Adam Krebs is an engineer currently at Joby Aviation, a company making an electric air taxi.

Previously: Sidewalk Labs, NYU ITP masters, Uber visualization team

Adel is a software engineer based in Egypt, with a strong focus on computer graphics.

I hold a Master’s degree in GIS and Remote Sensing and work as a Climate and Geospatial Researcher at the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR). My work focuses on spatial analysis, climate modeling, and ecosystem management, applying geospatial technologies to support sustainable agriculture and environmental management. I am also an active member of OSM Ethiopia, contributing to humanitarian mapping and promoting open geospatial tools for community development. In addition to research, I engage in community service by providing consultations and conducting training programs to build local capacity in geospatial technologies and data-driven decision-making.

GIS Analyst with over eight years of experience at BGEO, currently serving as GIS Area Coordinator. He leads the implementation of GIS solutions for national and international clients, supporting all project phases, including deployment, training, customization, development, maintenance, and troubleshooting.

He actively contributes to the development of Giswater, focusing on its data model and PostgreSQL-integrated functionality. He works daily with tools such as QGIS, QField, GeoNode, GeoServer, and MapStore, and is strongly committed to promoting competitive, reliable open-source GIS solutions for companies and public administrations.

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. I hold a PhD in Environmental Protection focused on the hyperspectral remote sensing of heavy metals. My work centers 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 OSGeo Slovenia.

Alex is an open geospatial technologist specializing in software development, cloud infrastructure and program governance with an emphasis on Earth observation data. As Executive Director at Auspatious, Alex focuses on making data more accessible and works to support informed decision-making and promote sustainable development.

Alex Lewandowski is a research software engineer at the Alaska Satellite Facility. His work focuses on developing tools and workflows that help geospatial data users learn about Synthetic Aperture Radar data and integrate it into their work.

None for now. As Jin IGARASHI will present. To be seen with him.

Aman Bagrecha is a geospatial scientist and applied AI practitioner working at intersection of remote sensing and computer vision. He is an active contributor to community learning through talks, workshops, and blogs. He started Let's Talk Spatial, a community in Bangalore, India for folks interesting in geospatial technology, which has had 25+ events in last 2 years alone https://letstalkspatial.in/talks/.

Find him at amanbagrecha.com

Ana Belgun is a co-founder of Terria, where she is committed to making spatial data and digital twin technologies more accessible and impactful for both technical and non-technical users. With a background in geospatial solutions, Ana is dedicated to driving open source initiatives that empower organisations in government, business, and research sectors to harness the full potential of spatial data.

GIS Engineer with a background in field geology. Currently working for the Norwegian Mapping Authority collecting and building national infrastructure datasets using a combination of open source and proprietary software.

GIS Specialist with solid experience in projects for government and public administration. Works in the development of geospatial applications, spatial database administration and geospatial analysis. Combines technical expertise in open-source technologies with strategic vision and project leadership, delivering end-to-end solutions.

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.

Pavan Kumar Annepu is an Master's in Geoinformatics at Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India. His academic interests focus on Geographic Information Systems (GIS), remote sensing, and their applications in agriculture and environmental monitoring.

Pavan is passionate about leveraging geospatial technologies to address practical challenges and aims to contribute to research and innovation in the field of geoinformatics.

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.

I am a geospatial strategist focused on building scalable geospatial systems using FOSS4G technologies. I experienced end-to-end pipelines integrating photogrammetry, point cloud processing, and spatial analysis, with an emphasis on offline-first and simple architectures under constrained environments. My work bridges engineering and business to deliver decision-grade geospatial solutions at scale.

Profile:
https://researchmap.jp/kitamoto/

Website:
https://codh.rois.ac.jp/
https://geoshape.ex.nii.ac.jp/

X:
https://x.com/kitamotoasanobu

Software Engineer specializing in API development and database systems. Working primarily with Go, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, and SQL Server, building backend services that connect and serve data across multiple sources. Experience in integrating heterogeneous databases and APIs in cross-agency environments led to the development of the Geospatial Data Gateway presented in this talk.

I work as an engineer at MAPPLE, Inc.
And OSGeo Japan Committee member.

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

Bayilla Geda is a geospatial researcher based in Ethiopia, specializing in the development of cloud-native frameworks for real-time disaster response. His work focuses on integrating GeoAI, multi-sensor fusion, and distributed computing to address the unique humanitarian challenges of the Global South.

Bayilla is a dedicated advocate for Geospatial Sovereignty, championing the use of open-source software to empower regional agencies with independent analytical logic and data privacy. Through the OpenDR 1.0 framework, he bridges the technological gap in global hazard monitoring to build multi-dimensional resilience for vulnerable populations worldwide.

I have been working on geospatial ground segments and applications for 9 years. I currently lead GEODES operations team. My role is to make sure that end-users can seamlessly access Earth Observation data and high-value services provided on the platform.

Software Engineer working at Eukarya in Tokyo, Japan who loves shrines and cats.

Blake is a Civil Engineer migrating to computing through recent completion of his Master of Professional Engineering - Software Engineering at Curtin University, Australia. The work presenting here is based on his thesis work, a combination of civil and software development worlds. His supervisor was Nimalika Fernando, a passionate open-source GIS advocate , OSGeo Charter member and an academic.

Cristiane Honora Millan is a Data Scientist at NIC.br (Brazilian Network Information Center), working on large-scale Internet measurement and data analysis. Her work focuses on assessing connectivity in public services, especially in the health sector, to support evidence-based decision-making.

She holds a PhD and is pursuing an MBA in Artificial Intelligence. Her research integrates network measurement, statistical modeling, and geospatial data to analyze real-world network conditions and their impact on digital services. She develops methods to infer infrastructure availability using open data and active measurements, enabling more transparent and accessible connectivity mapping.

Geoprocessing Manager at PRODAM, the municipal IT company of São Paulo, and professor, with extensive experience in geospatial data infrastructures, urban analytics, and digital transformation in the public sector. She has led initiatives focused on integrating geospatial technologies into government workflows, supporting urban planning, licensing, and environmental management. Her work emphasizes the adoption of open source solutions to enhance interoperability, scalability, and data governance. She is particularly interested in the intersection of geospatial intelligence, public management, and GovTech innovation.

Caroline is a Spatial Data Scientist with CPCS supporting transportation planning efforts in Africa

2021–present: Gaia3D / Head of DT Department
2021–present: Development and operation of the LH Urban Digital Twin Platform
2024–present: Participating in the IITP R&D project ‘Development of next-generation AI-integrated mobility simulation and prediction/application technologies for metropolitan cities’

I studied (Geo-) Informatics at the University of Münster, accompanied with employment in the openEO project as well as internships at 52°North and GEOLYTIX in London. After spending two years at the DLR-affiliated Earth Observation Research Cluster in Würzburg, I am now working as a Geospatial Data Engineer at GRAS Global Risk Assessment Services, focusing on Earth-Observation-based solutions to enable sustainability efforts in practice.

Christopher Beddow is a geospatial data engineer and systems thinker who is building the future of maps. He lives with his family in central Switzerland and loves to read, study languages, hike, ski, and catch up on sleep.

Chris Rampersad is Senior Vice President of Analytics at EarthDaily, where he leads software, analytics, and ground systems development for next-generation Earth Observation missions. With over 20 years in the space industry, he has contributed to major constellations including WorldView and RapidEye. Chris specializes in scalable geospatial platforms, AI-driven analytics, and operationalizing satellite data for real-world impact.

Colton is a software engineer for the Center for Geospatial Solutions at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy in Cambridge Massachusetts, USA. He works on a variety of backend and data engineering tasks related to water data.

I am an open-source software developer, technology enthusiast, and entrepreneur working on a variety of projects, primarily focused on big data analytics and data modelling—especially when GIS, search, or graph components are involved. I work at Elastic as a principal developer of Elasticsearch, specialising in Geospatial ES|QL within the Analytics Engine team.

Daisuke Murakami received his Ph.D. degree in Engineering from the University of Tsukuba in 2014. From 2014 to 2017, he worked at the National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, as a research associate. Since 2017, he has been with the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Japan, where he served as an assistant professor until 2023 and has been an associate professor since then. His research interests include spatial and spatiotemporal statistics, quantitative geography, and urban and environmental analysis.

