Martin Klopfer is responsible for planning and managing OGC interoperability initiatives. Mr. Klopfer holds a degree in Geography, Botany and Geology from the Philipps University Marburg, Germany and has been working with OGC in various roles since 1997. His activities include large scale project coordination, development of dissemination and exploitation plans and activities, financial reporting and controlling, as well as technical writing. He was the main editor of the final project publications for the EU projects ORCHESTRA, SANY and EO2Heaven and selected Engineering Reports of the OGC Testbeds 12 and 15.