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David Taverner

He/Him.

Senior Director at Caribou Space.

About

David is Senior Director of Caribou Space & Climate. We work with governments, space agencies, development agencies and space companies to bridge the space and sustainable development worlds. David supports ESA’s Global Development Assistance Programme to apply satellite Earth Observation to sustainable development. Previously David supported the UK Space Agency International Partnership Programme, a fund to use space technology to support global south countries. Other space sector clients include UK FCDO’s Humanitarian Innovation Hub (UK), World Green Economy Organisation (UAE), GAF AG (Germany), Satellite Applications Catapult (UK), and USAID (US).

Previously David was a co-founder of the DFS Lab, a US$4M fund for emerging market financial technology startups. David was a Senior Director at GSMA Mobile for Development supporting the department’s growth from a four to a 75-person world‐leading team with over £50 million in funding. David started his career as a management consultant in the renewable energy division of Accenture.


On the agenda

  1. The state of EO in Africa

    Nov. 19 '24, 09:30
    Session
    E008

    The panel will discuss the state of geospatial in Africa, the challenges of accessing and applying earth data to some of the critical climate challenges the continent is facing. What do we need to do as a sector to facilitate adoption?

    Moderators

    1. Sainaan Dati

    Speakers

    1. David Taverner
    2. Edward Anderson
    3. Ridwan Sorunke
  2. Application Lightning Talks

    Nov. 19 '24, 09:30
    Session
    Haddad
    • A new approach to valuing water - Adriana Calderon
    • The Benefits and Drawbacks of Data Fusion in Sustainable Precision Agriculture - Morten Fjord
    • The evolution of a wildfire through the lens of Earth Observation - Florian Fichtner
    • From Space to the Ground: Using EO to Prioritise Aid During Afghanistan’s Earthquake Disaster - Júlia Conejero
    • Using remote sensing to monitor livestock routes in Sudan - Oliver Mundy
    • Lightning Demo of GeoAid Navigator - David Taverner

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