Computer engineer, GIS manager, technical lead, developer. I manage a GIS system in the Brazilian Federal Police since 2010, and am part of the Brazil Mais program, a large project in the Brazilian government for environmental damage monitoring and response.

Long time FOSS4G fan, I have attended conferences since 2010 (Barcelona) and have given talks in the Bucharest, Portland, Denver and Natal editions. I was also at Dar Es Salaam.

Navigating and understanding the growing world of data and technologies is becoming increasingly complex. I strive at connecting data with strategy, helping to understand and explain the stories we can uncover behind data to support good decision making and lead to a more sustainable future.

A geospatial consultant and founder of Saltbush Geo, with over 20 years’ experience across industry, government, environmental and native title organisations. Her work focuses on building practical, place-based spatial capability that enables data-driven decision making in remote regions.

She holds a Bachelor of Geography from Virginia Tech and has spent recent years working across Western Australia supporting land management teams to implement accessible geospatial workflows in remote, community-driven contexts.

Danielle’s approach combines technical expertise with on-ground application, with a focus on capacity building, sustainability, and strengthening data capability to support informed decision making.

David Montero Loaiza is a PhD candidate in Physics and Earth System Science at Leipzig University, Germany, and a Google Developer Expert for Google Earth Engine (GEE). He is the main developer of Awesome Spectral Indices and its associated Python and GEE Code Editor APIs, spyndex and spectral. He has also developed several other open-source projects, including eemont, cubo, and sen2nbar.

Myself Dibikshya Shrestha, recent Graduate geomatics engineer from Nepal. I have been actively engaged in open source community from past 4 years. I am a volunteer YouthMappers regional ambassador , OSM Guru, OSGEO Nepal Member and also HOT Voting member.

Dimas Tri Ciputra is a software developer with a background in Informatics Engineering (dual Bachelor's degrees). He has been working in production software since 2013, building mobile (iOS/Android) and web applications. Since 2015, he has contributed to a range of open source projects. Outside work, he is a long-time gamer and has built small mobile games and joined hackathons, which helped shape his interest in practical, creative problem-solving.

Geospatial Engineer, working with hyperspectral imagery, geospatial data processing, and automation, while bridging the gap between software engineering and geospatial solutions. Passionate about open-source geospatial technologies, automation, and building scalable geospatial solutions.

Development Team Lead at Meissa - Satellite & Drone Geospatial AI Platform.

Dongpo Deng is a geospatial developer and founder of Geomni Tech Inc., working with open geospatial technologies, knowledge graphs, and GeoAI. He collaborates with Taiwan’s mapping community to connect authoritative data with open ecosystems like OpenStreetMap. His recent work on “National Map Agents” focuses on practical, standards-based approaches to more interoperable and explainable mapping workflows.

Computer Engineer at the Helmholtz Center for Geosciences, working on the Global Dynamic Exposure project.

Dr. Immanuel Fundisi is a geospatial scientist specializing in GIS, Remote Sensing, and GeoAI applications for environmental sustainability and social impact. He holds a PhD in GIS and Remote Sensing and has extensive experience in applying geospatial technologies to climate resilience, disaster risk reduction, and urban challenges in South Africa. His work focuses on integrating open-source tools and spatial modeling to address real-world problems, particularly in vulnerable communities. He is actively involved in research collaborations and the development of geospatial solutions for policy and decision support.

For over a decade, Edoardo Neerhut has centered his work on open mapping and building global communities for projects like Mapillary and Rapid Editor. As a Product Manager at Meta, he has supported technologies such as visual positioning and localisation for smartglasses. Since 2015, he has been a consistent contributor to OpenStreetMap and is a co-founder of OSGeo Oceania. While he is a lifelong map enthusiast, his true passion lies in how geospatial tools can empower individuals to better understand and improve their local environments.

https://eitahorishita.com/

Specialist in STI (Science, Technology and Innovation) strategy and GIS

With nearly two decades of experience in social impact, Erin is passionate about cross-disciplinary collaboration powered by data and technology to drive meaningful change. She has a gift for nurturing community and forging connections that spark innovation—one she puts to work as co-chair of the Tech for Good Symposium, championing tech-based CSR programs.

Previously, Erin served as Head of Operations at Data Clinic, Two Sigma's pro bono tech-for-good team, where she built operational systems, grew the program into an established community name, and launched inclusive programming across all tech skill levels.

Re:Earth website :https://reearth.io/
Re:Earth Official Documentation: https://docs.reearth.io/

PhD student in 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 and OSGeo Charter Member since 2022.

Feye Andal is a geospatial professional and long-time volunteer with OpenStreetMap-Philippines since 2013. She currently leads the WebGIS team at the UP Resilience Institute – NOAH Center, where she oversees the development of digital platforms for disaster resilience. She was a former Regional Ambassador for Asia-Pacific of YouthMappers, where she helped establish open mapping communities across the region.

Her work has been recognized internationally, including being named one of Geospatial World’s 50 Rising Stars, and through major awards such as the UN World Food Programme PREP Innovation Challenge (2024) for NOAH’s Impact-Based Flood Forecasting System.

Bula Vinaka and greetings to everyone. I am based in Fiji and currently working at the Fiji Bureau of Statistics.

Head of Technology — Camptocamp Geospatial
Florent Gravin has been working in the open source geospatial ecosystem for over 20 years. As CTO of Camptocamp, he drives the company's innovation strategy and positions its teams at the forefront of the intersection between artificial intelligence and geographic data. Convinced that territory is one of the most promising application domains for LLMs and agentic AI, he has been leading hands-on experiments in GeoAI, conversational map assistants, and natural language interfaces for GIS tools for several years.

Open Source GIS Developer at the European Space Agency (ESA)

I make maps for universities in southern Germany and other things, such as maintaining projects at maplibre

I am Frank, one of the MapLibre board members and currently working for the TU Munich

I began my career as a web engineer, developing applications using Vue and Laravel. I later transitioned into cloud infrastructure engineering, where I built and operated cloud environments for authentication systems and game applications. I was also recognized as a Google Cloud Partner All Certification Holders 2025, strengthening my expertise in cloud technologies.
I have since moved to Asia Air Survey Co., Ltd., where I work with 3D data and geospatial technologies.

Gen Kukita is a geospatial technologist and community organizer involved in the Cesium ecosystem in Japan. He explores projects at the intersection of geospatial technologies, cultural memory, and digital storytelling. His current work maps narrative scenes from Keiji Nakazawa’s Barefoot Gen onto real locations in Hiroshima using open geospatial tools such as CesiumJS and open map data.

Gibril Ahmed Lansana is a Geologist, and an Environmental Engineer with keen interest in GIS and open data initiatives. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology, a Master of Science degree in Environmental Management and Quality Control, and a Master of Engineering in Environmental Engineering. He is a founding member of OpenStreetMap Sierra Leone community. He has participated in various mapping initiatives in Sierra Leone. Such as: Power grid Mapping, Freetown CBD Regeneration Project, Waterloo Open Drone Mapping, etc. He continues to impact the open mapping community in Sierra Leone by providing trainings and mentorship for community members.

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 Fenoy is the founder of GeoLabs, a company specializing in geospatial solutions. He is the creator of the ZOO-Project, an open-source platform that serves as a reference implementation of both the OGC API - Processes - Part 1: Core standard and the WPS 2.0 (Web Processing Service) standards.

Gérald is a strong advocate for open-source software and has made significant contributions to the geospatial community. His work focuses on making geospatial technology more accessible, efficient, and interoperable, empowering users worldwide to leverage location-based data for better decision-making and innovation.

Hajime Kato is a designer at MIERUNE Inc., a geospatial technology company based in Japan. He is the creator of Rekichizu (rekichizu.jp), a modern-styled historical map of Japan, and operates the @chizutodesign brand, sharing map design and data visualization content. His work focuses on making geospatial data accessible through cartographic design, with interests spanning historical geography and transit visualization (chizutodesign.com).

