Abigail Hoover is the Founder and CEO of Orbiventure, a geospatial AI company rethinking automated catch reporting and vessel analytics for fisheries and coastal management. With over six years commercialising satellite Earth Observation across wildfire response, autonomous systems, and defence, she also holds an MASc in Design Engineering/Global Innovation from Imperial College London and the Royal College of Art.

Named as a ‘Design Ambassador’ by Good Design Australia and a former project manager for the World Design Organization, Abigail rooted Orbiventure in design thinking to tackle one of the ocean’s hardest balancing acts: protecting biodiversity, supporting fishing livelihoods, and simplifying data collection for emerging coastal developments.