Dr. Nadine Alameh serves the CEO of OGC, a global consortium leading the future of location with community, standards and innovation for the good of society. She is a seasoned professional with a passion for interoperable information exchange and the applications of geospatial technologies in a variety of domains in all sorts of domains. Prior to OGC, she held various roles in industry from Chief Architect for Innovation in Northrop Grumman’s Civil Solutions Unit; to CEO of an Aviation data startup; to technical advisor to NASA’s Applied Sciences. Dr. Alameh holds 3 degrees from MIT: a Ph.D. in Information Systems Engineering, and 2 Master Degrees in Civil Engineering and Urban Planning.

Peter Atalla is CEO and Founder of Voxelmaps Inc, a leading GIS mapping company building 4D Maps for Machines. He has been in the mapping industry for 17 years and has led large scale international mapping projects for some of the biggest technology companies in the world. Previously he was CEO and founder of Navmii a navigation and mapping company with over 30 million users that mapped 180 countries. Peter is a technology entrepreneur with 2 successful exits.

Arnout Desmet is currently Vice President in the Maps unit responsible for global sourcing in TomTom. He joined the company in 1998. The TomTom high-quality, navigable maps cover over 140 countries and are used by thousands of automotive manufacturers, governmental, and enterprise customers worldwide. Throughout his long career with TomTom, Mr. Desmet took up several leadership roles in project and operations management and business and new market development through partnerships with local and regional content providers and aggregators. He holds a master's degree in Agricultural Engineering and a postgraduate degree in Economics. 

Prof. Dr. GONG Ke was born in 1955 in Beijing, China. After obtaining his Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from Beijing Institute of Technology, he studied further in Technical University of Graz (Austria), where he worked on radio wave propagation in satellite links and obtained his Doctor Degree of Technological Science in 1986. From 1987 to 2006, he worked in Tsinghua University, Beijing, as a full professor in Electronic Engineering (1994), Head of the Department of Electronic Engineering (1997-1999), Director of the State Key Laboratory of Microwave and Digital Communication at Tsinghua University (1997-2004), Vice President (R&D) of Tsinghua University (1999-2006), Director of Chinese National Research Center for Information Science and Technology at Tsinghua University (2004-2006). He served as the President of Tianjin University from 2006 to 2011. He carried on as the President of Nankai University in 2011 and stepped down in 2018.

Dan Isaacs is a Chief Technical Officer of Digital Twin Consortium, where he is responsible for setting the technical direction, liaison partnerships and support for new memberships. Previously, Dan was Director of Strategic Marketing and Business Development at Xilinx where he was responsible for emerging technologies including machine learning, defining, and executing the ecosystem strategy for the Industrial IoT and Automotive Business. Dan also represented Xilinx for the Industry IoT Consortium (IIC). He has more than 25 years of experience working in automotive, mil/aero and consumer-based companies including Ford, NEC, LSI Logic and Hughes Aircraft. Dan has been a keynote speaker and panellist for IIC World Forums, Industrial IOT Global conferences, Embedded World, Embedded Systems, and FPGA Conferences. Dan serves on international advisory boards. He holds degrees in Computer Engineering: EE from Cal State University, B.S. Geophysics from ASU.

Shelly Nooner is General Manager, Civil Design and Engineering with Trimble, responsible for the entire civil infrastructure software solutions portfolios. She has been with Trimble since 2000, including over 20 years as Director of Marketing.  Since joining Trimble in 2002 she has worked in multiple divisions using her capabilities to understand customer requirements and her knowledge to help establish a valuable and integrated solution for them across the lifecycle. Shelly is based in Trimble Rockies office in Westminster, Colorado.

Peter Parslow is a software engineer with particular experience designing corporate data management systems especially for geographic production. He is involved in standards for geographic data for some fifteen years and now chairs ISO’s technical committee for geographic information.

