HON’BLE KAPIL SIBAL Minister of Communications and Information Technology, India	HON’BLE ALHAJI A.B. INUSAH FUSEINI Minister for Lands and Natural Resources Ghana	Steven W. Berglund President and CEO Trimble USA
Siebe Riedstra Secretary General Ministry of Infrastructure & Environment The Netherlands	Ola Rollen President and CEO Hexagon United Kingdom	Raymond O’Conner President & CEO Topcon Positioning System USA
Ted Lamboo Senior Vice President - Civil and Geospatial Global Operations Bentley Systems USA	Steven Hagen Senior Vice President Server Technologies Oracle Corporation USA	Juliana Rotich Founder and Executive Director Usahidi Kenya
Drs. Th A J Burmanje (Dorine) Chair Executive Board Cadaster, Land Registry and Mapping Agency The Netherlands	Saskia J. Stuiveling President Court of Audit The Netherlands	John O’Hara President Pitney Bowes Software USA
Stephen Wood Vice President Analysis Center DigitalGlobe USA	Dr. Vanessa Lawrance CB Director General & Chief Executive Ordnance Survey of Great Britain United Kingdom*	Ingrid Vanden Berghe Director General National Geographic Institute Belgium
Amar Hanspal Vice President - IPG Product Group Autodesk USA	Christopher Tucker Founder MapStory Foundation USA	Prashant Shukle Director General – Mapping Information Branch Geomatics Natural Resources Canada
Ramon Bartolome Pastor Vice President and General Manager - Large-Format Printing Business Hewlett Packard Spain	Matthew O’Connell CEO Adhoc Holding USA*	Shailesh Nayak Secretary Ministry of Earth Sciences Government of India*
Bryn Fosburgh Sector Vice President Trimble Navigation USA	Carlo des Dorides Executive Director European GNSS Agency European Union*

Monetising Geospatial Value and Practices for Business Enterprises

Robert M. Samborski Business Editor Geospatial World USA

Chris Gibson Vice President Trimble USA

Mark Reichardt President and Chief Executive Officer Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) USA

Manny Rios President & CEO American Modern Insurance Group USA	Rosina Howe Chief Innovation Officer & Group Director of Innovation & InfoComm Tech Land Transport Authority Singapore	Mateus Batistella Chief General Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation Brazil
Andreas Siebert Head Geospatial Solutions, Corporate Underwriting Accumulation Risks Munich Reinsurance Germany	Nigel Stroud Geometry Information Manager, Knowledge& Information Management Heathrow Airport UK	Greg Babinski KCGIS Center Project Manager King County Municipality USA
Susan Ancel Director Water Distribution and Transmission EPCOR Water Services Canada	Vesna Milinkovic GI Manager London Metropolitan Police UK	Mustafa Yalçinkaya Infrastructure Information Systems Manager IGDAS Turkey
Sharon L. Palmer Divisional Director Global Analytics Willis Group UK	Ilhami Ismail Head of Geomatics Tenaga Nasional Berhad Malaysia	Xavier Irias Director of Engineering and Construction East Bay Municipal Utility District USA
Oscar Jarquin Former Caltrans GIS Program Manager California Department of Transportation USA	Jorge Alberto Osorno Manzo Specialized Technical Services Manager Petroleos Mexicanos Mexico	Rozinah Anas Project Director Telekom Malaysia Malaysia
Matthew G. Thomas Supervisor, GIS, As-Builts & Drafting Spectra Energy Transmission USA	Dan Shannon Business Consultant Telus Canada	N. Ravi Shankar CEO Bharat Broadband Network Ltd India*
Phil Mannell General Manager Enbridge Gas Distribution Canada	Lisa Campbell Vice President Autodesk USA

John Graham President Intergraph SG &I USA	Stephen Lawler CTO Microsoft Bing Maps Germany	Richard Zambuni Director - Marketing Bentley USA
Chris Gibson Vice President Trimble USA	Mark Reichardt President and Chief Executive Officer Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) USA

Monetising Geospatial Value and Practices for National Developmental Goals

Prof. D. R. Fraser Taylor FRSC Director, Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre, Carleton University Canada

