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Juan Pablo is a Ph.D. candidate and Geoinformatics Engineer from Politecnico di Milano. Coming from Colombia with a computer science background, his research interests are focused on the application of open-source software in geospatial contexts. He is currently working on the usage of open source software, open data, and open geospatial standards for the development of Urban Digital Twins, in particular for street network analysis and active mobility. He is an active member of the geospatial community, having participated in multiple ISPRS and FOSS4G conferences both as presenter and volunteer, as well as developing and collaborating with open-source software projects regarding OSGeo and OGC tools. +
Advocate of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). Linux user since 1996. Employed at various government environmental agencies since 1990. Specializes in use of GRASS with incomplete LiDAR data to derive forest canopy structure data . +
Doug Newcomb has a BS and MA in Geography and is an advocate of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in general and geospatial software specifically. Doug has used Linux (Red Hat, CentOS,Debian,Ubuntu) since 1996. Employed at various government environmental agencies since 1990. Specializes in use of GRASS with incomplete LiDAR data to derive landscape scale (statewide) forest canopy structure data. +
Joana is a software developer, data scientist and strategist in the field of geospatial information and technologies. She has worked in different environments, ranging from academia to industry, and has always advocated for FOSS in general, and FOSS4G in particular. When working at the United Nations, she led the migration of a code base, from proprietary technologies to FOSS, and refactored the FAO GIS course, to take advantage of FOSS4G. Joana uses a myriad of FOSS4G technologies on her daily work and during her free time, and has occasionally contributed to projects such as QGIS, or GeoNetwork. She joined the local chapters of the countries where she lived (e.g.: UK, Spain) and currently she is serving as a board member at the Portuguese Local chapter. +
Joana is a software engineer with more than fifteen years of experience, with a sound expertise in the field of geospatial tech and analytics. After acquiring a PhD in Geographic Information Systems, at the University College of London (2007), her drive to solve real-world problems has led her to SMEs, an international organization, a research foundation and a start-up. Joana has been very much involved in the Free and Open Source Software community, in particular in what concerns geospatial technologies, standards and data. This has led her to become a charter member of the Open Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) in 2017, and the vice-president of the Portuguese chapter of OSGeo. During 2017 she also took a leading role at the board of the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association (GSDI), as a board director of the Industry Advisory Council.
Joana is the founder of ByteRoad, an R&D company in the field of spatial data infrastructures and leads Developer Relations at OGC. She is also a reviewer for the European Commission, and has been deeply involved in education, teaching the next generation of full-stack developers and data analysts. +
Dražen is researcher and teacher in cartography and geoinformatics. His special interest and developing is in the field of map projections and cartographic generalization. He established Open Source Geospatial Lab at the Faculty of Geodesy, University of Zagreb. +
'''My Mission'''
Empowering Open Source.
'''Biography'''
Dirk Stenger is an expert in designing and implementing SDI solutions based on Open Source software, OGC standards and cloud architecture.
He is an active community member of the OSGeo project deegree contributing as a committer and regularly participating in TMC meetings and code sprints.
He also played an active role in TEAM Engine, an OSGeo community project that provides a testing facility for executing test suites, and served as Technical Lead of the OGC Compliance Tools (CITE) until 2025.
He has been speaker on multiple FOSS4G and FOSSGIS-Konferenz (conference of German speaking OSGeo local chapter) events and is an active and regular participant.
His journey with Open Source geospatial started in the late 2000s when he discovered Open Source GIS projects like PostGIS, deegree, GeoServer, MapServer, QGIS and gvSIG while studying at Universität Bonn. From that point on, his fascination for Open Source software started to grow. His first participation in an OSGeo event was the FOSSGIS-Konferenz in Osnabrück in 2010. This was the starting point followed by an ongoing deep dive into Open Source geospatial topics (from conceptual questions, software development and testing to community work), discovery of many Open Source projects and numerous further OSGeo events.
He works at lat/lon GmbH as a software developer and consultant since 2012. +
Dražen is researcher and teacher in cartography and geoinformatics. His special interest and developing is in the field of map projections and cartographic generalization. He established Open Source Geospatial Lab at the Faculty of Geodesy, University of Zagreb. +
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I have a personal philosophy – “I innovate and provide solutions, Not problems”.
