Leen D'hondt
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).
Session
Technology can scale solutions, but the impact on the ground happens through human action. Drawing on HOT’s experiences from around the world, this talk shows how FOSS tools when paired with collaboration and local engagement empower communities to become local changemakers.