Dr. Nadine Alameh is the CEO of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), an international not-for-profit consortium leading the future of Location with community, technology, innovation and standards for the good of society. Nadine is a recognized leader in the geospatial field with a career impacting interoperability, innovation and information sharing in a multitude of domains including Aviation, Earth Observations, and Defense.

Prior to OGC, she held various roles in industry from the Chief Architect for Innovation in Northrop Grumman’s Civil Solutions Unit; to CEO of Aviation data exchange startup; to senior technical advisor to NASA’s Applied Science Program.

Dr. Alameh holds a Ph.D. from MIT in Information Systems Engineering, and 2 Master Degrees in Civil Engineering and Urban Planning with a concentration in Geospatial Information Systems.

Sarah Battersby is a Principal Research Scientist on the Tableau Research team at Salesforce. Sarah’s primary area of focus is cartography, with an emphasis on cognition. Her work emphasizes how to help everyone visualize and use spatial information more effectively – no advanced degree in geospatial required. Sarah holds a PhD in GIScience from the University of California at Santa Barbara. She is a member of the International Cartographic Association Commission on Map Projections, and is a Past President of the Cartography and Geographic Information Society (CaGIS).

Dr. Budhendra “Budhu’ Bhaduri is a Corporate Research Fellow and the director of the Geospatial Science and Human Security Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). In that capacity he is responsible for a research portfolio focusing on novel implementation of geospatial science and technology across energy, environment, and national security missions across the U.S. Government agencies including the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Homeland Security.

Dr. Bhaduri is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and currently serves on the Geographical Sciences Committee of the National Academy of Sciences. He is a founding member of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Geospatial Sciences Steering Committee and is a recipient of the Department’s Outstanding Mentor Award for his dedicated service to the department for developing future workforce for the nation.

Dr. Mike Botts is President of Botts Innovative Research, Inc. and GeoRobotix, Inc., both of which support the development and commercialization of OpenSensorHub (https://opensensorhub.org), an open source, open standards based software platform capable of supporting virtually any sensor or sensor network. OpenSensorHub supports the deployment of OGC Sensor Web Enablement (SWE) and Sensor Things API standards on widely distributed OSH nodes, enabling the discovery and common description of sensors systems, the standardization of observations and tasking of sensors, things, and robots, and the ready coupling of sensors and actuators to processing and workflows. In the oceans community, Dr. Botts has worked with Q2O and the XDomes projects, both focused on supporting provenance of oceanographic observations through the application of the OGC SensorML standard which Dr. Botts helped create. Through OpenSensorHub, standards-based access has been provided for several large networks of environmental sensor systems, such as the USGS Stream Gauges, the NDBC buoy network, and DARPA Ocean of Things floats.

Susan Canney is the Director of the Mali Elephant Project, having worked on a variety of nature conservation projects across Africa, Asia and Europe, and as a policy research officer for the UK Government’s independent adviser on sustainable development at the Green College Centre for Environmental Policy & Understanding.

Her chief interest is how to bring ecological literacy to human decision making so that our actions are guided by a right relationship to the planet. As a result her work involves using systems perspectives and collaborative approaches to understand the human-nature relationship and find sustainable solutions to the co-existence of humans and nature.

She is a Research Associate of the Department of Zoology, Oxford University, a Trustee of Tusk Trust, a Tusk Conservation Award Judge, a member of the Sahara Conservation Fund’s Science Committee, a member of the IUCN African Elephant Specialist Group, and has co-authored a book on "Conservation" for Cambridge University Press.

Robert S. Chen is director of CIESIN, the Center for International Earth Science Information Network, a unit of the Earth Institute at Columbia University based in New York. He has managed the NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), one of NASA’s Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs), for more than 20 years. He is currently co-chair of the Thematic Research Network on Data and Statistics (TReNDS) of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network, co-lead of the Human Planet Initiative of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), and a Councilor of the American Geographical Society. At CIESIN, Dr. Chen manages a range of sponsored projects and activities dealing with geospatial data, tools, and services; sustainable development; hazards and climate change; and data stewardship. He leads the POPGRID Data Collaborative and co-manages the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Data Distribution Center. Dr. Chen received his Ph.D. in geography from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and BS and MS degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Patrick Cozzi is the creator of Cesium and 3D Tiles, and CEO of Cesium. He originated CesiumJS, an open source library that has over 1 million lines of code and 2 million downloads. He created the Cesium WebGL engine and 3D Tiles, an OGC Community Standard for streaming massive 3D geospatial datasets. He is co-creator of glTF™, and has authored, edited, or contributed to ten books on 3D mapping, computer graphics, and games. He holds an MSE from the University of Pennsylvania, where he taught Computer Science for 8 years.

