Tuesday, 22nd April
Auditorium
1500 - 1545
GWF Opening Plenary Watch Recording
Sanjay Kumar
Chief Executive Officer
Geospatial World
India
Lorenzo Garcia Asensio
Director General
National Geographic Institute
Spain
Dean Angelides
Corporate Director - International
Esri
USA
1545 - 1645
Plenary Session 1: Geospatial Industry: Accelerating Value Impact in Economy and Society
Session Highlight
- Exploring the role of geospatial technologies as the connective layer between the physical and digital worlds in the 4th Industrial Age.
- How spatial computing and digital twins are transforming the way we measure, model, monitor, and manage real-world assets.
- Understanding the impact of Geospatial Knowledge Infrastructure (GKI) on productivity, transparency, and governance across core industries.
- Showcasing innovations across the space and geospatial ecosystem driving cross-sectoral collaboration and sustainable development.
- Discussing the value of the 'where' dimension in enhancing decision-making across economic, societal, and environmental landscapes.
Watch Recording
Prateep Basu
Co- Founder & Chief Executive Officer
SatSure
India
Olivier Casabianca
Vice President - Positioning Services
Trimble
USA
Geert De Coensel
Chief Executive Officer
Merkator
Belgium
Kunal Satyarthi
Joint Secretary
Department of Land Resources
India
Carmen M Aguilera
Market Development Officer for Transport
European Union Agency for Space Program
Czech Republic
1645 - 1800
Plenary Session 2: One Map. One Humanity. One Planet
Session Highlight
- Scope and Feasibility of developing One Map Platform
- Technology architecture and tools that may help develop one map platform
- Integration of data available in UN entities, non-profit organisations, public domain, and voluntary contributions of private sector
- Possible contributions of each stakeholders towards One Map Platform
- Outcome and value proposition of One Map Platform for sustainability, resilience, and greater good.
Watch Recording
Moderator
Mark Reichardt
Senior Consultant
Geospatial World
USA
Recorded Message
Bernardo Mariano Junior
ASG - Chief Information Technology Officer
UN Office for Information and Communication Technology
USA
Alexandre Caldas
Chief - Early Warning and Data Analytics Branch
United Nations Environment Programme
Kenya
Paul Holthus
Founding President and Chief Executive Officer
World Ocean Council
USA
Greg Scott
Executive Director, SDG Data Alliance
PVBLIC Foundation
USA
Anup Jindal
Chief Executive Officer
RMSI
India
Lorant Czaran
Scientific Affairs Officer
UNOOSA
Austria
Rolando Ocampo
Director of the Economic Commission
Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Statistics Division
Chile
Wednesday, 23rd April
Auditorium
0900 - 1115
Plenary Session 3: Spatial Computing and Digital Twins: Advancing Role of Mapping in National and Global Economy
Session Highlight
- Spatial Computing: Enabling Integration and Harmonisation of Aeriel, Earth Observation, Terrestrial Sensors: Enabling (Near) Realtime Digital Twins
- National Geospatial Platforms: Empowering National Digital Twins through Collaborative Partnership of Industry and Government Agencies
- Threats and Opportunities in terms of evolving programs of Sovereign AI, Space and Geospatial Infrastructure
Watch Recording
Moderator
Sanjay Kumar
Chief Executive Officer
Geospatial World
India
In Conversation
Ananyaa Narain
VP - Consultancy
Geospatial World
India
Keynote
Nick Bolton
Chief Executive Officer
Ordnance Survey
UK
Keynote
Paul Becker
President
Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG)
Germany
Keynote
HE Mohammad Al Sayel
President
GEOSA
Saudi Arabia
Keynote
Srikant Sastri
Chairman
i3g Advisory Network and Geospatial Data Promotion & Development Committee (GDPDC)
India
Milena Lerario
Chief Executive Officer
e-GEOS
Italy
Dato' Lsr Hazri Bin Hassan
Director General
Department of Survey and Mapping (JUPEM)
Malaysia
Siva Ravada
Vice President
Oracle
USA
Holger Luedorf
Managing Director, Global Partnerships - Geo
Google
USA
Francisco Vilhena da Cunha
Chief Executive Officer
GEOSAT
Portugal
Magnus Olson
Chief Data Officer
Vexcel Data Program
Spain
Eng. Manaf Ahmed Al Sada
Director
Center for GIS
Qatar
1215 - 1315
Plenary Session 4: Space Sustainability: Nervous System for NextGeneration Geospatial Industry Ecosystem
Session Highlight
- Innovations in Space Industry and its growing relevance for World Economy
- Space Infrastructure as a Nervous System of geospatial industry ecosystem
- EO as a Service for national mapping and geospatial enterprise platforms
