Data Engineer at DLR-TS,
MS in Geoinformatics, WWU Münster, Germany

Alex is a Distributed Spatial Systems Researcher with many years of experience in geospatial data management and web- and cloud-based geoprocessing with a particular focus on land use, soils, hydrology, hydrogeology and water quality data. His interests include Discrete Global Grid Systems (DGGS), OGC standards and web-services for environmental and geo-scientific data sharing, modelling workflows and interactive geo-scientific visualisation.

Alex completed a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellow (MSCA) with our Landscape Geoinformatics working group on improving standardised data preparation, parameterization and parallelisation for hydrological and water quality modelling across scales and has now started a 5-year project on spatial modelling of soil properties using machine-learning.

GeoSpatial architect at camptocamp, I help organizations to use FOSS to fulfill their business requirements and to integrate them in their IT system. I worked with GIS technologies for nearly 20 years, both with vendor locked and open source software. I mostly work with the GeoServer stack but I also work on a regular basis with QGIS, GDAL and GeoNode.

I am a Geoinformatics Engineer and Project Manager at CONSORTIS GEOSPATIAL, delivering innovative solutions for various fields, such as environmental engineering, geospatial data analysis, photogrammetry and remote sensing.

I am also a PhD candidate at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), where I conduct research on geoinformation and its applications. I have a Master of Science degree in Geoinformatics and a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from the same university. I have multiple distinctions in PanHellenic Mathematics Competitions, and I am proficient in various geospatial software and tools.

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.

I am a geospatial data engineer at Kontur for the last two years. I graduated from Belarusian State University in 2020 with a degree in geography. Prior to joining Kontur, I gained valuable experience working with remote sensing technologies and specializing in forest management and monitoring. My passion for harnessing geospatial data to address environmental challenges drives my work at Kontur, where I contribute to innovative solutions and projects in the field.

Lecturer of Cartography, Geographic Information Systems and Web Mapping at the Geoscience Institute of Vilnius University. PhD in Physical Science, graduate in Geography at Vilnius University. Founder and GIS Developer at Geografines informacines technologijos.

Software developer mainly focused on QGIS & PostGIS applications, background in web development.

I’m a GIS developer and data analyst. I’m passionate about open source, data visualization and knowledge sharing. I love when technologies break down barriers.
In my career, I explored domains like e-government, fintech, GIS, and e-learning.
I’m a freelancer, and I work with Byte Road and Geobeyond.
In the past, I contributed mostly to GeoNetwork, but recently I widened my interest to more projects. I’m interested in the evolution of OGC API standards and how they can improve our dear projects.

I'm a graduate of the School of Spatial Planning and Development, of the Faculty of Engineering, of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. I hold a Master's Degree in Spatial Planning and Regional Development.

My decision to chose Engineering as a professional career, was highly influenced by my father who himself was a Surveying Engineer. After the completion of my studies, I teamed up with several companies which specialized in the Cadastre Sector. Through these experiences I managed to upgrade my skills in the process of land registration, Photogrammetry and land surveying with GNSS technology and unmanned aircraft systems (UAV).

I joined the family of Consortis in 2020. The company gave me the chance to extensively work on the Geospatial and GIS sector.

Astrid Emde is a Geospatial Expert and works in Bonn at WhereGroup since many years. She works as Senior GIS Consultant on WebGIS solutions with FOSSGIS. Astrid Emde is an active member of OSGeo and a Charter Member since 2010. From 2017-2021 she was in the OSGeo Board of Directors and is OSGeo Secretary. She recieved the Sol Katz Award in 2018 at FOSS4G 2018 in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania).

As an Innovation Action and Partnerships Specialist at ECMWF (European Centre of Medium-Range Weather Forecasts) I am co-ordinating Code for Earth, an innovation action run by ECMWF.

I have always been interested in networking and connecting people. I am grateful that, with my work, I can exactly do this, and help foster a culture of continuous learning, mutual support, and shared success.

In the past I presented internationally on geo-information management topics, mainly in the areas of OGC processes, interoperability and standards.

With a diploma in Geography I started working in the field of GIS in 1998. In 2006, I joined OGC (Open Geospatial Consortium), and worked as OGC’s Director for Member Success and Development for Europe, Central Asia and Africa. In December 2022 I joined ECMWF.
Since 2006 I am a member of OSGeo.

Ayomide Oraegbu holds a Bachelor’s degree in Remote Sensing and GIS from the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria. He is a certified 365 Data Scientist, who has worked with various organizations as a Data Scientist. His skills and expertise include machine learning, deep learning, and software development. He has contributed to several projects, one of which involved developing an innovative model for predicting Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) density in space and time. This model was presented at the European Space Agency symposium on Earth Observation for Soil Protection and Restoration. In addition to his professional background, he is passionate about applying his knowledge in data science to solve earth science-related problems. Currently, Ayomide is an MSc student in Geospatial Technologies at the Universitat Jaume I (Spain) and the University of Münster (Germany).

Bart Louwers is maintainer of MapLibre Native, a vector-tile based map renderer written in C++. He has a passion for FOSS and maps, but he's a definitely still a GIS rookie. In his free time you can occasionally find him on a bike or in a kayak or playing Ark Nova. Bart is Dutch and lives in Germany.