Prof. Henk Scholten CEO Geodan The Netherlands	Barbara Ryan Secretariat Director Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Switzerland	Ivan B. DeLoatch Executive Director Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) USA

Aida Opoku- Mensah Director ICT&S&T UN ECA Ethiopia	Alessandro Annoni Head of Unit, Digital Earth and Reference Data Unit, Joint Research Centre European Commission Italy*	Godfried Barnasconi Executive Board Cadastre, Land Registry and Mapping Agency The Netherlands
Dr. André Streilein Chief Topography Division and Member of the Board, Federal Office of Topography Swisstopo Switzerland	Prof. Cheng Hsuh Chou Head - Information Division National Centre for Disaster Reduction Taiwan	Dr. Derek Clarke Secretary GGIM & Chief Director National Geospatial Information & Surveys and Mapping Department of Rural Development & Land Reform South Africa
Basanta Shrestha Divisional Head Mountain Environment and Natural Resources Information System International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development Nepal	Jean-Philippe Grelot Director General Adjoint Institute Geographic National (IGN) France	Jinhwan Yoon Director of Planning and Policy Division National Geographic Information Institute Korea
Kazuo Inaba Deputy Director General Geospatial Information Authority of Japan Japan	Marcelle Hattingh Director Corporate Geo-Informatics City of Johannesburg South Africa	Mugo Kibati Director General Vision 2030 Delivery Secretariat Kenya
Dr. P G Dhar Chakraborty IAS Secretary National Disaster Management Authority India	Prashant Shukle Director General Mapping Information Branch Natural Resources Canada Canada*	Datuk Dr. Rahamat Bivi Yusoff Director General Economic Planning Unit, Prime Minister’s Department Malaysia
Dr Swarna Subba Rao Surveyor General of India Survey of India India	Timothy Trainor Chief, Geographic Division US Census Bureau USA	Dr. Ir. Tjokorda Nirarta Samadhi Deputy V - National Priority Planning and Budget Evaluation Presidential Working Unit for Supervision& Management of Development Indonesia
Dr Vanessa Lawrence CB Director-General and Chief Executive Ordnance Survey of Great Britain UK*	Wadih João Scandar Neto Director, Directorate of Geosciences Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) Brazil	Stefan Jensen Head of SEIS and SDI group SEIS support program European Environment Agency Denmark

Prof. Dawn Wright Chief Scientist Esri USA	Matt Delano Business Area Director - Cadastral Solutions Trimble USA	Michael Jones Chief Technology Advocate Google USA
Ruedi Wagner Product Manager Airborne Imaging Leica Geosystems Switzerland	Steven Hagan Senior Vice President Server Technologies Oracle Corporation USA	Alex Monino WW Marketing Director HP Designjet LF Printers Spain

Societal Impacts and Benefits of Improved Environmental and Geospatial Information

Jay Pearlman Ph.D. Fellow IEEE Chair IEEE Committee on Earth Observation USA

Maria Andrzejewska Director UNEP/GRID-Warsaw Centre Poland	Prashant Shukle Director General Mapping Information Branch NRCan Canada*	Dr. Richard Bernknopf Research Professor Department of Economics University of New Mexico USA
Gilberto Camara Director National Institute for Space Research (INPE) Brazil	Lawrence Friedl Director-Applied Science Programme Earth Science Division NASA USA	Andrew Coote Director ConsultingWhere UK
Massimo Craglia Senior Scientist, European Commission, DG Joint Research Centre Digital Earth and Reference Data Unit Italy	Hugo De Groof European Commission DG Environment-F-4 Chief Scientist Research & Innovation Unit Belgium	Mary Ann Stewart Principal Mary Ann Stewart Engineering USA
Frank Hanssen GIS Analyst and Coordinator Norweigian Institute of Nature Research Norway	Anil Kumar Manager Environmental Data Environment Agency Abu Dhabi UAE	Mark Noort Founder HCP International The Netherlands
Tim Stonor Managing Director Space Syntax United Kingdom	Hans Roozekrans Senior Advisor R&D and Co-ordinator International Relations KNMI The Netherlands

