Greg Scott joined the United Nations Statistics Division in 2012 with the specific task of establishing the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) and growing its relevance and status with Member States and related International Organizations involved in national, regional and global geospatial information management. In his role as Secretariat, Greg provides strategic policy advice and leadership, and guides the development, coordination and implementation of the substantive content for the Committee of Experts.

Christoph Aubrecht manages the Global Development Assistance (GDA) program at the European Space Agency (ESA). GDA forms the technical backbone of the ‘Space for International Development Assistance’ (Space for IDA) initiative, jointly implemented with World Bank and Asian Development Bank, and has mobilized more than $100 million in both space and development finance resources dedicated to mainstreaming satellite Earth Observation in development operations.

Bayarmaa Enkhtur pursued her bachelor degree in Geodesy, Mongolia in 2008 and master degree in Geoinformatics in ITC, Netherlands in 2013. Since 2013, She’s been worked in the national mapping agency, Agency for land administration and management, geodesy and cartography (ALAMGC), Mongolia, in charge of NSDI related projects for strengthening national geospatial information management and developing Mongolian NSDI until mid of 2021.

Dr. Katsumi Emura is Executive Vice President and CTO (chief technology officer) of NEC Corporation. He is head of the Intellectual Property Management Division, responsible for all of NEC’s research and intellectual property rights (IPR) management. Since joining NEC as a researcher at the Opto-Electronics Research Laboratories in 1982, Dr. Emura has held numerous leadership positions, including head of product planning and business development for transport products and general manager of NEC’s Research Planning Division. In 2010, Dr.

Tom C. Varghese is the Head of Connectivity and Access Policy for Asia Pacific at Facebook. He works on Facebook’s connectivity initiatives to bring more people online to a faster internet covering policy issues involving infrastructure, spectrum, accessibility, online communication and video service regulations.

Bolor-Erdene Battsengel is the chairwoman of the Government of Mongolia's Communication and Information Technology Authority, the youngest and first female to hold this position. As the youngest leader in the current Cabinet, she crafted the five-year plan to transform Mongolia into a "digital nation." In her first few months, Battsengel launched the "E-Mongolia" platform that digitized 181 popular government services for easy public use. Raised in the countryside herself, Battsengel started the Girls for Coding program to train young girls from rural areas in Mongolia to learn coding.

Elisiva is a graduate of and has a master’s degree in business administration. She is the Deputy CEO – Administration in Tonga Water Board (TWB). She acts as a focal point of communication for TWB to government agencies. Further, she assists TWB Management with internal or external legal matters within the organization.

As the Deputy CEO – Administration, she evaluates quality in all areas and detects potential deviations from TWB organizations plan to ensure high-quality performance and satisfactory result while maintaining an orderly and problem-free environment.

Tanya Hotchkiss is the Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Cantilan Bank, a rural bank that serves over 100 underbanked communities across 12 provinces in Mindanao. She is in charge of driving the bank’s digital transformation towards sustainable growth and inclusive finance for the unbanked and underserved markets in Mindanao.

Ramayya Krishnan has extensive experience and expertise in public policy. He serves on the IT and Services Advisory Board chaired by Gov. Tom Wolf of the State of Pennsylvania and is a member of the policy advisory board of the GAO chaired by Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States, and was invited to speak at the GAO’s centennial conference. He serves on a select advisory board on technology and economic development to the President of Asian Development Bank.

An experienced senior executive with over 20 years in the information technology industry, Nicolas Betbeder-Matibet is currently the Senior Vice President of Asia Pacific and Japan of Software AG, a position he took on this year.

At Software AG, he is responsible for driving all regional GTM efforts in APJ. Based in Singapore, he will also cultivate a strong culture and purpose for the regional team.