Speakers
GeoMundus features a broad landscape of expertise within the GIS field, including academic figures, NGO advisors, government officials, and private sector actors.
Keynote Speakers

Tuomo Kauranne
Applied Mathematician
ARBONAUT
Keynote
Fusion of field measurements, airborne LiDAR, space-borne imagery and AI in wildfire mitigation

Mariangela Noviello
Remote Sensing and Geophysics Specialist, PhD
United Nations
Keynote
Geospatial Intelligence and 3D Simulation for Disaster Risk Management in UN Operations

Maria Gorzynska
Geospatial Expert
TRACASA
Keynote
From Validation Services to Advanced Risk Assessment: Tracasa Global's Expertise in Emergency Management
Workshop Leaders

Hector Ochoa Ortiz
OpenStreetMap
Workshop
Disaster Mapping with OpenStreetMap (OSM)

Enrique Portalés
University of Valencia (UV)
Workshop
Flood Mapping from Satellite Imagery with ML4Floods

Thomas Bartoschek
University of Münster
Workshop
Sensors and IoT for Disaster Resilience with senseBox

Dr. Sergio Trilles
Associate Professor
Universitat Jaume I (UJI)
Workshop
Wildfire Risk Mapping and Fire Spread Modelling with Open Earth Observation Data

Dr. Pablo Juan Verdoy
Associate Professor
Universitat Jaume I (UJI)
Workshop
Wildfire Risk Mapping and Fire Spread Modelling with Open Earth Observation Data

Mario Pesch
University of Münster
Workshop
Sensors and IoT for Disaster Resilience with senseBox

Dr. Somnath Chaudhuri
spatial statistician and data scientist
University of Southampton, UK
Workshop
Wildfire Risk Mapping and Fire Spread Modelling with Open Earth Observation Data

Sahibzada Saadoon Hammad
Geo-informatics engineer
Workshop
Wildfire Risk Mapping and Fire Spread Modelling with Open Earth Observation Data
Panel Speakers

Emmanuel Jolaiya
Geospatial Data Engineer; Founder of Spatialnode
United Nations Global Service Centre; Spatialnode

Somnath Chaudhuri
Researcher
WorldPop Research Group at University of Southampton, UK

Eftychia Koukouraki
Researcher
University of Μünster

Alaa Bakry Abdelfattah
Software Architect
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