Strategic Moves in 360° Mode – Navigating with the Geo-Resilience Compass

Successfully addressing complex health risks such as Long COVID, ME/CFS, MCS, and zoonotic threats requires far more than medical expertise. It demands a strategic architecture that interlinks global resilience, semantic integrity, and context-sensitive action. This is precisely where the Geo-Resilience Compass comes into play: as a dynamic navigation instrument that not only provides orientation but enables targeted strategic moves — along spatio-temporal challenges and systemic interfaces.

The selection of relevant “players” presented here is not a static model, but a curated playing field. It forms the foundation for strategic movements within a multidimensional space, where environment, health, infrastructure, and society are not understood as separate silos, but as interwoven systems. Each actor represents a deliberate move — whether for detection, regulation, prevention or restoration.

This list is intentionally multipolar, interdisciplinary, and semantically precise. It includes international organizations, space agencies, environmental and health institutions, AI and EO platforms, biobanks, patient networks, indigenous monitoring programs, toxicology experts, micronutrient researchers, database developers, start-ups and visionary individuals. Their roles reflect the eight strategic compass directions — from early warning systems and adaptive infrastructure to societal stabilization and semantic coherence.

The order in which the actors are listed does not imply any ranking. All participants are equally important and contribute essentially to the overall strategic process. The challenges we face — whether natural disasters, biological risks, or digital vulnerability — are too complex, too interconnected, and too dynamic to be solved in isolation.

I have chosen this 360° approach to systematically capture all relevant aspects and pursue the goal of a strategic “checkmate” against these diseases and risks. It will require many targeted moves — but I am convinced: if we maintain the holistic perspective and use the compass as an open system, we can overcome these challenges together.

Diseases and disasters know no boundaries and they unite humanity through shared vulnerability, whether it be long COVID, extreme weather events, earthquakes, environmental toxins or supply chain disruptions. The actors mentioned here are (only) a selection of key players, but the game requires comprehensive, dynamic participation — from local communities to supranational organizations.

Global Governance & Disaster Coordination

Actors with a mandate for control, coordination, early warning, and semantic resilience architecture

UN-OCHA / WHO / UNESCO / UNDRR / UNIDIR / UNEP / UNO / OECD
World Economic Forum (WEF) / FEMA / FAO / WOAH (OIE) / Red Cross
IEEE & GRSS Disaster Management & Early Warning Working Group (Ing. Hassan Abouseda, Dr. Siri Jodha Singh Khalsa & Team)
ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance (AHA Centre)
CAREC Institute / ICC (Inuit Circumpolar Council) / ISO/TC 211
ACAPS / Global Partnership for AI (GPAI) / OECD.AI Observatory
CrisisReady / Harvard / Direct Relief
World Bank / GFDRR (Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery)
Prepared International – Expert network for DRR & resilience projects
PreventionWeb Directory – over 1,000 DRR actors worldwide

Actors with a mandate for control, coordination, early warning, and semantic resilience architecture

Erin Martin (EOTEC DevNet)
Jehad Abualrob, as Head of the Department of Health Quality and Occupational Health and Safety at Modern University College (Palestine), contributes to disaster resilience through a governance-adjacent mandate focused (Occupational health systems as stabilizing infrastructure in fragile regions / Health quality assurance as a semantic backbone for early warning and continuity / Crisis management research with relevance to wartime and post-conflict recovery)

Community-Based Disaster Management & Social Capital Systems

Professor Jeff Donaldson (Preparedness Labs Inc. (researches social capital formation, community resilience, trust architectures, and communicative disaster preparedness)) & Tristan Claridge
Dr. Arthur J. Simental (Developers of Disaster Wargaming modules)

Disaster Policy & Semantic Emergency Management

Jessica Jensen is a senior policy researcher at RAND. (Strategic realignment of disaster management as a semantically networked governance system / Research on early warning systems, Incident Command System (ICS), NIMS, and resilience policy)