Learned everything I know about GIS from the community — the kid of FOSS4G.

Berit is a GIS Consultant within the Digital Innovation Unit at the GFA Consulting Group GmbH in Hamburg. GFA is a company working in the development cooperation sector. Donors are typically governments, development banks etc. Berit has a background in Geology, Environmental Science and GIS and Remote Sensing. She has worked across sectors including Academia, Local government, international government and start-ups. Her passion is in using GIS and EO to make data visible and understandable for everyone. In her spare time Berit loves to be out hiking, in the garden and be part of the natural environment.

Lead developer of Protomaps open source mapping project.

Carlo Andrea Biraghi was born in Milano, Italy, in 1989. He received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degree in architecture in 2011 and 2014 from the Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. He's also alumnus of the Alta Scuola Politecnica VIII cycle excellence program. Since 2014 he has been working as freelance architect, artist and computational designer while teaching in several courses at Politecnico di Milano related to urban morphology and mathematics. In 2019, he obtained his Ph.D. degree from the Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering Department of Politecnico di Milano. He made a Post-doc at the Geomatics and Earth Observation laboratory (GEOlab) of Politecnico di Milano managing Citizen Science aspects. He’s associate director and responsible for data science of the IMMdesignlab where he focuses on GIS and the development of spatial metrics for characterising urban systems and their performances.

Since the begin of 2024, I opened a new chapter as a freelance GIS Specialist in Estonia.
Previously, I was working 5+ years as a Network Planner for fiber cables in Tallinn/EST.
Before moving to Estonia, I worked as a Mapping Specialist in Stuttgart/GER, but also as an intern
doing GIS in Heidelberg/GER... and yes, at some point I studied Cartography in Karlsruhe/GER.

PhD student at Institute of Cartography and Geoinformatics, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.

I'm a Senior Frontend Engineer with a design background and many years of experience building all sorts of cool things for companies big and small. I've worked on everything from slick online products to offline projects that you can touch. I'm based in Berlin and have been here since 2017, working in Agile teams and developing data-driven responsive applications using React and Typescript. Since 2021 I have worked at UP42, where I started working with map visualizations and learning a lot about geospatial data.

Researcher in Geomatic at SUPSI

I am a PhD candidate at RSC4Earth, University of Leipzig, engaged in harnessing high-resolution satellite imagery to develop deep learning models using multi-source Earth System Data Cubes (ESDCs). Furthermore, I am a Google Developer Expert for Google Earth Engine (GEE), making contributions in geospatial data processing using GEE, including the development of eemont and spectral. Additionally, I have developed open-source tools for remote sensing applications such as Awesome Spectral Indices, cubo and sen2nbar, aiming to enhance the accessibility and utility of remote sensing data.

David Youssefi received the Electrical Engineering degree from the École Nationale Supérieure d’Electronique, Informatique, Télécommunications, Mathématique et Mécanique, Bordeaux, France. From 2013 to 2018, he was a Study Engineer at Communications et Systèmes, Toulouse, where he worked on remote sensing image processing especially in 3D processing. He is currently with the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (French Space Agency), Toulouse, as a Ground Segment Software Development Engineer where he is responsible for software development for Pleiades and design for the future Earth Observation mission CO3D from CNES.

I graduated in 2019 from the Rural and Surveying Engineering Department, of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. At the same time, I attended numerous seminars, while I collaborated with various companies on a variety of subjects (such as ground surveying, land use, information management and its utilization in GIS environment, Autocad etc.). Within those years collaborating with Consortis, I was mainly involved with data management, processing and visualization. I am currently attending a Master's Degree in Lund University of Sweden to improve my knowledge on GIS Softwares, as well.

Dirk Stenger is active community member of the OSGeo project deegree and TEAM Engine which is in incubation.

He has expertise in OGC services and SDI solutions based on Open Source software and is technical lead of the OGC Compliance Tools (CITE).

He works at lat/lon GmbH as a software developer and consultant since 2012.

Edward's journey in open-source began in 1998 with Debian, where he now maintains over 70 Python packages. His tenure at the Internet Archive as the first Open Library data librarian reflects his deep commitment to data accessibility. Edward's portfolio includes contributions to BusyBox and the development of tools enhancing Wikipedia, Wikidata, and OpenStreetMap's user experience.

GIS Specialist in Gispo Ltd

Tech lead at GeoSolutions
Projects: GeoFence, GeoNode, GeoNetwork, GeoServer, CKAN

GIS expert at Gispo Oy

Earth Observation and Geospatial Software Engineer.

Free and open source geospatial software developer. Involved in GDAL, PROJ, QGIS, MapServer among others.

AI Software Engineer at BMW, MSc. Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Cum Laude from the Sapienza University of Rome and BSc. in Mechatronic Engineering from the National University of Colombia with experience in software development, project planning, and product development. Recipient of several education grants and author of three patents on AI-based products. My focus is computer vision and natural language processing techniques.

Involved with Cloud Native EO Data Access and Cloud Native geospatial data formats

Environmental Engineer, PhD Student @ Politecnico di Milano (Italy) passionate about GIS, photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.
OpenStreetMap contributor, OSGeo Charter Member

Geospatial Software Engineer, who got into FOSS4G mapping bus routes of Nicaragua in OpenStreetMap, worked with the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, at the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) and moved into rasterland at UP42 GmbH.

