is therefore technical manager of the National Spatial Information Infrastructure and Monitoring Environmental.

Information System & INSPIRE Unit Head | ISPRA DG-SINA (Division for the National Environmental Information System) | Italy

Dmytro Makarenko

Dmytro Makarenko Deputy Chairman , StateGeoCadastre , Ukraine

Dmytro Makarenko is an international relations specialist with more than 12 years of experience in various government positions.

In 2014 joined to the team of State Service of Ukraine for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre, where he acted on various positions and was responsible and supported the policy formulation of National Spatial Data Infrastructure in Ukraine, initiated and managed numerous international projects in geospatial data, land management and capacity development.

During this period, he was responsible also for the international representation of Ukraine on behalf of the StateGeoCadastre, participating and sharing of the Ukraine's progress and experience in the geospatial data development.

Starting from Oct 2020 as a member of NSDI developers team from Research Institute of Geodesy and Cartography supported the ongoing geospatial process in the country which resulted in launching of the NSDI pilot geoportal.

Dmytro also acted as NSDI Advisor to international experts' team (USAID and Norway Mapping Authority) and provided the consultancy in the geospatial sector, particularly in conducting the IGIF assessment and country action plan for Ukraine and contributed to the agenda of high level NSDI Council in Ukraine.

Deputy Chairman | StateGeoCadastre | Ukraine

Mohamed Amine Ben Rhaiem

Mohamed Amine Ben Rhaiem Head of department, geospatial application development and scientific methodologies , National Centre of Mapping and Remote Sensing (CNCT) , Tunisia

Mohamed Amine Ben Rhaiem is a GIS developer,analyst and an active member in the Tunisian national SDI project. He got his master degree in GIS from PARIS 1 SORBONNE in 2017. Since August 2022, He is the head department of geospatial application development and scientific methodologies in the national center of mapping and remote sensing in Tunisia (CNCT). Now, he is coordinating the scientific project "The big spatiotemporal data at the service of an intelligent and sustainable city" which aims to develop a model of a digital twin city in Bizerte in Tunisia.

Head of department, geospatial application development and scientific methodologies | National Centre of Mapping and Remote Sensing (CNCT) | Tunisia

Tim Trainor

President | International Cartographic Association | USA

Shri Sunil Kumar

Joint Secretary | Surveyor General of India | Department of Science and Technology | India

Ruud van Rossem

Ruud van Rossem General Programme Manager DiS / Policy Coordinator Geo-information , Ministry of Interior and Kingdom Affairs , The Netherlands

Ruud van Rossem studied Geodesy at the Technical University of Delft. After various functions at the Dutch Cadastre he moved to the national government (Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the environment, Ministry of Infrastructure and the environment, Ministry of Interior and Kingdom Affairs) where he was responsible for the development op various so called Key Registers and other parts of the Spatial Data Infrastructure. He was general program manager for de Key Registers Cadastre and Topography (2004-2009), the Key Register Large Scale Topography (2008-2017) and the further development of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (2017-now). The presentation is about the further development from these various Key Registers towards a much broader Data Foundation as a base for working on the various challenges that we currently meet in a data driven way.

General Programme Manager DiS / Policy Coordinator Geo-information | Ministry of Interior and Kingdom Affairs | The Netherlands

Mr. Buyandelger Myagmarsuren

Centre for Policy Research & Analysis | Mongolia

Dr. Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed Ghouse

Director, Advisory & Innovation | AAM, a Woolpert Company | Australia

Claudia Baranzelli

Program Manager | OECD | Italy

Tomaz Petek

General Manager | Surveying and Mapping Authority | Republic of Slovenia

Olive Powell

Olive Powell Head of Geography & Geospatial , Office for National Statistics , UK

Olive Powell is the Head of Geography & Geospatial at the UK Office for National Statistics where she leads the Geospatial division which provides the geospatial infrastructure, datasets and spatial analytical services needed to deliver national statistics for public good. Olive is driven by her passion for geospatial data and technology, which started when she studied Geography and Environmental Sciences at La Sorbonne University in Paris. She now has more than 20 years' experience in the geospatial industry specifically in environment, law enforcement, and central government - always advocating its benefits and value proposition. She is also passionate about diversity and is the co-founder and Director of Women+ in Geospatial, a global network of nearly 5,000 women across the globe.

Head of Geography & Geospatial | Office for National Statistics | UK

Victoria Persson

Victoria Persson Project Manager - Data Access and Integration , EuroGeographics , France

Victoria is the Project Manager for Data Access and Integration with EuroGeographics, the not-for-profit membership association for Europe's National Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration Authorities (NMCAs). She is responsible for the delivery of the associations' data activities, with a focus on our European-funded project Open Maps for Europe. She is also responsible for the coordination of the production, licensing and user management of EuroGeographics' pan-European products.

Abstract

The OME2 project, co-funded by the European Union, will develop a new production process for harmonised, edge-matched, large-scale, high-value pan-European open datasets. A proof of concept will be delivered via the user interface built by the award-winning Open Maps For Europe Project. The prototype will cover ten countries and provide three datasets, identified as key themes by users and defined as high-value in European Commission's implementing rules for the Open Data and reuse of Public Sector Information Directive - administrative boundaries, transport and hydrography. OME2 will also enhance the five existing Open Maps For Europe datasets, including the Open Cadastral Map.

Project Manager - Data Access and Integration | EuroGeographics | France

Dr. Hala Bayoumi

Head of Digital Humanities Department | National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) | France

Benjamin Wuerzler

Benjamin Wuerzler Innovation Manager , Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy , Germany

32-years old, M.Sc. Geographer, already worked for several years in various topics throughout the climatic (satellite-based climate monitoring) and the geoinformation sector. Currently working at the Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy in Germany as an innovation and project manager, focussing on software development within the scope of routing, accessibility and sustainable development.

Abstract

German Grid Cell Database: From Spatial to Statistics

Objective of the German Grid Cell Database project was to develop and install permanent IT infrastructure that allows for the operative and automatized processing of geospatial data (points-of-interest) and the calculation of accessibility data on the standardised European INSPIRE 100-metre grid. Results can be easily aggregated with existing statistics and geodata throughout Germany.A new operative method for the generation, processing and maintenance of accessibility areas from given Points of Interest (POI) is presented as the result of a cooperative research and development project. After the scientific and technical analyses of different accessibility concepts an automatized and innovative processing infrastructure including an integrated management system was developed and installed. Its scope, methodology and features will be presented.

Innovation Manager | Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy | Germany

Dr. Benedikt Graler

Dr. Benedikt Graler ExCom Member , EUROGI, DDGI | 52°North GmbH , Germany

Benedikt Graler is managing director and head of research at the 52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH. He is a mathematician by training and did his PhD in Geoinformatics. Current research activities focus on the integration of different data sources into research data infrastructures to facilitate improved information derivation.

ExCom Member | EUROGI, DDGI | 52°North GmbH | Germany

Glenn Cockerton

Glenn Cockerton Managing Director , Spatial Vision , Australia

Glenn has been an active supporter of the geospatial information industry throughout his career. Glenn has served multiple terms as a Board member of the Spatial Industries Business Association (SIBA), including as Chair during 2015 and 2016. Glenn is co-Chair of the leadership group that was responsible for the highly regarded 2026 Spatial Industry Transformation and Growth Agenda launched in April 2017. Glenn is currently Deputy Chair for the 2030 Space and Spatial Industry Growth Roadmap. Glenn also serves on the board of Locate Conferences Australia Pty Ltd, the entity established to deliver the industry's annual "Locate" conference series. Glenn is the Chair of the Industry Advisory Committee for the Department of Geospatial Sciences at RMIT, and a member of the Department of Infrastructure Engineering Industry Advisory Board at the University of Melbourne. Glenn was a member of the Victorian Spatial Council for over four and half years, and the recipient of the Surveying and Spatial Science Institute's Victorian Spatial Professional of the Year Award in 2007.

Glenn is a recognised leader in the geospatial information technology industry. Glenn is strategic thinker, advocate and advisor regarding how geospatial and related systems, data and analysis can be utilised to improve organisational decision-making and efficiency, and address some of our most pressing environmental, economic and resource issues. He has over 35 years of experience, gained working in Australia and internationally, both with the private sector and all levels of government.

Abstract

Adjusting the Digital Cadastre - part of Victoria's Digital Cadastre Modernisation Project

For some time, the Government of the State of Victoria in Australia has recognised the limitations of the State's existing cadastral mapping and the need to improve its accuracy for use in a wide range of modern applications. Developed over the past 30 years from digitised survey plan boundaries, the property boundaries included in the map base suffered from variable accuracy due to the varied sources used. The Government set a goal to recreate a new Victorian digital cadastre by re-digitising approximately 850,000 survey plans (describing some 3.3 million parcels) and capturing the actual survey measurements shown in these plans and using a least squares adjustment process to derive a more accurate data-driven digital cadastral representation. These plans ranged from historic (some plans were produced over 150 years ago) to modern and hence were impacted by a wide range of survey instruments, observation types and regulatory conditions. The key challenge of this ambitious project was the computation of all land parcel boundaries using the survey plan measurements, and then use of a flexible and robust least squares adjustment process to fit them all together to create a more accurate and contiguous digital cadastral fabric for the entire State. Spatial Vision delivered the adjustment process by building an automated adjustment toolset using open-source software components including the adjustment engine Dynadjust , a team of skilled operators and by working closely with our Government client and local surveying experts. The success of the overall project relied on this collaboration as the development of the adjustment tools and processes faced many technical and logistical challenges. Some of these included: - Defining a suitable measure of quality for the output data - Developing highly automated multi stage processing to achieve the required efficiency and consistency within a limited time and dollar project budget - Delivering a comprehensive cadastral fabric including areas with limited survey control With staged availability commencing in 2022, the new digital cadastre of Victoria will deliver significant productivity gains across many sectors of the economy - from property and land development, through to utility and other infrastructure asset management. It will underpin the delivery of some $81 billion (AUD) in new infrastructure investment and the development of capabilities like digital survey plan lodgement, Victoria's Digital Twin and the development of a 3D cadastre for the State. This presentation will describe the significance of the new digital cadastre, the Government's Digital Cadastre Modernisation plan as well as the adjustment process, challenges and solutions.

Managing Director | Spatial Vision | Australia

Dr. Antti Jakobsson

Dr. Antti Jakobsson Chief Engineer , National Land Survey , Finland

Antti Jakobsson is a chief engineer at National Land Survey and will be the head of the LIH. He well experienced in European projects like GeoE3, ELF and others. He has a doctoral degree in GI science and his thesis covered the topic of data integration in Europe, data quality. He is also written books on history of cartography.

