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Mr. Prof. Jose Achache Ph.D.
Director : GEO Secretariat
Prof. José Achache is the Director of the Secretariat of GEO, the Group on Earth Observations.
Mr. Dermot Barry
Director Public Safety : Microsoft Inc.
Dermot Barry is the Microsoft Worldwide Managing Director for Public Safety. His background is predominantly in Emergency Management. Prior to joining Microsoft his role was as the Director of Strategic Services with the South Australian Fire and Emergency Services Commission with responsibility for emergency service IT, Communications, risk management, emergency management and strategic planning.
Prof. Dr. Ir. Arnold Bregt
Professor Geo-information Science : Wageningen University
Arnold Bregt (1959) has a Doctors (1992) degree from Wageningen University. From 1983 until 1989 he was head of the Department of Applied Information Science and Statistics at the Netherlands Soil Survey Institute in Wageningen.
Mrs. Irene Compte
Executive Director : Urbiotica
Irene Compte is currently executive director of URBIOTICA S.L., a Spanish company based in Barcelona, formed in 2008 to link urbanism and technology and specializing in a new category: urbiotics (comes from the concept urban domotics).
Mr. Jan Hendrik Dronkers
Director-General : Rijkswaterstaat
In 2010 Jan Hendrik Dronkers became head of RWS (The Director-General of RWS).
Mr. Mark Frequin
Director-General Housing, Communities and Integration : Ministry Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment
Since February 1, 2010, director general for Housing, Communities and Integration at the Ministry for Housing Spatial Planning and Environment in the Netherlands.
Mr. Horst Harbauer
Senior Vice President : Intergraph Security, Government & Infrastructure EMEA
Mr. Mike Jackson
Director : Centre for Geospatial Science, University of Nottingham
Mike Jackson was appointed to the Chair of Geospatial Science at the University of Nottingham in April 2005 where he has established the Centre for Geospatial Science (CGS).
Mr. Robin McLaren
Director : Know Edge
Robin McLaren is currently director of Know Edge Ltd a UK based, independent management consulting company formed in 1986 specialising in the application of geospatial information.
Mr. Henk Ovink
Director for National Spatial Planning : Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment
Henk W.J. Ovink is the Director of National Spatial Planning for the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM).
Mr. Henk Scholten Ph.D.
Professor Spatial informatics : Free University of Amsterdam
Co-founder/CEO : Geodan
Henk J. Scholten studied Mathematics and Geography at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and obtained his Ph.D. in 1988.
Mrs. Victoria Stanley
Project Officer : World Bank
Victoria Stanley is a Senior Project Officer at the World Bank. She has worked at the World Bank since 1998 and for the last seven years has worked in the Europe and Central Asia Region on land administration and management projects. In the course of her work at the World Bank, Ms. Stanley has worked on IT systems development and implementation.
Mr. Peter ter Haar
Director of Products : Ordnance Survey
Peter is responsible for all aspects of product management including product marketing, licensing, research, engineering, cartography and supply at Ordnance Survey.
Mr. Paul van der Molen
Director : Kadaster International
Professor Cadastre and land administration : Institute for Geoinformation Science and Earth Observation, Twente University of Technology
Since 2000 Mr. Paul van der Molen holds the chair of cadastre and land administration at the International Institute for Geoinformation Science and Earth Observation ITC (a Faculty of Twente University of Technology).
Mrs. Clarissa Augustinus
Chief Land & Tenure Section UN Habitat
Chief of the Land, Tenure and Property Administration Section, Shelter Branch, Global Division, in UN-HABITAT. Key driver of the Global Land Tool Network, focusing on the development of innovative pro poor land tools.
Colonel Robert Boots
Colonel RnlAF Ministry of Defence, Netherlands
Col Boots joined the Royal Netherlands Airforce in 1975. After more than 10 years working in several assignments in air defence, he started working in the IT branche of the NL Mod. He specialized in Command and control systems, but also worked in the fields of human resource and logistics. He currently works on innovation programs in crisis- and disaster management within civil military collaboration.
Mrs. Dorine Burmanje
Chair Executive Board Dutch Cadastre, Land Registry and Mapping Agency
Dorine Burmanje is Chair Executive Board of Cadastre, and responsible for strategy, marketing, finance and communications. Dutch Cadastre, Land Registry and Mapping Agency collects information about registered properties in the Netherlands and about topography.
Mr. Tom Doyle
Vice President Business Development Qualcomm
Tom Doyle is vice president of business development for Qualcomm's Service Strategy and Business Development group, with a focus on developing new location based services and revenue streams for Qualcomm.
Mr. George Eftychidis
R&D Manager Algosystems SA
George Eftychidis is the head of the R&D department of Algosystems SA. The last two decades he participated and coordinated in numerous National and European R&D projects dealing with IT contribution to operational solutions aiming to support mitigation of natural hazards, risk, emergency and crisis management.
Mr. Charles Groenhuijsen
Former USA Correspondent NOS News
Mr. Charles Groenhuijsen is independent writer, producer, speaker and consultant.
Mr. Javier Hernandez-Ros
Head of unit, Access to Information, Information Society and Media DG European Commission
Since June 2002 Mr. Hernandez-Ros is Head of the "Access to Information " unit, coordinating the EU Digital libraries initiative and promoting legal initiatives to support the development of the digital content industry, notably the "directive for re-use of public sector information".
Dr. Max Lay AM
Director Connect East
Dr Lay is a director of ConnectEast, the publicly-owned company that built and operates the EastLink toll road in Melbourne, Australia. He was also part of the team that successfully bid to win the toll concession.
Prof. Dr. Eng. Roberto Mugavero
Professor Action Planning for Homeland Security Faculty of Engineering - University of Rome "Tor Vergata"
Professor of Action Planning for Homeland Security at the University of Rome "Tor Vergata"- Faculty of Engineering, Scientific Coordinator of Master of Science "Protection from CBRN Events" at the University of Rome "Tor Vergata".
Mrs. Dr. Jolyne Sanjak
Managing Director Millennium Challenge Cooperation
Dr. Sanjak is Managing Director for Technical Support, Department of Compact Implementation at the Millennium Challenge Corporation. She leads teams covering a range of topics such as agriculture, land tenure, finance, private sector development, monitoring and evaluation and fiscal accountability.
Ms. Haydee S. Sheombar
Smarter Cities Leader Benelux IBM
Haydee currently leads IBMs Smarter Cities strategic business development initiative in the Benelux.
Mr. Vin Sumner
Founder/ Managing Director Clicks and Links
Vin Sumner is the Managing Director of Clicks and Links Ltd, a specialist ICT company dedicated to providing the Public Sector with innovative web-based solutions and consultancy services.
Mr. Trond Arne Undheim Ph.D.
Director Standards Strategy and Policy, Corporate Architecture Group Oracle Corporation UK Ltd.
Trond Undheim, Ph.D, Director in Oracle's Corporate Architecture Group, entrepreneur, blogger, and author, is one of the world's leading experts on technology and society.
Dr. Ir. Hans van Leeuwen
Sr. Advisor Geospatial capabilities in Support of the European security policy in External Action Joint Research Center of the European Commission
Mr van Leeuwen is employed as Sr. advisor at the Joint Research Center of the European Commission in Italy to disclose the potential functions of geospatial technology in support the European security policy in External Action.