Head of Technology at Camptocamp Geospatial Solutions.
Advocate of free & open source technologies for more than 15 years, Florent Gravin, PSC member of GeoNetork and contributor of many OsGeo softwares, focuses on improving the user experience within data platform administration and management, and pushes forward the merge between the open data world, and the geospatial eco-system.

I am currently pursuing a PhD in Physics and Earth Sciences at Leipzig University, Germany, and I have been a visiting researcher in Valencia, Spain, as a member of the ELLIS PhD program. My research focuses on the application of machine learning in Earth systems. I am part of the team at the Remote Sensing Center for Earth System Research (RSC4Earth), working under the supervision of Prof. Miguel D. Mahecha and Dr. Karin Mora. My research is kingly funded by the Center for Scalable Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (ScaDS.AI).

He obtained a Master degree in Computer Science for University of Montpellier II. After graduation, he worked in a private company as a developer for Web-GIS application and PostGIS based system integration. He established his company GeoLabs, in 2006, and have done several projects in France and overseas. He's been actively developing and promoting OSGeo technologies. He is a regular participant and contributor to FOSS4G Conferences. He is working on implementing the ZOO-Project. On top of this processing engine, he works on implementing a user interface to manage web applications and OGC web services, called MapMint.

I'm Gianmarco Naro, a Computer Science graduate from Politecnico di Milano. My academic focus on smart cities led to a thesis collaboration with Carlo Andrea Biraghi and Emilia Lenzi, exploring innovative solutions for urban development. Together, we authored an abstract encapsulating our research insights, showcasing our dedication to advancing knowledge in computer science and urban studies.

GIS specialist and software architect at GeoSolutions, where I lead the Python team.

I've started my career as a GIS/EO data scientist and Spatial Data Infrastructures specialist, based for the most part on open source technologies and business models. In this context, I've worked as a consultant, developer, and solutions provider for several public institutions and private companies.

I've had the opportunity to contribute to and lead the development of several projects, ranging from mobile apps and web platforms to data infrastructures and distributed data processing pipelines.
Whatever the kind of product it is, I enjoy translating a customer's idea into an effective solution.
My current main technical focus is software design and product management.

Hobbies? Sound design, music technologies, and electronics.

Data Engineer @VanOord. Codes in JavaScript and Python.

Hanno Kuus is a GIS and open data enthusiast. Working as a software developer he got introduced to the world of geospatial data and still haven't lost interest after more than 25 years. Currently working for Estonian Land Board, mostly with Estonian Topographic Database.

Hans van der Kwast, Associate Professor of Open Science and Digital Innovation at IHE Delft Institute for Water Education has more than 20 years of experience with GIS and Remote Sensing in education and projects, offering consultancy, training and coaching in open source GIS. He is an active member in the QGIS community, a QGIS certified trainer, OSGeo charter member and board member of the Dutch QGIS User Group. Hans established the GIS OpenCourseWare platform for sharing free course materials on QGIS, Python, Google Earth Engine and much more. The PCRaster Tools plugin for QGIS that he’s developed has been downloaded more than 40k times. Hans is also a co-author of the book QGIS for Hydrological Applications and has a YouTube Channel with more than 25k subscribers.

GIS expert at Austrian Power Grid, Department of Transmission Lines. Background in spatial databases.

Assistant professor in Geoinformation Technology at the Department of Built Environment, Aalto University.

Ian has been involved in open source geospatial development since the 1990s, starting with the development of the GeoTools library and later the GeoServer project. He has been a programmer in academia and industry since 1992. Currently, he is a research software engineer data scientist at the University of Glasgow but they rarely know what he's up to let alone allow him to speak for them.

Codrina Ilie is a technical geographer, an open source GIS/RS power user, actively working as a project officer to support geospatial data services development at Terrasigna. In her 12 years of activity, Codrina has essentially focused on using open source GIS and RS solutions for data management, processing and visualization.
As an advocate for free and open source software for geospatial, since 2010 she has been a volunteer trainer in the Romanian geospatial community, geo-spatial.org. Since 2013, Codrina has been a Charter Member and today serves the community as an OSGeo Board of Directors member, within her third term.

Long-time contributor to OpenStreetMap, editor of an OSM news blog, manages a few communities inside it. Watched a few crowdmapping projects come and go, participated in some. Looked into various flavours of amateur data collection for OSM: on feet, on bike, behind the wheel of a car. With his experience, created Every Door OSM editor to collect POI and other things at scale, used by thousands of mappers. Considers himself experienced in building a better carthographic user experience.

Long term free software DevOps engineer with special interest in building things with Nix and NixOS.

Iván has been a web developer and FLOSS advocate since the early 2000s; then he bought a GPS receiver and got involved in OpenStreetMap and OSGeo. He’s worked with nautical charts, indoor positioning, USB microcontrollers, LibreOffice, multispectral rasters, all of it with unhealthy amounts of Javascript.

