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He founded and currently manages an open speech data project in the Odia language, making it the largest project in the language containing over 61,000 pronunciation recordings.",email:"subhashish@theofdn.org",twitter:"",website:"",github:"",gitlab:"",linkedin:"",category:" Open Licensing,Open Source",country:"India",language:"English,Hindi",pic:"Subhashish-panigrahi.jpg",pic_original:"Subhashish-panigrahi.jpg",organization:"O Foundation, Creative Commons India",pic_blend:"FALSE",url:"subhashish-panigrahi",background_position:"0"},{name:"Gleb Kanunnikau",description:"Gleb Kanunnikau is a digital transformation consultant and Horizon2020 researcher from Minsk, Belarus, currently living in Poland. Interested in data publication and re-use across the non-profit and public sphere, using data for civic participation and enabling sustainable technological solutions for crowdfunding/CRM and financial management of NGOs. He contributed to research projects at Barcelona Smart City project and Open Knowledge Sweden on civic participation using new technologies. Locally, he is part of a group of volunteers running a meetup group and an open laboratory bringing together people from the tech and education/media and experimental, hackerspace scene. The group is trying to solve urban or environment-related practical problems that normally didn't get a lot of attention from the tech community. Examples included educating NGO staff and journalists on using open source maps and data, developing educational tools for children and adults with vision disabilities and organizing educational lectures and workshops in cooperation with programmers, architects, urban and disability activists to discuss and collaborate on civic tech initiatives.",email:"kanunnikau@gmail.com",twitter:"",website:"",github:"",gitlab:"",linkedin:"",category:"Civic Tech,Open Data,Open Mapping,Data Literacy",country:"Poland",language:"English,Belarusian,Polish,Bulgarian,Russian",pic:"Gleb_Kanunnikau.jpg",pic_original:"Gleb_Kanunnikau.jpg",organization:"Digital transformation consultant",pic_blend:"FALSE",url:"gleb-kanunnikau",background_position:"50"},{name:"Stephen Abbott Pugh",description:"Stephen Abbott Pugh is Open Ownership’s Head of Technology. He looks after the overall technical roadmap for the organisation, providing technical assistance to governments with implementing technology reforms to advance beneficial ownership transparency. He is the product owner of the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard and the Open Ownership Register, along with a range of other technical products.Before joining Open Ownership, Stephen was the content development manager for the Open Knowledge Foundation, leading open data projects including Open Data Day and Open Data for Tax Justice.",email:"stephen@openownership.org",twitter:"",website:"",github:"",gitlab:"",linkedin:"",category:"Civic Tech,Fiscal Transparency,Beneficial Ownership, Transparency",country:"Zimbabwe",language:"English",pic:"Stephen_Abbott_Pugh.jpg",pic_original:"Stephen_Abbott_Pugh.jpg",organization:"Open Ownership",pic_blend:"FALSE",url:"stephen-abbott-pugh",background_position:"30"},{name:"Evelyn Night",description:"Evelyn supports operations at the Technology Transfer Unit, a department responsible for creating dissemination tools and pathways from key research outputs at the International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) in Kenya. A prolific writer and designer, Evelyn’s work involve conducting systematic literature reviews of thematic areas and translating fundamental research innovations into print, audio, and video tools for awareness campaigns and training events. Traversing frequently between scientists, smallholder farmers, and extension officers in East Africa makes her an important figure in promoting open access to scientific research. Evelyn has a Master’s in Genetics from the University of Nairobi, and a BSc in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from South Eastern Kenya University (SEKU). As part of the second cohort of the Frictionless Data Fellows, Evelyn has considerable experience working in open science as well as understanding its implications in the future of research applicability, especially for the Sub-Saharan Africa research