Michael M. Crow became the 16th president of Arizona State University on July 1, 2002. He is guiding the transformation of ASU into one of the nation’s leading public metropolitan research universities, an institution that combines the highest levels of academic excellence, inclusiveness to a broad demographic, and maximum societal impact—a model he terms the “New American University.” Under his direction the university pursues teaching, research, and creative excellence focused on the major challenges of our time, as well as those central to the quality of life, sustainable development, and economic competitiveness of Arizona and the nation. He has committed the university to sustainability, social embeddedness, and global engagement, and championed initiatives leading to record levels of diversity in the student body.

Dr. Stacey A. Dixon became the eighth Deputy Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) on July 1, 2019. In this role, she assists the director both in leading the agency and in managing the National System for Geospatial Intelligence.

From 2018 to 2019, she served as the fourth director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), after serving as its deputy director from 2016 to 2018. Before joining IARPA, Dr. Dixon served as the deputy director of NGA’s research directorate, where she oversaw geospatial intelligence research and development. Prior to that, she served as NGA’s chief of congressional and intergovernmental affairs, and then deputy director of NGA’s corporate communications office.

From 2007 to 2010, she was a staff member for the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and from 2003 to 2007, she worked for the Central Intelligence Agency, where she was assigned to the National Reconnaissance Office’s advanced systems and technology directorate.

Dr. Dixon holds both a doctorate and master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford University. She was also a chemical engineer postdoctoral fellow at the University of Minnesota. She additionally serves as a presidentially nominated member of the Board of Visitors to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. Dr. Dixon is a native of the District of Columbia, where she currently resides.

Tony Frazier is an industry leader in the application of ‘Earth Intelligence’ technologies and data to a wide range of business problems, public sector missions, and national security challenges. Mr. Frazier has a BSE in System Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Dr. Meredith Gore is an Associate Professor of Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change in the Department of Geographical Sciences at the University of Maryland. Meredith uses risk concepts to build new understanding of human-environment relationships. Her research is designed to build evidence for action. The majority of her activities can be described as convergence research on conservation issues such as wildlife trafficking, illegal logging, fishing and mining. She received my PhD in Natural Resource Policy and Management from Cornell University, MA in Environment and Resource Policy from George Washington University, and BA in Anthropology and Environmental Studies from Brandeis University. From 2006-2020, she was on the faculty at Michigan State University, where she helped develop the converge-based subdiscipline of conservation criminology. Dr. Gore is a National Academies of Sciences Jefferson Science Fellow and US Department of State Embassy Science Fellow.

Stacey Gray, CIPP/US, is a Senior Counsel at the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) and leads FPF’s engagement on federal and state privacy legislation. Prior to leading FPF’s legislative engagement, she worked on the privacy implications of data collection in online and mobile advertising, platform regulation, cross-device tracking, Smart Homes, and the Internet of Things. At FPF, she has authored FCC and FTC public filings, and published work related to the intersection of emerging technologies and federal privacy regulation and enforcement.

Demetrice “Dee” Jordan is a Dean’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, with a dual-doctorate in Geography and Environmental Science and Policy. Her research has focused on environmental drivers of Neglected Tropical Diseases of sub-Saharan Africa. She has developed innovative programs and curriculum to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in academia and non-profit settings. Dee is the Founder of the Advancing Geography Through Diversity Program (AGTDP) at Michigan State University, and she recently developed the Celebrating Black Geographers anthology hosted by the American Geographical Society. Dee is a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.

Parag Khanna is a leading global strategy advisor, world traveler, and best-selling author. He is Founder & Managing Partner of FutureMap, a data and scenario based strategic advisory firm. Parag's newest book is MOVE: The Forces Uprooting Us (2021), which was preceded by The Future is Asian: Commerce, Conflict & Culture in the 21st Century (2019). He is author of a trilogy of books on the future of world order beginning with The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order (2008), followed by How to Run the World: Charting a Course to the Next Renaissance (2011), and concluding with Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization (2016). He is also the author of Technocracy in America: Rise of the Info-State (2017) and co-author of Hybrid Reality: Thriving in the Emerging Human-Technology Civilization (2012).

