Prof. Željko Bačić, born in Zagreb, graduated at the Faculty of Geodesy, University of Zagreb in 1986, and took his PhD at the Technical University of Graz, Austria in 1997. He is teaching Satellite Positioning and related topics at the Faculty of Geodesy in Zagreb and Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy in Split. He was Vice Dean at Faculty of Geodesy for science and international cooperation (2015-2017), and presently is Head of the Chair of Satellite Geodesy. He was Director General of Croatian State Geodetic Administration (national mapping and cadastre authority) (1999-2012) when new cadastre and geodetic system legislation was adopted, cadastre service reorganized, and comprehensive reform of land administration in Croatia was conducted. He was member of EuroGeographics, Management board 2002-2007, and its President 2005-2007. Member of Cambridge Conference Advisory Board 2003-2011, and chairmen of the Management board on Regional Cooperation in Cadastre in South-East Europe 2007-2012. He is Croatian representative in EC DG DEFIS Copernicus Committee as well as and member of Reference group for Space of the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Jouth. He was leader of WB, EU-CARDS, EU-IPA, EU-PHARE and numerous bilateral projects with Norway, Sweden, Germany, Netherlands and UK in field of geodesy, cadastre, cartography and geoinformatics. He was/is project coordinator of 5 Erasmus+ CBHE projects.