Christoph Aubrecht is affiliated with the European Space Agency (ESA), representing ESA at the World Bank to coordinate collaborative activities. Prior to joining ESA, Chris was leading the spatial analytics efforts under the World Bank’s Central America & Caribbean CDRP initiative. For more than 10 years Chris also worked at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, most recently serving as senior advisor on geospatial strategy development and implementation design. Further previous affiliations include senior consultancy positions at the World Bank’s DRM/Urban unit, short-term consultancy at GFDRR and various visiting scientist positions at NOAA’s NGDC, at Columbia University’s CIESIN and the attached NASA SEDAC, as well as at the U. of Southern California. From 2008-2015 Chris served as adjunct lecturer in GI science and remote sensing at U. of Vienna. He is on various scientific journal editorial boards and a regular member on international project advisory committees in the domain of integrated spatial analytics. Chris holds a PhD in integrated GI science and remote sensing from Vienna U. of Technology and a prior Master’s degree in geography and GI science from the U. of Vienna.