- Challenges and threats towards space sustainability and potential alternatives
- Integration and convergence of space and geospatial industry to enhance its combined value for economy and society
Watch Recording
Moderator
Vaishali Dixit
Vice President- Americas
Geospatial World
India
Guenther Landgraf
Head of Digital Platforms
European Space Agency
Italy
Motoyuki Arai
Chief Executive Officer
Synspective
Japan
Sanjay Nekkanti
Chief Executive Officer
Dhruva Space
India
Marta Massimiani
European Business Director
Satlantis
Spain
1315 - 1400
Plenary Session 5: Spatial Computing and Geospatial Platforms: Powering Business Enterprises
Session Highlight
- Overview Spatial Computing and Geospatial Platforms: Powering Business Enterprises
- Harmonisation and Integration of Geospatial Content, IOT Sensors, and Business Workflows into Geospatial Platforms
- Utility and Value Proposition and RoI of Geospatial Platforms, Spatial Analytics, and Convergence with Business Process Modelling
- Opportunities for Strengthening Collaborative Partnerships between Geospatial Industry and Business Enterprises
Watch Recording
Moderator
Swati Mittal
Director
Geospatial World
India
Andres Alonso
Senior Economist- Financial Innovation Division
Bank of Spain
Spain
Kanti Kopalle
VP, Intuitive Operations and Automation
Cognizant
The Netherlands
Michael Harrell
Senior Vice President- Engineering Maps
TomTom
Spain
Dr Sim Choon Cheak
Head of Plantation Research & Advisory
SD Guthrie Research Sdn Bhd
Malaysia
Dhananjay Deshmukh
CTO & Vice President
Tech Mahindra BPS
India
1515 - 1600
Plenary Session 6: Managing the Explosion of Spatial Data: How Open Data Can Help Structure Data for Government and Enterprises Watch Recording
Moderator
Marc Prioleau
Executive Director
Overture Maps Foundation
USA
Jan Erik Solem
Director - Maps
Meta
USA
Amy Rose
Chief Technology Officer
Overture Maps Foundation
USA
Michael Harrell
Senior Vice President- Engineering Maps
TomTom
Spain
Dmitry Kuzhanov
Group Product Manager
Uber
USA
1600 - 1700
Plenary Session 7: Accelerating Future Geospatial Ecosystem through Collaborative Efforts of Professional Societies
Session Highlight
- Role and Relevance of IT, Engineering, and Autonomy in Profession of Respective Disciplines
- Initiatives and Perspectives of Professional Societies towards Future Geospatial Ecosystem
- Opportunities and Challenges for Accelerating Collaboration between Professional Societies
- Benefits and Challenges of Collaborative Engagements between Professional Societies
- Path Forward for Professional Societies and their value in broader geospatial industry ecosystem
Watch Recording
Moderator
Lee Schwartz
Former Geographer
US Department of State
USA
Lena Halounova
President
International Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing (ISPRS)
Czechia
Georg Gartner
President
International Cartographic Association
Austria
Winnie Shiu
Vice President
International Federation of Surveyors
Hong Kong
Ronda Schrenk
Chief Executive Officer
United States GeoIntelligence Foundation (USGIF)
USA
Marcos Martinez
Secretary General
EAASI
Spain
1700 - 1800
Plenary Session 8: Spatial Computing and Digital Twins: Advancing Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure
Session Highlight
- Overview of Demand Forecast and Investments Infrastructure and Engineering Industry
- Spatial Computing and Digital Twins Supporting Digitalisation and Integration of Sustainability Parameters in Infrastructure and Engineering Industry
- Utility and Value Proposition of Geodetic Infrastructure, Spatial Analytics, and Convergence with Building Information Modelling
- Opportunities for Strengthening Collaborative Partnerships between Geospatial Industry and AEC community
Watch Recording
Moderator
Ananyaa Narain
VP - Consultancy
Geospatial World
India
Keynote Address
Seng-Chuan Tan
President
World Federation of Engineering Organizations
Singapore
Keynote Address
Claire Milverton
Chief Executive Officer
1Spatial
UK
David Tan
Assistant Chief Executive Officer
JTC Corporation
Singapore
Karel van Oordt Montalvo
Project Coordinator
Eurocities
Spain
Dan Isaacs
Chief Technology Officer
Digital Twin Consortium
USA
Thursday, 24th April
Berlin
0930 - 1130
Session 1: Digital Agriculture Innovations and Advancements
Session Highlight
- Exploring digital technologies, and remote sensing technologies are revolutionizing precision agriculture, enabling data-driven decision-making, yield optimization, and sustainable resource management.