Product Manager for sustainability in Trimble. Previously core product manager in Sixfold (became part of Trimble) and GIS tech provider CARTO. Before that founder of Nutiteq, creator of open source mobile mobile 3D map SDK and CTO and GIS evangelist in Reach-U and Regio. One of the first OpenStreetMappers in Estonia, member of Tartu City Council, father of 4.

Associate professor of ecology, University of Tartu. Multi-topical experience on various subjects.
https://www.etis.ee/CV/Jaan_Liira/eng

Geospatial Software developer at siticom in Germany. Working in the field of spatial data infrastructure using various languages and technologies like: OpenLayers, TypeScript, JavaScript, Vue, PostGIS, GDAL, QGIS (Server), GeoServer, Go, Python. Also interested in OpenStreetMap and Open Data.

I am a computational geographer working at the intersection between geocomputation and the environmental sciences. My research is focused on developing and applying spatial methods to broaden our understanding of processes and patterns in the environment. Vital part of my work is to create, collaborate, and improve geocomputational software. I am an active member of the #rspatial community and a co-author of the Geocomputation with R book.

James lives and works in London. He has been a software developer for over 10 years, and is currently a Staff Developer at Nearform and a Google Developer Expert for Web Technologies. Previously, he has worked at geospatial companies such as Esri, Ordnance Survey and indoor mapping company Hyper.

I have been honing my skills in the geospatial domain, gaining diverse experience in Climate tech startups, Agritech solutions, and more.
My experience extends to working with satellite data (including Sentinel and Landsat), geospatial data modeling, and handling large datasets at scale in the cloud using Docker, Python, S3, etc
I am most interested in building a generic spatial-temporal database that can handle a wide variety of data and use cases.

Civil engineer and software developer (mainly C++). The last years I'm focused on GIS, contributing to PROJ and GDAL libraries. Member of the PSC of both projects.
Love old and nice maps.

https://github.com/jjimenezshaw/
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7227-9173

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

GeoCat was founded by Jeroen in 2007. Jeroen studied Tropical Forestry at Wageningen University specialising in GIS and Remote Sensing. Following graduation in 1997, he worked for the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) in Rome for nine years. Jeroen held various positions for the FAO in GIS/remote sensing and established the GeoNetwork opensource project. The FAO GeoNetwork is the first implementation based on this software, releasing a large quantity of geospatial data to the public.

Today GeoNetwork opensource is widely used as geospatial catalogue application with implementations from smaller projects to 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. Jeroen is Project Officer for the GeoNetwork opensource project. He currently serves on the OSGeo Board, and did so in 2007 & 2008. He is a Charter member since the early days of OSGeo.

Besides everything geospatial Jeroen loves travel, carpentry, working on his overland truck, study Carl Jung’s Analytical Psychology, and walk, work and live outside.

Jin Igarashi is a senior open-source GIS software developer mainly working for the water and sanitation sector in Eastern Africa (Kenya and Rwanda). He holds MSc (Eng) on water, sanitation and health engineering. He is also currently working as a full stack GIS developer at UNDP and developing UNDP GeoHub as an open-source project.

Joachim Ungar is Lead Cartographer and Geospatial IT Engineer at EOX, an open source software oriented company based in Vienna. He has a MSc degree in Cartography and Geoinformation and specialized in large scale processing of geodata, mainly satellite imagery, using GDAL and Python. He enthusiastically participates and contributes to FOSS4G events since 2011.

Joana is a software engineer with more than fifteen years experience and a strong expertise in the field of geospatial tech and analytics.
After acquiring a PhD in GIS, at UCL, her drive to solve real-world problems has led her to SMEs, an international organisation, a research foundation and a start-up. Joana has been very involved with FOSS, in particular in what concerns geospatial. This has led her to become a charter member of OSGeo. Joana is the founder of ByteRoad, a SME in the field of data engineering and geospatial analytics. 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. As Developer Relations at OGC, Joana is responsible for connecting the OGC standards with the wider developer community, hopefully increasing their adoption and contributing towards making them more developer-friendly.

👋 Hey, I'm Jonathan, I'm a software developer who specializes in computer graphics ✨ for the web but I also develop tools related to web mapping at MapTiler.

One of my missions there is to build MapTiler SDK and an ecosystem of modules that reduce the complexity for map devs to tell stories.

I'm a PhD student in Environmental Engineering at Politecnico di Milano, a Geoinformatics Engineer, and a geospatial developer. I have more than 3 years of experience developing geospatial web tools as a full-stack developer using technologies such as Angular, Django, Vue, OpenLayers, and Node.js. My main interest is to use my knowledge of web technologies to help grow the GIS field and to create meaningful geospatial web tools for the community.

GIS Specialist at Gispo Finland Ltd.

Senior university lecturer
Aalto University

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.

Kadri Arrak has long-term experience in communication, marketing and sales. At Positium, her role is to help countries use mobile positioning data to make smart, data-driven decisions. As Head of Operations, she oversees the operational activities of the business, and she is responsible for communication between Positium's project teams and clients and ensuring that work on any mobile data or GIS-based project is on schedule and budget. Kadri has managed the expansion of the public transport network based on mobile data, the mobility frequency analysis of road sections, the pilot project and two continuation projects of Lithuanian foreign tourism statistics, and also leads Positium's longest-running project, the Estonian foreign tourism statistics project.

