I work at the Geodetic Institute of Slovenia in Ljubljana as Head of Digital Transformation and contribute to projects as a Senior Geospatial Data Scientist and Remote Sensing Specialist. My work focuses primarily around the analysis of multispectral, hyperspectral, and SAR imagery, as well as LiDAR point clouds, though I enjoy tackling data problems of all kinds. I rely heavily on Python, GRASS, GDAL, PDAL, QGIS and PostgreSQL for data torturing and distribution. I love Linux. I currently serve as the secretary of the Slovenian OSGeo Local Chapter.

Alex Leith is the Founder of and Executive Director at Auspatious. Alex has a deep history of delivering operational data infrastructure and working to make data more easily accessible. Alex is a leader in the Earth observation community, dedicated to promoting sustainability through better data access.

Aman Chaudhary is a Geospatial Software Developer. His work focuses on building scalable, open-source geospatial infrastructure that supports decision-making, monitoring, and planning across diverse domains, including water resources, agriculture, climate, urban development, disaster risk, and sustainability.
Website: https://www.amanchaudhary.com/

Open source enthusiast with strong experience in Java development and GIS. Personal interest range from high performance software, managing large data volumes, software testing and quality, spatial data analysis algorithms, map rendering.
Full time open source developer on GeoServer and GeoTools, regular presenter at F0SS4G.
Received the Sol Katz's OSGeo award in 2017.

Anthony Lukach is a software engineer at Development Seed, where he builds open-source tools for geospatial data infrastructure. His work spans the eoAPI ecosystem, STAC-based access control, and cloud-native data platforms.

I'm a software engineer from Rome, Italy, with experience in e-government, fintech, GIS, and e-learning. I'm a passionate FOSS and open data advocate, I love data visualization and creating technologies that break down barriers. My broader interests include human technology and philosophy. I'm thrilled to connect with the Japanese open-source community.

Working as a data engineer at UP42.
I'm a lifelong amateur actor.

Charmyne Mamador is an information designer and data visualization specialist working at the intersection of geospatial data, storytelling, and human-centered design. She focuses on transforming complex datasets into clear, interpretable, and engaging visualizations and user-centered tools. Her work emphasizes iterative design, experimentation, and effective communication.

She has experience across GIS workflows, data processing, and front-end visualization, using a mix of open-source tools and web technologies to create interactive and scalable data products. She is part of the Content and Education team at Flourish (Canva), contributing to resources that support effective data storytelling.

Chris Stoner is the Open Environmental and Geospatial Data Lead for the AWS Open Data team. Before joining the AWS Open Data Team, Chris was the Lead Product Manager on the AWS Ground Station team developing “antennas as a service“ for Space customers. Chris also worked as a contractor to NASA at the Alaska Satellite Facility (ASF) in Fairbanks, Alaska, developing architectures for Sentinel-1 and NISAR missions in the cloud. Ms. Stoner has an MBA from University of Massachusetts - Amherst, with a Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology from University of Massachusetts - Lowell. https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisstoner

Principal Software Engineer for GEOLYTIX, GIS professional, and graduate geographer.

I have over 18 years experience in the GIS field, and have played different kinds of roles from GeoSpatial Software Development, to Project Management as well as Product Development. I have worked with GIS software from the OpenSource World as well as the Proprietary side. I have worked on building large applications for Government organisations, as well as the private sector. My largest project was working on building a custom mapping stack, used by the largest ride sharing company in India. I am an Open Data Enthusiast, and work a lot in the OSM community in India.

Computer scientist at GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, working in the Dynamic Global Exposure project.

PhD student in Applied Geomatics at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Politecnico di Milano (Italy). Her main research interest is 2D and 3D data integration in web-based geospatial environments to support decision making for built and natural environment applications.

Passionate OpenStreetMap contributor since 2016 with her group PoliMappers and OSGeo Charter Member since 2022, with activities focused on education and capacity building for the Italian student community.

I am a Scientist at C-DAC Pune, under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India. My work focuses on large-scale geospatial analytics, flood and environmental modeling, and integrating high-performance computing (HPC) with open-source GIS frameworks. I actively work on scalable simulation workflows, geospatial AI, and bridging desktop GIS with supercomputing for real-world decision support.

Guyu Ye is a Senior Solutions Architect focused on Social Responsibility and Impact at Amazon Web Services (AWS). She works with mission-driven customers in health, education, and climate change to amplify their impact through cloud technology.