Tony Rinella is a Senior Director with Strategic Building Innovation • bimSCORE.  His background includes architectural design, creation of systems for knowledge, financial and facility management, design automation, BIM protocol and project delivery processes, and educational programs. Tony's focus on computer systems to improve built environments began at U.C. Berkeley in the 1970s when he authored software to predict performance of passive solar buildings, and continued through positions in architecture, property management, and software development companies. As principal and CIO of Anshen + Allen, Architects, and leader of information services for over two decades, Tony initiated programs for smart CAD, BIM, decision support, knowledge management, and facility management. He has independently developed original software and websites, and advised product planning and development for clients including Graphisoft, Dassault Systemes, Canterbury Systems.  Tony's passion for education lead him to crate learning centers and wikis focused on BIM, Sustainability, Evidence-Based Design, and Medical Planning/Design. He has been advisor to AEC Knowledge and LearnVirtual, and developed the Multi-Point / Multi-Program virtual conference approach for the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Partnering with colleagues at LearnVirtual, he launched DESIGN[realized], a live, interactive, internet-delivered educational program for the AEC industry and facility owners.  His participation in professional organizations includes service as national chair of AIA Technology in Architectural Practice Knowledge Community and contributions to National BIM Standard. He collaborated with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories on BIM research supporting cost control and sustainability goals, contributing to case studies for National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Tony wrote sections on technology for AIA's The Architect’s Handbook of Professional Practice (2008 & 2014 editions), and has given dozens of invited presentations internationally.

Aniruddha Roy, Ph.D. is Chief Technology Officer in Genesys International Corporation Ltd, an advanced geospatial company with headquarters in Mumbai, India. He is responsible for enabling business through conceptualizing applications as relevant to the vertical business segment through emerging technologies. Prior to this, he was Vice President- Strategic Business Group (GIS) in Navayuga Engineering Company Ltd. and responsible for the technical operations in GIS across Navayuga group companies for 7 years. He has served more than a decade at ESRI India ( A strategic alliance software company between ESRI Inc., USA and NIIT Technologies Ltd, India) in various positions. He has over 29 years of experience in geospatial technologies. He has a sound technical knowledge in GIS platforms and presents technology solutions on various vertical domains as applicable to governance at various national and international forums. He is experienced in the development and implementation of GIS-based applications for industry. He is currently a member of ‘FICCI National council of Geospatial committee’ in FICCI, New Delhi, Co-Chairman of ‘Geospatial technology committee’ in ASSOCHAM and also a technical member of ‘geospatial committee’ of Bureau of Indian Standards ( BIS), Government of India. He was a member of ‘FICCI UAV policy formation committee’. He has been Consultant to various funding agencies like DFID, The World Bank and other international agencies during his career. He has published over 50 technical papers on GIS and Remote Sensing in various conferences/ journals.

Bill Singleton is the Vice President at Ecopia AI and has been with the company for 6 years. His main responsibility is engaging with geospatial analytics partners to find new ways of combining vector base maps with alternate data sets to help public & private entities better understand and improve the communities in which they operate.  Previously, he spent 5 years working in enterprise sales at Cisco Systems Canada, providing data center and voice solutions. Following this, he graduated with an MBA from the Ivey School of Business with a focus on entrepreneurship and managing high-growth companies.

Brian Soliday has over 30 years of extensive experience working in sales, marketing and channel development within the GIS and remote sensing industries.  He currently serves as Chief Revenue Officer for Voxelmaps.  His career includes CRO, VP and director level positions with leading geospatial organizations such as Autodesk, Trimble, Space Imaging, LizardTech, Intermap, and TerraGo.  Mr. Soliday has presented at over 100 geospatial events on an international basis and has written published articles in; Planning, Point of Beginning, GEOinformatics, The World & I, GEOEurope, Arc News, Space News, and Earth Observation Magazine. Soliday earned MA/BS degrees in geography specializing in remote sensing and GIS from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. 

Thomas Werner is a Management Consultant operating from Australia as Head of Professional Services & Strategy at Integris Group Services Pty Ltd. He is a Geospatial Engineer with over ten years of experience in asset mapping, measurement, and modeling before moving into broader Asset Management consulting in 2017.  Thomas is passionate about advocating the use of data and information for insight across the asset lifecycle, particularly in applying the wealth of knowledge developed during design & construction to benefit operations, maintenance, and rejuvenation.