Abstract

Location Innovation Hub - creating location intelligence for Europe

Location Innovation Hub (LIH) is one the European digital innovation hubs (EDIH) selected in 2022. We will be helping startups, SMEs and public sector to utilize location technology and digital twins for creating new innovations. National Land Survey of Finland is co-ordinating this with 12 business partners, 14 university, public sector and NGO partners. We also have 22 associated and other partners which include large companies and associations.Our target sectors include built environment, bioeconomy, health & wellbeing and transportation. Operations commence in 2023 and we expect to help 100 SMEs in our first three years of operations. LIH is the only EDIH in now selected 136 network accross Europe that is fully concentrating in location.

Chief Engineer | National Land Survey | Finland

Nathalie Delattre

Nathalie Delattre Senior Manager , National Geographic Institute , Belgium

Until 2016, she has been production manager of pan-European geographical dataset EuroRegionalMap and is now managing the implementation of the federal geospatial platform geo.be according to INSPIRE compliancy. In the past 3 years, she has been acting as a technical adviser for the Open Map for Europe platform hold by the EuroGeographics association. She is currently deeply involved in the working group on data integration of UNGGIM-Europe as co-chair. She has followed with warm interest the GSW training sessions on geospatial knowledge infrastructure of the past 2 years.

Abstract

NGI Belgium: a mapping agency at a cross-domain geobroker role for providing suitable geospatial content

No longer limited to maps production, NGI Belgium is entering into a new geospatial eco-system guided by an increasing demand in matter of geospatial information from various domains : climate change, national security, environmental management, mobility management. These new eco-systems require a fundamental revision on the way, geospatial data are produced and distributed while embracing the need to be connected to other domains ( statistics, health). The presentation will introduce the current user needs and requests NGI Belgium has to meet, the solutions and the challenges to face not only in matter of technology but also in matter of data governance, of standardization, data harmonization and integration.

Senior Manager | National Geographic Institute | Belgium

Patrick Mottram

Patrick Mottram Senior Director of Product , Precisely , USA

Patrick is responsible for the development of location intelligence and data solutions at Precisely. Before joining Precisely, he led the evolution of exposure management and analytic cloud solutions at RMS and has nearly 20 years of experience in analyst and regulatory roles across the UK and USA insurance industries.

Abstract

Governance and Spatial Data: Unlocking New Business Value

Many organizations create central data hubs, or data catalogs, to improve data management, ensure compliance, and make data readily available to business users. Bringing spatial data under the umbrella of data governance can also help organizations reduce risk, improve performance, unlock new business opportunity, and foster trust in data.

Senior Director of Product | Precisely | USA

Ruban Jacob

Associate Director - GKI | Geospatial World | India

Maroale Martha Chauke

Maroale Martha Chauke Director - National Spatial Information Framework , Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development , South Africa

Ms Chauke has over 25 years of experience in the field of Geographic Information Science (GISc) working in various organisations. She holds a Masters Degree in Business Leadership specialising in Information Systems from the University of South Africa and a Bachelor of Science Honours degree from the University of Pretoria specialising in GIS. Ms Chauke is currently the Director: National Spatial Information Framework and her role is to implement the South African Spatial Data Infrastructure. She is also a Secretariat for the Committee for Spatial Information. Ms Chauke is recently appointed as the Chair for the United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management Committee of Experts for Africa and she is also a member of the High-Level Forum on Integrated Geospatial Information Framework representing the African region.

Abstract

Towards identifying fundamental datasets and associated data custodians for the marine and coastal sphere in South Africa - An Integrated Geospatial Information Framework approach

The integration of the marine and coastal spheres into the current established South African Spatial Data Infrastructure (SASDI) has commenced by putting together a team of experts to conduct a study to define criteria for the identification of marine and coastal base datasets and data custodians; prepare a register of the identified marine and coastal base datasets and associated data custodians; propose a list of marine and coastal data themes and assign each base dataset to a data theme; and investigate the best approach to integrate the marine and coastal spheres into the SASDI framework taking into consideration a balanced between the land, marine and coastal spheres. This presentation aims to provide the audience with progress on the integration of the marine and coastal spheres into SASDI. Lessons learned will be shared and can be beneficial to countries that have embarked on a similar journey.

Director - National Spatial Information Framework | Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | South Africa

Dean Page

Dean Page Postgraduate Researcher , University of Hull , UK

Dean is a postgraduate researcher at the University of Hull examining the complex, dynamic and sympoietic interconnectivities, interdependencies and interrelationships between Societies and Coastal Seas.

Abstract

The Transnational Urbanisation of the North Sea

The spatiotemporal dynamics of anthropogenic activities across a continuum of increasing anthro- and eco-complexity with increasing distance from a highly-localised port node (within a port city) out to the transnational level of an epeiric, semi-enclosed sea basin (i.e. the North Sea) - the Port-City-Region-Coast-Sea (AUNJ)-Sea (ABNJ) Continuum.

Postgraduate Researcher | University of Hull | UK

Saiful Nizam Mustafa

Saiful Nizam Mustafa Manager Geomatics , PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd , Malaysia

Saiful Nizam has 22 years of working experience and holds a degree in Surveying (Geoinformatics) from the University of Technology Malaysia. His current position is Senior Manager at the Geomatics Section of the Geophysics Solution Department, PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. Bhd. He is a member of the Geomatics Committee of The International Oil and Gas Producers, a member of the National Hydrographic Committee, and a member of the Royal Institution of Malaysia. He also participated as a team member on the Marine Geodesy Task Force of the Geodetic Working Group in Malaysia.

Abstract

Unlock the potential of Healthier Marine Data Collaboration

In the new world of marine operations, where remote and autonomous operations have emerged and are growing rapidly, the sharing of marine data is critical to ensure safe navigation. However, due to some security concerns, data sharing has been deemed risky, even when all legal documentation is in place. Demand for data sharing creates more resistance than opportunities. Creating a safe data sharing environment is important to reduce resistance. This will be more critical if the releasing party holds a sensitive dataset. This paper will discuss and propose a way forward that could potentially eliminate the data sharing resistance, increase data awareness, and create more opportunity to build data savviness among marine users from the perspective of oil and gas in Malaysia.

Manager Geomatics | PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd | Malaysia

Piotr Zaborowski

Program Manager Innovation Europe | Open Geospatial Consortium | Poland

Eng. Zeyad Ashanqity

Marine Science Specialist | General Authority for Survey and Geospatial Information | Saudi Arabia

Jean Felipe Teotonio

Jean Felipe Teotonio Lead Public Health Analyst , HSR.health , USA

Jean is a public health expert trained in Internal Medicine, Healthcare Quality and Health Equity. He has has a strong understanding of program planning, deployment and evaluation, with 5 years of experience in overseeing regional and national collaborative Quality and Safety as well as Process Improvement initiatives with hospitals and health systems. Jean also has deep expertise in clinical medicine, population health, healthcare systems and quality improvement science, with experience with underserved communities.

Abstract

Mismanagement of our Oceans will lead to a Sea Change in Human Health

Many changes in ocean environments that portend future changes in health risks for all mankind. This talk will share a list of these risk factors (such as growth of algal bloom), explain the risk to human health, and discuss surveillance efforts. Our call to action will be to advocate for additional geospatial analysis and mapping of these risk factors to encourage collective action to mitigate these risks.

Lead Public Health Analyst | HSR.health | USA

Hannah Brocke

Hannah Brocke Chief Strategy Officer , Planblue , Germany

Hannah Brocke is Chief Strategy Officer of planblue, a marine technology startup which has raised 7.7m Euros in public and private investments to date. She co-founded planblue in 2017 after working at the Max Plank Institute for Marine Biology for eight years. Hannah has a PhD from the University of Bremen, is a professional diver and proud ocean advocate.

Abstract

Unlocking blue carbon assessments with hyperspectral seafloor mapping

Compared to our land-based economy, much is still not known about the ecosystem on which the Blue Economy depends. Establishing a sustainable Blue Economy demands we increase our understanding of the seafloor, and regular monitoring of the seafloor's flora and fauna is one of the prerequisites for this. Planblue has operationalised Underwater Hyperspectral Imaging (UHI) for commercial use. UHI is a sensor technology that enables a step-change in underwater observations through the wealth of indicators its raw data can produce. Planblue's first commercial products target blue carbon offset project developers, offering an efficient, enhanced way to monitor the carbon stored in seagrass meadows and their health. The improved accuracy of our seagrass carbon stock estimates, relative to currently used techniques, will increase the qualified carbon credit yield, and thus the income, of any seagrass restoration or preservation carbon project. Moreover, DiveRay enables the creation of new socio-economic opportunities for coastal communities, making our impact truly triple-bottom-line.

Chief Strategy Officer | Planblue | Germany

David Monetti

David Monetti CEO , Skyability GmbH , Austria

David Monetti is Chief Executive Officer at Skyability GmbH. During studies at TU WIEN he had several close collaborations with young companies and startups. Supporting Skyability from Day 1 makes him responsible for LiDAR since 2017. Nowadays using ULS, MLS or TLS becomes to daily routine in the pursuit to crate the best obtainable digital twin. For more than a year now he is also responsible for implementing LiDAR- Bathymetry at Skyability. His experience gleaned in research activities and committed hands-on work turns him into a renowned expert.

Abstract

UAV LiDAR Mapping for flood protection

UAV LIDAR Mapping stands for a cost/ time efficient and precise method for collecting topographic areal data. Using green light laser technology enables delivering seamless information even under water. This high dense homogeneous information, no need of terrestrial survey, is necessary for accurate hazard zone planning in flood protection. We will outline why the flexibility and the operating parameters of a drone is best suited for this service.

CEO | Skyability GmbH | Austria

Ivos Gajdorus

Ivos Gajdorus Co-founder & CEO , Mapotic , Czech Republic

Ivos Gajdorus is an IT entrepreneur, startup enthusiast, and founder of Mapotic, a cloud platform that empowers organizations to leverage geolocation data for creating high-impact, user-friendly web or mobile applications. With a geolocation data processing engine and real-time visualization solutions for changing content such as sensor output, weather, and external data channels, Mapotic has supported numerous environmental, sustainability, and ESG initiatives. The platform also provides technology to wildlife tracking organizations, including the world's largest shark tracking and sea turtle monitoring projects. Ivos and his team remain dedicated to simplifying location data processes and advancing positive impact through technology.