Gérald is a French software engineer and open-source advocate specializing in geospatial technology and Earth Observation. He is the co-founder and CEO of GeoLabs SARL, a company dedicated to developing innovative solutions for processing, managing, and publishing geospatial data through a coherent software suite:

• ZOO-Project: An open-source WPS (Web Processing Service) platform that serves as an execution engine for chaining and deploying geospatial processes remotely.
• MapMint: A complete web GIS and Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) platform for creating, managing, and publishing map services.
• *MapMint4ME: A lightweight Android application, designed for rapid data recording in the field.

Ian is a founder and developer on the GeoServer project and has been developing geospatial software for various organizations for the past 30 years and has been training users in them for most of that time.

Jarrett Keifer is a Senior Geospatial Software Engineer at Element 84, a commercial geospatial consultancy that uses open-source to build effective customer solutions. His interests include education and outreach, geospatial data formats, and high-performance systems/network programming. He enjoys designing systems to operate at scale, particularly to support remote sensing data processing and earth science applications, and has over ten years of experience contributing to open source projects.

Jin Igarashi is an open source full stack GIS developer, mainly working in water industry in Eastern Africa. He holds a master's degree in Water, Sanitation and Health Engineering, and several open source libraries used in managing water assets in water utilities in Kenya and Rwanda is maintain in GitHub. In professional work, he has worked in UNDP for developing GeoHub for nearly four years, then now he is working for Fracta which develop AI solution to identify the risk of water and sewer infrastructure in USA and Japan.

Joana is a data engineer with a strong background in geospatial tech. Her pursuit to make geospatial information F.A.I.R. has led her to the board of GSDI and to OGC, where she leads relations with the developer community. Committed to advancing the open-source geospatial ecosystem, Joana is a OSGeo board member and project contributor.
Joana is the founder of ByteRoad, a boutique company in the field of Spatial Data Infrastructures. She is also a reviewer for the European Commission, and has been involved in education, teaching the next generation of full-stack developers and data analysts.

I'm a consultant for Mammoth Geospatial, based in Fremantle, Australia, where I love to help organisations with QGIS, PostGIS, Mergin/QField, and web mapping. I'm a keen organiser of community groups like Geogeeks and QGIS Australia.

Dr. Jorge Mendes de Jesus is an agronomist and geoinformatics expert specializing in Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI). He holds a PhD from Ben-Gurion University

Following roles at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, and GeoCat B.V., Jorge spent over a decade at ISRIC — World Soil Information. There, he spearheaded DevOps and database management for global projects like SoilGrids using Kubernetes and Python.

Currently, Jorge is the founder of TerraOps, where he provides specialized consultancy on OSGeo stack implementation and REST API development, delivering scalable "Geo-as-a-Service" solutions for complex geospatial data.

Just van den Broecke is an independent Open Source geospatial professional working under the
trading name "Just Objects" - https://justobjects.nl. In his daily work
he designs, develops and deploys Open Source geospatial infrastructures, stacks and products.
He is a core contributor to Open Source projects like pygeoapi (also PSC), GeoHealthCheck, Stetl, and NLExtract. He is an OSGeo Charter Member and founder/former-chair of OSGeo.nl, the Dutch Local OSGeo Chapter.

GIS Software & Product Engineer with a PhD in collaboration technologies and a background in Urban Planning, Computational Design, and Architecture. Developing desktop plugins and web services that streamline AEC–GIS data workflows, including automation and visualization tools.

I'm a developer in Japan and the team leader of the Navara map engine.

Software engineer at Sinergise (Planet Labs) in Slovenia, working on the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem. Builds and maintains the data onboarding pipeline that makes Earth observation datasets discoverable and accessible through Copernicus Browser and Sentinel Hub APIs.

I am the Engineering manager of Re:Earth Flow at Eukarya inc., and have been working on GIS web applications for over 5 years.

Senior Software Engineer in GIS and Technical Lead of the MapStore project, active in the open-source GIS community since 2011. I have a background in neural networks, expert systems, and early AI approaches to the Semantic Web. In my free time, I study Japanese, follow science and technology, enjoy problem-solving, and contribute to science outreach with a local amateur astronomy group.

Ian is a driven data solutions developer specializing in the integration of geospatial intelligence across diverse systems and domains. His career spans research and engineering roles that bridge science, sustainability, and digital transformation. Ian has contributed to ocean renewable energy initiatives, led geospatial software development, and architected cloud infrastructure for a geoscience AI startup. He currently serves as a machine learning engineer at a solar design software company, advancing its mission to power the world with sunshine through intelligent, data-driven solutions.

Geospatial engineer with over 20 years of experience and still excited about maps. Works with spatial databases, cloud platforms, and drone-based mapping. Enjoys building things with open-source tools, breaking REST APIs, and convincing people that PostGIS can do almost anything. Has been running this workshop since before GraphQL was cool. When not writing SQL, probably flying a drone or arguing about data standards.