Monetising Geospatial Value for Land Administration

Kees de Zeeuw Director Kadaster International The Netherlands

Clarissa Augustinus Chief Land Tenure and Property Administration Section Shelter Branch Global Division UN-HABITAT Kenya	Dr. Isaac Karikari National Project Coordinator, GLAP Ministry of Lands & Natural Resources Ghana	Jill Urban-Karr Executive Vice President Stewart Global Solutions Division – PropertyInfo Corporation USA
Aida Opoku-Mensah Director ICT&S&T UN ECA Ethiopia	Dr. Eva Pauknerova Senior Advisor - ICT Department Czech Office for Surveying Mapping and Cadastre Czech Republic	Carlos Mário Guedes de Guedes President National Institute of Colonisation and Agrarian Reform (INCRA) Brazil
Kevin Daugherty World Wide Sales Manager Land Administration Solutions Trimble Navigation USA	Booncherd Kidhen Director General Department of Lands Thailand	Virginia Cram-Martos Director - Trade and Sustainable Land Management Division UN Economic Commissions for Europe Switzerland
M.A. Louwsma Senior Project Leader Spatial Planning Cadastre, Land Registry and Mapping Agency The Netherlands

Construction & Infrastructure

Rob van de Velde Director Geonovum The Netherlands

Marcelo Perrupato Secretary Ministry of Transport Brazil	Oscar Jarquin Former Caltrans GIS Program Manager, California Department of Transportation USA	J. (Jaap) Bakker Program Director Rijkswaterstaat The Netherlands
Daniel Wallace General Manager GIS Data Collection Trimble Navigation USA	Doug Geden Property Information & Systems Manager High Speed 1 UK	Kamal Gupta Group General Manager Highways RITES India
Dr A C Kemp Director (BIM Strategy and Development) ATKINS UK	A.L.M. (Ad) van Houtum Advisor Product and Process Innovations Kadaster The Netherlands	Pekka Toivola Division Manager Savcor Finland
J.P.J. (Hans) Nijssen Program Director Construction Information Council The Netherlands	Steven Eglinton Director GeoEnable UK	Wolfgang Haller Head - Competence Center of Infrastructural Building Management & Technical Documentation Munich Airport Germany
R. (Robert) Stuurman Head Construction Process Management and Infrastructure CROW The Netherlands	B. (Bram) Mommers BIM Program Manager ARCADIS The Netherlands	Margaret Giffen Head of Data management Department for Technical and Aeronautical Information Management Avinor Norway
Jason D Clark GIS Manager Survey and Technology Applications Thiess Australia	Dan Campbell Graphics Planner - GIS & CADD Services Branch IT Department City of Vancouver Canada	Lapo Cozzutto Business Process Innovation and Management Consorzio Ferrara Ricerche WebGisLab Italy
M. (Marcel) Reuvers Geo-Standards Program Manager Geonovum The Netherlands	Adailton Cardoso Dias General Coordinator of Planning and Investment National Department of Transport Infrastructure Brazil	Sean Finn President F3& Associates USA
Radboud Baayen Technical Director STABU The Netherlands	Lic. Virgilio Núñez Director IRNED Universidad Nacional de Salta Argentina	Mugo Kibati Director General Vision 2030 Delivery Secretariat Kenya
Rosina Howe Chief Innovation Officer & Group Director of Innovation & InfoComm Tech Land Transport Authority Singapore

Mining and Exploration

M. Guillaneau Director - Georesources BRGM France	Francois Robida Deputy Head - Information Systems and Technologies Division French Geological Survey (BRGM) France

Sergio Augusto Damaso de Sousa Director General DNPM BRASIL	Jorge Alberto Osorno Manzo Specialized Technical Services Manager Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) Mexico	Patrícia Procópio General Manager - GIS Minerals VALE Brazil
Sjoerd van den Brom Survey Manager Boskalis The Netherlands	Richard Musselman Operations Support Engineer Kinross Gold Corporation Canada	Dr. Lena Halounová Head of Remote Sensing Laboratory Czech Technical University Czech Republic
Fritz Zobl Scientist, Department of Geoinformatics University of Salzburg Austria

