Coastal Geographer and GIS expert
Data scavenger, map and FOSS aficionado
Working since 2006 in various roles within marine science and -spatial planning, system development and foreign aid

Alexandra studied Geography and Geoinformatics in Heidelberg, Loughborough and Jena. She works as a geodata specialist at the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Research (ZMT) in Bremen, Germany. She specializes in research data management and focuses on the digitalization of data collection practices, including the application of KoboToolbox for surveying and Qfield for mapping purposes.

I’m a PhD in Earth Sciences and an Assistant Professor at the Department of Geoecology, Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies. I have degrees in Environmental Biology and Physical Geography from the University of Warsaw. For over 10 years, I’ve been using QGIS daily in projects related to geography, biology, and nature conservation. I also have plenty of experience teaching and running training sessions.
I write a blog (www.alinagerlee.pl) about data processing and visualization in QGIS and enjoy being an active part of the QGIS user community. I’m also the author of the guide (in Polish) "Maps in QGIS 3.4 from Scratch."
When I’m not at my computer, I love spending time in nature—whether it’s on local walks or exploring wild, far-off places. For the past 20 years, I’ve also been a board member of a non-governmental organization dedicated to nature conservation.

I am a visualization researcher who focuses on developing fundamental concepts that find their application in real world solutions. I am passionate about the communication of science to both laymen and experts. I am the proud leader of a large research division with great people and have the privilege of being the director of a visualization center with research, education, innovation and public engagement as an agenda.

Andreas Fogelberg is the Frontend Lead developer at MetaSolutions AB, which is the main development company behind EntryScape. He specializes in geospatial data management and open-source solutions. With a diverse background spanning both public and private sectors, he brings extensive experience from organizations like Consid, Tobii, Västerås municipality, Enköping municipality, Sweco, and Eskilstuna municipality. His expertise lies in integrating and customizing geospatial tools to meet specific organizational needs, with a focus on metadata management and interoperability. Andreas is passionate about fostering open data initiatives and empowering organizations to effectively manage their geospatial information.

Andreas holds a BSc in “Environmental Sciences” and a M.Sc. on “Applied Geo-Informatics in Environmental & Risk Management”, both from University of the Aegean at Greece. Currently he works at the KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence in October 2018, and he is specialized on the use of geo-spatial tools and methods for monitoring, understanding, and addressing complex real-life problems. He has been also involved in thematic cartography, spatial modeling, data management and development of GIS-based decision support systems and tools. Andreas is a board member of ‘QGIS Cyprus’ community.

Andreas is the project manager of the Atlas of Switzerland at the Institute of Cartography and Geoinformation at ETH Zurich. Together with a team of developers and editors, he is working on the future web version of the Swiss National Atlas. In addition to his work on the “Atlas of Switzerland”, he also teaches cartography and geoinformatics at ETH Zurich. He is also involved in the QGIS steering committee (PSC) as treasurer. In addition to QGIS, other FOSSGIS tools such as PostgreSQL/Postgis, GDAL/OGR, PDAL, Python, etc. are used.

Anita Graser is a Senior Scientist at the Austrian Institute of Technology, QGIS and MobilityDB PSC member, and lead developer of MovingPandas. Anita has published several books about QGIS, including “Learning QGIS” and “QGIS Map Design” and writes a popular spatial data science blog at https://anitagraser.com.

Research in the domain of machine learning, Earth Observation and GIS.

Geodata professional who falls in love with QGIS over and over again every time I discover a new feature.

Used QGIS the last 15 years with main focus on teaching, data capture, map amking and using Python/pyQGIS for workflows and plugins.

My name is Axel Hörteborn and I have created GeoDataFarm to illustrate data from farms that have Geographical information and OMRAT to analys nautical risks.

I grew up on a farm on the Swedish south cost, I graduated from Lunds technical faculty with master of science in Risk Management and Safety Engineering in 2014. Since 2014 have I worked on a consultant company focusing on maritime risks, I normally do risk assessments for ship operations and maritime infrastructure like bridges. Since 2017 I've been a PhD student at Chalmers with the focus on risk of ship - bridge accidents.