Marco Bernasocchi is an open-source advocate, entrepreneur and full-stack geoninja. He is the creator of QField for QGIS, currently serves as QGIS.org Chair, and is an Open Source Geospatial Foundation board member. In his day job, Marco is the CEO of OPENGIS.ch, which he founded in 2011.

A geographer by trade, Marco lives in a small Romansh-speaking mountain village in Switzerland, where he loves scrambling around the mountains to enjoy the feeling of freedom it gives him.

I am a Senior Data Scientist and Climate Scientist with expertise in machine learning, statistical modelling, and geospatial analytics for complex environmental and climate risk challenges. At EP Risk, I lead the development of prototype models assessing multiple climate perils, including flood, bushfire, wind, and coastal erosion. My work bridges data science and climate science to deliver actionable insights for sustainable risk management and ESG initiatives. I hold a PhD in Climate Modelling and Forecasting from the University of Sydney and have experience in academia and industry across environmental modelling and applied data science.

I am a software engineer specializing in mobile mapping technologies. I have worked extensively with multiple map SDKs across Android, iOS, and web platforms. As a former Google Developers Expert (Maps), I created the Cordova Google Maps Plugin and founded MapConductor, an open-source interoperability layer for mobile map SDKs.

Ever heard of QuickMapServices, MOLUSCE or NextGIS Platform? That's me.

Developer Advocate at Radiant Earth, where we seek an increased shared understanding of our world by making data easier to access and use.

Mikko Tamura is a passionate open mapping community leader driving geospatial innovation across the Asia-Pacific region as part of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). He is the founder of MapBeks, a groundbreaking platform that creates inclusive maps, including LGBT Safe Spaces and HIV Support Facilities Maps. Recognized as the 2022 Gender Equity and Inclusion Champion by the World Geospatial Awards and the first Filipino to receive the Distinction Award at the ASEAN Geospatial Challenge, Mikko champions community-centered mapping, empowering local leaders, and harnessing geospatial tools for humanitarian impact and social change.

Nathan McEachen is the founder, CEO, and CTO of TerraFrame, which specializes in supporting ministries of health and national spatial data infrastructures by building geospatial knowledge infrastructures with open-source GIS, remote sensing, and interoperability solutions. He obtained his master’s degree in computer science from Colorado State University in the United States. He is academically published in the fields of software testing, model-driven engineering, disease intervention, and spatial information sciences. Nathan is involved with the Open Geospatial Consortium and HL7 to help align standards development, enabling more automated data integration across sectors to bring geospatial awareness to LLMs.

I’m Dr Nick Bearman and I deliver GIS training sessions and GIS consultancy for a variety of clients, primarily focused in the academic and not for profit sectors.

I help people make use of GIS to answer their research questions, and get more answers from the data they already have.

Numa leads national and international projects at geoSYS in the fields of GIS and software development, in which he is also actively involved as a developer (with a focus on web mapping, mobile development, and QGIS plugins). He is the author of the book Leaflet Cookbook - Recipes for Creating Dynamic Web Maps (Locate Press).

Pete Gadomski is an open source geospatial software engineer at Development Seed living in Longmont, CO. His focus is on the intersection between commercial and government remote sensing, with a side hobby in building Rust tooling for geospatial.

GeoServer Evangelist at AfriGIS (South Africa)
GeoServer Project Steering Committee
Mentoring African Developers
Volunteer

French QGIS Engineer at MIERUNE, inc. Japan
Enjoy maps as an endless journey

Rhys is a cofounder and spatial data architect of Auchindown, a small company in Jamaica that deals in all things spatial.

Rhys has over 15 years of experience analyzing, identifying and transforming spatial data into useful information and business insights helping companies to leverage data to make informed decisions. He has been using Postgresql/PostGIS since versions 8.0/pre 1.

He has a keen interest in using PostGIS in the electric utility space and is the developer behind https://lvwr.io which is a power delivery modeling and management cloud solution that is built on the PRAM Stack.

Rosa Aguilar is an Assistant Professor at the University of Twente, where she coordinates the GeoAI module of the UNIGIS Master's programme. She is an active member of the QGIS community and brings a genuine enthusiasm for working with communities in participatory contexts. Her research focuses on developing machine learning models that support evidence-based decisions — and beyond her academic work, she is a dedicated advocate for women in STEM.