Ph.D. in Sustainable Architecture and Design, urban planner, software engineer.

Currently working at IT and Development Centre at the Estonian Ministry of the Interior (SMIT) as GIS services Product Owner. Most of our services are provided with the help of open source GIS software.

Hi! I'm Krishna Lodha, founder of http://rottengrapes.tech/ . We are India's one of the leading Open source GIS Companies. We're helping governments and private clients to utilise various open source products such as Geoserver, geonetwork, PostGIS, GeoNode, Tile Creation, etc.

Geoinformatics specialist at CSC - IT center for science (Finland):
* Geoinformatics support for Finnish universities and research institutes to use CSC supercomputers and cloud services
* Develoment of Paituli spatial data download service, inc STAC.

In early 2021, Kurt moved from the USA to Denmark and now works for Septima P/S in Copenhagen, Denmark. He has a broad skillset. He is a spatial analyst, cartographer, trainer/teacher and author. In 2022 he published his eighth and ninth books on QGIS: Discover QGIS 3.x - Second Edition and QGIS for Hydrological Applications - Second Edition, both with Locate Press. He is currently working on book #10 Field Data Collection with QGIS and Mergin Maps. In 2015 he became an OsGeo Charter Member. He is also a fellow of the Rewilding Institute and a board member of Wild Arizona.

Lauri Kajan is a software developer who specializes in Geospatial Information. He graduated as a Master of Science in Technology from Aalto University, where he studied geoinformatics, cartography and computer science. He works at Gispo, where he develops geospatial applications for customers from different sectors. His main programming language is Python, which he uses for developing QGIS plugins, among other things. He also designs database solutions, where he uses a PostgreSQL/PostGIS database.

Kajan is motivated by projects that move our society forward, taking into account the environment and sustainable development. He is especially interested in open data and open source projects, where he can use his skills and learn new things.

In his free time, Lauri enjoys alpine ski racing, running, orienteering and scouting. He is always ready to discuss geospatial information and other interesting topics with the conference participants. You can contact him at lauri.kajan@gispo.fi.

Working with metadata, geoportal and INSPIRE stuff at NLS-FI

Software Engineer specialized in Front-end and GIS. Technical lead of MapStore project

GIS Analyst
PhD at Politecnico di Milano and RSE.
National OpenStreetMap Coordinator for Wikimedia Italia.
OSGeo charter member.
FOSS4G and OpenStreetMap enthusiastic.

Working at EOX IT Services as a Geospatial IT Engineer dealing with web maps and satellite data
visualisation and processing and really enjoying it!

Keywords: Python, PostGIS, OpenLayers, Vue, GDAL, STAC, OpenSearch,
Docker Swarm management, Optical EO Data, COGs, OGC Web Services

Feels great when a hidden bug gets tracked and fixed. Loves escaping cities on a bike, fantasy books and board/video games. Member of PyLadies Vienna organization team.

Luís Moreira de Sousa completed the Degree on Informatics and Computers
Engineering at the University of Lisbon in 2002, which he complemented with a
Masters on Geographic Information Systems in 2005. In the Department of Civil
Engineering of this university he was a junior researcher from 2002 to 2008,
contributing to applied research projects with Instituto da Água and Estradas
de Portugal. After a year as consultant with SIQuant at the National Laboratory
of Civil Engineering (LNEC), in 2009 he became an independent consultant,
supporting de development of the spatial data infrastructure of the newly
created Administração da Região Hidrográfica do Tejo (ARH-Tejo).

In 2011 he joined the Henri Tudor institute in Luxembourg as Research Engineer,
where he contributed to the development of Spatial Decision Support Systems on
the domains of Energy and Urban Planning. At the time he was already a PhD
candidate on Informatics Engineering at the University of Lisbon, promoted by
Prof. Alberto Silva. In 2016 he concluded this graduation with a thesis on
domain specific languages for the development of spatial simulation programmes.
Still that year he started a post-doc position at EAWAG (Swiss Federal
Institute of Research on the Water Domain) during which he conducted research
on rapid flood modelling and storm water network management. Since 2017 Luís
has been at ISRIC - World Soil Information in The Netherlands where he conducts
research on the geography and ontology of world soils.

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, QGis and others. 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.

GIS expert at Austrian Power Grid, Department of Transmission Lines. Background in cartograpy and GIS.

Originally, Luke has created high performance products based on open source solutions for startups and companies around the world from his base in Europe. He was introduced to the world of OSS for maps when he founded Stadia Maps in 2017, and has since participated in creating multiple libraries and products for use in the community, including as a founding member of the MapLibre board and many contributions in the Rust geo space.

Coordinator at Lounaistieto. Regional open data cooperation, development of Lounaistieto and project management.

As a trained surveyor, I have refined my skills in data analysis and interpretation, which I have applied in my transition towards becoming a Junior Data Scientist. Over the past two years, I have delved into GIS, remote sensing, LiDAR, and data processing, which have become my primary areas of interest. My vision for the spatial data industry resembles a puzzle, where open datasets, Python, SQL, and Machine Learning techniques are the pieces that need to interlock. In my view, the future of GIS is anchored in Big Data solutions and cloud computing, and I am fortunate to be cultivating my skills in this direction while working at CloudFerro.