Crisis Communication & Risk Governance Interfaces

Dr. Riem Khalil is a consultant, university lecturer, and social scientist specializing in: Crisis management and risk communication in institutional, social and political contexts

Earth Observation & Spatial Intelligence

Platforms and agencies for EO data, early warning systems and geobased resilience

NASA / NASA ARSET / UN-SPIDER / Copernicus/CEMS / Sentinel Hub / OpenEO
ISRO (Indien) / CNSA (China) / Roscosmos (Russland) / SUPARCO / LAPAN / SANSA / INPE
GEO (Group on Earth Observations) / WMO / CEOS / Planet Labs / ESRI Public Health
RCMRD (Nairobi) / SERVIR Amazonia / Digital Earth Africa / Asia / Latin America
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)
Can be supplemented with semantic EO integration tools (e.g., OpenEO, ESRI Public Health): Jerry Chong is an internationally networked enterprise architect, working as domain lead architect and domain cloud architect at DHL, as well as Alibaba Cloud MVP.

 Regional Experts & Geo-Resilience Architects

Scientists from geopolitically relevant regions with a focus on resilience and governance

Prof. Cui Peng / Prof. Yang Saini / Prof. Hao Zhu & Xing Zhu / Prof. Maya Negev / Prof. Bruria Adini / Prof. Nadav Davidovitch / Prof. Ramesh Ramaswamy / Prof. M. Mohapatra / Prof. Ali Ardalan / Dr. Abbas Ostadtaghizadeh / Dr. Belayneh Fentahun Shibesh / Prof. Dawit Kanito / Dr. Kalim Al-Mahmoud / Dr. Paul S. Roy / Mykhaylo Khvesyk & Mariia Ilina / Dr. Iman Nuwayhid & Rima R. Habib / Abdalftah Hamed Ali / Yaryna Andrushko / Dr. Tanzeel M. A. Omer / Tarig Alhaj Rakhy & Hala Abushama

Biomedical Research & Personalized Medicine

Research institutions, databases, and experts on chronic diseases and PGX

NIH / FDA / EMA / CPIC / PharmVar / BioBank Graz / Shanghai Zhangjiang Biobank
These technology players do not act as individual players in my strategic “chess game,” but rather as a strategically orchestrated network. Together, they form the semantic infrastructure that operationalizes the Geo-Resilience Compass in its full depth — along all eight axes, from early warning to semantic pattern recognition and auditable decision logic to the restoration of vulnerable systems. Their complementary capabilities in cloud infrastructure, AI, PGX, biobank integration, governance, and digital security enable a multipolar, interoperable resilience architecture that makes human-AI collaboration scalable and institutionally connectable: IBM Watson / Palantir / Oracle (Database and cloud infrastructure for health data, PGX, biobank management) / Microsoft (Azure AI, Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare, Microsoft Research) / Google (KI, Earth Engine, DeepMind Health, Verily Life Sciences) / NVIDIA / Intel / Amazon (Cloud infrastructure for biobanks, PGX, AI-supported diagnostics) / Kaspersky / SAP / Salesforce / ServiceNow (Process control, semantic governance, healthcare logistics), Huawei, BGI Genomics, Tencent, Alibaba Cloud und iCarbonX / Graphcore / Cloudera / Meta/Facebook / Siemens and many other important players
Strategic AI Architects (personalized platforms with semantic decision logic): Nissim Titan (4Cast), Dotan Shaniv, Ryan Stoffko (OPP Neuro SPA), Peter Groenen (AI for pharma resilience)
Genetic providers / Illumina / Thermo Fisher Scientific / Agilent Technologies / Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) / BC Platforms
Medical Medium (Anthony William) / Dr. Shilpa Thakur / Dr. Uwe Gröber
Mayo Clinic / Horizon Lab Company
Prof. Eric Chan (NUS Singapore) / Prof. Carmen Scheibenbogen / Prof. Uta Behrends / Prof. Kevin Kavanagh / Prof. Magnus Ingelmann-Sundberg / Prof. Hannelore Daniel / Prof. Robert Murphy / Prof. Jianzhong Wang / Prof. Antonella Bertazzo / Prof. Youssef Daali / Prof. Ram Shankar Upadhayaya / Prof. Henk-Jan-Guchelaar / Prof. Erwin Loh / Prof. Yohannes Hagos / Dr. Maureen Miller / Prof. David F. Putrino / Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly / Dr. William Wallace / Dr. Eric Topol
PRECISEU Project – Horizon Europe (25 partners)
Memorial Healthcare System / National Healthcare Group / Kmch Research Foundation