Electricity and Gas

Geoff Zeiss Editor - Building & Energy Geospatial World Canada

Robbert- Jan Stegeman CIO Alliander The Netherlands	Jasper Roes Consultant and Project Manager TNO The Netherlands	Harsh Sharma Vice President BSES Yamuna Power Ltd India
Prof. Dr. Martina Klärle Vice Dean of Architecture Civil Engineering and Geomatic University of Applied Sciences Frankfurt Germany	Jennifer Oduor Property Department Kenya Electricity Generating Co. Ltd. Kenya	Phil Mannell Director Customer Connections & Construction, Enbridge Gas Distribution Canada

Water

Water Utility
Daan van Os Advisor Network Development Brabant Water The Netherlands	Finn Asmussen Manager, Technology Development Greater Copenhagen Utility Denmark	Tim Gahagan GIS Technician II SONOMA County Water USA
Philip Meis, P.E Vice President Utility Mapping Services USA	Abelardo P. Basilio Strategic Asset Management Group Director Manila Water Philippines	Natalie Fisher GIS Manager EPCOR Water Services Inc. USA

Water Resources
Constant Chuma Lecturer, Department of Applied Physics, National University of Science and Technology Zimbabwe	Dr. Mohmmed Muslim Sheikh Associate Professor Department of Geography Government Lohia College India	Vipin Vyas Senior Lecturer Department of Environmental Science and Limnology India
Astrid Vokso GIS Cordinator Geoinformatics Centre Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Department Norway	Marcel de Ruijter Policy Advisor International Affairs Unie van Waterschappen The Netherlands

Agriculture

Dr. Hanif Rahemtulla Governance & Geospatial Innovation Practice The World Bank USA	Dr. Trieu Van Hung Director General Department of Science Technology & Environment Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development Vietnam	Mateus Batistella Chief General EMBRAPA Brazil
Michael Bolsunovsky First Deputy Director General Sovzond Company Ltd. Russia	Ha Thuy Hanh Deputy Director General National Agricultural Extension Center Vietnam	Gary Holmes Business Development Manager DMC International Imaging UK
Dr. G. Chandra Mouli Professor & Principal Investigator Precision Farming Development Centre, Polytechnique of Agril. Engg. ANGR Agril. Unversity India	Walter H. Mayer General Manager PROGIS Software GmbH Austria	Dr. Wim Baastiansson CTO E-leaf The Netherlands*
Dr. Ali El Battay Senior Lecturer Arabian Gulf University Bahrain	Raza Haider Rizvi Senior Scientist, National Research Centre for Agroforestry (ICAR) India	Representive from Federal Office for Agriculture & Food Germany

Asset Management

Brian L. Soliday Senior Vice President Sales Surveylab USA

Ahmet Fatih Hames Survey Engineer IGDAS TURKEY

City Management

Astrid Elemans Chief of Geoinformation Department Municipality of The Hague The Netherlands	Marcelle Hattingh Director Corporate Geo- Informatics City of Johannesburg South Africa	Greg Babinski KCGIS Center Project Manager King County USA
Dr. Eduarda La Rocque President Instituto Pereira Passos (IPP) Brazil	Eric Jeansson GIS Manager City Planning Authority City of Gothenburg Sweden	Herman de Haan Geoinformation Specialist/Advisor City of Delft The Netherlands
J. Eric Lomeli, GISP Sr. GIS Analyst/GIS Projects Coordinator County of Bexar (Texas) USA	Maloney Colette Head - Smart Cities & Sustainability Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content & Technology European Commission Belgium	Niels Carsten Bluhme Director - Environmental and Technical Administration Albertslund Municipality Denmark
Kofi Yeboah GIS Manager Accra Metropolitan Assembly Ghana	Håkan Engman Vice President Sales and Marketing Agency9 AB Sweden	Prof. Renzhong Guo Deputy Director - Urban Planning, Land and Resources Commission Shenzhen Municipality China
Raf Buyle Program Manager V-ICT-OR The Netherlands	Paolo Viskanic Managing Director R3 GIS Italy	Dr. Mahavir Head, Department of Environmental Planning School of Planning and Architecture India
Abdulhakim Abdulkarim Malik Director of GIS Department Dubai Municipality UAE*