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. Outgoing, flexible and open-minded, Marco fluently speaks five languages. The best thing is: He not only knows how to say it but also loves sharing his know-how.

Dr. Marco Minghini obtained a BSc degree (2008), an MSc degree (2010) and a PhD degree (2014) in Environmental Engineering at Politecnico di Milano. From 2014 to 2018 he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the GEOlab of Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Since 2018 he works as a Scientific Project Officer at the European Commission - Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Ispra, Italy, focusing on (geo)data interoperability, sharing and standardisation in support of European data spaces, and contributing to the operation and evolution of the INSPIRE infrastructure. He is an advocate of open source software and open data. OSGeo Charter Member since 2015, active OpenStreetMap contributor and Voting Member of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, Chair of ISPRS ICWG "Openness in Geospatial Science and Remote Sensing". He is a regular participant and presenter at global and local FOSS4G events, Secretary of FOSS4G Europe 2015, Co-chair of the Academic Track at FOSS4G 2022 and 2023 and FOSS4G Europe 2024.

Margherita Di Leo is an engineer with a PhD in Methods and Technologies for Environmental Monitoring. She has been an OSGeo charter member since 2011 and has contributed to GRASS GIS, OSGeoLive, GSoC@OSGeo among others. She works at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission in Italy as an external consultant.

Geospatial software developer from germany with focus on 3D maps and cloud native geospatial

Martin Menert has been leading Estonian delegation to Earth Observation Programme Board of European Space Agency.

Currently he is advising various remote sensing projects in Estonia.

Matthias Mohr is an independant software engineer and consultant. He's been fundamental in defining the openEO API specification for interoperable geoprocessing in the cloud and is developing the front-end UI. Similarly, he's one of the authors of the STAC specification and added a large number of extensions to the ecosystem. He's maintaining STAC Browser and STAC Index.

I am an enthusiastic and dedicated individual driven by a passion for knowledge and a commitment to making a positive impact. Born and raised in Estonia, I developed an early interest in natural sciences that has shaped the trajectory of my life. I graduated from the University of Tartu in 2008, after which life led me to study geoinformatics MSc at the University of Turku, Finland. Since then I have worked on several GIS-related projects, such as focusing on the development of GIS training capacity in collaborative projects between Finland and Tanzania, as well as engaging in community planning for coastal areas with Estonian partners. My latest project involves an interdisciplinary approach to the study of human history with a focus on the spatiotemporal aspects, which is also part of my doctoral degree studies in geoinformatics.
I am passionate about innovative geospatial solutions and maps.

GIS specialist at Gispo ltd

Michael Scholz studied geoinformatics in Münster, Germany, and works as a researcher at the Institute of Transportation Systems of the German Aerospace Center since 2012. His daily work involves taming of heterogeneous geodata to be used in applications of driving simulation and autonomous driving, making OpenDRIVE a core component of his personality. He calls himself an Open Geodata and Open Source Evangelist and is keen on bringing the domains of GIS and transportation engineering closer together. Apart from that he likes to be roaming around on boundary-less gravel roads of far and foreign countries.

Mike is a Physical Scientist at the US Army Corps of Engineers and a long time MapServer user and occasional developer. Mike is on the PDAL 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 and 2020. Mike currently serves as the Treasurer (treasurer@osgeo.org) on the OSGeo Board

Studying Geoinformatics at Faculty of Geodesy and Cartography of the Warsaw University of Technology. Junior Data Scientist in Cloudferro.

I come originally from Portugal and live in Berlin since 2007. I worked a long time in academia at GFZ Potsdam and University of Potsdam, building land-surface models for predicting water availability and extreme-events. Since 2022 I joined UP42 and have been involved in leveraging STAC and COGs for revamping our data management and processing platforms.

Expertised in GIS and data engeneering, I take on the crucial role of overseeing external communication at Kontur. Have a Master Degree in Geomatics domain (BSU, Minsk, Belarus).

Miriam is passionate about how Geospatial data and Earth Observation technologies can change the world. She is doing Partnerships between Space and Geospatial organizations at UP42, an organization that aims to democratize data accessibility from Space and Geospatial industries and support companies to derive insights to solve challenges on Earth. For the past years, Miriam has been involved in different Geospatial initiatives such as Geochicas where she promotes more women participation and knowledge sharing in the Geospatial spaces. Promoting OpenStreetMap and Humanitarian OpenStreetMap (HOTOSM) in the one she is Voting Member and was President of the Board of Directors 2019-2021. She participates in these initiatives by giving workshops, conferences and coordinating efforts among Open Data key players and most recently is part of the FIRE project (Forum for Innovation and Research in European Earth Observation) as an EO Evangelist in the Energy sector. Currently, she is involved in Earth Observation, Data Analytics and Open Data initiatives.

Hello hello, I am a Data Science Engineer at UP42.
Interested in all things geospatial (and non-geospatial too) :)

Msc Environmental science
Graduated from University of Turku, Finland in 2008
Geoinformatics studies in University of Helsinki 2017
GIS specialist in Southwest Finland’s regional open data centre, Lounaistieto, since 2017 untill now

My academic journey started with a bachelor's degree in Geoinformatics, a field that continues to captivate me. Building on this foundation, I pursued and successfully attained a master's degree in Applied Geography and Geo-informatics. Currently, I am immersed in the pursuit of a PhD in Geo-informatics advancing my knowledge in the field.