Haruka Yasuda is an Education and Community Engagement Specialist at Eukarya Inc., the company developing Re:Earth, an open-source WebGIS platform. She designs and facilitates workshops that bridge geospatial technology with civic participation, including projects for peace education, disaster preparedness mapping with elementary students, and community-driven town planning with high school students. She also leads Japanese localization efforts for Re:Earth Visualizer and develops educational materials for non-expert GIS users.

• iOS application engineer based in Japan
• WebGIS developer as a side business
• Board member of OSGeo Japan (OSGeo.JP)
• Member of the Local Organizing Committee for FOSS4G 2026 Hiroshima

A software engineer building WebGIS applications with TypeScript. Creator of boring-parser, an open-source library for parsing Japanese geological borehole data.

https://x.com/fhchchgc
https://github.com/groovyjovy

Heidi Kristenson is a Senior GIS Specialist at the Alaska Satellite Facility (ASF). Her work is focused on developing tools, products, services and workflows that make Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data more accessible to the geospatial community.

Henrik Gulliksen Schüller is a self-proclaimed "Map Guru" and Product Owner at the Norwegian Mapping Authority. Armed with a Master’s in Geomatics from NMBU and a legendary distaste for messy manual configurations, he created Waystones to make OGC API deployment actually enjoyable. Henrik is dedicated to proving that publishing authoritative geospatial data shouldn't require a backend degree. While fluent in English and Norwegian, his elementary Japanese will be put to the test in Hiroshima—where he hopes his maps are much more reliable than his grammar.

Hirofumi Hayashi is a GIS developer with over 35 years of experience.
As a founding member and former Vice Chair of OSGeo Japan, he has been instrumental in promoting open-source GIS technologies both in Japan and internationally. He played a pivotal role in the localization of OSGeo4W and authored some of the earliest guides on WebGIS construction.
Currently, he focuses on developing geospatial information systems for the railway industry and educational applications for disaster information. He also serves as a member of the FOSS4G-ASIA Organizing Committee.
His influential contributions have been recognized with the Good Design Award (2024).

Banno is a PhD student at the University of Tsukuba. His research focuses on urban streetscape analysis using street-level imagery. He has an MSc in biology and worked as a software engineer until March 2026.

Students in Hiroshima Municipal Funairi High school, where the biggest number (of all
schools in Hiroshima) of teacher and student lives were claimed in 1945.8.6, are working
on this platform.

GIS Analyst at the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team - Asia Pacific Hub

Howard Butler is the president of Hobu, Inc., an open source software consultancy located in Iowa City, Iowa that focuses on point cloud data management solutions. He is an author of the Cloud Optimized Point Cloud specification, a Project Steering Committee member of the GDAL, PROJ, and GEOS projects, a contributing author to the GeoJSON specification, an active participant in the ASPRS LAS Committee, and a past member of the OSGeo Board of Directors. With his firm, Howard leads the development of the PDAL software library.

I have been working in the Earth Observation data sector for 8 years, including the last 3 years at CNES. My expertise is centered on: interoperability, metadata catalogs, and cloud-optimized data formats. Currently, I am focused on the GEODES project, driving our transition toward open standards and architectures.

Ian and has been involved in FOSS since 2002, and has been involved in the OSM and other open data ecosystems since 2016. He is a co-founder of Stadia Maps, and contributes to MapLibre, Valhalla, and other open geospatial software projects.

Iosefa Percival is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo. He develops remote sensing methods for mapping forest structure, carbon, and invasive species using lidar and satellite data. He also develops and maintains open-source geospatial software.

Ismail Sunni is a full-stack geospatial developer and open source contributor, working at Camptocamp DE and based in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Also:
- QGIS Indonesia User Group Representative
- Python Jogja founder

Ivan Cui is a Data Science Lead with AWS Professional Services, where he helps customers build and deploy solutions using ML and generative AI on AWS. He has worked with customers across diverse industries, including software, finance, pharmaceutical, healthcare, IoT, and entertainment and media. In his free time, he enjoys reading, spending time with his family, and traveling.

Jacqueline Singh is a Technical Assistant at the Pacific Community (SPC), supporting regional geospatial initiatives across the Pacific. Her work focuses on strengthening inclusive geospatial capacity, with particular emphasis on empowering women especially young women, women with disabilities, and women from outer islands through Earth Observation, mapping, and community‑led decision‑making.

Jan Burdziej is a Geospatial Lead in UNICEF’s Computational and Geospatial Intelligence Team, where he leads the development of a corporate geospatial infrastructure using open-source and commercial technologies. With over 20 years of experience, he has delivered GIS solutions across UN agencies, national statistical offices, environmental organizations, and the private oil & gas sector. He holds an MSc in GIS from Salzburg University and a PhD in Geography from NCU. Outside work, he enjoys mountain hiking, running, and building wooden furniture for his children.

Jared Marcotte is President of The Turnout, where he leads work on solutions at the intersection of policy and technology for public‑sector infrastructure. He helped develop the RABET‑V verification program with the Center for Internet Security, advancing fast, rigorous, repeatable security assessments for technology. His work also includes stewardship of open data standards through projects like the Voting Information Project’s nationwide structured data repository. An experienced programmer and UI/UX designer, Jared advocates for transparency, accessibility, and interoperable civic technologies that strengthen secure, open‑source ecosystems across domains.

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.

CEO/Owner of GeoCat – Chair and founder of the GeoNetwork opensource – OSGeo President of the Board of Directors.

Jeroen established the GeoNetwork opensource project while working at the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). A widely used geospatial catalogue application used for example as national and international level catalogs including National Geospatial & Open Data Registries and the INSPIRE GeoPortal in the EU.

Jeroen has been promoting the use of international standards and Free and Open Source Software for geographic data and information for over twenty years now. He currently serves on the OSGeo Board, and did so in 2007 & 2008.

Jérôme St-Louis is founder and CTO of Ecere, initiated the FOSS Ecere Cross-Platform SDK project (1996), designed the eC programming language (2004) and the GNOSIS geospatial software suite (2014). Jérôme is now releasing a number of GNOSIS components as open-source projects, including DGGAL, libCartoSym, libCQL2 and libDE9IM. Jérôme is co-chair of multiple OGC Standard Working Groups and co-editors of multiple OGC Standards, as well as an OSGeo charter member and active contributor to the open-source geospatial community.

Jesse Whitehead is a Senior Research Fellow at Te Ngira: Institute for Population Research at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. With a primary focus on health equity and population health, Jesse’s interdisciplinary research integrates insights from fields such as rural studies and demography.

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, which is maintained in GitHub. In professional work, he has worked in UNDP for developing GeoHub for nearly four years in the past, then now he is working for Fracta which develop AI solution to identify the risk of water and sewer infrastructure in USA and Japan.

I'm a UI Designer work with geomatics tech company at i-Bitz Co., Ltd Bangkok, Thailand

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.

Jody Garnett is an open source developer and advocate working with GeoCat Canada. He has over 20 years experience consulting, training, building solutions, and guiding technology development. Jody is on the steering committee for the GeoServer, GeoTools, and JTS Topology Suite projects, and volunteers as chair of the OSGeo Incubation Committee.

Jonathan is leader at Toitū Te Whenua - Land Information New Zealand, focused on simplifying national-scale geospatial data. He has managed the LINZ Data Service and led the development of LINZ Basemaps.

Joshua Ogure is the programs Director for Map Kibera Trust based in Nairobi Kenya. Joshua has over 15 year years of working in the informal settlement. With his mapping and citizen journalism skills Josh has led the team to map and train others on how to map their own communities. He has also worked closely with government in partnership with World Bank to help map projects for participatory budgeting.
Josh loves making the invisible visible.

I am a Project Manager at Gaia3D Inc. I have worked in the geospatial information field for over 20 years.

Junji Yamakawa is a geospatial researcher at Okayama University specializing in spatial statistics, kriging, and remote sensing data modeling. His work focuses on integrating open-source GIS tools and statistical computing for reproducible environmental analysis and earth observation applications.