landscape.",email:"enight@icipe.org",twitter:"",website:"",github:"",gitlab:"",linkedin:"",category:"Open Science",country:"Kenya",language:"English,Swahili",pic:"Evelyn.jpg",pic_original:"Evelyn.jpg",organization:"icipe",pic_blend:"FALSE",url:"evelyn-night",background_position:"50"},{name:"Knut Hühne",description:"Knut is a software developer and Open Data enthusiast based in Berlin. As a member since 2014 and lab lead at codefor.de \u003chttp://codefor.de/\u003e’s Open Knowledge Lab Berlin he loves to tinker with technology, share his knowledge and connect others in the field. Within the last years he has become increasingly interested in connecting communities - be that through linked open data or by finding ways for them to meet in person and to share their knowledge.",email:"knut@k-nut.eu",twitter:"",website:"",github:"",gitlab:"",linkedin:"",category:"Linked Open Data,Civic Tech,Open Communities",country:"Germany",language:"English,German",pic:"knut_huehne.jpg",pic_original:"knut_huehne.jpg",organization:"Open Knowledge Lab Berlin",pic_blend:"FALSE",url:"knut-huehne",background_position:"20"},{name:"Maxwell Beganim",description:"Maxwell is a Co Lead on the Kiwix Project in Schools in Ghana and the Knowledge Manager for Open Education and Tech Initiative.He is also the Founder of Kumasi Wiki Hub ,Training Associate of Creative Commons Ghana Chapter.He is also a member of the Open Street Map Ghana and the Co Founder of Ghana Pidgin Wikimedia Group in Ghana.He is also a member of the Open Foundation West Africa.",email:"mbeganimgh@gmail.com",twitter:"",website:"",github:"",gitlab:"",linkedin:"",category:"Open Mapping,Open Education",country:"Ghana",language:"English",pic:"maxwell-beganim.jpg",pic_original:"maxwell-beganim.jpg",organization:"Open Knowledge Ghana ",pic_blend:"FALSE",url:"maxwell-beganim",background_position:"0"},{name:"Steven De Costa",description:"Steven is a co-steward of the CKAN project and has worked over the last ten years to build, deploy and maintain dozens of open data portals.",email:"steven.decosta@ckan.org",twitter:"",website:"",github:"",gitlab:"",linkedin:"",category:"Civic Tech",country:"Australia",language:"English",pic:"Steven-De-Costa.jpg",pic_original:"Steven-De-Costa.jpg",organization:"Link Digital",pic_blend:"FALSE",url:"steven-de-costa",background_position:"30"},{name:"Ketty Adoch",description:"A Geographical Information Systems Specialist, Ketty Adoch has worked on a wide range of projects at the intersection of open geodata and technologies with international organizations, governments and the private sector. Her past and present work involves developing technology tools to manage geography data in areas such as agriculture (developing algorithms for food security management), energy (developing models for off-grid energy planning), and environmental sensitivity mapping for oil and gas projects in East and West Africa, including organizational capacity building at national, regional, and continental levels. She leads consulting work at the GIS firm Mara Arwot GeoSpatial, based in Kampala, Uganda",email:"adochketty@gmail.com",twitter:"",website:"",github:"",gitlab:"",linkedin:"",category:"Data Literacy,Open Data,Open Mapping",country:"Uganda",language:"English",pic:"Ketty.jpg",pic_original:"Ketty.jpg",organization:"Mara Arwot GeoSpatial",pic_blend:"FALSE",url:"ketty-adoch",background_position:"30"},{name:"Alberto Abella",description:"Alberto Abella is PhD in Business (Open data) and Telecommunications Engineer and Master in Total Quality Management, Business Administration and Business Organization. He works as a Data Modelling Expert and Technical Evangelist at FIWARE and currently is the responsible person for the smart data models initiative. Formerly he worked as Senior Manager at desideDatum for the business lines of Data governance, open data and smart cities and in other IT firms for the last 25 years. He is a researcher on data, data-reusability, open data, big data, and its use in several environments like Smart cities with more than 20 scientific publications. He also has investigated in the field of citizen experience. Founder and board member of Iniciativa Barcelona Open data and founder of the Spanish chapter of OKFN. he cordinated the I, II and II white paper on software libre in Spain from 2003 to 2007. He is