Nuno earned his BS and MS in Software Engineering from the 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 few 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.

Geospatial developer at Camptocamp, involved into the topic of data platforms and metadata interoperability, and the GeoNetwork project; also a happy contributor of OpenLayers!

I have worked in the National Land Survey of Finland for the past four years and my current role includes working as a product owner and writing feature spesifications for the new topographic data production system.

Data Scientist at CloudFerro S.A.

DevOps engineer at ISRIC - World Soil Information. We maintain a range of datasets and catalogues related to global soil property distribution (chemical, physical and biological)

Mr. Pekka Sarkola is a distinguished expert in geospatial sciences and engineering with more than 25 years of professional experience in the field. He is the founder of Gispo companies in Finland and Sweden. Additionally, Pekka presides over the Finnish association for open source geospatial software (OSGeo Suomi) and serves as an active Charter member for the global counterpart (Open Source Geospatial Foundation).

Using and developing open source software for making big EO data accessible and actionable.

I am an web map standards practitioner and enthusiast, working in the Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation on the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure at Natural Resources Canada. I am the co-leader of the W3C Maps for HTML Community Group, and current editor of the Map Markup Language specification and proposal. I believe that maps should be a standard part of the web, because the web is for everyone.

Cartographer with a GIS background, always keen on exploring new approaches to map design and data visualization. A strong believer in combining graphic design with anything geo-related. At MapTiler, I help to bring their vector tiles maps to the next level.

Pieter Kempeneers is with the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Ispra (Italy). He is an engineer in electronics with a PhD in science. His interest is in remote sensing, image processing, and time series analysis. He also develops and uses open source software. Pieter is leading a team on data analytics services that deals with artificial intelligence, data management, data processing, and data visualization.

I'm a Software Engineer at Kontur, where I specialize in developing Disaster Ninja and other innovative solutions aimed at enhancing disaster management through technology. My work focuses on leveraging open-source software to enable rapid and effective disaster response.

Püü Polma, an Estonian GIS Specialist and Cartographer with over 15 years of experience in the private sector, is currently committed to steering Regio OÜ's core database, production processes, and geospatial products toward FOSS4G.

Hey there! My name is Rajat (meaning shining like Silver in Hindi). I hail from India and currently, I am working as a Computer Scientist with NASA IMPACT / the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). I have a Ph.D. degree in Geo-informatics with a specialization in LiDAR data processing using deep learning algorithms. During my Ph.D., I was a recipient of the Prime Minister's Research Fellowship conferred by the Government of India to selected doctoral candidates. Before diving into the spatial dimension, I used to be an Electronics and Communication Engineer.

My journey with open-source (and OSGeo) started in 2017 when I got to attend and present at the FOSS4G Asia 2017. In the same year, I had an amazing experience in contributing to the MapMint project as a Google Summer of Code Student. From 2018 onwards, I am contributing as a GSoC Admin and mentor for the ZOO-Project and MapMint. Also, I serve as a Project Steering Committee (PSC) Member for the ZOO-Project and pgRouting projects. I was one of the mentors for the United Nations OSGeo Education Challenge 2021 for the pgRouting project and represented OSGeo during the Google Summer of Code Mentor Summit 2023 held in California, US.

Riku is a software developer with physicist (PhD) background and an avid interest in open data, open source software, all manner of maps, urban development and location analysis. His favorite projects include Python, databases, backend, online services, APIs and data analysis, but he is interested in all things GIS.

Saber Razmjooei is an active figure in the open-source GIS community. He is co-founder of Lutra Consulting, a company dedicated to empowering others with open-source GIS tools and solutions.

I worked as an Android Developer and Engineer at the Map Department of the General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre in Türkiye, bringing over eight years of expertise in app development and geospatial sciences. During my time, I led innovative projects to smoothly integrate technology into land registry practices.

Starting my career in 2014, I played key roles in well-known companies like Getir in Ankara and KAYAK in Berlin, making significant contributions to Android development and improving map functionalities.

Aside from my professional roles, I kept things busy at GISLOG Studios, where I explored new technologies and released apps with over 200K downloads on my Google Play account.

My educational journey included being a Geomatics Engineering Ph.D. candidate at Istanbul Technical University, specializing in smart city applications. With a master's degree in Geodesy and Geoinformation Science from Technische Universitat Berlin and another in Geographical Information Technology from Istanbul Technical University, my academic background added depth to my practical experience.

As a conference speaker, I brought a unique mix of technical expertise and real-world application, sharing insights into the dynamic intersection of Android development, geospatial sciences, and land registry advancements.

Hands-on architect and the lead developer of the FOSS software package called Oskari at National Land Survey of Finland.

I work as a research associate in the area of data management and geodata processing at the Institute of Transportation Systems, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany. Further information can be found in my ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0387-7740

CEO of Gispo Ltd and open data & FOSS4G enthusiast. Loves gardening and cats.