Co-founder & CEO | Mapotic | Czech Republic

Francesca Adrienne

Project Manager | UNDP | Mauritius

V.S. Subrahmanian

Walter P. Murphy Professor of Computer Science | Buffett Faculty Fellow at Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois | USA

Amy Coughenour Betancourt

CEO | CADASTA Foundation | USA

V.S. Subrahmanian

Walter P. Murphy Professor of Computer Science | Buffett Faculty Fellow at Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois | USA

Guillermo Rosello

Director of International Expansion | Satlantis

Barbara Ryan

Barbara Ryan Executive Director , World Geospatial Industry Council (WGIC) , USA

Under Barbara's leadership, millions of satellite images have been made available to the general public at no charge, allowing scientists, planners and policy makers to make better-informed decisions on environmental problems. Barbara's career began in 1974 at the USGS. From 2008 to 2012, she was Director of the WMO Space Programme, and from 2012 to 2018, Ryan was the Secretariat Director of GEO in Geneva, Switzerland. In January 2021, Barbara became Executive Director of the World Geospatial Industry Council (WGIC), a global not-for-profit trade association of private-sector companies working in the geospatial and Earth observation ecosystem.

Executive Director | World Geospatial Industry Council (WGIC) | USA

Timothy Fella

Team Lead, Geospatial Authorities | Esri

Boudewijn Van Silfhout

CEO | eLEAF | The Netherlands

Andreas Littkopf

Andreas Littkopf Manager - The European Topic Center Data integration and digitalization , European Environment Agency , Austria

'Andreas Littkopf holds a degree in agriculture (terrestrial ecology) from the Humboldt University in Berlin (1986) and a degree in business management (2000). After working as head of the department in a local environmental agency, he acted as Pre-Accession Adviser and residential Twinning Adviser in Poland and Slovenia implementing environment related EU directives. From 2007 he led the European Topic Centre for Land Use and Spatial Information (ETC/LUSI, 2007-2010) and the European Topic Centre for Spatial Information and Analysis (ETC/SIA) during 2011-2012. He also co-ordinated research activities of the University teams and was task manager in several FP7 projects related to earth observation and environmental information management. In July 2012 he started working at the Environment Agency Austria, where he was responsible for project development with European and international financial institutions and coordinated a Central Asian project on environmental monitoring. From 2015 he has been leading the European Topic Centre on Urban, Land and Soil systems and since 2022 the new ETC data integration and digitisation, which supports the EEA among others in implementing the Copernicus land monitoring program. Furthermore, he supports the development of remote sensing expertise in the European Neighbourhood East and participates as a data expert for monitoring Nature based solutions in H2020 projects.'

Abstract

SDGs has become omnipresent in the last years of our societal discussions as well as governmental strategies, plans and justifications. The European Green Deal (EGD) as the political framework and driver of further development of environmental monitoring in Europe has a lot in common with the SDGs. Although we can't use 1:1 EGD indicators for SDG targets, a substantial number of EGD assessments are directly linked to SDGs.

The EGD is focused primarily on Europe and the European Union (EU) and includes several targets and initiatives, like climate neutrality, where firstly GHG emissions shall be reduced by 55% by 2030 and achieving a climate-neutral Europe by 2050. The EGD has a stronger focus on climate change and energy transition and is embedded in a political framework with the European Climate Law, the Renovation Wave, and the Offshore Renewable Energy Strategy.

The Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (CLMS), implemented by the European Environment Agency (EEA) plays a crucial role in monitoring progress, inter alia towards SDG 13 (Climate Action), since it provides data and information, specifically on GHG emissions from land use, land-use change, and forestry (LULUCF), which is central for understanding the sources and trends of GHG emissions in this sector.

Furthermore, several High Resolution Layers (HRLs) including forest cover, grassland and imperviousness are provided, which are essential for the monitoring of SDG 15 (Life on Land) and the Urban Atlas, done for around 800 cities in Europe, contributes among other things with data on land use changes, which are indispensable for assessing SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities)

While CLMS is providing data for Europe, national governmental institutions do further detailed assessments on national and regional level.

Looking to SDG 7, which calls for access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all, Earth observation in Austria contributes to the creation of energy plans and strategies by providing data on energy demand, energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy sources. This information will help to promote investment in clean energy sources and accelerate the expansion of renewable energy in Austria.

More examples from Europe and Austria will be shown.

Manager - The European Topic Center Data integration and digitalization | European Environment Agency | Austria

Yury Sakovich

Business Development Manager | Trimble | Germany

Barbara Ryan

Barbara Ryan Executive Director , World Geospatial Industry Council (WGIC) , USA

Under Barbara's leadership, millions of satellite images have been made available to the general public at no charge, allowing scientists, planners and policy makers to make better-informed decisions on environmental problems. Barbara's career began in 1974 at the USGS. From 2008 to 2012, she was Director of the WMO Space Programme, and from 2012 to 2018, Ryan was the Secretariat Director of GEO in Geneva, Switzerland. In January 2021, Barbara became Executive Director of the World Geospatial Industry Council (WGIC), a global not-for-profit trade association of private-sector companies working in the geospatial and Earth observation ecosystem.

Executive Director | World Geospatial Industry Council (WGIC) | USA

Shinichi Sobue

Shinichi Sobue Deputy Chief Officer of Earth Observation Applications , Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) , Japan

Shin-ichi Sobue got a master degree of engineering from Toyohashi university of Technology in Japan in 1989 and got a philosophical doctor of engineering from Kennedy-Western University in USA in 2000. His major is image data analysis of earth observation data. He joined JAXA in 1989 and had been work for earth observation satellite ground system development and data research management. From January 2017 to 2021, he served Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2 (ALOS-2) project manager. From 2022, he serves deputy chief officer of Earth Observation missions and ALOS-2 mission manager in JAXA. He also plays a role of co-lead of GEOGLAM Asia-RiCE team, ISPRS commission I workgroup 1 co-chair and vice president of remote sensing society of Japan.

Abstract

JAXA's Earth Observation Satellites and SDGs

Deputy Chief Officer of Earth Observation Applications | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) | Japan

Pooja Mahapatra

Pooja Mahapatra Global Lead - Geospatial for Climate , Fugro , The Netherlands

Dr. Pooja Mahapatra is responsible for geospatial and remote sensing solutions at Fugro. Since 2019, she has worked on commercializing a variety of cutting-edge Fugro innovations, with applications ranging from coastal resilience to railway track maintenance. Through Fugro, she is an active member of the Disaster Resilience Working Group of the WGIC. From 2016 to 2019, she led the global technology deployment and replication efforts in the geospatial domain at Shell, and provided internal consultancy on remote sensing, geospatial analytics and geodesy to various parts of the business. Prior to this, she was a senior InSAR engineer at SkyGeo. Pooja holds a PhD from Delft University of Technology on satellite remote sensing (InSAR) for ground deformation monitoring. Her passion lies in applying geospatial to real-world challenges, and was honoured to be selected as one of "Geospatial World's 50 Rising Stars" in 2022.

Abstract

Geo-data for making better decisions on climate change adaptation - focus on small islands

Global Lead - Geospatial for Climate | Fugro | The Netherlands

Mikael J.A. Maes

Mikael J.A. Maes Environmental Data Scientist at the Environment Directorate , Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Mikael J.A. Maes is an Environmental Data Scientist at the Environment Directorate of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). He specialises in using geospatial data and statistical programming to understand better environmental processes and the impact of climate change around the world. At the OECD, he supports countries by developing data and indicators on the amount of protected areas and by studying the impact and vulnerability of countries to air pollution and climate hazards, amongst other themes. Mikael has more than eight years of experience in climate change and environment research in academia, public, private and international spheres. During his Ph.D., he studied the relationship between mental health, cognition and nature exposure and how these ecosystem benefits can be better integrated into SEEA accounting. He holds two M.Sc. degrees and a B.Sc. in Environmental Science and Biology.

Environmental Data Scientist at the Environment Directorate | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Taras Matselyukh

CEO and Founder | OPT / NET BV | The Netherlands

Javier Alexander Santos

Business Development Director | GeoSAT | Spain

Alex Sweeney

Alex Sweeney Senior Geospatial Data Analyst , Locana , USA

Alex Sweeney is a Senior Geospatial Data Analyst at Locana with a decade of experience in the climate, environmental remote sensing, and GIS fields. Her experience includes working with multivariate geospatial data ranging from satellite derived products, climate models, and ground-based observational data. She utilizes both open source and proprietary software for the acquisition, management, processing, and delivery of data. Her interdisciplinary background and foundation in climate science (B.S. Earth and Space Exploration, M.A. Climate and Society) affords her the ability to leverage different geospatial techniques to draw meaningful insights and publish sector-specific outputs.

Abstract

Open-Source Climate Adaptation Decision Support Tools: Why they're imperative and tales from the field

It is extraordinarily clear that climate change is accelerating, the time to act is dwindling, and climate policies are underperforming in their ability to reduce emissions and prohibit unabated climate change. It is equally clear that Geospatial Data and Technology will play a vital and central role in identifying responses to the array of climate related challenges. In this scenario, the most vulnerable populations often lack tools and information necessary to mitigate the disastrous impacts of climate hazards on their lives and livelihoods and develop fact-based strategies for long-term adaptation. As the world experiences increasing extreme weather events and changes in climatic patterns, already vulnerable agrarian and agropastoral communities will bear the brunt of the impacts. Agricultural producers are confronting the climate crisis in real time, and individuals, communities and governments need reliable information to support decision making - farmers and farmer-cooperatives need to understand what adaptation options exist for their specific location and crop/livestock mix, businesses need support in understanding how changes in climate may impact their entire value chain, and governments and international cooperation actors must have a multidimensional view into the impacts of and countermeasures for the deepening climate crisis in their areas of interest. Open-source Climate Adaptation Decision Support Tools can provide much needed data points to help answer user specific questions. These Tools not only foster education and collaboration, they also allow users the agency to make data driven decisions. Locana has recently formed partnerships to build out two unique decision support tools. Our presentation will demonstrate how together we brought their ideas to life - the rationale behind the tools, what open-source solutions we used, as well as where the future lies for these types of tools. Within this, we'll deep-dive into what data is needed, how to automate data pipelines, the critical need for tailored analyses, and tech stacks for optimal reusability.

