International Open Data Conference 2015

Dr. Cathie Woteki is Under Secretary for USDA's Research, Education, and Economics (REE) mission area, and the Department's Chief Scientist. Prior to joining USDA, Dr. Woteki served as Global Director of Scientific Affairs for Mars, Incorporated, where she managed the company's scientific... Read More →

Liz manages the Open Data Institute’s collaboration with the World Bank, the “Partnership for Open Data”. She joined the ODI in   2014 from the Institute for Government (IfG), where she developed and project managed learning programs for politicians, public officials, and those engaging with government. While at... Read More →

Marie-Cécile Huet is Chief Marketing Officer at OpenDataSoft, a software company developing an Open Data management platform. After graduating from the French Press Institute, she has worked several years as Marketing Specialist at Exalead (Dassault Systèmes Group).---Marie-Cécile... Read More →

Stephen is the United States Department of Agriculture Geospatial Information Officer (GIO).  He is the senior executive leader for enterprise-wide geospatial data and geographic information systems strategy, policy, and portfolio management, extending the power of spatially... Read More →

Matthew McNaughton is the Executive Director of the SlashRoots Foundation, a civic tech non-profit building technology and communities to address development issues in the Caribbean. In this role he develops strategies and leads projects to improve the design and delivery of public... Read More →

Dr. Gilles Saindon has been the Associate Assistant Deputy Minister at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Science and Technology Branch, since 2012. Dr. Saindon began his agricultural career when he joined AAFC in 1989 as a research scientist in Lethbridge, AB, developing new... Read More →

Director of Public Innovation of the Coordination of National Digital Strategy in the Office of the President of Mexico, where he is one of the main responsible of the development and implementation of the Mexican Open Data Policy. Enrique holds a Master of Public Policy from the... Read More →

Steve Adler is IBM's Chief Information Strategist, where he is responsible for IBM's Open Data, Data Governance, and System Dynamics strategies. He is an early pioneer in the Data Governance Industry; he hold four patents on Data Privacy and Security, and is a member of the US Commerce... Read More →

Sander Janssen Ph.D., is leading a research team Earth Observation and Environmental Informatics at Wageningen Environmental Research, Wageningen UR, the Netherlands. He dedicates his scientific career to cross-disciplinary communication and collaboration required for achieving impacts... Read More →

Nkechi Okwuone is the Open Data Manager of the Edo State Open Data portal in Nigeria, the first sub-national Open Data portal in Africa. She is an alumnus of Federal Government Girls College, Ibusa and the University of Port Harcourt, where she received her B. Eng in Electrical Electronics... Read More →

Martin Parr is the Operations Director for the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition Secretariat (GODAN) and works in CABI’s Knowledge Services for International Development and is the Head of Open Data at CABI. Martin has over fifteen years of experience working in international... Read More →

Federico has worked at the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), a specialized agency of the Inter-American System for agriculture, since 1997 as project specialist. Since then his portfolio were related with project in information, agribusiness, rural development... Read More →

Stanley Wood is a Senior Program Officer in the Data, Evidence & Learning team of the Agricultural Development Program at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF). Stanley has over 35 years of experience in international research and development. Before joining BMGF Stanley was... Read More →