- Smart Irrigation & Soil Health Monitoring - Highlighting advancements in sensor-based irrigation systems, automated water management, and digital soil health assessment techniques to enhance sustainability and crop productivity.
Moderator
Mark Noort
Owner/Director
HCP International
The Netherlands
Keynote
Bobomurod Makhsudov
Head of Department
Ministry of Agriculture
Uzbekistan
Dietrich Heintz
Founder
Cropix
Switzerland
Dr Sim Choon Cheak
Head of Plantation Research & Advisory
SD Guthrie Research Sdn Bhd
Malaysia
Patricio Fitz Simon
Country Manager
BASF
Spain
Maxime Michel
Solutions Engineer
Kili technology
France
Phillip Ridley
Government Portfolio Lead
1Spatial
UK
1130 - 1330
Networking Break followed by Lunch
1330 - 1500
Session 2: Data-Driven Farming - Leveraging IoT, AI, Big Data and Geospatial Technologies
Session Highlight
Demonstrating how IoT sensors, AI-driven analytics, and Big Data empower farmers with real-time insights on soil health, water usage, weather patterns, and crop performance, enabling predictive decision-making and enhancing farm productivity.
Showcasing the role of satellite imagery, drones (UAVs), GIS mapping, and remote sensing in enabling precision agriculture, smarter land management, optimized resource allocation, and building resilience against climate variability.
Keynote
Geza Toth
Chief Executive Officer
CarbonSpaceTech
Switzerland
Dejan Jakovljevic
Chief Information Officer and Director
Digital FAO and Agro-informatics
Italy
Prateep Basu
Co- Founder & Chief Executive Officer
SatSure
India
Stelios Kotsopoulos
Chief Executive Officer
Neuralio AI
Greece
Dmitrii Budylskii
Chief Technology Officer
FlyPix AI
Germany
Vishal Lakhmani
Director- Data Migration and Business Intelligence
Cargill
India
Hajer Alabdouli
Payload Lead
NSSTC
UAE
1500 - 1600
Coffee Break & Visit to Exhibition
1600 - 1730
Session 3: Collaborative Innovation: Bridging Policy, Technology, Agri Finance and Farming Communities
Session Highlight
- Examining how adaptive policies, government incentives, and regulatory frameworks can foster technological adoption, financial inclusion, and sustainable agricultural practices.
- Exploring digital payment systems, blockchain for transparent transactions, and AI-driven financial tools that empower farmers with better credit access and risk management along with successful models where policymakers, technology providers, financial institutions, and farmer cooperatives collaborate to drive innovation and scalable solutions.
Moderator
Mark Noort
Owner/Director
HCP International
The Netherlands
Keynote
Dani Daas
Managing Partner
CBL Holding
Saudi Arabia
Dr Roberto Rodriguez Alvarez
Deputy Director General
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Spain
Abedalrhman Habashneh
Founder
Decapolis
Saudi Arabia
Juan Suarez
Business Development Manager, Remote Sensing and GIS
GMV
Spain
Nelson Bilber Rodrigues
Researcher
INESC TEC
Portugal
Fran Garcia Ruiz
Technical Coordinator
Centre d'Innovacio Digital Agroalimentari i Forestal de Catalunya
Spain
Friday, 25th April
Berlin
1000 - 1030
Opening Keynote
Keynote Address
Paul Holthus
Founding President and Chief Executive Officer
World Ocean Council
USA
1030 - 1130
Session 1: Smart Ocean Futures: Digital Innovation for Sustainable Blue Economies
Session Highlight
- Strengthening ocean governance through informed decision-making backed by science and data
- Collection and integration of real-time ocean data from diverse sources (sensors, satellites, etc.)
