SatSummit 2024
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Speakers

Anna Winters, PhD

CEO at Akros. She/Her.

About

Dr. Anna Winters trained as a spatial epidemiologist during her masters and PhD programs and at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Vector Borne Infectious Disease (DVBID). Anna has lived and worked globally focusing her efforts on infectious and noncommunicable disease and health systems strengthening over the past 20 years. She co-founded Akros, which provides technical support for disease surveillance and response systems to Ministries of Health across the Global South. Anna’s interest is to apply the power of spatial intelligence to optimize health interventions bringing impact and equitable health service delivery to the very last mile.


On the agenda

  1. State of Geospatial in Africa

    May. 17, 10:15am
    Session
    The North Hub

    Drawing on recent research on Geospatial Value Pipelines in Africa, the panel will discuss the state of geospatial in Africa, the challenges of accessing and applying earth data, and how various actors can support the development of Geospatial across the Continent.

    Moderators

    1. Ridwan Sorunke

    Speakers

    1. Mollie Van Gordon, PhD
    2. Marc Levy
    3. Benjamin P. Stewart
    4. Anna Winters, PhD
    5. Abena Boatemaa Asare-Ansah

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Sponsors

Platinum

  1. NASA Lifelines

Bronze

  1. Element84

  2. Esri

  3. Impact Observatory

  4. United States Agency for International Development (USAID)