Senior Geospatial Data Analyst | Locana | USA

Tomaz Petek

General Manager | Surveying and Mapping Authority | Republic of Slovenia

Francisco Vala

Director for the Coordination of Territorial Statistics | Statistics Portugal

Nathalie Delattre

Nathalie Delattre Senior Manager , National Geographic Institute , Belgium

Until 2016, she has been production manager of pan-European geographical dataset EuroRegionalMap and is now managing the implementation of the federal geospatial platform geo.be according to INSPIRE compliancy. In the past 3 years, she has been acting as a technical adviser for the Open Map for Europe platform hold by the EuroGeographics association. She is currently deeply involved in the working group on data integration of UNGGIM-Europe as co-chair. She has followed with warm interest the GSW training sessions on geospatial knowledge infrastructure of the past 2 years.

Senior Manager | National Geographic Institute | Belgium

Janusz Dygaszewicz

Director of the ICT Systems | Geostatistics and Census Department | Statistics Poland

Rhian French

Director | Three Trees and a Map PR | UK

James Norris

International Policy Lead | OSGB

Karen Van Ruiten

Director | Institute for Positive Health | The Netherlands

Ravi Shankar

GIS Head | WHO | Switzerland

Henk Scholten

Director Innovation | Geodan | The Netherlands

Doria Tai

Doria Tai Director, Digital Government , Sabah State Public Service Department , Malaysia

Doria Tai has had an extensive career in the Sabah Lands and Surveys Department, starting as a Land Development Planning officer in 1989 and eventually becoming the District Surveyor West Coast North in 1994. She went on to lead the Land Information System Section, which later transformed into the Geospatial Development Management Section, from 1997 until 2019. In 2020, she was appointed as the Director of Digital Government Division within the Sabah State Public Service Department. Throughout her career, Doria has worked on various projects related to ICT, LIS, GIS, and SDI, including the State GDI Clearinghouse. Currently, she is leading the Sabah Geo Hub, a project aimed at providing data to projects and empowering district offices with resource maps for better decision-making. Her work with the Data Integration and Interchange Platform (DIIP) is to harmonise data from People, Business, and Geo Hubs, enabling the facilitation of numerous applications that are transforming public services in the Sabah Government for the benefit of its citizens.

Abstract

Geospatial Data and Mapping for Inclusive Decision-Making during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Sabah Geo Hub Experience

The COVID-19 pandemic presented significant challenges and yet, brought together opportunities for the state government of Sabah to work on the initiatives that aligning to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) principle of leaving no one behind. Inclusive management of information and services are becoming a lot more crucial for reaching all communities during pandemic as well as peace times. In Malaysia and Sabah particularly, due to the lack of infrastructure and technology support in various aspects that strive towards efficient sharing and exchange of big data, it pushes the state government to design its digital government solutions more intuitively. For example, during the pandemic, government needed information on hospital bed availability and quarantine centers to arrange swift patient transportation, the government obtained aggregated data from official sources and social media, stored it in the Sabah Geo Hub to enable more efficient dissemination of information, communication, and awareness efforts. The public was also informed of essential goods' availability, allowing them to safely access these items. This paper discusses the importance of inclusive management during pandemics and highlights the role of geospatial data in addressing these challenges.

Director, Digital Government | Sabah State Public Service Department | Malaysia

Jean Felipe Teotonio

Jean Felipe Teotonio Lead Public Health Analyst , HSR.health , USA

Jean is a public health expert trained in Internal Medicine, Healthcare Quality and Health Equity. He has has a strong understanding of program planning, deployment and evaluation, with 5 years of experience in overseeing regional and national collaborative Quality and Safety as well as Process Improvement initiatives with hospitals and health systems. Jean also has deep expertise in clinical medicine, population health, healthcare systems and quality improvement science, with experience with underserved communities.

Lead Public Health Analyst | HSR.health | USA

Stella Chelangat Mutai

Stella Chelangat Mutai Geospatial Consultant , UN World Food Programme , Italy

Stella is passionate about the use of Earth observation for enhancing capacity in food security and helping farmers increase their yield. She has received various accolades for her exemplary work in promoting the use of EO data and tools to deliver meaningful impact across Africa. At WFP, she provides support with spatial analysis on natural hazards, environmental degradation and other datasets through the development and implementation of EO-based solutions.

Geospatial Consultant | UN World Food Programme | Italy

Clinton Heimann

Clinton Heimann Deputy Director General, Spatial Planning and Land Use Management , National Department of Agriculture Land Reform and Rural Development , South Africa

Clinton Heimann is the Deputy Director General of Spatial Planning and Land Use Management in the National Department of Agriculture Land Reform and Rural Development.

A registered Town and Regional planner by profession, he holds a Master's degree in Town and Regional Planning from the University of Pretoria. He has more than 24 years of professional experience, with a specific focus on strategic planning and programme development and the management of infrastructure and agricultural projects, including infrastructural and institutional development for rural and urban areas in South Africa. He has worked in numerous National Departments, including the: 1. Department of Public Works and Infrastructure, 2. Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries, 3. Department Cooperation Governance and Traditional Affairs.

He is currently responsible for managing and implementing the Department's policies, programmes and budgets across all regions and provinces, as well as promoting integrated spatial planning and land management throughout South Africa through strategic partnerships with relevant national and international stakeholders. He represents South Africa at the UN-GGIM and the UN-GGIM Africa and various other high-level meetings and partnership the SDG Data Alliance.

His current functions include administering the following National Acts: 1. Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act; 2. the Spatial Data Infrastructure Act; and 3. the Planning Professions Act. His key areas of focus over the next 3 years are: 1. The embedding and implementation of the recently gazetted, National Spatial Development Framework 2050, which is South Africa's long-term vision for spatial planning and development, and 2. The development of the South African Spatial Data Infrastructure (SASDI) the cornerstone of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI), will enable the integration of spatial information into decision-making to this end the SDG Data Alliance provides a sound basis for information and technology sharing. This work includes supporting and strengthening the Committee on Spatial Information in terms of coordination, monitoring, and development of spatial information policies, standards, and strategies across the different levels of government.

Abstract

South African Sustainable Development Goals Geospatial Roadmap

South Africa is one of the countries participating in the Sustainable Development Goals Data Alliance and is receiving support from the SDG Data Alliance partners to develop and SDG Data Hub. Although the output of the project is an operational SDG Data Hub, the outcome is also of outmost the importance as the focus is beyond technology but more about strengthening partnerships and a strong governance. Strengthened partnerships and strong governance are critical elements required to sustain the relationship between the two entities responsible for National Statistics System and the National Spatial Data Infrastructure which are Statistics South Africa and the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development.

The three components of governance, technology and people are outlined in the Integrated Geospatial Information Framework (IGIF) as developed by the United Nations - Global Geospatial Information Management Committee of Experts. The IGIF framework provides a basis and guide for developing, integrating, strengthening, and maximizing geospatial information management and related resources within a country. The same framework is applied to formulate the South African SDG Geospatial Roadmap which outlines the path taken and the progress made towards an Integrated Statistics and Geospatial SDG Reporting Programme. Even though the SDG Data Hub is a project with timelines, an Integrated Statistics and Geospatial SDG Reporting Programme is a long-term arrangement between Statistics South Africa and the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development.

The long-term vision of the South African SDG Geospatial Roadmap as outlined by the two entities is to have an integrated statistics and location-based information recognised and accepted as official data for the SDG monitoring and reporting. The main goal is to have every statistical record linked to space(location) because everything happens somewhere.

The first stage of the project included an assessment of both institutions focusing on governance, legislation, policies, standards, data, technology, quality assessment frameworks, etc. In respect of governance, both the Statistics and the Spatial Data Infrastructure legislations provide a solid foundation that fosters collaboration, coordination, and cooperation amongst organs of the two organs of state in support of SDG reporting.

Deputy Director General, Spatial Planning and Land Use Management | National Department of Agriculture Land Reform and Rural Development | South Africa

Francesca Piatto

Francesca Piatto Project Officer , European Association of Remote Sensing Companies (EARSC)

Francesca Piatto is a down-to-Earth professional who works at the intersection of EU policy and projects, community and technology.

Since graduating with her Master in EU External Relations and International Migration from the University of Kent Brussels, Francesca has accrued a range of accomplishments ahead. She collaborated on EU projects with the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Rosario, Argentina, as well as Business Bridge Europe, where she was a key part of the team that delivered the annual EU Space Conference.

More recently, she has been engaged at the European Association of Remote Sensing Companies (EARSC). Here, she coordinates the European Commission's flagship "e-shape" project, which develops and promotes European Earth Observation capabilities with and for the users. Her particular focus is supporting user uptake and managing institutional liaisons.

When not at work, Francesca enjoys hiking; she aims to improve her sailing skills and hopes to someday write a children's book about how satellite data helps the planet.

Project Officer | European Association of Remote Sensing Companies (EARSC)

Nathan Vercruyssen

Nathan Vercruyssen Senior Scientist Engineer , cosine , The Netherlands

Nathan Vercruyssen is one the senior-scientists engineer of cosine's Remote Sensing business unit. cosine is a leading worldwide company in the development of space instrumentation, such as Silicon Pore Optics or remote sensing solutions with onboard processing. These are used in scientific, industrial, medical, environmental, energy, agri/food, security, semiconductor and space applications, with customers ranging from small high-tech companies to large space agencies. Based in the Netherlands, the company combines physics and technology to bring out-of-the-box solutions to its clients. cosine has been developing and delivering innovative measurement systems for space and industrial applications since 1998.

Senior Scientist Engineer | cosine | The Netherlands

Peter Navratil

Peter Navratil Project Manager, Agriculture Information System , GAF , Germany

Peter is expert in Remote Sensing and GIS-based applications for Agriculture, Forestry and Environmental Monitoring, and Senior Project Manager for Agricultural Information Systems and International Insurance at GAF. He has an excellent understanding of biodiversity principles, European biodiversity strategy, climate change mitigation, and European Union Policies like the European Green Deal and the Paris Agreement. With his in-depth knowledge of the Copernicus Programme and Space applications he can look upon a long career of managing large interdisciplinary and international technical projects. He holds an MSc in Geography from the University of Regensburg.

Abstract

AgroSuite - Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security supporting the Governmental and Private Sectors

The EU Common Agricultural Policy requires Governments to use Earth Observation (EO) and geodata in their Agricultural Monitoring. At the same time, EO is a cornerstone in the implementation and verification of a healthy food system in the frame of the EU Green Deal. The GAF AgroSuite provides a comprehensive set of geodata products, services and tools tailored to the Users' needs, including crop- & grassland monitoring, yield forecast, high resolution Soil Moisture at different depths, as well as tools for Agricultural Insurance to mitigate production risks and support sustainable agriculture.