- Technology innovation (AI, high performance computing, robotics etc.) enabling digital representation of the Ocean
- Digital Twin of the Ocean - sensors, models, visualizations, and insights
- Digitalization supporting UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development
Burak Inan
Chairman
IC-ENC
Turkiye
Helen Aavisto
Founder
Maritime X
Estonia
Josep E. Pardo Pascual
Geo-Environmental Cartography and Remote Sensing Group, Cartographic Engineering
Geodesy and Photogrammetry Department, UPV
1130 - 1200
Networking Break
1200 - 1300
Session 2: Digital Representation of the Ocean - Enabling Collaborative Decision-making
Session Highlight
- Enhancing accessibility, compatibility, and usability of integrated hydrospatial data
- Evolving Role of Federal Hydrospatial Data Providers in the Digital Ocean Economy
- Strategic partnerships enabling technology innovation and integration for enhanced hydrospatial knowledge
- Evolving role of users across ocean sectors in hydrospatial data collection
Moderator
Hermen Westerbeeke
CCO
blueOASIS
Germany
Mark Cygan
Director - National Mapping Solutions
Esri
USA
Najat El Moutchou
International Development
The World Bank
Sweden
Dr Gopika Suresh
Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) and Co-Founder Head of Products and Strategy
Marble Imaging
Germany
Manuel Rocamora
Advisory Committee Member
World Smart Cities Forum
Saudi Arabia
Jose Santiago
Researcher
Centro Tecnologico del Mar - CETMAR
Spain
Hassan Alyami
Survey Engineer
GEOSA
Saudi Arabia
1400 - 1500
Session 3: Integrated Hydrospatial Infrastructure for Next-Generation Hydrospatial Knowledge
Session Highlight
- Optimized navigation routes and ship speeds for efficient fuel usage and safety of marine life
- Monitoring and regulation of shipping emissions towards zero-emissions shipping
- Smart vessel and port integration for enhanced efficiency and safety
- Autonomous shipping for enhanced operational efficiency
- Support towards seabed mapping initiatives
Moderator
Marcos Martinez
Secretary General
EAASI
Spain
CFR Telmo Geraldes Dias
Coordinator - Technical-Scientific Data Management Centre
Portugese Hydrographic Institute
Portugal
Hermen Westerbeeke
CCO
blueOASIS
Germany
Emlyn Hagen
Director Defense and Intelligence, Europe
NV5 Geospatial
Germany
Michael Ashmore
Vice President of Product Management
Precisely
USA
Thursday, 24th April
Dusseldorf
0930 - 1030
Session 1: Future-Proofing Enterprises: Aligning ESG Agendas with Global Impact
Session Highlight
Proceeding with ESG, the session will inspire attendees to view ESG as integral to long-term business success and societal progress. A noteworthy introduction with use cases and ESG Leadership. We will discuss:
- Understand key global ESG successes and challenges.
- Explore the critical urgency of managing climate and societal risks through ESG frameworks.
- Recognize the role of DE&I (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) as a driver of sustainable growth.
- Analyze the delicate balance between profitability and purpose in ESG strategies.
- Discover how satellite imagery and geospatial technology are revolutionizing ESG impact measurement.
Dr Cathrine Armour
Director of Data Initiatives
TNFD
UK
Dr Anabel Ternes
Chief Executive Officer
Sustain Plus
Germany
Daniel Carrasco
Head of EO Business Development
HISDESAT
Spain
1030 - 1130
Session 2: The Nature Imperative: Restoration and Management
Session Highlight
Addressing Nature risks, touching upon the segments of: technology involved, implementing bodies, projects and use cases and advancements in research that helps build the current knowledge and gravity towards nature conservation, restoration and management.
How complex is the environment, biodiversity and ecology web? Are we progressing towards mapping these with the right indices or Key Performance Indices?
- Current frameworks for Nature risks, and biodiversity risks.
- Focus on policies and initiatives for nature restoration in Europe and the USA.
- the intersection of sustainability and natural resource management.