coauthor of the I, II, III and IV report on the situation of open data in Spain (2017-2023)",email:"alberto.abella@meloda.org",twitter:"",website:"",github:"",gitlab:"",linkedin:"",category:"Open Data",country:"Spain",language:"English,Spanish",pic:"alberto-abella.jpg",pic_original:"alberto-abella.jpg",organization:"FIWARE Foundation",pic_blend:"FALSE",url:"alberto-abella",background_position:"50"},{name:"Blaise Aboh",description:"Blaise Aboh is the Director of Orodata Science, a Civic Tech organization that synthesizes the use of data science, technology, design and research to nurture innovation in media and improve citizen access to information. He is attributed to the earliest known use case for algorithms and robotics to generate news stories from data in the public domain in Nigeria. He is an Obama Foundation Leader, a Mozilla Festival Ambassador, a CFA Innovation Fellow, an Othoway Fellow and a Quartz Atlas for Africa Award winner",email:"blaise@orodata.org",twitter:"",website:"",github:"",gitlab:"",linkedin:"",category:"Civic Tech,Open Data",country:"Nigeria",language:"English",pic:"blaise-aboh.jpg",pic_original:"blaise-aboh.jpg",organization:"Orodata",pic_blend:"FALSE",url:"blaise-aboh",background_position:"50"},{name:"Erick Tamba Mnyali",description:"I am organized, meticulous and adaptive environmental scientist and Geographical Information System (GIS) specialist with three years of experience in spatial and non-spatial data mapping, modeling, analysis, visualization and management, I am also capable of conducting training on applications on geospatial technology techniques for field workers, and learners in various fields.",email:"erickmnyali14@gmail.com",twitter:"",website:"",github:"",gitlab:"",linkedin:"",category:"Open Mapping",country:"Tanzania",language:"English,Swahili",pic:"erick-tamba.jpg",pic_original:"erick-tamba.jpg",organization:"GeoTanzania",pic_blend:"FALSE",url:"erick-tamba",background_position:"0"},{name:"Shanna Hollich",description:"Shanna Hollich holds two master’s degrees, one in library and information sciences and the other in data analytics. As a career librarian for almost fifteen years, they have worked in almost every type of library, including K-12 school, federal government, academic, and public libraries throughout the United States. They have worked in public/access services, technical services and cataloging, and administration, but their first love is working on issues of copyright reform, cultural heritage, open access, and open education. Trained as one of the first facilitators for the Creative Commons Certificate courses, Shanna now manages all of the Creative Commons learning and training opportunities and partners with other organizations to help support and develop professional development trainings in the world of open.",email:"shollich@gmail.com",twitter:"",website:"",github:"",gitlab:"",linkedin:"",category:"Open Education,Open GLAM",country:"USA",language:"English",pic:"Shanna-Hollich.jpg",pic_original:"Shanna-Hollich.jpg",organization:"Creative Commons",pic_blend:"FALSE",url:"shanna-hollich",background_position:"20"},{name:"Adolfo Antón Bravo",description:"He joined the Spanish chapter in 2013 when he started his collaboration with Mar Cabra as data curator in Data Journalism and Data Visualization activities at Medialab-Prado, including the organization of the Data Journalism and Open Data Spanish conference, the Open Data Day, the ILOVEFS day or the Ada (Lovelace) Day. So he became a member of School of Data and participated in the Open Knowledge Festival in Berlin 2014 and in the School of Data Summer Camp in Potsdam 2014. Then he became the president of the Spanish chapter and continued for a while with the organization of these activities until he realized there were no more people to work with and he ended the association. At that time he was working as leader of the Datalab from its begining to its end (Medialab-Prado, 2016-2019) where he completed more than one hundred activities.After that he has maintained the data related groups: datajournalism, dataviz and datascience and he created a Master's degree in Data Journalism and Visualization in the University of Alcalá (https://mpvd.es) that has begun its second edition.",email:"adolflow@gmail.com",twitter:"",website:"",github:"",gitlab:"",linkedin:"",category:"Data