Project Manager, Agriculture Information System | GAF | Germany

Mark Reichardt

Senior Consultant - Geospatial Policy and Technology | Geospatial World | USA

Prateep Basu

Prateep Basu CEO , SatSure , India

Prateep Basu is the co-founder and CEO at SatSure. He has 10+ years of experience working in the space tech ecosystem. Prateep has worked as a scientist at Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Indian space missions, followed by working as an analyst and consultant at Northern Sky Research, a global consultancy firm in the satellite industry. He started SatSure with Abhishek Raju and Rashmit Singh Sukhmani in 2017.

Prateep has a bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Indian Institute of Space science and Technology (IIST) set up by the Dept of Space, India, and a master's from International Space University (ISU), France. His vision is to enable space technology to solve global sustainability challenges at scale.

CEO | SatSure | India

Nollie Maoto

Nollie Maoto Chief Data and Analytics Officer - Merchant Services , First National Bank , South Africa

Nollie Maoto is a FNB (First National Bank) South Africa, Chief Data and Analytics Officer within the Merchant Services business unit. She also has a significant profile and responsibilities outside of FNB within the data and analytics community in South Africa, Africa and internationally. She is a CDO Magazine Editorial Board Member, an internationally recognised American tech magazine.and is the CDO Ambassador for South Africa as approved by MIT CDOIQ, CDO Magazine and the International Institute of Chief Data Officers.

In 2022 alone, she was selected as one of the Global Top 100 Data & Analytics Leaders for 2022, was named one of the CDO Global Data Power Women 2022 and has been named as one of the World's Leading Enterprise Data Leaders for 2022. Nollie is winner of the Data Analytics Leader 2022 in South Africa and also won the coveted Finnovex Chief Data Officer of the Year 2022 award.

Chief Data and Analytics Officer - Merchant Services | First National Bank | South Africa

Philip Mott

General Manager | Esri Europe | The Netherlands

Bernhard Rannegger

Bernhard Rannegger Head Sustainability Solutions , Swiss Re , Switzerland

Bernhard leads the sustainability product area of Swiss Re's Risk Data Services proposition and focuses on bringing actionable sustainability & climate risk insights to Swiss Re's corporate clients.

During his time at Swiss Re, Bernhard has successfully developed analytic solutions for global insurance companies with strategic relevance, driven the development of new advanced analytic offerings in EMEA, and led the implementation of high priority strategic data and analytics initiatives at Swiss Re.

Bernhard brings a strong understanding of data and analytics-driven innovation and end-to-end data product development, combined with a holistic understanding of corporate sustainability challenges and respective solutions.

He is a native of Austria and holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen and a Yale School of Management Executive Education in Corporate Sustainability Management.

Head Sustainability Solutions | Swiss Re | Switzerland

Marc Carolus

Marc Carolus SVP, Insights & Analytics Location Products , Mastercard , Germany

Marc Carolus is a Senior Vice President within Mastercard's Data & Services division, responsible for Location Insights Product Management globally. In this role Marc owns the product strategy, roadmaps and commercial success of Mastercard's location solutions. His focus on product innovation as well as global scaling to 20+ markets have advanced the business amongst key customers and stakeholders.

Prior to joining Mastercard, Marc was a senior project manager at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants in Europe, focused on the telecom and financial services practice, where he was responsible for developing growth and market strategies for a range of clients in the private and retail banking, loyalty and mobile payments industries.

SVP, Insights & Analytics Location Products | Mastercard | Germany

Neena Priyanka

Neena Priyanka Product Manager-Location Intelligence , Precisely , India

During 14+ years in the geospatial industry, Neena has certainly made her mark. She recently played a vital role in the award of a new patent for Geocoding Positional Accuracy, helping with idea development and taking the lead in writing the application. This is an industry development of huge importance - helping to identify how close a geocode is to a likely real-world position, vastly improving location accuracy. This significantly impacts businesses relying upon analysis of precisely located assets on the earth's surface to make critical decisions.

Neena is academically accomplished, with several certifications to her name, including; a PhD in Geospatial Technologies, a Post-Graduate Degree in Machine Learning, and an Executive MBA in International Business from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade. She also recently began a Master's Degree in Data Science, specialising in AI/ML.

On top of this, Neena is generous with her time and knowledge, being an active member of the geospatial community - regularly speaking at conferences, on webinars, and authoring white papers. She is also a proud advocate for Diversity & Inclusion, recently becoming co-leader of the Precisely Women in Technology group, and is an active fundraiser for Girls Who Code.

Product Manager-Location Intelligence | Precisely | India

Emanuele Colonnella

Innovation Activation Manager | Generali | Italy

Mariam Crichton

CEO & Co-founder | 7 Satya | UK

Bernhard Rannegger

Bernhard Rannegger Head Sustainability Solutions , Swiss Re , Switzerland

Bernhard leads the sustainability product area of Swiss Re's Risk Data Services proposition and focuses on bringing actionable sustainability & climate risk insights to Swiss Re's corporate clients.

During his time at Swiss Re, Bernhard has successfully developed analytic solutions for global insurance companies with strategic relevance, driven the development of new advanced analytic offerings in EMEA, and led the implementation of high priority strategic data and analytics initiatives at Swiss Re.

Bernhard brings a strong understanding of data and analytics-driven innovation and end-to-end data product development, combined with a holistic understanding of corporate sustainability challenges and respective solutions.

He is a native of Austria and holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen and a Yale School of Management Executive Education in Corporate Sustainability Management.

Head Sustainability Solutions | Swiss Re | Switzerland

Tina Thomson

Head of Catastrophe Analytics EMEA WS | Gallagher Re | UK

Chris Weller

Chris Weller Head of Catastrophe Modelling , Inigo Insurance , UK

Experienced leader with a demonstrated history of working in the insurance and reinsurance industry, in both Lloyd's and non-Lloyd's environments, for over 16 years. Responsible for Exposure and Catastrophe Modelling at Inigo which includes how we implement the Inigo View of Risk for pricing and portfolio management purposes. The Exposure Management Team is vital to Inigo's understanding of its exposures to both natural and non-natural catastrophe risk and ensuring that we are able to support Inigo's clients when they need us. Chris is a member of the London Market Association (LMA) Exposure Management Working Group as well as a number of other Industry working groups. He studied Earth Sciences (BSc) at Brunel University and is a Fellow of the Geological Society (FGS). Chris also holds the Certified Extreme Events Modelling designation (CEEM).

Head of Catastrophe Modelling | Inigo Insurance | UK

Phil Cottle

Head of Forestry | ForestRe | UK

Arindom Datta

Arindom Datta Senior Advisor, Satsure and Former Executive Director , Rabobank , India

Arindom Datta has over 30 years of experience in Rural Finance, Cooperative, Agribusiness and Climate banking. Arindom is passionate about small holder farmer Agtech developments and Climate solutions. He previously worked with Rabobank, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, IDBI Bank and CARE. Arindom is a Mathematics honours graduate from St. Stephen's College and has an MBA with a specialization in Finance and Strategy from IIM Kozhikode.

Arindom's work is recognized and he has been honoured with the 'India Sustainable Leadership' award at the India Sustainability Leadership Summit in 2017.

Senior Advisor, Satsure and Former Executive Director | Rabobank | India

Jagdish Narayanan

Jagdish Narayanan CIO , Reliance Jio Payments Bank , India

Jagdish Narayanan is the CIO of Jio Payments Bank and Financial Services. With an experience of nearly 3 decades in BFSI and FinTech, he has led technology at digital fintechs such as Jio Payments Bank and Financial Services and Aditya Birla Payments Bank, as well as been a senior technology leader with large multi-national financial institutions such as Citi, Barclays, Bank of America. He has deep knowledge of global businesses in the domains of digital wallets, digital payments, paperless and friction-free e-commerce, Cash Management, Payments, Liquidity Management, Trade Finance, by virtue of experience in heading large global technology portfolios across regions such as North America, EMEA, and Africa.

CIO | Reliance Jio Payments Bank | India

Jaskaran Lamba

Jaskaran Lamba VP, Compliance Analytics, ASP Risk and Compliance , HSBC , Hong Kong

Jas works as Vice President in the Asia-Pacific, Risk and Compliance Analytics team at HSBC Hong Kong. He is a technical subject matter expert working closely with global, regional and local business and tech teams on Transaction Monitoring (TM) models and other financial crime risk controls. Previously, he was working as a Senior Product Manager at Serai, a fully owned HSBC digital start up subsidiary.

Prior to Hong Kong, he worked in HSBC New York, in model risk management and reviewing capital provisions. Before HSBC, he co-founded and successfully operated a start-up in India, ActiKnow Consulting, an international B2B analytics advisory firm. He completed his Masters from Columbia University and went to Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi for his undergraduate studies in Engineering.

VP, Compliance Analytics, ASP Risk and Compliance | HSBC | Hong Kong

Chandru Badrinarayanan

Chandru Badrinarayanan Chief Operating Officer , Blue Sky Analytics , India

Chandru Badrinarayanan is the Chief Operating Officer of new-age climate tech firm Blue Sky Analytics, converting satellite data into actionable climate data sets for all parts of the world with multiple use cases.

Chandru has over 35 years of experience across Sustainability, ESG, Climate Change, Investments, Risk Management, Credit Ratings & Banking. His earlier stints were as country head for India, at global index and ESG research leader, MSCI, and at Crisil (a Standard & Poors company). He was a special invitee to the technical committee which drafted the sustainable finance regulations for India.

Chief Operating Officer | Blue Sky Analytics | India

Darell van der Voort

Darell van der Voort Senior Data Engineer , VIDA , The Netherlands

Darell van der Voort is a highly skilled Senior Data Engineer with a 8-year track record of designing and managing robust, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructures for demanding high-load environments. A fervent advocate for open-source and cloud-native geospatial technologies, Darell is committed to pushing the boundaries of innovation in his field. Currently working at VIDA, he harnesses his expertise to address global challenges by processing vast geospatial data and embracing modern cloud-native geospatial data formats. Darell flourishes in VIDA's diverse and collaborative atmosphere, where cutting-edge solutions are born from inclusive teamwork.

Senior Data Engineer | VIDA | The Netherlands

Danny Haynes

Danny Haynes Head of Product , Kroo Bank , UK

Danny Haynes is the Head of Product at Kroo Bank, where the shared vision is to create a bank that is both trusted and loved by its customers. Danny has 20 years' experience predominantly in BFSI, building innovative technology to positively disrupt and solve tier one problems. Thinking from first principles, Danny and the Product team at Kroo Bank lead a talented, diverse group to deliver products that are great for your money, and good for the planet. Prior to Kroo Bank, Danny founded and grew a data science powered startup, and outside of BFSI, also developed products at BBC News and Cambridge University.