I moved to Varberg in 2015 (doing Kite surfing when it is windy on my spare time), hence I work in Gothenburg, giving me 2 times 45min every day to work on Open source projects.

Researcher in air quality modelling at the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), PhD in theoretical physics.

I started to work as air quality consultant in 2010 and have used QGIS pretty much since then.
As I learned about air quality and meteorology, my interest in geography and GIS also grew.
Since more than 20 years, I have use and promoted the use of open source software and open data, especially within science.

I am a swiss senior developer at OPENGIS.ch and there I work as QGIS core commiter and main responsible for INTERLIS solutions and the Model Baker plugin. I am passionate about developing innovative ideas, learning new technologies and finding solutions to challenging problems.

As the Industry Solution Team Lead at OPENGIS.ch, I specialize in open-source geospatial technologies. As a QGIS core developer since 2012, I have been actively contributing to the advancement of QGIS functionalities. My work focuses on driving innovation and sustainability in the open-source GIS community.

I am a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Developer with a focus on open source technology.
Currently working at Tel Aviv Yafo Municipality building cool things that unfortunately don't have anything to do with QGIS.
I am a board member on the Israeli Association For Cartography & Geographical Information Systems, as well as an active member on the Israeli QGIS community (QGIS-IL) organizing monthly QGIS open days.

I'm a geographer specializing in geoinformatics. At Gispo I work at the intersection of open source and GIS, for example in the form of data analysis, visualization, and software development.

Working as Product Owner at the IT-department of National Land Survey. Interested in OS, agile development, maps, data modelling and data flows.

Working at MetaSolutions with Geodata and metadata solutions.
Member of the board in Geoforum.

Erik leads research projects at Linköping University on digital twins and applied AI. He is also the founder and CEO of the AI-geospatial company Dubblett, leveraging AI for geospatial solutions. With more than 15 years of experience in developing technical solutions and new working methods in urban planning, Erik brings extensive expertise in bridging research and practical applications.

I'm an active contributor in the OpenStreetMap community, mainly with QuickOSM, a QGIS plugin to extract OSM data within QGIS.

For work, I'm working as a GIS developer at 3Liz, mainly focused on QGIS Desktop/Server plugins and the Lizmap opensource project.

Works with QGIS and OSGeo for many years now, especially within teaching and research in Higher Education.

Project Manager for several large companies with difficult projects in construction and development.

Founder of NaturalGIS. Biologist specialized in Conservation Biology. Member and charter member of the OSGeo – Open Source Geospatial Foundation. Founding member of OSGeo Portugal – Portuguese Geographic Free and Open-Source Software Association. Over 15 years of experience in open-source GIS and long time active QGIS community member.

Gustavo García, a lecturer and researcher at the University of Twente's Faculty ITC, has a diverse academic background. Originally from Guatemala, he holds a bachelor's degree in software engineering and a master's in human resource management from his home country. In the Netherlands, he pursued further studies, obtaining a master's and PhD in geoinformatics. Prior to his current position, he accrued experience as a lecturer, software engineer, and researcher, notably focusing on geovisual analytics and collaborative analysis.

Hans van der Kwast is Associate Professor of Open Science and Digital Innovation at IHE Delft Institute for Water Education. Hans holds a PhD in Physical Geography. Since 2012 he has worked at IHE Delft, the largest international graduate education institute in the field of water. In his teaching and capacity-development projects he actively promotes the use of open source tools and open data by young professionals from the water sector in the Global South. Through the GIS OpenCourseWare platform and his popular YouTube channel he shares free tutorials. He is a board member of the Dutch QGIS Users Association, OSGeo Charter Member and has his own consultancy QWAST-GIS. He co-authored the book QGIS for Hydrological Applications with Locate Press.

I am a Software Engineer with over 15 years of experience specializing in the development of Enterprise GIS applications on open-source platforms.
With over 10 years of experience in mobile application development, I have focused on building hybrid apps using the Ionic Framework,
In addition to my technical experience, I have also contributed to education as an assistant professor in the Software Engineering program at the Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de la República, Uruguay, where I taught third-year courses.

