Hamid Mehmood is currently working as an Economic Affairs Officer for the Space Applications Section at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok, Thailand. Here, he is responsible for developing and implementing innovative applications of space technologies to promote sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region. Hamid’s research interests include FOSS4G, AI for good, digital technologies, participatory modeling, citizen science, data cubes, analysis-ready data, big Earth data, and applications of distributed ledger and smart contracts to achieve SDGs. He has published several papers, reports, and strategic foresight on these topics.