Kohei OTSUKA
CTO - Nayuta, Inc., Ex-Oracle, Ex-Woven, Ex-HERE, Ex-Hitachi
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kochizufan/

https://github.com/Kanahiro
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanahiro-iguchi/

EARTHBRAIN Ltd.
Technology Development Group Engineer
https://www.earthbrain.com/

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

My name is Kauê de Moraes Vestena, I'm a Cartographer and PhD in Geodetic Sciences, but mainly I'm a big enthusiast of Open Source software, being a linux user since 2014, same year for OSM. I've participated on previous FOSS4G (2022, 2023, 2024) and I simply loved getting to know the community!

I am leading the development of an application to be introduced in the talk.

A local government officer at Shizuoka Prefecture.
After getting Master's degree of majoring in physical geography, served at engineering office, emergency management department, and digital transformation division of education department.

Born Tokyo, raised US, living in Yakushima. Founder KotobaMedia, Inc - working on creating high-performance geospatial tools.

I am a software engineer working at MIERUNE Inc.
I conduct QGIS training, develop plugins, and manage information media.
Above all, I love geospatial data visualization and analysis using QGIS!

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.

• Geospatial Developer, Geolonia, Inc.
• pgRouting PSC member, contributor (docker-pgrouting, pgRoutingLayer, etc.)
• OSGeoLive Japanese translator, contributor
• GitHub: https://github.com/sanak

Koji Annoura is a Japan-based knowledge infrastructure and graph researcher with over four decades of experience in software engineering and long-standing leadership in open-source communities. He co-founded the Neo4j Users Group Tokyo and later established the Apache Hop User Group Japan, organizing more than 50 technical events. He speaks internationally on graph technologies and knowledge design, focusing on durable knowledge infrastructures. He is the author of A Technical Guidebook to Cloud Native Databases and The Practical Guide to macOS X Server, and served as technical reviewer for Graph Data Processing with Cypher.

Kota Yuhara is a geospatial and remote sensing engineer at ArkEdge Space Inc. He develops web-based tools and applications that make satellite data and satellite operations more accessible in practical workflows. His recent work includes satellite imaging planning support, pass visualization, and feasibility assessment using open-source geospatial technologies such as MapLibre GL JS, TLE-based orbit propagation, and weather forecast data.

Kshitij is a OpenSource GeoSpatial Developer , AI Engineer at HOTOSM & Active OSGeo member from OSGeo Nepal !

Kunihiko Hirosawa is an environmental engineer with over 25 years of experience.
As a Professional Engineer, Japan (Environmental Conservation Planning), he has long-standing experience in environmental surveys, predictive evaluations, and conservation measures. His expertise focuses on the living environment including air quality, noise, and other factors affecting human well-being.
Recently, he has been focusing on the integration of GIS and environmental numerical simulations, aiming for the democratization of urban development.
Additionally, "Machi-Space," which will be featured in his presentation, received an Encouragement Award at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's PLATEAU AWARD 2025.

Kyle is a cloud engineer at Development Seed, building open source tools and infrastructure that process and visualize geospatial data. Kyle is particularly excited about cloud-native vector data formats, speeding up Python and JavaScript applications from Rust, spatial indexes, and efficient data pipelines.

Before joining Development Seed, Kyle previously worked as a software engineer at Unfolded and Foursquare, building web-based geospatial data visualizations.

Based in New York City, Kyle spends time running in Central Park, exploring the city, and dodging tourists. Kyle graduated from UCLA where he received a B.A. in Economics with a minor in Mathematics.

Engineering manager of Re:Earth Flow at Eukarya inc. with over 5 years experience in the GIS sector.

Leen is the Director of Technology and Data at the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

The HOT Technology team co-creates open source tools that empower local communities, to collaboratively create and use geospatial data for disaster management and development challenges.

With 15+ years of experience in the geospatial industry, Leen has worked in diverse environments: from tackling development challenges in low-resource settings in Tanzania (Enabel) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (WPF) to contributing to corporate geospatial business in Belgium (Capgemini) and Thailand (TomTom).

A software engineer with a background in machine learning, data management, cloud-optimised geospatial, and much more.
Leo loves travelling and maps turn out to be quite useful for that; he's been involved in organising previous FOSS4G events while living in Tasmania, and he is currently working as a freelancer while moving around the world.

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.

Luca is an OSGeo and OSM contributor and advocate. He graduated in Geography at University of Genova in 2008 and he works at Fondazione Edmund Mach, an institute near Trento.

He is interested in all features about GIS: desktop, web, geodatabase, developing and geodata. Now he is working on a server and client application to monitor agricultural fields named DigiAgriApp. He contributed to GRASS GIS, OSGeoLive, QGIS, pyMODIS, ZOO-Project and other projects.

He is active in the Italian community, GFOSS.it and he was the chair of the successful FOSS4G 2022 held in Florence

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.

Luís has relied on open source software for geospatial since 2001, when he
first interacted with GRASS. Since then he contributed code and documentation
to various projects such as OWSLib, OpenLayers or QGis. In 2016 he
became a OSGeo charter member and integrated the first Project Steering
Committee of the PyWPS project. He was one of the founding members of the
European chapter of OSGeo and chaired the Scientific Committee of the
FOSS4G-Europe conference in 2018. Since 2023 Luís shares the role of Chief
Returning Officer at OSGeo.

Luís is an Assistant PRofessor at University of Lisbon.

Maloni Siga is a climate resilience practitioner and geospatial analyst based in Fiji. He currently serves as Project Manager at ADRA Fiji, where he leads community-based climate adaptation initiatives under the SHAPE-CAR project. His work focuses on integrating open-source GIS, community knowledge, and participatory planning to support climate resilience in Pacific Island communities. Maloni is also pursuing postgraduate research in geospatial science and climate change, exploring how spatial tools can support relocation planning and locally driven adaptation across Small Island Developing States.

Data Management Technical Director in the Digital Services Division at Pacific Consultants Co., Ltd., a leading Japanese construction and engineering consultancy.

Hello, I’m Marcel,
a software developer from rural Germany, where the rhythms of nature remind me of the importance of sustainable systems, both in agriculture and in code.

At the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), I'm developing open infrastructure to support sustainable agricultural research. My focus is on extending and maintaining GeoNode, OpenDataCube, and Kubernetes — tools that empower researchers to manage, analyze, and share data responsibly and at scale.

When I’m not coding, you’ll find me on GitHub as @mwallschlaeger, contributing to open projects and exploring how technology can serve science and society.

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.

Dr. Marco Hugentobler has been working with geographical information systems for the past 30 years. After the dissertation at the Institute of Geography, University of Zurich, he worked as a software engineer in the automotive sector. Since 2003 he has been working on the QGIS project. From 2006 until 2016 he was the head of development as member of the Project Steering Committee (PSC). In 2006 he began programming the QGIS server that was created as part of two research projects at the Institute of Cartography (ETH Zurich). In 2010 he joined Sourcepole AG as a co-owner.

Maria Cecilia Vega is the manager of the Geospatial Research Institute, University of Canterbury.

Senior Geospatial Analyst at Rockup, building neighborhood analytics tools. Previously Geospatial Researcher (R&D) at Habidatum, developing cross-country urban mobility pipelines for European policy institutions — OD matrices, temporal land-use profiling, service accessibility mapping across 16 countries. Former geospatial data scientist at Yandex, where I built GeoAI prediction models and led spatial feature engineering for service expansion. Invited lecturer on geospatial data science (MIPT Deep Learning School) and QGIS (RheinMain University, Germany). Jury member at IAAC Barcelona. Daily tools: Python, GeoPandas, PostGIS, QGIS. Admitted to MSc Geomatics at TU Delft. I run URBAN_MASH, a geoanalytics community (2,200+ subscribers).

Markus Tremmel is a Staff Software Engineer and Architect at Rohde&Schwarz, focusing
on research and development of high-performance spatial systems. His areas of interest
include cloud-native geospatial technologies, high-performance geospatial applications, map
rendering, and big data processing.

I hold a Ph.D in oceanography, but has continuously focused on developing tools for data analysis. Programming experience was C/C++ until I switched to Java in 1997. I have been developing geospatial libraries for 30 years, and I’m contributing to Apache SIS since 2013. I follow Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) meetings since 2002 and is a member of the current ISO 19111 revision group. I work in a small IT services company (Geomatys) specialized in development of geoportals, which uses Apache SIS as a foundation. Beside, I’m also an Apache Maven committer.

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.