Currently, I am responsible for leading the GIS area within the IT department at the Intendencia de Montevideo, developing innovative GIS solutions for public sector applications.

Isabelle Korsch is a mathematician and is working at WhereGroup in Berlin since 2022. She is mainly involved in the development of QGIS Python plugins. She is also a trainer at the FOSS Academy (https://www.foss-academy.com).

Jakob has been using OpenStreetMap for over 15 years and has been developing software for more than 10 years.
Over the past 4 years, these two areas have increasingly overlapped through his work as a software developer at HeiGIT gGmbH. His focus lies on clear communication and process optimization – although his background in discrete optimization tends to get in the way from time to time.

He works as a lecturer and course instructor in both academic and non-academic settings.

Geospatial solutions engineer. Professionally involved in acquiring, processing and analysing large information data sets. Coordinator of many implementations of IT systems and author of systems and studies in the field of spatial analytics that constitute the basis for decision-making processes in companies and institutions. Author of open source data solutions and author of legal regulations related to the functioning of protected areas in the north-eastern Poland. Organizer of GISspot meetings and co-organizer of Bialystok GISDay.

Jan is a GIS- and Software Engineer at Sweco, Europe's leading architecture and engineering consultancy. He uses his background in GIS, strong interests in open-source and an eye for IT architecture to build usable and robust geospatial systems.

As a software engineer, I specialized in scientific software development for data processing and data visualization. In the geospatial field, I am particularly interested in contributing to data processing pipelines (vector/raster) and visualization on the web using WebGL.
I joined Camptocamp (Lausanne, Switzerland) in early 2025.

My stack: Python, JS/TS, C++, WebGL, GLSL, GDAL, QGIS, Maplibre, OpenLayers

Jorge Gustavo has a PhD in Computer Science. He is Assistant Professor at the Computer Science Department at Minho University, where he teaches and researches on Geographic Information System and Science. Jorge has contributed to several open source projects, like QGIS and GDAL. With former PhD students he started Geomaster, a company that provides professional services on top of open source GIS software.

A Landscape technician with extensive experience in GIS applications for forestry and environmental management. With a background in teaching QGIS at Skovskolen, there is a strong focus on making spatial data accessible to all.

For the past two years, the work at the Danish Nature Agency has centered on customizing QGIS for forestry operations and environmental protection. With a passion for usability and open-source GIS solutions, the specialization lies in bridging the gap between complex spatial data and practical use.

In early 2021, Kurt moved from the USA to Denmark and now works for Septima P/S in Copenhagen, Denmark. He earned a Master in Geography from the University of New Mexico in 2000. He has a broad skillset. He is a spatial analyst, cartographer, trainer/teacher and author. He has published many QGIS books, the most recent being: Discover QGIS 3.x - Second Edition, QGIS for Hydrological Applications - Second Edition, and Field Data Collection with QGIS and Mergin Maps all with Locate Press. He was elected as an OsGeo Charter Member in 2015. He is also a fellow of the Rewilding Institute and a board member of Wild Arizona.

I am a geospatial data enthusiast with a strong background in Geoinformatics Engineering and Computer Science. My expertise lies in combining advanced spatial data analysis with innovative technologies to solve real-world problems. I have practical experience working on various GIS-based projects, specializing in spatial data management, analysis, and visualization.
As a researcher, I focus on the application of GIS systems in urban planning and other geospatial disciplines, continuously striving to contribute to the field through both academic and professional endeavors.

Lova is a passionate Web GIS Developer based in Antananarivo, Madagascar. He thrives on blending the power of open-source technologies with his creative mapping skills. With a strong foundation in self-taught GIS expertise, Lova has dedicated himself to developing dynamic web-based GIS applications and crafting visually captivating maps using QGIS. Complementing his GIS skills, Lova is well-versed in web development. He harnesses the power of Python, Django, and JavaScript to create robust web-based GIS applications that provide users with seamless access to spatial data and interactivity. He is specialized in leveraging these capabilities as decisive tools in humanitarian initiatives, reflecting a commitment to driving positive change through innovative geospatial strategies. Beyond his digital world, Lova is an avid hiker. He finds solace in exploring the great outdoors, which not only recharges his creativity but also deepens his understanding of the landscapes he represents in his maps.

