Katharina Schleidt studied technical informatics at the Technical University in Vienna. Since 2004 she has been working for Umweltbundesamt GmbH as an expert on environmental data integration and networking. From 2004 to 2007 she worked on semantic integration of Long Term Ecological Research data (LTER). She is the technical coordinator of the Austrian GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility) Network. Since 2007 she has been working on the implementation of INSPIRE and SEIS (Shared Environmental Information System), focusing on the use of use of OGC Observations and Measurements (O&M) for the provision of monitoring data, as well as experimenting with Sensor Web Technology (SWE) as an interesting extension to INSPIRE and SEIS. She coordinated the use of O&M in INSPIRE, and is currently defining the new European Air Quality reporting formats based on INSPIRE. In the ENVIROFI FP7 Project, she is coordinating the work package investigating the provision of biodiversity data via Future Internet technologies, while maintaining alignment with ISO and INSPIRE standards.