Geologist graduated from the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil, with a specialization in Geotechnical Engineering from Faculdade Única and a Master’s degree in Transport Engineering and Territorial Management, also from the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil. Currently, he works as Territorial and Urban Resilience Manager in the Directorate of Risk Management and Climate Adaptation at the State Secretariat for Protection and Civil Defense of Santa Catarina. Previously, he served as a Technical Advisor at the same Secretariat.

Matthew Hanson is a geospatial technology leader specializing in Earth observation data systems, open standards, and cloud-native geospatial architectures. With 30 years of experience in remote sensing, imaging science, and software engineering, he has played a key role in advancing interoperable data ecosystems, including significant contributions to the STAC specification. Matthew works across industry and government to design scalable platforms for satellite data processing and discovery, and is an active contributor to open-source projects and a frequent speaker at geospatial and Earth observation conferences. This will be Matt's 12th FOSS4G.

Matt is the Director of the Geospatial Research Institute Toi Hangarau at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

Mauricio Marino holds a bachelor's and a master's degree in Geography, both from the Federal University of Santa Catarina - Brazil. He has worked at the Secretariat of Protection and Civil Defense since 2014, serving in the Monitoring and Alert Sectors and in Territorial and Urban Management.

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

UX Engineer at Moldable Studio, working on user experience design and system development

Mike is a Physical Scientist at the US Army Corps of Engineers and a long time PDAL user and occasional developer. Our organization is one of the primary sponsors of the library. Mike is on the PDAL, GDAL and MapServer PSC and is a charter member of OSGeo and was first elected to the Board of Directors in 2014. He was reelected in 2016, 2020 and 2024. Mike currently serves as the Treasurer (treasurer@osgeo.org) on the OSGeo Board

PR & Designer at Eukarya Inc.
Born in Hiroshima. Graduate of the Creative Expression Course at Motomachi High School.

Mike Gresham is a geospatial professional with over 20 years’ experience applying GIS to large-scale infrastructure, environmental assessment and spatial data management projects across Australia and New Zealand. His work focuses on supporting the planning and delivery of complex linear infrastructure such as rail corridors, transmission networks and resource developments. Mike has collaborated closely with engineers, environmental scientists and project planners to integrate spatial data into decision-making processes. He is particularly interested in the growing role of open-source geospatial technologies - including QGIS, PostGIS and Geoserver - in supporting infrastructure planning and spatial analysis.

Mikko Tamura is a global open mapping leader and community builder, currently managing the Asia-Pacific region for the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and supporting the Global Open Mapping Guru Network. He is the founder of MapBeks, a platform creating inclusive maps such as 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 recipient of the Distinction Award at the ASEAN Geospatial Challenge, Mikko specializes in mentoring mappers, leading humanitarian mapping initiatives, and empowering communities through open geospatial data.

Software Engineer at Meissa R&D, a geospatial intelligence company specializing in spatial data analysis with drone and satellite technology.

Miora Harivony Rakotondrabe is a multidisciplinary geoscience specialist graduated from the University of Antananarivo, Madagascar. His expertise includes mining geology, geophysics, hydrogeology, environmental sciences, and geomatics, with additional experience in radiation protection and health information systems. His work focuses on integrating geospatial analysis, remote sensing, and digital technologies to study natural resources, environmental systems, and public health data within a One Health framework. He is currently a lecturer at the University of Vakinankaratra and a national GIS trainer for the Ministry of Public Health of Madagascar, supporting epidemiological surveillance and spatial decision-making.

Mohammed ZAHRAN is the Technical Team Coordinator for Finance, Innovations, and Institutions (TTC-4) in the Boosting Inclusive Growth for Zanzibar (BIG-Z) Project. He leads digital transformation in urban management and revenue institutions, and managed projects such as the Zanzibar Land Data Processing Center and Mapping Initiative, which mapped 500,000 buildings and established GIS-based property tax systems. With an MBA in IT Management from Coventry University and expertise in Civil Engineering and Computer Science, Mohammed advises on integrating GIS into national development strategies and oversees institutional strengthening efforts for ZanSDI, coordinating multiple government agencies

Naoya Sugimoto is Associate Director at the Digital Strategy Bureau of Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. He focuses on public digital transformation through open geospatial technologies, open data, and digital twin initiatives. His work has included Shizuoka GIS, the Fujinokuni Open Data Catalog, and VIRTUAL SHIZUOKA, with a focus on disaster resilience, regional planning, and civic collaboration.

R&D Engineer at the IOWN Innovation Office, NTT DATA Group Corporation.
Since 2015, I have contributed to smart city infrastructure and traffic signal optimization. Since 2018, I have led R&D in human flow analysis and high-precision 3D mapping. I specialize in self-localization technologies, applying cutting-edge methods and OSS to real-world projects. Currently, I lead R&D for Spatial ID and high-speed spatio-temporal data management. I am dedicated to bridging advanced geospatial computing with the IOWN initiative through Java-based OSS development.

A Geospatial Data Engineer, passionate about writing clean, efficient code and continuously exploring new technologies to improve my craft.

Geographer and OSGEO Charter Member and founding member of OSGeo Brazil, I participated in the organizing committee of FOSS4G 2024 Belém. As coordinator of the Brazilian QGIS User Group, I lead the localization and support for the Portuguese-speaking user community. My goal is to democratize FOSS4G tools for professional public management and scientific research.

Narumasa Tsutsumida is a researcher specializing in GIS, remote sensing, geospatial AI, and Earth observation. His research interests span a wide range of topics, including satellite-based land cover classification, the development of spatial statistical models, environmental monitoring, and near real-time disaster damage assessment using Earth observation data.
He has contributed to publishing several open-source R packages on CRAN, and is a member of OSGeo Japan. He has authored 40+ peer-reviewed journal articles and delivered over 100+ presentations at academic conferences.

Processing and Maps Committee with experience in geospatial data processing, distributed spatial pipelines, and cloud-native geospatial systems. His work focuses on building scalable spatial processing platforms using open-source technologies.

UX/UI designer at Moldable Studio, focusing on spatial platforms and geospatial interface design.

I work as a GIS Trainer and Consultant, focusing on helping people who are new to GIS make the most of it. I previoulsy worked in academia in the UK and I am currently Chair of OSGeo:UK.

Nicolas is the Cartography Lead at MapTiler, where he focuses on designing global vector maps and scalable cartographic systems. He is an active contributor to the open geospatial ecosystem, working with technologies such as MapLibre, OpenStreetMap, and various OSGeo projects. Nicolas has experience building global maps, developing custom map styles, and integrating open data into production systems. He is particularly interested into advancing cartography and sharing practical approaches within the FOSS4G community.

Blake is a civil engineer moved to computing and recently completed his Master of Professional Engineering -Software engineering at Curtin university, Australia. The work presenting here is based on his thesis work. His supervisor is Nimalika Fernando, a passionate open-source GIS advocate and academic.

Project Manager at Geolonia Inc., specializing in geospatial business
development. With a background spanning real estate portal development since
2010 and infrastructure management applications for local governments since
2020, he joined Geolonia in 2025 to lead projects at the intersection of
open geospatial data and emerging technologies.

Jae-Hyuk Noh develops web-based platforms for visualizing numerical weather prediction data using open-source geospatial technologies. He is the creator of Iwfgara, a system that integrates meteorological data with 3D GIS to explore atmospheric phenomena interactively.

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).

Nuno earned his BS and MS in Software Engineering from University of Minho. He started his career in the telecommunications industry by developing solutions for managing and monitoring telecommunications infrastructures. Currently he works at GeoSolutions where he develops advanced solutions for GIS challenges using open source software. In the last years he focused on distributed systems, big data technologies, maritime data processing and GIS. He contributes to several open source projects and is a committer of GeoServer, MapStore and GeoTools.

I'm a developer, but behind the scenes, I grew up studying geography. I hope I can be a part of something that helps develop the world of geography, making it more well-known and beneficial to everyone.

Passionate geospatial advocate dedicated to leveraging FOSS4G tools for open-source mapping and building community-driven data solutions. Having actively contributed to FOSS4G Asia in Thailand (2024) and India (2026), I find immense fulfillment in sharing my journey and technical experiences within the community. I believe that collective knowledge-sharing is the key to creating a more open and spatial-aware world.