Head of Product | Kroo Bank | UK

Dr. Beth Crane

Dr. Beth Crane VP, Data Operations , DataPlor , US

Dr. Beth Crane is an experienced business leader currently serving as the Vice President of Data Operations at DataPlor. Her primary responsibility is to lead a team that is responsible for providing the most accurate global point of interest data. Beth is passionate about solving complex problems and is known for her ability to drive business outcomes through data-driven decision-making.

Before joining DataPlor, Beth has held several leadership roles, including Senior Vice President of Delivery & Transformation and VP of Data. She has over a decade of experience in merging and analyzing disparate data. Beth's extensive experience and expertise in data management have made her a valuable asset to organizations looking to drive business success through the use of data.

VP, Data Operations | DataPlor | US

Asif Khan

Founder and CEO GroundLevel Insights and Founder LBMA | Canada

Carsten Szameitat

Sr. Director Global Partnerships | Svarmony | Germany

Kacy Harding

Former VP | Culligan International & Philips | The Netherlands

Bas Jansen Venneboer

Managing Partner | Local Eyes | The Netherlands

Gladis Araujo

Gladis Araujo VP Global Quality Systems & Supply Chain , Mattel , The Netherlands

Gladis Araujo is a Global business leader with over 25 years of delivering continuous improvement, operational excellence and cost optimization on four continents in the end to end supply chain field. Experienced leader in starting up operations in new markets, merges, acquisitions, major re-organizations and turnovers, nearshoring, and building/leading cross-cultural teams.

Gladis Araujo has been acknowledge by the Global Chamber of Commerce in Malaysia as "2018 and 2019 Top Women Inspiring Humanity Award" for her contributions to her communities and recently by the Tecnologico de Monterrey as 2021 Top Tech Woman Award in Transformational Power.

VP Global Quality Systems & Supply Chain | Mattel | The Netherlands

Krishen Joshi

Head of Marketing Science | Mindshare | UK

Hannah Babineau

Hannah Babineau Head of Partnerships , The Data Appeal Company , Italy

Hannah is the International Marketing and Partnerships Manager at The Data Appeal Company, headquartered in Florence, Italy. She joined the team in 2018 after previously working in the finance and events industries. Hannah has previously spoken at the Tourism Innovation Summit in Seville, Spain and the X Festival in London, England. She has over 8 years of experience in international marketing and strategy, business development and event management.

Abstract

The Role of Reputation in Location Intelligence (or similar topic related to Sentiment Analysis and Reputation Management)

Discover the qualitative side of Geospatial Data and Location Intelligence, and delve into the immense value of Sentiment and Footfall Data Enrichment. Explore how enriching data sets with Sentiment Analysis and Footfall scores can support your organization: - Create more effective marketing strategies to target address audiences - Activate data-driven Site Selection and Distributor Qualification by leveraging reviews and ratings - Find out the peak and off-peak across a territory to implement out-of-home advertising in the right place, at the right time, and much more!

Head of Partnerships | The Data Appeal Company | Italy

Rakesh Rana

Rakesh Rana Head of Data , Haypp Group , Sweden

Rakesh Rana is a Head of Data at Haypp Group, working mainly with Data Science for solving business problems and creating customer value. Rakesh received his M.S. in Finance and PhD in Computer Science from University of Gothenburg, Sweden. His work and research interests revolve around using data science and machine learning mainly within the Ecommerce & Finance domain.

Head of Data | Haypp Group | Sweden

Ana Coman Bastarrica

Ana Coman Bastarrica GIS Specialist , Booking.com , Spain

Ana Coman Bastarrica is a GIS Specialist from Buenos Aires, Argentina, currently based in Barcelona, Spain. Her 10 years of experience working in online content and e-commerce include product development, design, & content creation for both local and international markets. As a GIS Specialist, she has been part of Booking.com's Location Intelligence Team for the last +5 years, focusing on the use of GIS to provide geospatial data, insights and solutions by combining commercial and geospatial awareness, and leveraging data analysis, visualisation and storytelling skills.

Abstract

Mapping for Customer Needs in Iconic Events Around the World

Have you ever thought about maps when planning a trip to attend a well-known international event? Maps are a powerful and impactful way of communicating relevant information in an easy language to broader audiences. The Location Intelligence Team in Booking.com has developed an iterative, adaptable and scalable approach to analyse vibes and facilities around key events worldwide, to help deliver a seamless online experience that makes it easier for everyone to explore the world. Using geospatial analysis and the power of location intelligence, we are able to provide travellers with relevant and timely information about, e.g. transportation, accessibility, food & dining, arts & culture options around the most iconic sport and cultural events. The presentation will provide an overview of the process and methodology used to deliver the final output, walking the audience through the data processing, spatial analysis steps and finalising with map creation. I will also share a series of animated maps, showing the data analysis approach and the results for various events around the world.

GIS Specialist | Booking.com | Spain

Thomas Waddington

Thomas Waddington Senior Manager Geospatial & Market Intelligence , ASDA , UK

Dr Waddington is a Geospatial Intelligence manager from the North East of England, currently based in Leeds. He has 6 years of experience working in the grocery retail sector, predominantly supporting the Property and Estates business with location intelligence through analytics, modelling and reporting.

Thomas has completed a PhD from the University of Leeds. His thesis focused on improving forecasting capabilities in the convenience grocery sector through a better understanding and subsequent modelling of spatial-temporal dimensions in spend. Effectively, how to better account for consumer movements throughout the day and changes in their behaviours resulting in knock-on impact to sales models.

Senior Manager Geospatial & Market Intelligence | ASDA | UK

Akshat Pipersenia

Akshat Pipersenia Head- Customer Strategy & Planning , Unilever , The Netherlands

A seasoned strategy and business professional with experience in revenue management, commercial strategy, pricing and portfolio management with diverse international assignments. Passionate about executional excellence, capability building and leading organizational change.

Specialties: Revenue Growth Management, E-Commerce, Pricing, Digital transformation, Account management, Portfolio design, Route to Market, Data Analytics, Supply Chain Excellence, Cost Optimization

Head- Customer Strategy & Planning | Unilever | The Netherlands

Anna Baecklund

Anna Baecklund Head of Data Science , ICA Sverige AB , Sweden

Data Scientist Leader, multilingual, seeking to drive impact and build a world-class data science team at ICA. A skilled communicator capable of explaining complex issues with clarity to diverse audiences. I am responsible for leading innovation using data science and driving the education of AI across the company by envisioning and executing strategies that will improve business performance. One way I do this is by providing thought leadership around data and computing environments. My ambition is to be an inspiring leader who empowers and builds trust within my team. It is also important to me to grow data talent while fostering an inclusive environment and developing scalable processes to make data accessible across organizations, especially to non-technical stakeholders.

Head of Data Science | ICA Sverige AB | Sweden

Sesillia Pongoh

Sesillia Pongoh CEO - Founder , Locator Logic Solutions , Indonesia

Having experiences almost 6 years working in the world's leading GIS (Geographical Information Systems) Company - ESRI, running own business called Locator Logic Solutions since 2015, my mission is to bring the awareness to business people what the value of location is to their success of business.

Abstract

Define your Business Modeling Formula

Insight from sales and demographic data integration.

CEO - Founder | Locator Logic Solutions | Indonesia

Sanket Gupta

Sanket Gupta Group Product Manager , Google , USA

Sanket is a strategic leader with 15+ years of experience in international markets, product strategy and growth, management consulting, operations and go-to-market.

Sanket is currently responsible for Google Maps in key strategic markets in India, Indonesia, Brazil, Japan etc helping Google's Geospatial products meet the needs of 100s of millions of users in these countries. Sanket also manages a globallly distributed team that is responsible for market insights, execution, launches and go-to-market for Google maps.

Group Product Manager | Google | USA

Michael Ashmore

Michael Ashmore Sr Director, Product Management , Precisely , USA

Michael Ashmore is the portfolio director for the Geo Addressing product line. He is a veteran of the geospatial industry having spent over 20 years solving location-based problems for clients in various sales, operational and product management roles and is an expert in global addressing and geocoding. Prior to this he was a Business Process Management specialist. Mike is a British national who has made his home in Boulder, Colorado.

Abstract

Drive More Business with Accurate, Enriched Customer Data

No matter where an organization first captures customer data - mobile app, website, kiosk, or live call center - getting a correct address is a persistent headache that infects downstream business processes like distribution, shipping, and personalized marketing. The cure? Geo addressing. Ensure accurate address data from just a few keystrokes and enrich your customer profile with geo-based context.

Sr Director, Product Management | Precisely | USA

Clemens Schotte

Clemens Schotte Sr Program Manager , Microsoft Maps & Geospatial , The Netherlands

Clemens Schotte is a Sr. Program Manager at Microsoft, specializing in Maps & Geospatial. He's a leading advocate for Microsoft's mapping tech, Azure Maps and Bing Maps. As a blogger, Clemens shares his insights on geospatial tech, logistics, and mapping, making him a sought-after speaker at events like the Geospatial World Forum (GWF) 2023. He's known for his flexible problem-solving approach and passion for innovation in mapping and geospatial data.

Sr Program Manager | Microsoft Maps & Geospatial | The Netherlands

Bert Klaassens

Bert Klaassens Senior Economic Advisor , Authority for Consumers and Markets , The Netherlands

Bert Klaassens is an economist with the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM). He has almost 25 years of work experience in the public sector, with a great part in telecommunication regulation. On behalf of ACM he is co-chair of the Planning & Future Trends working group of BEREC, the body of European telecom regulators. Besides drafting the strategy documents, his team also explores new technological developments and relates this to regulation. You can always find his interest where economics (competition), legal and technology come together. Topics that have is interest are a.o. 5G/6G, AI, IoT, MEC.

Senior Economic Advisor | Authority for Consumers and Markets | The Netherlands

Tomaz Sturm

Tomaz Sturm Undersecretary, Telecommunications , Agency for Communication Networks and Services , Slovenia

Dr. Tomaz Sturm is a GIS expert with more than 20 years of experience in working with spatial data and analyses. He joined the Agency for communication netowrks and services of the Republic of Slovenia in 2018 as an undersecretary. He is responsible for agency public geoportal with data focused on electronic communications, network coverages, drive tests and related spatial layers. His daily work consists of analysis on fixed and mobile network data. Tomaz is a big fan of open source software for GIS and shares his enthusiasm and knowledge in his country.