Journalism,Data Training",country:"Spain",language:"English,Spanish",pic:"tpd17-medialab-datalab.jpg",pic_original:"tpd17-medialab-datalab.jpg",organization:"MPVD.es",pic_blend:"FALSE",url:"adolfo-anton-bravo",background_position:"0"},{name:"Evangelos Chondrokostas",description:"Evangelos (Vangelis) Chondrokostas obtained his B.Sc. in Mathematics, and, subsequently, his M.Sc. in Complex Systems and Networks, at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He works as a Developer and Data Scientist in research projects with Open Knowledge Greece. Recently, he worked on the Erasmus+ project, ENTICE (https://entice.eu/), where he semantically described medical terms with the UMLS Metathesaurus, linked them with VR terms, and developed the ENTICE CORE ONTOLOGY to conceptually describe the six experiential episodes of the project. He also, participated in the development of the Red Flags application which uses data analysis techniques to identify possible red flags in the Greek NHRF projects and presents them in an easy-to-understand manner. Currently, he’s working on the Horizon European funded project UPCAST (https://www.upcast-project.eu/) for the Thessaloniki Pilot, which involves sharing public administration data for climate change.",email:"echondrok@gmail.com",twitter:"bagoscho",website:"",github:"",gitlab:"",linkedin:"",category:"Open Data,Semantic Web",country:"Greece",language:"English,Greek",pic:"Vangelis.jpeg",pic_original:"Vangelis.jpeg",organization:"Open Knowledge Greece",pic_blend:"FALSE",url:"vangelis-chondrokostas",background_position:"0"},{name:"Thanisara Ruangdej",description:"Thanisara serves as the CEO and co-founder of Punch Up (https://punchup.world), pioneering Thailand's groundbreaking consultancy and studio specializing in data storytelling. Combining expertise in data science, information design, and digital technology, Punch Up revolutionizes communication through innovative storytelling and visualization techniques.Furthermore, she plays a vital role as a program manager and co-founder of WeVis (https://wevis.info) and ELECT (https://elect.in.th), dedicated to advancing Thailand's participatory democracy through civic technology and the dissemination of open data. Her commitment extends beyond project development; she has long been a staunch advocate for open data policies in Thailand. Her collaborative efforts with civil society and public organizations have enabled the sharing of knowledge and best practices, contributing significantly to the open data movement in the country.",email:"thanisara@punchup.world",twitter:"",website:"",github:"",gitlab:"",linkedin:"",category:"Civic Tech, Open Data, Data Journalism",country:"Thailand",language:"English,Thai",pic:"PunchUp-88.jpg.jpg",pic_original:"PunchUp-88.jpg.jpg",organization:"WeVis \u0026 Punch Up",pic_blend:"FALSE",url:"thanisara-ruangdej",background_position:"45"},{name:"Aurelio Escobar",description:"22 years of multidisciplinary experience in urban, technological and disaster issues.Higher academic training in innovation management in the sustainable urban development of smart cities and territories applying the new technological tools of artificial intelligence.Experiences in the role of complex project manager for 10 years and the role of expert consultant for 8 years.I currently combine my main work with two additional positions: governance expert for the EU Covenant of Mayors and associate expert in cities forum, developing strategy and policy projects in public entities.I also carry out specific collaborations as a business advisor to implement projects related to the urban agenda, sustainable development objectives and urban research.In addition to being part of different groups of experts at an international level, participating in the review of technical documents, evaluating project proposals, analyzing financial viability of funds",email:"aescobar@citiesforum.org",twitter:"",website:"",github:"",gitlab:"",linkedin:"",category:"Civic Tech",country:"Spain",language:"English,Spanish",pic:"Aurelio_escobar.jpg",pic_original:"Aurelio_escobar.jpg",organization:"Cities Forum",pic_blend:"FALSE",url:"aurelio-escobar",background_position:"30"},{name:"Leigh Dodds",description:"Leigh was worked on a variety of open data projects, through his local community, through work with a variety of startups and public sector organisations. 