Public Safety

Peter O’Rourke Executive Director National Alliance for Public Safety GIS Foundation USA	Simon Clarke Senior Collision Investigator States of Jersey Police UK	Col. P J Klopper National Systems Manager CIR, BI, GIS & Pref Chart Systems Technology Management Services South African Police Service South Africa
Vesna Milinkovic GI Manager London Metropolitan Police UK	Rozinah Anas Project Director Telekom Malaysia Malaysia	A.A.M. (Bart) Kusse Program Manager Crisis Management & Manager Competence Center Geo-ICT Capgemini Nederland The Netherlands
Prof. Martien Molenaar University Twente/ITC The Netherlands	Marco van der Kooij Director of Advanced SAR Solutions MDA Canada	Michael Bufkin Chief Solutions Architect TerraGo Technologies USA
Ilya Farutin Head of Integrated Projects Division SCANEX Russia	Dr. Nisha Radhakrishnan Assistant Professor National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli India	Ruediger Gartmann Project Manager and Product Owner Con terra GmbH Germany

Earth Observation System for Economic Development

Prof. Ian Dowman Emeritus Professor of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing Dept of Civil, Environment & Geomatic Eng University College London United Kingdom

Barbara Ryan Secretariat Director Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Switzerland	Geoff Sawyer Secretary General EARSC Belgium	Dr. Ioannis Manakos Chairman EARSeL Greece
Reinhard Schulte-Braucks Head of Unit - GMES Bureau, DG Enterprise and Industry European Commission Belgium	Dr. Robert Backhaus Senior Expert, Knowledge Management United Nations Platform for Space-based Information UNOOSA Germany	Prof. dr. P.F. (Pieternel) Levelt Head Climate Observations Interim Head Chemistry and Climate and Principal Investigator EOS-Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute (KNMI) The Netherlands
Patrícia Procópio General Manager Vale Brazil*	David Belton General Manager MDA Geospatial Services Canada	Philippe Delclaux Consultant - Astrium & Member - OGC Board of Directors France
Orhan Altan First Vice President - ISPRS, Member, ICSU Executive Board Turkey	Paul Bogaard International Policy Officer Geological Survey of the Netherlands, TNO The Netherlands

3D – The Next Challenge of National Mapping

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dieter Fritsch Institute Photogrammetrie University of Stuttgart Germany

Prof. Dr. Norbert Haala Deputy Head of Institute for Photogrammetry University of Stuttgart Germany	Dr Sander Oude Elberink Assistant Professor - Department of Earth Observation Science University of Twente The Netherlands	Jantien Stoter Associate Professor TU Delft, Geonovum & Kadaster The Netherlands
Marc Post Senior GIS Specialist Cadastre, Land Registry and Mapping Agency The Netherlands	Dr. André Streilein Chief Topography Division and Member of the Board Federal Office of Topography, Swisstopo Switzerland	Dr. Fabio Remondino Head - 3D Optical Metrology Unit Bruno Kessler Foundation Italy
Ben Bruns Product Manager Topography Cadastre, Land Registry and Mapping Agency The Netherlands	Dr. Charles Toth President of ISPRS Technical Commission 1 “Data Acquisition, Sensors and Platforms” USA	Hans Viehmann Product Manager EMEA Oracle Server Technologies Germany

Cartography

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Georg Gartner President, International Cartographic Association Austria

Prof. Laszlo Zentai ICA Vice-President and ELTE Budapest Hungary	Prof. D. R. Fraser Taylor FRSC Director, Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University, Canada	Prof. Menno-Jan Kraak ICA Vice-President and University of Twente The Netherlands
Timothy Trainor Chief - Geographic Division US Census Bureau USA	Prof. Milan Konecny Faculty of Science, Institute of Geography, Masaryk University, Czech Republic

LiDAR

Prof. Josef Strobl Director of UNIGIS Salzburg Chair UNIGIS International Austria

Martin Pfennigbauer Director - Research & Intellectual Property RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems, Austria	Dr. Rinaldo Wurglitsch Manager Software Develoment IQSOFT Gesellschaft für INformationstechnologie Austria	Dr Thomas Bahr Senior Consultant Exelis Visual Information Solutions Germany
Martin Isenburg Owner and Scientist rapidlasso Germany