Undersecretary, Telecommunications | Agency for Communication Networks and Services | Slovenia

Ronald van Coevorden

Ronald van Coevorden Senior Key Account Manager , Trimble , The Netherlands

Ronald van Coevorden is a Senior Key Account Manager at Trimble. He has a geodesy background from Delft University of Technology and almost 30 years experience in the geospatial industry. The last 20 years Ronald spend with Trimble in a variety of sales related positions in locations in Asia (Bangkok), USA (Denver) and Europe. Since returning to Europe, Ronald van Coevorden manages a team that focuses on driving Trimble's geospatial solutions into specific vertical markets throughout the EMEA region.

Abstract

In all phases of the planning, design, construction and maintenance of a telecommunication network (e.g. fiber, 5G) geospatial technologies play a key role. To plan networks it is key to bring information about the demand and the build-up environment together to allow for an efficient and cost-effective roll-out of the network. During the design and construction augmented reality (AR) technologies can assist field workers to e.g. locate existing underground utilities and/or verify the proposed design. During the operational phase geospatial solutions can help predict maintenance needs.

Senior Key Account Manager | Trimble | The Netherlands

Fourat Haider

Network Strategy and Architecture Manager | Three UK | UK

Bharadwaj Pulugundla

Business Development Partner | Verizon Business Group | Netherlands

Andrie Singh

Andrie Singh Product Manager , Jio Platforms Limited , India

Andrie Singh is currently working as a Product Manager (Jio Fiber Planning) at Reliance-Jio (India's biggest telecom company). Previously she worked at HERE Technologies for 6 years as Process Design Engineer and GIS Data Analyst. She has done Masters in Science in Geoinformatics from Symbiosis Institute of Geoinformatics (Pune, India) and was awarded the Chancellor's Certificate of Academic Excellence for scoring the highest marks. She passed her undergrad in Physics from Patna Women's College (Patna, India) with 2nd rank and was awarded with Post Graduation Scholarship by Govt of India. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. She has published five research papers and three white papers. Two research papers on Nanotechnology won the Best Paper award from the University Grants Commission (a Statutory Body of Govt of India). Her paper on 'Geo-simulative Approach to Road Accident Analysis' wherein she developed a geostatistical Model (RAYSIM - Road Accident Analysis Simulative Model) won the Best Presentation award at IIT Bombay. Another paper on 'GIS in Rural Marketing' won the Best presentation award at a premier B School in India. During her tenure at HERE Technologies, she published three white papers on 'Defining Cities' (developed model for ranking cities based on their complexities), 'CityEngine' (improving the efficiency of building 3D cities models), 'LiDAR data - Method and Data' (effective usage of LiDAR data for enhanced 3D City modeling).

Product Manager | Jio Platforms Limited | India

Colin Newman

Colin Newman Director of Antenna Business Development , Quectel , UK

Colin Newman is the Global Director of Antenna Business Development at global IoT solutions provider Quectel. Although starting his career as an electronics engineer, Colin has spent the last 35 years in various Global Sales and Marketing roles for telecoms components with the last 14 years holding senior positions in companies specialising in the Radio Frequency (RF) Antenna industry working with leading companies like Mircosoft, Samsung, LG, Nokia and many more. In this time Colin has worked on thousands of different IoT customer projects, pushing the boundaries of antenna technology, materials and working with operators on the many global network requirements.

Abstract

5G Brings a Whole New Improvement to Cellular Based Positioning

The applications for GNSS technology today range across drone delivery, self-driving vehicles, cargo logistics, augmented reality, Internet of Things, remote education, telemedicine solutions, environmental monitoring, smart cities and many more. With 5G as the backbone, it will deliver high-speed, low-latency broadband connectivity that will open the door to a whole new generation of GNSS applications with enhanced parameters for positioning accuracy down to the meter and even centimeter accuracy. We explore the many benefits this brings to us.

Director of Antenna Business Development | Quectel | UK

Matt Hawkins

Matt Hawkins Principal Solution Engineer , Kinetica , USA

Matt has nearly two decades of experience in building and selling technology solutions. Starting his career in finanical services he worked on everything from mainframes through to real time payments systems. In 2013 Matt worked for his first startup in the Hadoop space and he developed a love of everything data and analytics. After spending a decade managing global teams acrosss pre and post sales, he took the position of CTO at CaryRx where he works to build the best digital pharmacy and analytics experience for patients and health care professionals.

Principal Solution Engineer | Kinetica | USA

JAN SLAATS

JAN SLAATS Geospatial Application Engineer , The Nature Conservancy , USA

Jan Slaats has over 24 years of experience in conservation GIS for TNC, a leading global conservation NGO, with a mission to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends. Based in Minnesota, he provides geospatial software and services to TNCs geospatial community of over 1,800 staff and manages the organization's Esri Enterprise account. He serves on the Conservancy's Geospatial Leadership Council to help design a strategic, community-driven collective vision for geospatial technology within the organization. Jan also supports 48 non-profit partner conservation NGOs, working in 145 locations around the Globe.

Geospatial Application Engineer | The Nature Conservancy | USA

Matthew Pennells

Global Community Engagement Director | Esri | UAE

Michael Breetzke

Michael Breetzke Director, Business Development , Swift Geospatial , South Africa

Co-Founder and Director of Swift Geospatial, Michael Breetzke, the role is to promote business development. His background is based in remote sensing and GIS with BSc Geography degree from the University of Pretoria. At present the passion lies within sustainability monitoring and bringing geospatial analysis to all and not just those with geospatial skills.

Abstract

Leveraging high temporal satellite imagery for forestry monitoring

Natural forestry monitoring is based on satellite imagery technology. The topic will cover the requirement for transparency and monitoring of deforestation as well as how best this can be achieved using satellite imagery for decision support and traceability.

Director, Business Development | Swift Geospatial | South Africa

Chuen-Fa Ni

Chuen-Fa Ni Professor and Director , Center for Environmental Studies, National Central University , Taiwan R.O.C.

Dr. Ni is the director of the Center for Environmental Studies at National Central University. His main research themes are numerical modeling of hydro-mechanical-chemical processes in porous and fractured media, hydraulic tests and inverse problems, groundwater and surface water interactions, submarine groundwater discharge, and IoT groundwater monitoring.

Abstract

An interactive geospatial platform for earth environmental data visualization and real-time numerical modeling

Groundwater is one of the relatively stable water resources in most countries compared to surface water resources. The increasing variability of climate conditions has made the sustainable management of groundwater resources a challenging task. The web platform provides an excellent open environment for groundwater investigations. However, most groundwater-relevant web platforms mainly focus on data visualization. The data (points, polylines, and polygons) and pre-analysis results (i.e., the figures) overlap a street map to indicate the location of interests and quantify the influenced regions of groundwater hazards. Such a one-way interaction framework has significantly limited the implementations of measurement data and groundwater-relevant applications. The study aims to develop an online web-based platform for groundwater data visualization, temporal and spatial data analysis, mesh generation and flow modeling. The study integrates multiple program languages such as Java, C, Python, and FORTRAN to bridge the data flow and online visualization. The interactive real-time web environment enables users to screen temporal and spatial measurements on the web map, conduct online data analyses, and develop numerical groundwater models. With a well-designed database and numerous modules for data analyses and modeling, the platform allows users to share data and develop collaborative activities. The built-in analysis tools can also improve the efficiency of groundwater management and decision-making processes.

Professor and Director | Center for Environmental Studies, National Central University | Taiwan R.O.C.

Bhavyata Jethva

Bhavyata Jethva Secretary, National Director , River Rejuvenation Projects, VVKI, The Art of Living , India

Bhavyata Jethva is an environmentalist committed to work for solving water crisis of India. Her professional career spans over 18 years, working for bringing balance in nature in different countries like the UK, UAE, Germany and now in India. She is also a former member of the Chartered Institute of Environmentalists, UK. Currently, she is associated with the Limca Book of Records featured River Rejuvenation Social Projects by an NGO named VVKI in India. Her projects have been awarded for GeoSpatial Excellence in 2019 in India.

Abstract

Achieving SDGs: A Case Study of River Rejuvenation Projects by NGO (VVKI)

Drying up of perennial rivers, continuous ground water extraction but no recharge, imbalance in nature led to water stress and water unavailability in dry summer months in India, resulting in reduced farming activities and even farmer suicides. An NGO named VVKI came forward to work for river rejuvenation social projects to solve the water crisis by public private partnership and in the last one decade, has successfully demonstrated the impact it can create using GeoSpatial Technology in millions of lives. This topic needs global attention for more support from all stakeholders (like farmers, corporates, government agencies, other NGOs, Volunteer Individual groups, Students) and engagement of more stakeholders wanting to collaborate in this field. Hence, I would like to present this case study.

Secretary, National Director | River Rejuvenation Projects, VVKI, The Art of Living | India

Brooke Hatcher

Brooke Hatcher Geospatial Data Lead , New Light Technologies , USA

Brooke leads research and development of geospatial solutions for the homeland security and disaster response communities. She has been instrumental in developing AI/ML tools to assess remotely-sensed imagery to detect natural hazards and assess and predict impacts to communities. This work has involved development of novel models to identify and prioritize risk and isolated communities used to guide response operations for the Office of Response and Recovery.

Geospatial Data Lead | New Light Technologies | USA

Chiranjit Guha

Chiranjit Guha Principal Consultant, Analytics , Foundation for Ecological Security , India

Myself, Chiranjit Guha, completed my post-graduation (Master of Technology) in Applied Geology from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee in 2005. I did my graduation from Presidency College (Calcutta University) with Geology honors and Chemistry, mathematics as minors. After completion of my post-graduation I joined Foundation for Ecological Security and posted in Bhilwara, Rajasthan (India). My job profile was to carry out hydrogeological survey in all the remote villages where FES is working to ensure water availability through participatory ground water management after taking care of natural resources with community mobilization. I worked for Bhilwara, Udaipur, Pratapgarh, Mandsaur, Ujjain, Agar, Mandla, Yavatmal, Angul, Koraput, Anand, Dahod, Anantapur, Chittoor, Kolar, Chikaballapur area on the same and helping FES field teams to understand the local hydrogeological features and characteristics for better decision making. I have been closely associated with Clemson University on carry out hydrogeological research project in Agar, Madhya Pradesh. I visited Clemson University (South Carolina) to spend months in summer camp on hydrogeological investigation techniques and also helped their students by teaching geophysical survey on field. In 2011, I joined Environment Engineering department of M.N.Dastur & Co (Pvt) Ltd, (an engineering consultant company) where I closely worked with RioTinto for their diamond mine project nearby Khajuraho (Bunder) for 2 and half years on mine pit hydrogeology. At the same time I also worked for different clients like Tata Steel, Arcelor Mittal, Bandel Thermal Power Corporation etc on hydrogeological investigation. During this tenure I have been accredited to NABET (National Accreditation Board of Education and Training) to work as a functional expert on EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment). In 2013, I joined back to FES and presently working on India Observatory program of FES.