It's been over 20 years working in the Pacific Islands region, specializing in ICTs and Geo-spatial Solutions, and offering my skills and talents to support the building of FOSS solutions across the Pacific. Am also a Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs) as in Blockchain and Hashgraph enthusiast. Working towards integration DLTs and Geospatial Systems. +
I have loved maps since I was gifted a Dorling Kindersley World Atlas as a child. Over time that interest evolved and was satiated through travel and learning about other cultures, but the maps themselves remained elusive. It was only when I joined Mapillary in 2015 that I was able to explore my interest in maps and geospatial further, initially through OpenStreetMap, and later through QGIS. Both projects have opened my eyes to the world of maps and open source, but more important to me are the practical applications of these tools. Seeing the connection between maps of cycle infrastructure in Ottawa and government initiatives to reduce fatalities is one such example, but I have been fortunate to play a small part in others such as flood resilience, wheelchair accessibility, and government asset management programs. All of these projects demonstrated to me the powerful insights geospatial tools can provide, and the sheer capability and talent within the OSGeo community.
Since returning to Australia in December 2016, I have enjoyed engaging with the local communities of the region, and working together with others to build a strong regional geospatial community. In 2018 we put together the first FOSS4G SotM Oceania which was an overwhelming success with 250 people attending. Building upon this, we have created the entity OSGeo Oceania to support future conferences, improve participation, and elicit new perspectives. I led sponsorship efforts for FOSS4G SotM Oceania 2019 in Wellington, New Zealand and am happy to say the conference was a wonderful continuation from the prior year with record sponsorship that helps ensure the sustainability of OSGeo Oceania in the years to come.
My efforts are currently focused on the Membership Working Group so that we can increase the diversity within the organisation while getting more people involved.
If you're ever in Melbourne, come and say hi! If not, reach out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/eneerhut. +
Founded the Geo Academie, based a strong belief that education in geo-information is more than ‘knowing which buttons to push’.
Geodesist by education, slowly turned into a geo-information specialist by experience. Have always worked for or in the public domain. Currently working for VNG (in geo-information innovation for local governments) and Geo Academie.
Organiser of the FOSS4GNL's since the first edition.
Rotarian. Husband, father, cat and dog owner. Guitar and (double) bass player. Quite forgetful. +
Training Specialist focusing on QGIS at Boundless. Formerly GIS analyst at a tiny oil and gas company. +
He realized his Phd in Geography about modelisation of landscape dynamics and prospective for steep slope vineyard. He've developed a research methodology based on field work and companion modeling, combined with the formalization of the observed processes and agents based models.
This approach offer the possiblity to understand : spatials, social, cultural and / or economic conditions than take place on territorial scale to provide prospective scenarios. +
In 2013 graduated Master's degree of Geoinformatics at Palacký University, Olomouc. Since school years using FOSS GIS software. Advanced user of MapServer, MapCache, QGIS Desktop + Server, PostGIS, pycsw, etc. +
Hello there! I am a sophomore in Texas and I’m thrilled to be working with OSGeo and support open source.
I’ve always been an extremely avid learner of geography and cartography. Ever since I was young, I would map out locations for fun, be it of my house, in my neighborhood, or of expansive video game worlds. My interest in maps lies in their raw power and how they are able to communicate mountains of information in a streamlined, visual medium. Their applications are infinite, and I love their functionality for the improvement of lives around the world (e.g. with resource distribution and sustainable development).
I have very basic knowledge of Java, Javascript, and html, and I participated in GitHub’s Hacktoberfest 2017 for open source projects.
I play the cello and piano, fluently speak 2 languages, and partake in math and world affairs competitions. My passion is volunteering to help youth, as I spend time as a general volunteer at a nature and science museum and with multiple youth-run organizations that work for the betterment of education and wellbeing of children. +
Henry Addo is an open source software developer. He is an active contributor to the open source community and develops core features for the Ushahidi platform, a free and open source software for crowdsourcing information through multiple channels including SMS, the web, email and twitter and visualizing the information on a map. +