Enterprise GIS

Jaak Laineste CEO Nutiteq Estonia

Mike Cooper Regional Market Segment Manager, Asset Collection & Management, EMEALeica Geosystems

Dr. Ahmad Nazri Muhamad Ludin Professor, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Malaysia

Open Source

Paul Van Genuchten Software Engineer GeoCat bv The Netherlands

Chris van Lith Director B3Partners The Netherlands	Marjan Bevelander Senior Geoinformation Policy Consultant for Provinces The Netherlands	Joris vd Horst Vicrea/Geonovum The Netherlands
Oliver Morris Neftex Inc Oxford United Kingdom	Andrew Ross Director of Ecosystems Eclipse Foundation Inc Canada	Arnulf Christl Director Metaspatial Germany
Dr Hannes Isaak Reuter Senior Researcher ISRIC World Soil Information The Netherlands	Just vd Broecke Owner Just Objects B.V. The Netherlands	Simone Giannecchini Founder GeoSolutions Italy
Marc Vloemans Community Manager Flamingo Geo CMS Community The Netherlands

Photogrammetry

Dr. Ade K. Mulyana Head Center for Topographic Mapping and Toponyms Geospatial Information Agency Indonesia

Dr. Ismat M. El Hassan Professor King Saud University Saudi Arabia

Airborne Sensors

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Heipke Institute of Photogrammetry and GeoInformation Leibniz University Germany

Matt Ball Founder and Editor Vector1 Media USA

Ruedi Wagner Product Manager Airborne Imaging Leica Geosystems Switzerland

Alexander Wiechert General Manager Microsoft Vexcel Imaging Germany

Cloud Computing

Sanjay Patel Head of Maps for Business - EMEA Google UK	Hans Viehmann Product Manager EMEA ORACLE Germany	Dr. Manfred Krischke CEO CloudEO AG Germany
Prof. Cheng Hsuh Chou Head - Information Division National Centre for Disaster Reduction Taiwan

Crisis Management using 3D

Asst Prof. Sisi Zlatanova GIS Technology Section OTB Research Institute for the Built Environment TUDelft The Netherlands

Keynote speaker Dr. Shailesh Nayak Secretary Ministry of Earth Sciences India*	Prof. Ki-Joune Li Department of Computer Science and Engineering Pusan National University South Korea	Dr. Thomas Bahr Senior Consultant Exelis VIS GmbH Germany
Robert Marschallinger Scientist, Department of Geoinformatics University of Salzburg Austria	Martijn Rijsdijk Manager Proces- en Productinnovatie Geo Cadastre, Land Registry and Mapping Agency The Netherlands	Rob Peters CIO & Info Coordinator Operations Crisis Staff Veiligheidsregio Kennemerland The Netherlands
Eduardo Dias Research Coordinator Geodan The Netherlands	Dr. Eng. Khaled El Nabbout Business Development Manager FARO Europe GmbH Germany

GNSS

Ray Clore Senior Advisor for GNSS Issues Office of Space and Advanced Technology U.S. Department of State

GI Policy

Kevin Pomfret Executive Director Centre for Spatial Law and Policy USA

Prof. Dawn Wright Chief Scientist Esri USA	Prof Robert Barr OBE CGeog FRGS, FRSA Pear Trees UK	Valéria Araújo Institutional Relations / Executive Secretary IBGE / CP-IDEA Brazil / Américas
Ed Parsons Geospatial Technologist Google United Kingdom	Dr. Márta Nagy-Rothengass Head of Unit "Data Value Chain", EC DG CONNECT European Commission Belgium	Representative NSDI Policy Bureau Korean Ministry of Land Transport and Maritime Affairs (MLTM) Korea
Prof. Cheng Hsuh Chou Head - Information Division National Centre for Disaster Reduction Taiwan	Dirk van Barneveld Senior Policy Advisor Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment The Netherlands	Gavin Chait Executive Head - Technical Services Team Open Knowledge Foundation UK

Leveraging SMEs’ strength for INSPIRE

Massimo Craglia Senior Scientist European Commission DG Joint Research Centre Digital Earth and Reference Data Unit Italy