I am a third-year PhD student working on geospatial machine learning with remotely sensed imagery for environmental monitoring.

Mahdi is an Assistant Professor at the University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), Department of Geo-Information Processing (GIP) in Enschede, the Netherlands.
His research focuses on the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and geodata processing (GeoAI). His Ph.D. work involved using semantic web technologies and AI to automate geoprocessing workflows. Post-Ph.D., his research expanded to spatial data science and big data analytics, applying machine learning (ML) for spatiotemporal modeling in areas such as environmental monitoring, disaster management, and spatial epidemiology. He has also explored deep learning (DL) for extracting insights from large-scale spatial datasets and used natural language processing (NLP) for geospatial social media analysis.
His current research interests include:
• Large Language Models (LLMs) and Multimodal LLMs (MLLMs)
• MLOps and automated geoprocessing workflows
• Explainable AI (XAI)
• Spatial and spatiotemporal modeling using ML/DL
• Spatial data fusion

Marco Alvarez-Patino is a civil engineer with extensive experience in utility-scale solar site development, combining expertise in GIS, programming, and civil site design to create scalable solutions for the renewable energy industry. His work focuses on optimizing land-use strategies, integrating open-source tools, and leveraging automation to streamline project execution.

At Revamp, Marco is responsible for the development of the internal toolsets used by engineers for civil site design, and he has been involved in the construction of over 3GW of utility-scale Solar.

Prior to joining Revamp in 2022, Marco held roles at Mott MacDonald designing over 1 GW of utility scale solar in North America where he tackled difficult projects in the northeast United States developing solutions for solar array grading problems involving tracker systems.

Marco holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Wayne State University. His belief in working towards a cleaner future has led his work in applying solutions at scale to drive the development of renewable energy.

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.

Marios S. Kyriakou is a Research Software Engineer II at the KIOS CoE, the founder of the online QGIS Cyprus initiative, and a member of the KIOS Open Science Committee. He holds a B.Sc. (2012) and an M.Sc. (2014) in electrical engineering from the University of Cyprus. He leads the software development team in the Smart Water and Environmental Systems Group at KIOS under the supervision of Prof. Demetrios Eliades. His work involves translating academic research into software, requiring effective communication with research associates and engineers from various backgrounds and fields of expertise.

Got into QGIS development back in 2005 and stayed since then! Working at Lutra Consulting, delivering open source GIS to clients and helping open source GIS ecosystem to grow.

Merli is a graduate of the geography department in the University of Tartu. She is currently working in the Chair of Geoinformatics and Cartography as a project manager for different geospatial projects conducted by the Landscape Geoinformatics Lab. During her geography studies Merli was actively involved in the “Cool Geography Lesson” initiative for six years, including three years as a project manager. During the journey she has gained valuable experience that she is excited to share with the wider QGIS community.

• Full stack GeoNinja @ OPENGIS.ch
• Web cartography teacher @ Baugewerbliche Berufsschule Zürich
• @boardend on GitHub

I am a research engineer at Linköping University and as such participates in various research projects, mainly within the area of transportation and communication systems. I mainly provide coding support for researchers in projects ranging from railway timetables to rhino step counters.

Minna is a nature conservation specialist with a passion for geoinformatics. Her current topics are habitat greenhouse gas cycling, field work data management, and environmentally friendly, especially water smart agriculture.

Pekka, M. Sc. (tech) is the founder and main partner of Gispo. He is passionate for Open Source and GIS, in Finland and internationally. As a hobby he bikes and writes a GIS blog.

Peter Gipper is a geoscientist and works as a GIS developer and consultant as part of the WhereGroup team. His main and favorite activity is developing QGIS plugins using Python.

