Rafika Hajji is Professor in Geomatics and Topographic Engineering at IAV Hassan II, Morocco, where she has been Head of the Geodesy and Topographic Surveying department since 2017. She received her doctorate in 3D GIS from the University of Liège, Belgium. Her research focuses on BIM, 3D GIS, segmentation of LiDAR data and 3D cadastre.

Hassane Jarar Oulidi is Research Professor and Head of the Geomatics Sciences (SGEO) research team at the Hassania School for Public Works Engineering (EHTP), Morocco, and a former researcher at the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), Germany. His research focuses on interoperability, geospatial technology and BIM.