Geociencias, Riesgo y Recursos Naturales, Guatemala 
Manolo Barillas holds an MSc in Geological Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and brings with him a diverse experience in geology and geological engineering, geo-hazard, applied GIS and risk management and disaster risk...

Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Atómicas, Nucleares y Moleculares, Universidad de Costa Rica
Javier Bonatti is a professor at the School of Physics and researcher at the Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Atómicas, Nucleares y Moleculares (CICANUM, Centre for Research in Atomic and Nuclear Sciences), University of Costa Rica...

Italian Space Agency
Laura Candela is an expert in satellite remote sensing, with her most recent experience and expertise in EO Services for Civil Protection end users. She is the responsible for the National Focal Point development program...

GEO (Group on Earth Observations) Secretariat, Switzerland
Francesco Gaetani is a Scientific and Technical Officer at the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Secretariat in Geneva. After graduating in Civil Environmental Engineering (MSc) from the University of Genova...

Geological Survey of Germany (BGR)
Andreas Günther is a senior scientist at the German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources. He graduated as a geologist and received a Master´s degree in Geology from the Technical University of Braunschweig...

Geological Survey of Israel (GSI)
In 2002, Oded Katz joined the Geological Survey of Israel. He graduated as geologist and obtained a Master's Degree in Geology both from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 2002 he completed a PhD in Geology at the Hebrew University...

EURAC, Institute for Applied Remote Sensing, Italy
Claudia Notarnicola is a senior researcher of the EURAC-Institute of Applied Remote Sensing (Bolzano, Italy) working on land use-land change and extraction of biophysical parameters by using optical images. Her research interests...

Civil Protection Department, Liguria Region, Italy
Flavio Poggi graduated in Geological Sciences and completed a PhD in Research in Environmental Science at the Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy. In 2002 he joined the Civil Protection Department, Regione Liguria

National Civil Protection and Emergency Department, Spain
Ángela Potenciano joined the Spanish National Civil Protection in 2010. She works in the Emergency Department as responsible for international training and coordinating international emergencies and international cooperation in the field...

British Geological Survey
Helen Reeves is the Director of Science for Engineering Geology at the British Geological Survey. She graduated in Geological Sciences from the University of Leeds and obtained a MSc in Engineering Geology and her PhD in borehole...

Department for Roads and Highways, Mallorca Regional Council, Spain
An engineer by background, in 1996 Joan M. Rius started working for the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya as associated professor and researcher until 2000, following which he worked for several companies of civil engineering...

Soil and Water Conservation Bureau, Council of Agriculture, Taiwan
Samuel Yin joined the Council of Agriculture in Taiwan in 2007 where he is Section Chief at the Soil and Water Conservation Bureau. He graduated in Soil and Water Conservation and gained his PhD in Hydraulic and Ocean...