Cade Wilkinson, head of planning at Irish telecommunications provider Fibrus, explains how technology enabled the company to connect 85,000 rural homes and businesses with high-speed broadband.

Jan Kestle, President of Environics Analytics, explains the value of organizing data around geographic analysis to gain competitive edge.

Jeff Opperman, Global Freshwater Lead Scientist with World Wildlife Fund, explains how geospatial technology is being used to protect the Mekong Deltas fragile fish population.

Jay Theodore, Esri Chief Technology Officer, explains why spatial analysis and AIalso known as GeoAIis transforming decision making in business and government.

Naz Ali, CBREs Senior Manager of Location Intelligence, explains how the largest commercial real estate firm helps its customers unlock a deeper understanding of market potential in their siting decisions.

Amanda Pick, CEO of the Missing Children Society of Canada (MCSC), explains how she helped move MCSC into the digital age and expand the search for missing children.

Archaeologists Allison Emerson and Alex Elvis Badillo explain how digital twin and 3D modeling technology reveals insights about life in the ancient city of Pompeii.

Scot McQueen, Senior Technology Officer at Forest Stewardship Council and President of the Board of Directors of World Forest ID, explains how tree traceability is striking a balance between profitability and resilience in the forestry industry.

DArtagnan Scorza, Executive Director of Racial Equity for Los Angeles County, explains how LA County is using location technology and data to address social injustice in urban LA.

Dr. Marc Bierkens from Utrecht University talks about the National Geographic Society's interactive World Water Map, a project he led to bring attention and strategize solutions to the global freshwater crisis.