- Geospatial technology and services in this sector enhancing management of nature and biodiversity
- A focus on mining, textile, agroforestry sectors and related product companies.
Moderator
Len Kne
Director, U-Spatial
University of Minnesota
USA
Peter Schwendner
Professor
Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Switzerland
Rodrigo del Potro
Business Development Director
Xcalibur Smart Mapping
Spain
Kristina Vucic
Geospatial Manager
Next Energy Capital
UK
1130 - 1330
Networking Break followed by Lunch
1330 - 1415
Session 3: Towards a Low Carbon and Climate Risk Future
Session Highlight
Carbon emissions remain a central challenge in the fight against climate change, with industries under increasing pressure to meet ambitious net-zero targets. This session will explore how businesses can develop ESG-aligned carbon reduction strategies while leveraging geospatial technology and satellite imagery for enhanced monitoring and decision-making. Companies that are well aligned with climate goals and carbon goals- what do they see for the future, what recommendations do they have?
- Empowering organizations to transition towards net-zero carbon economies.
- Developing resilience frameworks aligned with climate risk mitigation.
- Showcasing roles of carbon reduction strategies within the larger industries such as infrastructure.
- Highlighting efforts toward emissions reduction and low-carbon growth initiatives in line with global climate goals.
- What are the suggested improvements for geospatial sector and open data for carbon emission monitoring?
- Reducing Carbon and other GHGs from the atmosphere and the preservation of natural carbon sequestration capable land.
Moderator
John Kedar
Director
John Kedar Geospatial Initiatives Ltd
UK
Christophe Yvetot
UNIDO Representative to the EU, EIB, OACPS, Belgium and Luxembourg
Head of UNIDO Brussels Office
Belgium
Dr Gennadii Donchyts
Cloud Geographer
Google
The Netherlands
Abhiroop Bhatnagar
VP - Cloud Solutions
Aereo
India
1415 - 1500
Session 4: Covering Physical Risks
Session Highlight
How are companies covering their current risks? With this session have a better view of what geospatial data and solutions can offer - beyond identification, forecasting risk. The Fintech companies then facilitate financial risk accounting. To manage asset level risks, satellite imageries and geospatial technology are necessary.
- How are companies covering their current and potential risks?
- Identifying risks [Natural Hazards, Physical Assets Risk]
- The role of user companies in prioritization of risk specific operations and the requirements.
- Risk impact identification with remote sensing and geospatial technology and evaluating the finances from the impact to the businesses.
Josh Gilbert
Chief Executive Officer
Sust Global
UK
Iain MacInnes
Senior Director EMEA
Synspective
UK
Paolo Tibaldeschi
Senior Advisor
WWF
The Netherlands
1500 - 1600
Coffee Break & Visit to Exhibition
1600 - 1645
Session 5: Need of the Hour: Integration to Impact
Session Highlight
This session explores bridging ESG integration with tangible community and landscape impacts. By aligning sustainability initiatives with local needs, fostering resilience, and empowering corporates, this aims to enhance environmental protection and build enterprise value through targeted, location-driven actions.
- Closing the gaps between ESG integration and the effect on community and landscapes
- On ground impacts creating resiliency and uplifting cities and people through sustainability objectives and projects
- Location based setting up of focused programmes and initiatives by companies for environmental protection.
- Sustainability approach in the sectors: water, forest, soil, wildfires and so on.
- Identifying local partners to support CSR initiatives within business systems, integrating the right skill to increase enterprise value.
Keynote
Laia Romero
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Lobelia Earth
Spain
Dr Ismail
Geospatial Scientist-CASUS
HZDR
Germany
Dan Rushton
Content Marketing Manager
Picterra
Spain
Alberto Lucas
Senior Biodiversity Consultant
AECOM
Spain
Ada Perello
Communications Manager
EAASI
Spain
1645 - 1730
Session 6: Mapping opportunities for ESG
Session Highlight
- Circular Economy
- Supply Chain Management and Waste Management
- Spatial Computing and DTEs for Sustainability
- Implementing SDG's with Geospatial Data
- Geospatial Tools for sustainability
Keynote
Andrea Vena
Chief Climate and Sustainability Officer
ESA
France
Dick Ayres
Cofounder & Chief Strategy Officer
Litterati
Spain
Francesca Piatto
Project Officer
EARSC
France
