Schedule, talks and talk submissions for State of the Map Africa 2021

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Schedule, talks and talk submissions for State of the Map Africa 2021

To avoid physical contact during the pandemic, various organizations and communities switched to online or virtual events to conduct workshops or seminars (“webinar”), training and workshops. Even before the pandemic, the HOT* Community Working has been conducting online events such as mapathons, workshops and webinars to provide space for and with local communities to present and showcase local projects, as well as to open spaces for dialogues and debate about pressing issues with the open mapping ecosystem.

The HOT* Community Working has documented some learnings in conducting engaging and collaborative online events (link: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Community_webinar_learnings), and we would like to share it with other open geospatial communities, as well as to learn from them. We aim to crowdsource positive learning experiences and best practices in designing and implementing engaging and accessible virtual sessions for and with the global open geospatial community.

We also aim to discuss how…

The Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia (SDFN), in collaboration with the Humanitarian Open Mapping Community Working Group (CWG), propose this panel discussion to explore how communities living in informal settlements and open mapping communities in Africa are collaborating to generate and use spatial data that can lead to local impact.  

Quote from Floriam Marembo from SDFN:

“From Namibia's perspective, we can testify that OSM is important, especially as a source of spatial data. We have realized that mapping is key to knowing and understanding infrastructure. Through OSM we map not only to have access to spatial data but also to make it accessible and available. Quality data may just be what we need as inhabitants of informal settlements to create platforms of discussion on upgrading.”

The session will likely include short case study presentations from panelists (tbc), followed by a curated discussion on the successes, challenges and lessons learnt experienced by communities leveraging geospatial…

Fishbowl conversations, Jamboards, and polls; @arnalielsewhere is sharing best practices for creating online events that are participatory, accessible, diverse, and inclusive. Join now if you're at #SotMAfrica2021! app.hopin.com/events/state-o…

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