Pajarinee Songthammart Im' a Project Manager at i-bitz, a geospatial technology company specialising in government-scale spatial infrastructure projects in Thailand.

My Pakpoom Najanthom. I am from Khon Kaen, Thailand. I work as a Full Stack Developer and have a background in Geoinformatics from Khon Kaen University.

UX/UI Designer at Moldable Studio, specializing in user experience and interface design.

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.

Full-Stack Developer & Map Maker. Dedicated to beautiful geospatial design.

Pirmin is a geospatial software developer since more than 20 years and has contributed to several Open Source projects. Pirmin is co-founder of Sourcepole, a Swiss company providing GIS services and solutions.

Software engineer working on the MLIT LINKS, Plateau project, building browser-native data analysis tools for non-technical users, and OSS WebGIS Platform.

A Cartographer, Geospatial Analyst and a Geo Program Manager with nine years of expertise in maps, cartographic design, research, and data visualizations. My focus is crafting and maintaining high-quality map data, creating aesthetically pleasing and innovative graphic designs that elevate user experiences, refining workflows and designs to enhance navigation and routing. Proficient in JavaScript, Python, Figma and custom map designs.

Pramet Kaewmesri is a researcher in remote sensing, geospatial analysis, and environmental modelling. His work focuses on integrating satellite data, machine learning, and spatial analysis to monitor soil properties, ecosystems, and environmental change. He has experience working with multispectral satellite imagery and data-driven approaches for agricultural and environmental applications.

Prativa Thapa, a final-year Geomatics Engineering student at Kathmandu University, is the President of KU YouthMappers and the Sole Lead Mapping Week under the Geomatics Engineering Society (GES), recognized by Annapurna Express newspaper for her impactful leadership. She also serves as the Country Lead of Women Mapping Asia representing Nepal and is an active member of OSGeo Nepal. Through these roles, she stands as a powerful example of women excelling in the geospatial field, with a deep commitment to using open-source tools in her daily work to promote inclusive, community-driven innovation.

Associate Professor Qian (Chayn) Sun is a researcher specializing in quantitative geography, environmental and urban informatics, and the impacts of urbanization and human movements across spatial and temporal scales. With expertise in developing spatial and statistical algorithms, she focuses on modeling patterns and investigating factors contributing to complex human-environment interactions.

Product designer exploring the intersection of design, geospatial technology, and digital art.
Based in Tokyo, crafting visual-first tools that help cities and communities see, understand, and shape their data.
Interested in how open data and spatial computing can empower public dialogue and collective decision-making.

Geomatics Engineer and Cartographer by degree
Open source GIS enthusiast and Member, OSGeo Nepal
OpenStreetMap contributor since 2016

As a Project Manager with one year of experience in GIS, I believe that great technology is only as good as the problems it solves. I am constantly learning and exploring new ways to transform complex data into actionable solutions.

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

I'm a developer at The Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) in the UK. We provide a data analysis and archive platform for the Environmental research community. My expertise is in search managing CEDA's Elasticsearch cluster and STAC catalogue as well as leading CEDA's development efforts for the ESGF Next Gen project.

Rishika’s educational and professional journey shaped her commitment to analytical rigour and evidence-based strategy and policy. With eight years in the development sector, she has worked across stakeholders, gaining insight into systemic gaps. She served four years as Programme Manager for the Low Carbon Rural Development program in India at Environmental Defense Fund, leading clean cooking and Climate Smart Agriculture initiatives. She also designed an impact evaluation with the World Bank’s DIME unit capstone project. Rishika holds degrees in Psychology from Delhi University and TISS Mumbai, and a Master’s in International Development Policy from Georgetown University.

The Head of Development for Topographic Data Production at the National Land Survey of Finland.

Former Founder and CEO of Azavea. Publisher of Japan Earth Observer (JEO). Geospatial. Earth observation. Open knowledge systems.

Presenting author: Rosa Aguilar
Assistant professor at University of Twente, The Netherlands. Formal Education: PhD in Urban Planning – Computer Science background.

Rosa 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.

Rudolph Peralta is Arup’s Digital Services Lead for the Philippines, where he champions the integration of AI, geospatial intelligence, and digital twin technologies to address complex environmental and urban challenges. With a strong foundation in geomatics engineering, he has led multidisciplinary teams in delivering data‑driven solutions across climate resilience, natural resource management, and infrastructure planning.

Within Arup, Rudolph continues to advance the region’s digital capability through the application of AI, environmental analytics, and next generation digital tools. His work bridges technical engineering, geospatial science, and digital innovation, enabling transformative approaches to environmental management and sustainable development.

Ruvimbo Doreen Supiya is a Geomatics Engineer and MSc candidate in Geomatics Engineering at the University of Zimbabwe, specializing in GIS, remote sensing, and open geospatial technologies. Her work focuses on environmental monitoring, spatial data analysis, and bridging geospatial data gaps in Africa using open-source tools such as QGIS, Python, and OpenStreetMap. She is passionate about open data, sustainable development, and empowering geospatial communities in data-scarce regions through accessible and collaborative mapping approaches.

We are a team of specialists in "visualization," aiming to assist readers' understanding and judgment through content that utilizes visual expressions and digital technologies. Editors, journalists, designers, and engineers bring their individual strengths together to explore new ways of delivering news that cannot be fully conveyed through text alone.

We are a team of specialists in "visualization," aiming to assist readers' understanding and judgment through content that utilizes visual expressions and digital technologies. Editors, journalists, designers, and engineers bring their individual strengths together to explore new ways of delivering news that cannot be fully conveyed through text alone.

I am an engineer specializing in GIS, remote sensing, and AI at a Japanese aerial surveying company. I combine satellite imagery, aerial photography, and machine learning to tackle real-world challenges through geospatial technology.

I’m a Flutter engineer developing an app called FoodGram.
I’m using MapLibre to build a system that displays food locations on a map.
I’ll share the insights I’ve gained through actual product development.

Saber co-founded Lutra Consulting, a pioneering company at the forefront of QGIS development.

Sajjad leads engineering and growth at Development Seed. He plays a cross-functional role across engineering, partnerships, and strategic operations to develop technical vision for our partners, build geospatial data tools, and support our team. Sajjad cares deeply about the impact open tools and data have on governance and development.

Tech Lead @ HOTOSM. Working in the nexus of open geospatial and humantiarian action / global development.

I am a geospatial data science professional specializing in remote sensing, machine learning, and scalable workflows. I currently manage government geospatial R&D initiatives focused on environmental monitoring and land management.

As co-founder of the "Let's Talk Spatial" meetup, we work to make spatial concepts accessible to wider audiences. I am driven by the intersection of geospatial intelligence, AI, and strategy to build scalable solutions that create real-world environmental impact.

Sarawut Ninsawat (AIT), Dean of Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, OSGeoTH.

I am a GIS and Earth Observation professional, data analyst, and Head of Training at Kartoza (Pty) Ltd. I help teams turn spatial data into actionable insight through open-source geospatial workflows, training, and capacity building. My work spans GIS, remote sensing, and Earth observation analytics, using tools such as QGIS, PostGIS and Python, with a focus on practical, real-world case studies. I design learner-centred training programmes, supports organisations to build internal geospatial skills, and contributes to the open-source geospatial community through knowledge sharing and workshops.

Selene Yang is a Latin American queer feminist, community organizer, mapmaker, and co-founder of Geochicas. She holds a PhD. in Social Communication from the National University of La Plata. Research Fellow at the Digital Civil Society Lab and Stanford University. Selene is also part of the FAIR network for feminist AI, Tierra Común for data Decolonization, and the Communication and Public Policy Research Center of the School of Communication of the UNLP. She currently works at the Wikimedia Foundation.

Seong-Yun Hong is a professor of geography at Kyung Hee University in Seoul, South Korea. His research focuses on residential segregation, urban analytics, and the application of artificial intelligence to geographic problems.

I am a web developer at Gaia3D, where I work on geospatial and 3D web applications. I have experience developing web-based GIS and 3D visualization services for defense and shipbuilding-related projects, using technologies such as CesiumJS, OpenLayers, GeoServer, and JavaScript/TypeScript.