Jeroen Ticheler Owner GeoCat The Netherlands	Prof. Henk J. Scholten CEO GeoDan The Netherlands	Simone Giannecchini Founder GeoSolutions Italy
Dr. Paolo Cavallini Managing Director Faunalia Italy	Giacomo Martirano Technical Director Epsilon Italia Italy	Rod Plummer Managing Director Shoothill United Kingdom
Bhanu Rekha Executive Editor Publications Geospatial Media and Communications India	Ken Harkin Business Development Manager Sparx Systems Australia	Leon Hendriks Partner AeroVision The Netherlands

Spatial Thinking Challenge

Prof. Dr. ir Arnold Bregt Professor, Geo-information Wageningen University The Netherlands

Drs . Willemijn Simon van Leeuwen CEO Geofort The Netherlands

Dr. Ir. Ron van Lammeren Associate Professor Geo- Information Science Wageningen University The Netherlands

Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI)

Martin Salzmann Director of Strategy Cadastre, Land Registry and Mapping Agency The Netherlands

Dr. Byong-nam Choe Head, Geospatial Information Research Division Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements South Korea	Martin Peersmann Managing Director LSV GBKN The Netherlands	Roger Longhorn Editor SDI Magazine USA
Mark Sorensen President The GPC Group UAE	Peter Baumann Professor of Computer Science Jacobs University Germany	Andreas Wytzisk Project Manager and INPIRE Expert con terra Germany
Gholam Reza Fallahi Assistant Professor Surveying Faculty Iran	Martin Kodde Manager Research & Development Fugro GeoServices The Netherlands

Standards and Interoperability

Jeffrey K. Harris Chairman Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) USA

Sharon Palmer Divisional Director Global Analytics Willis Insurance United Kingdom Norway	Gerhard Triebnig CEO EOX Austria	Karin Teichmann Head - Berlin Business Location Center Germany
Prof. David Maidment Hussein M. Alharthy Centennial Chair, Civil Engineering University of Texas and Consortium of Universities, for Advancement of Hydrologic Science Information (CUAHSI), USA	Barry Davis AIM Program Manager US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) USA*

The Alchemy and Anarchy of Geo-Information Is the European Location Framework a solution for both?

Dr. Antti Jakobsson Chief Engineer National Land Survey Finland Ingrid Vanden Berghe Director General National Geographic Institute Belgium Laila Aslesen Senior Legal Advisor Kartverket Norway Clemens Portele Managing Director Interactive Instruments Germany

Olaf Østensen Director of Strategic and Technological Development Kartverket Norway	Dr.-Ing. Anja Hopfstock Senior Engineer & Cartogrpher BKG Germany	Denise McKenzie Executive Director Marketing and Communications Open Geospatial Consortium UK
Dave Lovell Executive Director EuroGeographics Belgium	Dr. Nick Land Business Development Manager (NMCAs) in Europe Esri UK	Premysl Vohnout Software Analyst WirelessInfo Czech Republic
Alessandro Annoni Head of Unit Digital Earth and Reference Data Unit Joint Research Centre European Commission, Italy	Clare Hadley INSPIRE and UK Location Manager Ordnance Survey of Great Britain UK	Dr. Katleen Janssen Postdoctoral Researcher ICRI and Head of Unit of the Information Rights Management KUL Belgium
Dr. Ir. Bastiaan van Loenen Assistant Professor Delft University of Technology The Netherlands	Ian Jackson Independent Consultant UK	Magnus Guðmundsson Director General National Land Survey of Iceland Iceland
Aaro Mikkola Chief Expert National Land Survey Finland	Chris Parker Head of Research Ordnance Survey of Great Britain UK

Capacity Building

Karl Donert President EUROGEO UK

Dr. Shahnawaz Director (S & SE Asia) UNIGIS International Department for Geoinformatics - Z_GIS University of Salzburg Austria	Leehu Loon Associate Professor University of Oklahoma USA	Dennis Devriendt Technical Director 4C GRID Belgium
Morishige Ota Fellow Kokusai Kogyo Japan	Dr. Gordana Vlahovic Associate Professor North Carolina Central University USA	Hendrik Westerbeek Director Labourmarket Geo Foundation The Netherlands

* Tentative