Parag was named one of Esquire’s “75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century,” and featured in WIRED magazine’s “Smart List.” He holds a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics, and Bachelors and Masters degrees from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He has traveled to nearly 150 countries and is a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum.

A social entrepreneur and geospatial evangelist, Sanjay is the Founder and CEO of Geospatial World - an organization committed towards advancing knowledge for sustainability. A Masters and M. Phil in Politics and International Relations, Sanjay has special interest in public policy and global development agenda. He lends his time and experience to many not-for-profit organizations to help them further societal goals and has been awarded by the United Nations Statistics Department as ‘Global Geospatial Industry Ambassador’ in 2018. He serves as Board Member to Open Geospatial Consortium, US National Geospatial Advisory Committee, World Geospatial Industry Council, and International Society of Digital Earth.

Denise McKenzie is Chair of the Association for Geographic Information in the United Kingdom, co-Director of the Benchmark Initiative operating through Ordnance Survey’s Geovation accelerator and co-author of the Locus Charter, a set of principles to guide the ethical and responsible use of location data. She is an international geospatial policy and strategy professional with a specialty in community building and public/private partnership. In the broader geospatial community, she is part of the steering committee for Women in Geospatial+ and an advisory board member for the Location Based Marketing Association and PLACE. Previously she has worked with the Victorian State Government in Australia and as the Head of Outreach at OGC where she led work such as the UNGGIM Geospatial Standards Guides.

I am a geographer and technologist with over ten years experience creating and delivering programs at the intersection of humanitarian response, geographic information systems, open source software development, and community engagement, .

Michael Rozier is an assistant professor of Health Management and Policy at Saint Louis University, with a secondary appointment in the Center for Health Care Ethics. Rozier received his B.A. in chemistry in 2003 and upon graduation, he entered the Jesuits, an order of Roman Catholic priests. He has since earned graduate degrees in philosophy from the University of Toronto, in international health from Johns Hopkins University, and in moral theology from Boston College. He earned his Ph.D. in Health Management and Policy from University of Michigan. Rozier has served as an ethics fellow for the World Health Organization and was selected as an EthicalGeo Fellow by the American Geographical Society. Rozier serves on the board of directors of SSM Health Corporation and on the board of trustees of Marquette University.

Dr. Lee Schwartz is the Geographer of the United States and Director of the Office of the Geographer and Global Issues, where he directs research and analysis on global issues primarily related to complex humanitarian emergencies and environmental sustainability. Dr. Schwartz is the State Department’s 8th Geographer, a position that was established in 1921 and bears the statutory responsibility for providing guidance to all federal agencies on questions of international boundaries and sovereignty claims. He also oversees the Humanitarian Information Unit – a U.S. government interagency organization focused on unclassified data coordination for emergency preparedness, response, and mitigation. He has designed and coordinated fieldwork and applied geography projects in the many of the world’s most conflicted countries. His work encompasses ethnic conflict, refugee flows, peacekeeping operations, food and water security, human and wildlife trafficking, and strategic warning – with an emphasis on Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Participatory Mapping, and Remote Sensing information coordination. Among other honors, Dr. Schwartz is a recipient of a 2018 Presidential Rank Award, the Association of American Geographers’ Anderson Medal of Honor in Applied Geography, the State Department’s Warren Christopher Award for Outstanding Achievement in Global Affairs, and the James Cullum Medal from the American Geographical Society. He has a Ph.D. in geography from Columbia University.

"Gregory is Director of Research and Data Integrity, working on the Research, Data, and Innovation team to oversee the WRI peer review process for publications and data products.

Prior to joining WRI, Gregory worked as a research scientist in Tromso and Oslo, Norway at the Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute, renamed the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO) during his tenure there. Gregory led a small research group there, secured research funding, and published on topics related to land use change, agriculture and landscape monitoring, remote sensing methodology, invasive species management, biodiversity, ecological restoration, and refugee integration. Prior to this, he was Assistant Professor of geography at the University of Memphis, where he mentored and advised graduate and undergraduate students; taught in the areas of GIS, remote sensing, statistics, and world regional geography; developed and oversaw curricula for bachelor, master's, PhD, and certificate programs in geography; led and oversaw study abroad programs; and conducted research on similar topics to his work in Norway.

Gregory holds a PhD in geography from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an M.A. in statistics from Columbia University, and an A.B. in mathematics from Dartmouth College."