I work at the Biodiversity Center of the Ministry of the Environment, Japan, where I promote the development of biodiversity data infrastructure and open data initiatives.

I am a geospatial engineer at MIERUNE Inc., working on QGIS plugin development and serverless WebGIS solutions. Previously, I contributed to iRIC Software, an open-source river analysis platform. I am interested in exploring how serverless architectures can be applied to practical hydrological and river engineering workflows.

Shota Furuya is a researcher at Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies. He has worked on community based renewable energy development in Japan. He was a co-chair of Community Energy Working Group at International Renewable Energy Agency Coalition for Action (2018-2025). He received PhD in community energy planning at Aalborg University in Denmark. He focuses on the process in which different local stakeholders share a sustainable and creative future vision.

Shreeharsh Shinde is a contributor to MapLibre GL JS, with a focus on type safety, API correctness, and rendering-related improvements. He has worked on clarifying API nullability, fixing incorrect TypeScript types, and improving internal control positioning logic to reduce ambiguity and prevent runtime errors. His contributions include closed pull requests addressing glyph handling APIs and internal map control types, aimed at improving developer experience, correctness, and long-term maintainability of the rendering pipeline. His interests include web mapping internals, automated testing, and quality mechanisms in open-source geospatial software.

Sia Moadeh Kamanda, a Rural Geographer with a Master’s degree, advocates for sustainable rural development and women’s empowerment in Sierra Leone. She contributes to OpenStreetMap and open drone mapping projects, using geospatial technologies to support planning, disaster response, and community resilience, while promoting inclusive participation of women in geography, technology, and leadership.

Simon is the Geospatial Lead at Whanganui District Council, a local government organization in New Zealand. With 35+ years in the industry, he is highly regarded throughout Australia and New Zealand as a leader in his field. He has provided GIS consulting services to organizations in the region, focusing on FOSS4G desktop and web mapping solutions. Simon was co-chair for FOSS4G 2025 Auckland.

Simone Giannecchini is the founder and managing director of GeoSolutions. He is a Charter Member of OSGeo, the Open Source Geospatial foundation. He is also a member of the Steering committee for the GeoTools as well as the GeoServer Open Source projects.
Before founding GeoSolutions he has worked as Software Engineer at the NATO Undersea Research Center, a Military R&D facility based in La Spezia (Italy), on the implementation of a client-server infrastructure capable of storing, managing and disseminating geospatial data (vector, gridded, imagery) leveraging on WCS, WFS and WMS Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Specifications.

Siraya is a Project Manager at I-Bitz Company. Over the past two years, she has been delivering geospatial platforms — learning firsthand what it takes to make complex spatial data useful for real users. She is attending FOSS4G to share and learn from the community.

Hi I'm Siriwat Suttipanyo, Full-Stack Developer & Map Maker. Dedicated to beautiful geospatial design and scaling the Cloud Native stack.

Backend Developer at Vallaris Maps passionate about exploring modern architectures to build resilient, highly scalable, and cloud-native geospatial APIs.

graphics engineer working on 3D map rendering and visualization for GIS platforms. His interests include rendering pipelines, real-time graphics techniques, and applying visual effects such as post-processing in constrained rendering architectures.

I am a developer working on GIS-based data visualization and web mapping services, with experience in both frontend and backend development and an interest in interactive geospatial technologies.

Chugoku Syoten is a map specialty store based in Hiroshima, Japan, and has been in operation since 1945. For more than 50 years, the company has published "Watashitachi no Hiroshima (Our Hiroshima)", a supplementary social studies textbook used for regional studies in the third and fourth grades of elementary schools in Hiroshima City.
Although in-store sales of paper maps—including those published by Geospatial Information Authority of Japan—were discontinued in 2017, the publication of educational cartographic materials remains a core activity of the company.

The Spatial Information Industry Promotion Agency fulfills the legal responsibilities entrusted by the Korean public through various initiatives, including training spatial information professionals, supporting startups, and providing statistics on the spatial information industry.

In particular, it is responsible for building and operating V-World, an open spatial information platform, and is continuously uploading and updating various digital twin–related datasets, starting with major cities across Korea.

In addition, information such as national administrative data, spatial analysis data, and real estate analysis data is also provided through APIs on the V-World platform.

Stafford Smith is a geospatial consultant and founder of Right Place Geo, based in Western Australia. His work focuses on building practical digital tools for cultural heritage, mapping, and land management, with a strong emphasis on accessible design for Indigenous organisations. He works across open source geospatial technologies, field data systems, media rich databases, and map based platforms that support real world use beyond traditional GIS specialist audiences.

Frontend developer at GeoSolutions, interested in interactive maps and cartography

Steve Liang is a Professor in the Department of Geomatics Engineering at the University of Calgary. He chairs the OGC SensorThings API Standards Working Group and the OGC Emission Event Modeling Language Standards Working Group. He is the original creator of the OGC SensorThings API standard and founder of SensorUp, a company dedicated to operationalizing open geospatial IoT standards.

GeoAI expert advancing open-source geospatial tools. She develops reproducible AI workflows combining satellite imagery and GIS data to generate accessible datasets and actionable insights for humanitarian aid, climate resilience, and global infrastructure intelligence, bridging gaps between societies, research communities, and state-of-the-art technologies.

Dr. Sultan Al Sultan, leading an era of open-source Geospatial Technology Software in Saudi Arabia, Tokyo Institute of Technology PhD, a senior researcher at NASA, USGS, and has been a researcher in JAXA, RESTEC-Japan. he graduate from MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and previously from George Washington University, USA. He represented Univeristy Space Engineering Consortium (UNISEC) for Saudi Arabia Universities. He is Saudi Arabia Parliament Member 2013-2017. Today he is the Founder and CEO of Environmental Remote Sensing Lab (TECRS-Lab).

Waseda University, School of Fundamental Science and Engineering
AirBee Manager

Web engineer at MIERUNE, working on geospatial and web application development. Also active in the entertainment domain, and contributes to open source through personal projects such as Kartore.

Takahiro Endo currently work at the Association for Promotion of Infrastructure Geospatial Information Distribution (AIGID) and he is involved in system administration for the Geospatial Information Center. To improve the stability of the service, he fights against cyberattacks day and night.

Geospatial Engineer | Agroecological Farmer | Ph.D. in Engineering

Geospatial engineer working as a freelancer, in parallel with agriculture, based in Nagano, Japan. Develops national-scale WebGIS integrating spatial algorithms on custom geospatial pipelines, and shares Japan through building WebGIS applications. Operates agriculture in the field applying agroecological and geospatial technology through hands-on vineyard craft and organic vegetable cultivation. Previously worked as a developer in semiconductor CAD (Electrical Design Automation, EDA) and machine learning for GPS trajectory data. Received a Ph.D. in Engineering.

Takuya is a Senior Researcher at Fujitsu Research of America. He completed PhD in Computer Science at the University of Chicago. His interests focus on the interdisciplinary scientific field of machine learning/deep learning, satellite imagery, physical sciences, and HPC.

I'm Tanaporn Songprayad is interested in studying Geospatial Data Processing and Data Engineering, focusing on learning and developing skills in data management and analysis to support the utilization of data in environmental work and spatial analysis.

Qiu is a software engineer at Eukarya Inc. He holds a PhD in Computer Science with a background in computer graphics. He has been contributing to Re:Earth Flow engine and workflow development since joining Eukarya in 2025.

Tek Kshetri is a passionate Geospatial expert with over six years of hands-on experience in the field. He is a strong advocate for open source, open standards, and open solutions.

His primary research interests lie in Artificial Intelligence and the Geospatial domain intersection, including natural disaster modelling, Web GIS, and satellite imagery analysis using Machine Learning and Deep Learning. Tek has developed several open-source packages such as GeoAgent, geoserver-rest, GeoTile, pySLD, leaflet-geoserver-request, etc. He also shares his knowledge and insights through his YouTube channel, GeoDev.

I’ve been working as a geospatial backend developer for about 10 months, so I’m still relatively new to the geospatial community. I really enjoy working with open-source technologies and have been impressed by how many powerful, freely available libraries the geospatial ecosystem offers.