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I am also the program director of the (first and only Eastern European) Data Steward School in Warsaw. My role as an expert in the field has been recently noted when I was invited to speak about open science and open access at the UN Global Urban Forum, Euro Science Open Forum (ESOF 2022) and the Science Europe Conference on Open Science in 2022, among others.",email:"m.pawlowska@visnea.org",twitter:"",website:"",github:"",gitlab:"",linkedin:"",category:"Open Data,Open Science",country:"Canada",language:"English,Polish",pic:"maria_pawlowska.png",pic_original:"maria_pawlowska.png",organization:"Visnea",pic_blend:"FALSE",url:"maria-pawlowska",background_position:"30"},{name:"Mariana Meireles",description:"Mariana is a scientific software engineer and researcher who aims to effectively apply her efforts to improve altruistic organizations. She is currently researching cooperative AI and emergent algorithms. She serves on the Jupyter Widgets Council and the NumFOCUS DISC Committee, within this ecosystem she has received the Jupyter Distinguished Contributor award. In the past, she collaborated with NASA, Harvard, Open Life Science, and other organizations to develop and teach classes and workshops that empower scientists to share their work in the open.",email:"marianameireles@protonmail.com",twitter:"mari_meir",website:"https://marimeireles.com/",github:"marimeireles",gitlab:"",linkedin:"",category:"Open Science,Open Communities,Open Data",country:"Germany",language:"Portuguese,English,German",pic:"draw_mariana_face.jpg",pic_original:"draw_mariana_face.jpg",organization:"NumFOCUS",pic_blend:"FALSE",url:"mariana-meireles",background_position:"30"},{name:"Manuel Esnaola",description:"Manuel is the Deputy General Secretary at the Legislature of the Province of Córdoba. With a background in Political Science and a keen interest in digital transformation, he has contributed significantly to several key projects in the Province of Córdoba, including Ciudadano Digital, Mab Electrónico, and Recibo de Sueldo Digital, among others. In fact, Manuel has led the creation of the first-ever Open Management Portal of the government of Córdoba, and spearheaded the co-creation workshops for the inclusion of subnational goals in the 3rd National Open Government Action Plan, under the OGP framework.While his career path eventually led him to Political Science, he never lost sight of his other passions, such as philosophy, literature, music, journalism and communication. As a DAAD scholar at the University of Passau in Germany, he pursued his interests and is a firm believer that literature teaches us how to think. Manuel is a musician and writer. Today, he is Deputy General Secretary, where he leads an opening strategy in the Legislature of the Province of Córdoba. The Legislature has been advancing a series of open parliament reforms.",email:"manuel.esnaola@gmail.com",twitter:"manuelesnaola",website:"",github:"",gitlab:"",linkedin:"https://www.linkedin.com/in/manuel-esnaola-57214112b/",category:"Open Government,Open Data",country:"Argentina",language:"English,Spanish,German",pic:"Manuel_esnaola.jpeg",pic_original:"Manuel_esnaola.jpeg",organization:"Legislatura de Córdoba",pic_blend:"FALSE",url:"manuel-esnaola",background_position:"30"},{name:"Damian Paderta",description:"He has been working for open data in various communities since 2009, runs the blog openall.info and works full-time as an open data and open source advocate.",email:"paderta@nozilla.de",twitter:"",website:"",github:"",gitlab:"",linkedin:"",category:"Open Data,Civic Tech",country:"Germany",language:"English,German,French,Polish",pic:"Damian_Paderta.jpg",pic_original:"Damian_Paderta.jpg",organization:"Nozilla",pic_blend:"FALSE",url:"Damian-Paderta",background_position:"30"},{name:"Ricardo Mirón",description:"Ricardo is an enthusiast of technology as a tool to solve social problems with previous experience collaborating and managing open source and open data community-driven initiatives. 