Shubham Sharma is a Senior Data Scientist with more than ten years of experience at the convergence of Remote Sensing, Image Processing, Computer Vision, and Deep Learning. He has been an active contributor to the open-source scientific computing ecosystem, engaging with communities through conferences such as SciPy and as a past speaker at PyCon. His work includes significant experience in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) image processing, and he is deeply committed to advancing knowledge of satellite image analysis using Python within the geospatial community.
(Linkedin : https://in.linkedin.com/in/shubham-sharma-54685780)

Saba is a geospatial and climate risk analyst with 15+ years' experience across different sectors. She is PhD candidate at the University of Sydney; she specialises in flood risk modelling, satellite data analysis, and GIS systems.

Saber is co-founder of Lutra Consulting a leading developer of QGIS.

Freelance geospatial developer based in Japan. Passionate about
enriching open data and leveraging OSS to solve real-world problems.
Enjoys field operations — from communications network design to
map-driven remote control systems. Currently exploring remote sensing
for visualizing the invisible, and archiving space and time in 3D.

Frontend developer at GeoSolutions, interested in interactive maps and cartography

Taehoon is a Researcher at the Data Platform Research Group (DPRG), Intelligent Platforms Research Institute (IPRI), AIST, Japan.
He also works as Co-chair of OGC IndoorGML SWG and main editor of OGC API-MovingFeatures.
His major research areas include spatio-temporal databases, mobility analysis, indoor spatial analysis, GIS data modeling, and data mining.

GIS Engineer at Geolonia.
Director of OSGeo.JP.
Director of OpenStreetMap Foundation Japan.

Senior Software Engineer and project manager at GeoSolutions Srl (https://www.geosolutionsgroup.com/).
Product Owner and coordinator of the MapStore WebGIS project. Public profile at www.linkedin.com/in/tobia-di-pisa-1b59a83a

Tom Kralidis is with the Meteorological Service of Canada and longtime contributor to FOSS4G. He leads and contributes to numerous projects in the Geopython ecosystem. He is the 2024 recipient of the Sol Katz Award for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G), awarded annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the FOSS4G community.

Tom is the co-chair of the OGC API - Records Standards Working Group, chair of the WMO Expert Team on Metadata, and serves on the OSGeo Board of Directors.

I’ve been building GIS solutions at the Geodetic Institute of Slovenia for over 15 years, working across the stack on everything from web mapping applications to data processing pipelines. My background is in biomedical engineering, but I found my way into geospatial tech through the field of automation — and I’ve been streamlining processes and visualizing data ever since.

Biography:

I am an Economist and Computer Scientist, pgRouting fan and developer.

Open Source Software advocate.

• pgRouting project leader and developer since 2013 Including:
• pgRouting,
• pgRoutingLayers,
• osm2pgRouting.
• Google Summer of Code mentor since 2015
• FOSS4G speaker since 2015
• PSC member of OSGeoLive
• Currently member of the Board of Directors of the OSGeo Foundation.

Yeonjun Kim is a geospatial data scientist and GIS educator specializing in spatial data science using open-source tools. He works with Python-based geospatial technologies such as GeoPandas, OSMnx, and Pydeck to develop spatial analysis workflows and interactive mapping applications. He has experience teaching spatial data analysis, Python programming, and GIS to researchers, engineers, and data professionals.

MapLibre and OxiBUS founder, active open source contributor and advocate, one of the initial developers of Wikipedia platform, former principle engineer at Elastic, now at Rivian working on maps, Rust, and other fun things.

Yuta Sato is a PhD candidate at the Geographic Data Science Lab, University of Liverpool, focusing on graph representation learning for evaluating sustainable urban developments (e.g., 15-Minute City).

He is the lead maintainer of City2Graph, an open-source Python library that transforms geospatial datasets into heterogeneous graphs for Graph Neural Networks.

Yuta received a Master's degree in Geographic Data Science from the London School of Economics (LSE). He has four years of professional experience as a cybersecurity solution architect at Nissan Motor Corporation Ltd. and as a spatial data scientist at Spatial Pleasure Inc.

Bonny is a dynamic quantitative storyteller facilitating narratives at intersection of geospatial data science, climate and sustainability. Defying conventional paths to tech bringing a refreshing perspective to the field blending art and science to convey complex ideas through the power of numbers we are reminded that our first data visualizations are often maps.

Highlighting place and location as memory, audiences explore our interactions with ecosystems revealing that what appears completely factual is often, not factually complete. Bonny is globally recognized as a leading voice in thinking beyond words to illuminate climate science and the human impact on our planetary boundaries..

Freelancing GIS Vizier who dabbles in all things geospatial with a focus on quantifying climate change. Lately, I have been involved a lot with community building activities including organizing FOSS4Gs, attending or organizing meetups.
My specific interests are in EO for Climate Change.

• jsonsingh.com
• linkedin.com/in/jsonsingh