Jeroen Ticheler
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.
Session
This session is aimed at developers, project leads, and organisational decision-makers who are navigating the question of how to sustain FOSS4G. We aim to leave attendees with a clearer framework for thinking about sustainability, and a more honest picture of what each path demands in practice.