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That has allowed him to lead several programs and projects with partners like UNDP, Media Democracy Fund, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap, Code for All, Prospera INWF, among others in the implementation of FOSS, Civic Tech, and Open Standards.He works as a technical lead at the Digital Public Goods Alliance, and as an Advisor for Codeando México.",email:"ricardo@digitalpublicgoods.net",twitter:"ricardomiron_",website:"",github:"ricardomiron",gitlab:"",linkedin:"https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricardomiron/",category:"Open Data,Open Source,Civic Tech,Open Standards",country:"Mexico",language:"English,Spanish",pic:"ricardo_torres.JPG",pic_original:"ricardo_torres.JPG",organization:"Digital Public Goods Alliance",pic_blend:"FALSE",url:"ricardo-torres",background_position:"30"},{name:"Dave Rowe",description:"Dave has been involved in Open Data programmes since 2014, when he was technical lead for open data publishing at Bath and North East Somerset, a local authority in South West England. Working with the Bath:Hacked community group, he opened up data on air quality, energy readings across public buildings and schools, car park occupancy at 5 minute intervals, transport surveys, and more. This wealth of public data led to a huge amount of community engagement, new tools and applications, as well as data analysis that informed public policy. Dave then founded Libraries Hacked, a project to promote open data in public libraries, and create prototypes using library data. This has showcased the power of open library data using data such as library catalogues, branch locations, mobile library timetables, and library usage. In 2022 Libraries Hacked was awarded the Data award at the OpenUK awards, while Dave was shortlisted in the Individual category.",email:"dave_roweuk@yahoo.co.uk",twitter:"",website:"",github:"librarieshacked",gitlab:"",linkedin:"https://www.linkedin.com/in/daverowedeveloper/",category:"Civic Tech,Open Data,Open Mapping",country:"UK",language:"English",pic:"dave_rowe.jpg",pic_original:"dave_rowe.jpg",organization:"Libraries Hacked",pic_blend:"FALSE",url:"dave_rowe",background_position:"0"},{name:"Larissa Galdino de Magalhães Santos",description:"Larissa is a Research Associate at the United Nations University (UNU-EGOV). She is also researcher in Digital Policies at CyberBRICS, School of Law, Getúlio Vargas Foundation. Her research is located between government technology and innovation, with a special focus on open data, smart cities, and digital transformation strategies. Larissa holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the State University of Campinas and analyzed open government in the city of São Paulo. She obtained a post-doctorate in Data Science in Social Sciences of the Getúlio Vargas Foundation, and, in Sociology when she was involved with the Environmental Disaster Network. Larissa accumulated activities as a fellow at the Southern Cyber School on Internet Governance of the Organization of American States. She was a visiting researcher at the University of Montreal as a fellow of the Future Leaders in the Americas and Caribbean Program. Currently, she is a professional fellow for the Getulio Vargas Foundation for Europe. Larissa has been working with organizations related to data for the public good, such as the Latin American Initiative of Los Data Abiertos and Global Data Barometer. 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Prior to CDL, John oversaw product development activities at O’Reilly Media, VIZ Media, Zinio, Creative Edge, Safari Books Online, and PLOS. He has served on board and/or steering committees for community organizations including DataCite, FORCE11, ROR (Research Organization Registry), COUNTER, Collaborative Knowledge (Coko) Foundation, Metadata 20/20, Make Data Count, The Carpentries, RDA-US, and OpenCitations.",email:"john.chodacki@ucop.edu",twitter:"chodacki",website:"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7378-2408",github:"chodacki",gitlab:"",linkedin:"https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnchodacki/",category:"Open Science,Open Data",country:"USA",language:"English",pic:"chodacki_headshot.jpg",pic_original:"chodacki_headshot.jpg",organization:"California Digital Library",pic_blend:"FALSE",url:"john-chodacki",background_position:"40"},{name:"Joseph Anicet NKE",description:"Joseph Anicet NKE is a specialist in open data analysis. 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