Abstract

Tool based Hydrogeological approach for efficacy and efficiency to address soil and water conservation in India

India is the largest user of groundwater in the world. It uses an estimated 230 cubic kilometers of groundwater per year - over a quarter of the global total. More than 60% of irrigated agriculture and 85% of drinking water supplies are dependent on groundwater in the country. Moreover groundwater acts a critical buffer against the variability of monsoon rains. Despite the valuable nature of the resource, 29% of groundwater blocks are semi-critical, critical, or overexploited, and the situation is deteriorating rapidly. Climate change will further strain groundwater resources. This will have serious implications for the sustainability of agriculture, long-term food security, livelihoods, and economic growth. It is estimated that over a quarter of the country's harvest will be at risk. India has both hard-rock and alluvial aquifers which differ considerably in their physical and socioeconomic profiles and require very different sets of solutions at both the macro and micro levels. There are levels of complexity to understanding the nature of recharge potentiality of a specific area because of varied rock types, slope and landuse/landcover. Lack of availability of scientific information on geological attributes at the village level resists village community to make an informed decision on soil and water conservation measures. The treatment plan for the area therefore needs to be made after assessing the different physical properties of the land. To aid in this process, a composite approach has been identified with the help of spatial data of different resolutions but at a uniform scale under the GIS umbrella and made available through an android application (GIS enabled) for informed decision making on the field. The tool has been largely adopted by different state governments and NGOs to prepare more than 400 thousand plans for soil and water conservation. This decision support tool provides location specific information through colour coded maps in a user friendly manner that enable village communities to plan and develop estimates of the soil and water conservation interventions without help of Engineers and Internet at field.

Principal Consultant, Analytics | Foundation for Ecological Security | India

Clint Graumann

Clint Graumann CEO , NUVIEW, Inc , USA

"Clint Graumann is a serial entrepreneur in the New Space industry, and the Co-Founder and CEO at NUVIEW, Inc. and TerraMetric, LLC. At NUVIEW, he oversees the vision and strategy of the company and is responsible for the overall growth and financial profitability. As a seasoned professional, Clint's expertise is in building and leading teams in the technology space. He has vast experience in international project management, global growth strategies, corporate strategy development and business planning at company, business division and product levels, as well as distribution and go-to-market design innovation. With NUVIEW, Clint is setting high standards for the New Space industry. He is a frequent presenter at NewSpace and Geospatial events."

Abstract

NUVIEW: 3D Mapping the World with LiDAR From Space

NUVIEW is building the world's first LiDAR imaging satellite constellation to 3D map the world at national mapping standards.

CEO | NUVIEW, Inc | USA

Peter Rieger

Peter Rieger Airborne Laser Scanning Business Division Manager , RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems GmbH , Austria

Peter Rieger is responsible manager for airborne laser scanning products at RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems GmbH located in Horn, Austria. He received a MSc degree in telecommunications engineering from the Vienna University of Technology in 2002. His research interests cover ranging techniques in scanning LiDAR, with emphasis on methods for resolving range ambiguities, full waveform analysis, and inertial navigation/GNSS.

Abstract

RIEGL's dedicated instruments for high efficiency airborne laser scanning

We will present our latest innovative products for wide area mapping applications. An insight on technical details of the new VQ-1260 and VQ-1460 will be given, focusing on their impact to reaching an unprecedented acquisition efficiency for high altitude and high point density scan data collection. The instruments' high productivity is demonstrated by way of representative demo projects. Another aspect of high efficiency in airborne laser scanning involves the use of a wing pod. Easy to mobilize and rapidly installed, the VQX-1 wing pod can be used for medium area projects all around the world - without the need for a dedicated survey aircraft. We will discuss technical details and demonstrate usability.

Airborne Laser Scanning Business Division Manager | RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems GmbH | Austria

Steven McArdle

Steven McArdle Chief Innovation Officer , VeriDaaS Corporation , Canada

Mr. McArdle is Chief Innovation Officer and Geospatial Scientist leading a team on product innovation at VeriDaaS to create geointelligence solutions using Geiger Model LiDAR data through machine learning, and the fusion of multispectral imagery with geospatial technology. Mr. McArdle has over 25 years experience in vertical markets of water resources, transportation, utilities, forestry, defence intelligence and environmental health.

Chief Innovation Officer | VeriDaaS Corporation | Canada

Ana Puttonen

Ana Puttonen Software Support Engineer , Terrasolid , Finland

Ana Puttonen joined Terrasolid team in the headquarters in Finland as a software support engineer after completing her PhD at TU WIEN in Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation in the group of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing in Vienna, Austria. She gained LiDAR data processing experience during various research projects, at the department of Geodesy and Geoinformation, University of Belgrade in Serbia, including international programs at the Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing in Karlsruhe (KIT) in Germany, at the Federal Institute for Education, Science and Technology in Minas Gerais in Brazil, as visiting researcher at Institute of Mountain Science, Shinshu University in Japan, and as a research scientist at National Land Survey of Finland.

Software Support Engineer | Terrasolid | Finland

Eduard Roccatello

Eduard Roccatello CTO , 3DGIS srl , Italy

Eduard Roccatello is the CTO and partner of 3DGIS, an Italian GIS company. He is leading the 3D geospatial R&D and also the lead software architect of Cityvu, 3DGIS' lidar and urban data visualizer.

CTO | 3DGIS srl | Italy

Prashant Alatgi

Prashant Alatgi Owner , Prashant Advanced Survey LLP , India

With 23 years of industrial experience, a Post Graduate Civil Engineer, secured a gold medal & 2nd Rank in University of Pune; currently perusing Ph.D. in advanced Surveying; made application of advanced Land Surveying & Mapping techniques the passion in his life. Head : Technical & BD of his Company 'Prashant Surveys' & Designated Partner of 'Prashant Advanced Survey LLP' headquartered at Pune, India. Completed more than 25,000 Km of highway & 2,500 Km Railway Topographic Survey projects in India using the cutting edge Mobile LiDAR / DGPS Technology with Leica 'Pegasus Two' & Leica GS14 GNSS systems.

Owner | Prashant Advanced Survey LLP | India

Arnout van Raaij

Product Manager | Cyclomedia | The Netherlands

Steffen Kuhn

Steffen Kuhn Head of Consulting , Elektrobit Automotive GmbH , Germany

For over 20 years, Steffen Kuhn has been consulting automotive companies. He works for Elektrobit as the Head of Consulting. Steffen Kuhn has initiated a working group in the OADF (Open Autodrive Forum) regarding map safety and published a whitepaper regarding this topic together with Baidu. Currently he supports the definition of HD map requirements for the upcoming technical specification ISO TS 5083 (safety for driving automation functions).

Head of Consulting | Elektrobit Automotive GmbH | Germany

Pascal Van Dalen

Chief Growth Officer | Picterra | Switzerland

Aaron Su

Aaron Su Software Engineer , Element 84 , USA

Aaron Su is a software engineer and the technical lead of the GroundWork (https://groundwork.azavea.com/) product at Azavea. He has a background in geographic information science, computer science, and cartography. He has worked on open-source products such as Raster Foundry (https://rasterfoundry.azavea.com/) and Franklin (https://azavea.github.io/franklin/), and has contributed to STAC spec (https://github.com/radiantearth/stac-spec).

Abstract

Human-in-the-loop Machine Learning with Realtime Model Predictions on Satellite Images

Acquiring and labeling geospatial data from satellite images for training machine learning models is a time-consuming and expensive process. Meanwhile, the improvement of the underlying model in the conventional workflow does not get domain-specific human feedback until late in the process. This process is further impaired by the lack of specialized open-source tools for dealing with the idiosyncrasies of geospatial data. In order to mitigate the high cost and time investment currently required to generate new annotations and train models, I will present a workflow based on human-in-the-loop (HITL) active learning that enables users to spend their labeling budget more efficiently while still being able to train a high-performing model. In this talk, I will present a solution and lessons learned that provide a real-time HITL active learning workflow on satellite images and give attendees insight into how a HITL learning process on remote imagery can be incorporated into their own solutions. This workflow incorporates our image annotation platform, GroundWork (https://groundwork.azavea.com), with our open-source deep learning framework, Raster Vision (https://rastervision.io). It allows data experts to immediately see the effect of their created labels on the model's performance and gives GIS and machine learning experts a clear view of the model's current strength and weaknesses at all times. Because of this, the workflow speeds up the labeling-training-labeling cycle and makes the connection between the AI and human experts easy and seamless. Attendees will see how we incorporate the available and open-source tools for a human-in-the-loop active learning experience, and how we approach the interoperability challenges, which helps attendees make use of the data and model products in their downstream workflow. This loop complies with the STAC (https://stacspec.org) and OGC Features (https://www.ogc.org/standards/ogcapi-features) open standards.

Software Engineer | Element 84 | USA

Julia Gottfriedsen

Julia Gottfriedsen Data Science Team Lead , OroraTech GmbH , Germany

Julia is leading the Data Science Team at the Munich-based new space company OroraTech. She has a background in environmental science and ML engineering & research (Siemens, DLR, ESA).

Abstract

Thermal Infrared Satellite Data

Intro: Our Satellite FOREST-1, planned constellation - thermal infrared data products overview - data analytics and applied ML on thermal infrared data - use cases: fire hazard estimation, fire spread modelling

Data Science Team Lead | OroraTech GmbH | Germany

Jeroen Brouwer

Jeroen Brouwer Senior Manager, Customer Program Management , TomTom , The Netherlands

Jeroen Brouwer is a Senior Manager Customer Program Management at TomTom and he brings more than 10 years of experience in the field of data in the mobility space. Jeroen is an active speaker at public events and has helped customers around the world taking advantage of real-time and historical traffic solutions.

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Real-Time Sensor Derived Observations for Traffic Information

The world of Sensor Derived Observations is creating new use-cases in a very fast pace. Where the world of Floating Car Data (GPS) exists for years the world of using Sensor data from moving objects for real-time maps and traffic is completely new. In this presentation the audience will learn about what type of data this is about and how this is powering new solutions.