Ph.D in Remote Sensing and GIS, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand

I manage geospatial platforms for the Pacific, promoting collaboration, good data practices, and sustainable systems to create meaningful data products that support decision‑making.

Holds a Bachelor's degree in Geology from the University of São Paulo (2013), a Master's degree in the Geochemistry and Geotectonics program, and a Ph.D. in the Mineral Resources and Hydrogeology program at the Institute of Geosciences of USP (2025). Currently, he is a Geoscience Researcher at the Geological Survey of Brazil (CPRM) and serves as Head of the Applied Geology Division at the same institution. He served as Director of Communications of the Brazilian Association of Engineering and Environmental Geology (ABGE) from 2016 to 2018.

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

I am a geospatial data analyst with 5+ years of experience in analyzing spatial phenomena.
I aspire to develop measurement and analysis capabilities that span from natural environments to complex social dynamics, using open source geospatial tools.

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.

Tomaz Sturm is a GIS expert with more than 25 years of experience in working with spatial data and analysis. Tomaz is a big fan of FOSS4G and shares his enthusiasm and knowledge in his country doing OSGeo conferences and FOSS4G workshops.

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.

GIS engineer specializing in geospatial data utilization and system development centered on WebGIS. Designs and implements web applications that handle geospatial information across both frontend and backend.

I work as a railway construction consultant, engaged in system development, data management and technology development related to GIS.

April 2013 – Entered Ochanomizu University Elementary School
March 2019 – Graduated from Ochanomizu University Elementary School

April 2019 – Entered Hiroo Gakuen Junior High School
March 2022 – Graduated from Hiroo Gakuen Junior High School

April 2022 – Entered Hiroo Gakuen High School
March 2025 – Graduated from Hiroo Gakuen High School

April 2025 – Entered the College of Information Science, School of Informatics, University of Tsukuba

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.

Victor Christian Ebith Theopilus, also known as Ebith, is a final-year Geography student at Universitas Negeri Jakarta, Indonesia. He is interested in geospatial data science, geospatial tools, programming, open source, remote sensing, and drawing art.

Will is a Senior Software Engineer at Auspatious specialising in geospatial technology, with 8 years delivering spatial solutions globally. He builds cloud-native workflows, spatial data pipelines, and develops full-stack applications across open-source stacks - with deep expertise in Python, JavaScript, and SQL.
Holding a PgDip in GIS with Distinction from the University of Canterbury, Will has led projects from concept to deployment across environmental management, land administration, natural disaster recovery, retail site selection, and earth observation.
Known for translating technical complexity for stakeholders and mentoring teams, Will is passionate about making spatial data accessible, actionable, and impactful.

Chief Executive Officer & Founder
Sculpturetech Company Limited
Geospatial Cloud Architecture Consulting

YOUNGWOOK YIM is a geospatial developer at Gaia3D with a solid academic background in Geoinformatics. He specializes in building innovative GIS tools, leveraging Java and Spring Boot for robust backend systems alongside OpenLayers and CesiumJS for advanced 2D/3D visualizations. His work focuses on transforming complex spatial data into intuitive, high-performance visualization services using open-source geospatial technologies.

DESTOM (Tropical Agriculture), BSc Planetary Sciences, MSc Land and water resources management, PhD remote sensing and GIS applications, eMBA Security, Defence and Space Industries.

Yasunori is a geospatial architect based in Sapporo, Japan. He is the Co-Founder and CEO of MIERUNE and has over 20 years of experience in geospatial data and application development, with a focus on GIS and FOSS4G. He is an AWS DevTools Hero, OSGeo Charter Member, and MapLibre Voting Member. He also co-founded MapLibre User Group Japan. Through open-source projects, blog posts, and community talks, he actively contributes to geospatial and open-source communities.

Furukawa is Co-founder and Evangelist at MIERUNE Inc., a geospatial company born from the FOSS4G Hokkaido community. He works at the intersection of community, ecosystem, and real-world implementation, fostering collaboration around open-source geospatial technologies. At MIERUNE, he supports clients through hands-on, co-creative project delivery.

He is also active in promoting open data and OSS adoption through civic tech initiatives. He serves as a Fellow at Code for Japan, a Regional Informatization Advisor (MIC, Japan), a Special Supporter of the MLIT Geospatial Information Lab, and a Visiting Lecturer at Rakuno Gakuen University (RGU).

Section Chief, IT System Design Department, JR West Japan Consultants Company

Born in Ilsan, South Korea, he studied Real Estate and joined Gaia3D at 27, where he works as an open-source software developer specializing in geospatial visualization.

My first encounter with GIS was about 35 years ago when I developed a program on VAX. The first FOSS4G conference I attended was held in Victoria, Canada. I was working on the Japanese localization of QGIS. In recent years, I've been mostly involved with organizations that support those who need IT during disasters, and I sometimes use spatial information in those activities.

Yuhi Yamamoto works at Hokuren, a member of the Hokkaido JA Group, where he is involved in farming support activities. His work focuses on the use of GIS and geospatial technologies to support agricultural production. He is particularly interested in applying FOSS4G tools such as QGIS to improve agricultural data management and bridge the gap between agricultural production sites and IT technologies.

Founder of MapLibre & OxiBUS, Author of Wikipedia API, Maps, lead Rivian and Elastic maps efforts.

A local government officer belongs to Future City Planning room, Construction Policy Division, who implementates next generation GIS in local government.

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.

Zakki is a software developer at Kartoza, working remotely from Indonesia. His interest in GIS began with exploring digital maps: searching for cities, discovering interesting places, and virtually traveling through Street View while imagining being there in person. Outside of work, Zakki volunteers with the PyJogja community, supporting Python learning and local tech collaboration.

Software engineer in Japan.
Working on FOSS development, especially full-text search.

Bonny is a dynamic quantitative storyteller facilitating narratives at the intersection of geospatial data science, climate and sustainability.

Highlighting place and location as memory, audiences explore our interactions with ecosystems revealing that what appears completely factual is often, not factually complete. Recognized as a leading voice in thinking beyond words to illuminate climate science and the human impact on our planetary boundaries, Bonny describes storytelling as where perception and truth create friction. Her expertise transforms raw data into compelling narratives that drive impactful decision-making.

Dawoon Kim is an associate at Gaia3D in South Korea, where she works in the satellite and space technology division. Her work involves processing satellite data and contributing to projects that utilize geospatial technologies for space and Earth observation. She is particularly interested in expanding the practical applications of satellite-based spatial information.

Hao is a software engineer at Eukarya's Map Engine Group. He focuses on developing high-performance 3D terrain rendering solutions for the web, with a deep interest in real-time graphics, GPU optimization, and the evolution of open-source geospatial engines.

Hello, my name is Hyeonjeong Jo, and I'm currently in doctor course in the Department of Civil Engineering at Korea Maritime and Ocean University.
I conduct research on point cloud AI analysis in the GIS and RS LAB, and my areas of research interests are Photogrammetry, GIS, Remote Sensing, and geospatial visualization.

GIS Web application developer creating interactive maps and spatial data solutions.

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

CEO of SOCO Co., Ltd. Our main business is GIS consulting and data creation.

I serve as an Engineering Manager at MIERUNE Inc. While dedicating myself to raising two children as a father, I am involved in GIS and web development.

Areas of expertise and interest: Rust / WebGIS / Point Cloud / AWS / PLATEAU ADVOCATE / Cesium Certified Developer / Agentic Engineering

Hello, my name is Sangwon Son, and I am currently an undergraduate student in the Department of Civil Engineering at Korea Maritime and Ocean University. I study point cloud–based AI analysis in the GIS and RS Lab, and my research interests include photogrammetry, GIS, remote sensing, and geospatial visualization.

Associate Professor Dr. Sittichai Choosumrong is a lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment, Naresuan University, Thailand. His expertise includes Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Geoinformatics, Remote Sensing, UAV, IoT, Routing Service, and spatial analysis for environmental and disaster management. His research focuses on flood modeling, emergency routing systems, Web GIS, GeoAI, and smart environmental monitoring using open-source geospatial technologies. He actively works on integrating geospatial technologies with real-time data systems to support sustainable development, public safety, and decision-making applications.