Institutional Platforms & Educational Networks

Academic institutions, simulation facilities, and regulatory networks

CeMM (Wien) / Helmholtz Munich / University College London / University of Cambridge / University of Montreal / Zhejiang University / NYSIM (CUNY & NYU Langone Health)
ERAU (Prof. Alexander Siedschlag)
FEAM (Brüssel) / AACT / PAN Germany / MedWatch / EudraVigilance
Educational institutions, ministries, legal and security bodies

Environmental Toxicology & Resilience Science

Experts and institutions for environmental health, pollutant management and resilience research

Prof. Thomas Backhaus / Dr. Joëlle Rüegg / Dr. Lyle D. Burgoon / Prof. Taosheng Chen / Prof. Beatrice Opeolu / Prof. S. Venkata Mohan / Prof. Monica Lopes-Ferreira / Prof. Carlos Afonso Nogueira / Prof. Shinsuke Tanabe / Prof. Jong-Ju Ahn / Michael F. Hughes (EPA)
Boban Cekovic CBRNe & HAZMAT Response Architect – operational early warning, detection, and semantic decontamination systems
Bob Small (Black Swan), CBRNE/HAZMAT & Collapse-Resilient Doctrine
Hélène Grosbois is an ecological systems thinker focusing on biodiversity and chemical risks.
UNEP PEDRR Partnership – Ecosystem-based DRR strategies
PAN Germany / Munich Environmental Institute /
ZALF / ISME / Swiss TPH / LSHTM / African Disaster Mitigation Research Center (ADMiR)
GISRS / GenBank / NCBI / EMBL-EBI / GISAID
MedWatch (FDA / USA) / EudraVigilance – Adverse reaction monitoring

Neuroscience, Nutrition & Systems-Level Innovation

Research on neuroimmunological diseases, micronutrients and systemic transformation

Dr. Amine Zorgani – The Microbiome Mavericks / Kent Jones – Accessibility & MS Advocacy / Janice Goh – Coffee Simulator / Christoph & Philipp Ströck – WE&ME Stiftung / Daniel Epstein / Andrew Michaelson / Evonne Fouesnant / Dotan Shaniv / Peter Groenen / Miguel Angel Cabrera-Pérez / Luoheng Qin – InSilico Medicine
Boston Scientific
Solution Group (Beijing)

Patient Advocacy, Civil Society & MedTech

Organizations, startups, and movements for patient rights, medtech, and social resilience

The many valuable patient organizations and associations
Healthcare providers, pharmacists, biobanks, insurers, MedSafetyWeek organizers
GNDR – Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction
Angel and venture communities / Environmental physicians / Biomedical scientists
Pharmaceutical and vaccine manufacturers (from AbbVie to ViiV Healthcare GmbH)
MedTech Pharma
support association: OrphanHealthcare (Dr. Frank Grossmann)
Disaster Management Strategies for Long COVID, ME/CFS, MCS
BAYER / vfa – Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies
MedTech Pharma / Software and technology companies, start-ups

Geo-Resilience Compass Matrix – Strategic Allocation by Directional Logic

Center – Resilience Backbone
Mandat:

Reflexive decision-making logic
Adaptive coordination mechanisms
Trust, participation, and semantic openness
Integration of anticipation, structuring, and implementation

These example actors form a semantic backbone of the compass. They are not sectoral, but structuring: they enable, connect, coordinate, and reflect. Their role is not operational, but architectural — exactly what the central axis requires.