Member of the MapServer PSC, OSGeo Charter Member, and Ireland's OSGeo Chapter

Product Owner in National Land Survey of Finland; interested in anything GIS

Born and raised in Thessaloniki. Graduated from the Department of Topography and Geoinformatics Engineering of International Hellenic University and now a postgraduate student in Applied Informatics of University Of Macedonia.
In February 2020 I started my internship at Consortis Geospatial in the Geoinformatics department, where I remain as an employee after its completion until today. Since my internship and my collaboration with the department, I have expanded my knowledge in GIS and Photogrammetry, as well as an intermediate level of knowledge in Databases, Web and Software Developing. I have also worked with Civil and Surveying Engineering firms in the construction sector on public and private projects.

Stefanie is an Earth Observation Application Scientist at the European Space Agency, leading product development and strategic industrial initiatives under European flagship projects such as Destination Earth (destination-earth.eu), and ESA’s Space for Green Future Accelerator. Her work focuses on enhancing community-driven technology solutions to global challenges such as climate change, with a commitment to sustainable, inclusive practices. She chairs the Big Data from Space conference (bigdatafromspace2023.org) and is a member of the Python Software Foundation and the Open Source Geospatial Foundation. Previously, she contributed as a core-developer and steering-council member of the Python Spatial Analysis Library (PySAL) and dask-geopandas, and mentored students through NumFocus and the Google Summer of Code.

Frontend Developer at GeoSolutions

Stefano Conversi was born in Viterbo, Italy, in 1997. He obtained both his BSc degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering and MSc degree in Civil Engineering for Risk Mitigation at Politecnico di Milano. Since February 2022 he is part of Politecnico di Milano's GIS-GEOLab team as a PhD student. Currently, he is collaborating with Regione Lombardia's General Direction for Territory and Green Infrastructure, in the development of studies aimed at exploiting Remote Sensing techniques for monitoring and preserving regional ecosystems and biodiversity (e.g. against Invasive Alien Species and drought impacts). His main fields of interest are the ones of crisis management and geoprocessing techniques to support risk assessment.

Versatile transportation and GIS professional with a solid background in GIS development, analysis, and transportation engineering. Known for creating innovative GIS applications and leveraging analytical skills to extract meaningful insights for informed decision-making. Experienced in traffic flow analysis, transportation modeling, and contributing to the planning and design of efficient transportation networks. Committed to pushing the boundaries of innovation at the intersection of GIS, transportation and urban development.

Heading Autonomous Driving Lab at the University of Tartu. Research interests include artificial intelligence, deep learning and reinforcement learning.

GIS Specialist with software development background. Interested in all kinds of data visualizations and related open source software.

Tom Kralidis is with the Meteorological Service of Canada and longtime contributor to FOSS4G. He contributes to numerous projects in the Geopython ecosystem.

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.

Tomas is a GIScience enthusiast with interest in Python programming and databases. He cares about geodata and how to process them. As a hobby, he assembles and develops sensors for measuring weather conditions. In his free time, he travels and does sports.

Vasile Craciunescu is a researcher with more than 22 years experience, working for the Romanian National Meteorological Administration and Terrasigna, being in charge with the scientific and operational activities related to GIS database design and implementation, deployment of standardized web services, spatial enabled web interfaces, ETL, EO data processing, project management. He received his diploma in cartography and physical geography in 2001. He has a good experience in working and leading national, EU and ESA research projects. In 2006 Vasile started geo-spatial.org (http://geo-spatial.org), a collaborative effort by and for the Romanian community to facilitate the sharing of geospatial knowledge and the discovery and publishing of free geographic datasets and maps. Since 2011 he is the Romanian delegate in the Copernicus User Forum at the European Commission and the representative of Meteo Romania at Open Geospatial Consortium. In August 2014 he was elected to the Open Source Geospatial Foundation board of directors. For the last eight years he has been teaching FOSS4G-based techniques at the Faculty of Geography - University of Bucharest in the first Romanian ICA-OSGeo Lab. Vasile was the chair of the 2019 FOSS4G international conference.

Veronica Andreo holds a PhD in Biology and an MSc in Remote Sensing and GIS Applications. She is part of the GRASS Dev Team, and serves as PSC chair since 2021. She is currently working at the Center for Geospatial Analytics, in North Carolina State University (USA) within an NSF grant aimed at bolstering and broadening the software ecosystem of GRASS GIS.

Django, Python developer and G3WSUITE server-side development manager

The WAPlugin team is a dynamic group of artificial intelligence engineers and earth science researchers passionate about leveraging remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS) for effective natural resources management. Sharing the same determination to make advanced technologies serve sustainable development, they have engaged in a collaboration to develop innovative solutions to the most pressing challenges in this field.

The latest project, WAPlugin, is the result of their collective expertise and commitment to advancing the application of remote sensing data in water resource management and agricultural productivity. As FAO WaPOR Hackathon winners, they have demonstrated exceptional skills in developing practical solutions that integrate remote sensing technology with GIS platforms to streamline data access, analysis and validation processes.

• Cofounder of MapLibre
• Maintainer of Martin tile server
• Author of Wikipedia API, Maps, and Graphs

Project manager and team leader at Camptocamp

geospatial and design nerd