I work in the Geo-ecological research group at NHM, University of Oslo, focusing on geomatics, GIS, and spatial analysis. My role includes supporting the "Nature in Norway" (NiN) system with data collection, analysis, and dissemination, as well as maintaining related software and hardware. I also contribute to quality control in habitat mapping and strategies for long-term data management.

B.Sc. Geography
M.Sc. Urban and regional planning
Used to work in a company specialized in sport-oriented urban planing, now working in the public sector in the field of urban planing. In all those stations worked with QGIS, more or less self-taught

GIS-specialist, developer and solution architect with a history of working with GIS/IT in governmental, municipality and the private industry. My focus is often user benefits, method acceptance and finding smooth and sustainable ways of handling problems. Currently leading the migration from proprietary to Open Source GIS at SMHI, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute.

Raymond has been working as a freelancer in GIS for over 15 years. He's an open source enthusiast, a long term QGIS contributor and the president of the Dutch QGIS User Group.

Saber is a one of the Lutra Consulting co-founder. Lutra is an active member of QGIS development community.

Software Engineer at Sourcepole AG
CTO at Effetto Venturi Sagl (autonomous buoys for water sports)
Package maintainer for the Fedora Linux Distro (GIS stack, MinGW, ...)

Studied survey engineering at the National Technical University of Athens. My love for QGIS and open source drove me from gis power user to QGIS core developer. I now work as a software developer for Lutra Consulting ltd, squashing bugs and bringing new features to the best gis platform out there.

Engineer at Development Seed

Till has been working with QGIS and PyQGIS for over 5 years and has contributed features to QGIS core and several other plugins. He is an active member of the QGIS and open-source geospatial community, with a focus on usability and automation. Till also maintains the ORS Tools plugin and collaborates with international GIS teams to build custom solutions for spatial analysis and routing.

Ujaval is the founder of Spatial Thoughts - a learning platform for modern geospatial technologies. Ujaval got his Masters in Geospatial Information Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After joining Google Inc. in California, he moved to India in 2006. He was one of the early employees at Google India and part of the team that launched Google Maps for India. He worked on multiple Geo teams at Google and led the GIS team in India.

After 15 years of corporate experience, he left Google in 2020 to work on his startup - Spatial Thoughts - to create a learning platform to bridge the skill gap in the geospatial industry. His online academy has trained participants from over 150 countries. His learning materials on QGIS, Python, Earth Engine, and GDAL are cited as the top learning resources globally and are used by more than 1 million people every year.

Ujaval is a world-renowned training facilitator and is passionate about advancing the use of open-source technologies in teaching and research. He is an active QGIS community contributor and a QGIS.org certified training provider.

I am Valentin Buira, I am an urban planner and a GIS software developer. I work mainly with the development and improvement of the Mergin Maps plugin at Lutra Consulting. And I'm also interested in improving the tools for people working with GIS daily like the model designer.

Master of engineering in Geodesy by profession. In love with QGIS since 1.4.0 'Enceladus'. I'm experienced with CAD, GIS, SQL and computer maintenance in general. I'm a big fan of open-source solutions and I hope someday soon I'll be able to give back something more than bug reports to open-source community.

Researcher at the University of Copenhagen with a PhD in applied computer vision for earth observations and forest health assessment. Additional experience and interests in physical climate risk assessments.

Zac Deziel is a geospatial software engineer and product manager at Development Seed, based in Squamish, BC. He works on open-source GIS, cloud-native geospatial applications, and Earth observation data workflows. His recent projects include eoAPI, an open-source framework for scalable Earth observation data access, and NASA’s MAAP (Multi-Mission Algorithm and Analysis Platform), where he focuses on geospatial data integration and infrastructure. Zac is passionate about modernizing QGIS plugin development through best practices in testing, CI/CD, and maintainability, helping make geospatial tools more accessible and scalable.

Zsanett is one of the Geoninjas from the QField team at OPENGIS.ch, where she brings empathy and passion to her role as Product Manager. She's dedicated to shaping the future of QField with innovative features that truly meet user needs. A lover of nature, Zsanett enjoys horseback riding, which reflects her adventurous spirit. She is always looking for new opportunities to grow both herself and the QField ecosystem.