North – Environmental Change & Legacy Contaminants
Mandat:

Shifts in ecosystems and land use
Management of pollutants and legacy contamination
Soil, water and air resilience
Early indicators of environmental stress

These example actors are central to the recording, evaluation, and control of ecological stressors. They combine contaminated site management, environmental monitoring, and early warning with global relevance. Their role is not only scientific, but also strategically operationalizable in terms of compass logic.

Northeast – Early Warning & Risk Detection
Mandat:

Integration of Earth observation, sensors, and real-time data
Pattern recognition for natural hazards and health risks
Scenario development and anticipatory planning
Cross-sectoral data logic

Together, these example actors form a semantically coherent early warning cluster: they deliver, network, and operationalize real-time data, pattern recognition and cross-sector risk analytics. Their role is not only technical, but also strategically compatible with governance, scenario development and resilient planning.

East – Health & Biological Risks
Mandat:

Zoonoses, pandemics, and microbiological risks
Stabilization of supply and care systems
Prevention and monitoring
Interfaces between environmental and health systems

These example actors form a semantically coherent cluster for biological risks and supply systems. They connect zoonoses, PGX, biobanks, prevention, and environment–health interfaces on a global level. Their role is not only medical, but also strategically networkable for resilient health architectures.

Southeast – Coordinated Care & Adaptive Infrastructure
Mandat:

Mobile supply units as an expression of closeness and care
Logistics as a connection
EO as support for local self-organization
Planning as facilitation

These example actors form a semantically coherent cluster for coordinated care and adaptive infrastructure. They combine technological platforms, logistical control, and mobile care units with the aim of operationalizing proximity, self-organization, and planning as enablers. Their role is not only supportive, but also strategically compatible with resilient care systems.

South – Infrastructure & Restoration
Mandat:

Protection and reconstruction of critical infrastructure
Planning of resilience zones
Adaptation to natural hazards (floods, heavy rainfall, earthquakes)
Technical robustness and restart strategies

These example actors form a semantically coherent cluster for protection, restoration, and technical resilience. They combine global governance, medical care, infrastructure planning, and restart strategies. Their role is not only reactive, but also strategically compatible for the long-term stabilization of vulnerable systems.

Southwest – Local Continuity & Community Reconnection
Mandat:

Education, culture, and local networks
Social sensitivity and collective recovery
Reconnection of vulnerable groups
Promotion of proximity, trust, and community resilience

These example actors form a semantically coherent cluster for social reconnection, local continuity, and collective resilience. They combine education, culture, emotional closeness, and community self-organization with the aim of stabilizing vulnerable groups and strengthening local networks. Their role is not only supportive but transformative for the restoration of social cohesion.

West – Societal Adaptation & Stabilization
Mandat:

Local adaptation and functional self-organization
Everyday stabilization and social coherence
Governance-related structures, educational and legal systems
Integration of social, cultural, and regulatory resilience factors

These example actors form a semantically coherent cluster for social adaptation and functional stabilization. They combine governance, education, social cohesion, and cultural self-organization to form a stabilizing backbone for resilient societies. Their role is not only normative, but also operationally compatible with everyday resilience and social restoration.

Northwest – System Coherence & Communication Architectures
Mandat:

Interface alignment across sectors and disciplines
Structuring information flows under uncertainty
Semantic connectivity and interoperability
Architectures for strategic communication and decision support

These example actors form a semantically coherent cluster for interface logic, information architecture, and uncertainty navigation. They combine technological platforms, semantic standardization, and strategic communication models to form a stable backbone for systemic resilience. Their role is not only structural, but also decision-supporting and interoperable for complex crisis scenarios.