News — 02 December, 2024

Announcing our #MapGiveImpact Telemapathon Guest Speakers!

Our #MapGiveImpact global, 24-hour telemapathon is just around the corner. We are excited to present our star-studded guest speaker lineup for each of the 2-hour sessions.

On December 4th, we will hold our #MapGiveImpact telemapathon to celebrate both Giving Tuesday and International Volunteer Day. Through mapping, games, and other fun activities, we’ll honor the generosity of those who give what they can to support humanitarian open mapping.

The event will start on December 4th at 00:00 UTC (10 am for those in the earliest time zones of the Asia-Pacific region) and finish by December 5th at 00:00 UTC (4:00 pm on Dec 4th for those in the Western Coasts of North America). Each session will run for 2 hours, with mapping activities hosted by HOT staff, volunteers, and amazing guest speakers across 12 time zones:

SESSION 1:

10:00 - 12:00PM (UTC +10)

CAMERON KRUSE, Bridges to Prosperity
MARTIJN VAN EXEL, Founder of MapRoulette
LEIGH LUNAS, Flying Filipinas
JOHN BRYANT, Mammoth Geospatial
MARC PFISTER, Maxar
FABRIZIO SCROLLINI, HOT Co-Executive Director

SESSION 2:

10:00 - 12:00PM (UTC +8)

OLAF NEUSSNER, Philippine Space Agency
EDOARDO NEERHUT, Meta
KUO-YU SLAYER CHUANG, CEO, Geo Things
ANJAR AKRIMULLAH, Perkumpulan OpenStreetMap Indonesia
FEYE ANDAL, Geospatial Analyst, YouthMappers
NATE SMITH, President, HOT Board of Directors

SESSION 3:

10:00 - 12:00PM (UTC +6)

VICTORIA LEAT, Pacific Disaster Center
LANI ROKO, Pacific GIS & Remote Sensing Council
S M SAWAN SHARIAR, Regional Ambassador at YouthMappers
TASAUF A BAKI BILLAH, Bangladesh Open Innovation Lab
VENU KUMAR PANJARLA, Open Data Unit, Gov of Telangana
ANNETTE ORTWEIN, GIS Center for Health at WHO

SESSION 4:

10:00 - 12:00PM (UTC +5)

NASHIN MAHTANI, Disaster Map Foundation
FRÉDÉRIC ABIODOUN, Geomatics for Sustainable Development
ARK ARJUN, OSM Kerala/India
INNOCENT MAHOLI, OpenMap Development Tanzania
JALAL ZIEDAN, MOHAMMAD ELYAS HAMIDI, LIAQAT ALI, ABOLEE MURANJAN, Aga Khan Agency for Habitat

SESSION 5:

11:00 - 1:00PM (UTC +3)

ANGELA LUNGATI, Ushahidi Inc.
SYLVIE GALAGO, OSM Community Member
MIKKEL HARDER, Slum Dwellers International
ALAN MBABANI, OSM Uganda
KUMBIRAI MATINGO, GeoConnect
BONEYA HASSAN, Kenya Red Cross Society

SESSION 6:

11:00 - 1:00PM (UTC +1)

PIERRE CHRZANOWSKI, World Bank
HARRY CHAPLIN, Tatirano
ED FREYFOGLE, GeoMob Podcast / OpenCage Data
ANNA ZANCHETTA & ANNE LEE STEELE, Alan Turing Institute
VOJTECH REHAK, Médecins Sans Frontières
DAGOBERTO MURILLO & HECTOR OCHOA ORTIZ, University of Zaragoza & University of Camerino

SESSION 7:

12:00 - 2:00PM (UTC 0)

MIKEL MARON, HOT Founder
PATRICK KALONDE, Malawi OSM Community
REEM ABUBAKER, International Rescue Committee
SUSHMA GHIMIRE, Kathmandu Living Labs
KINGSLEY AMANKWE, Unique Mappers Network
FATIMAN ALHER, Founding member, OSM Niger

SESSION 8:

1:00-3:00 PM (UTC-1)

GILLIAN ELLIOT, Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health
PONCIANO DA COSTA DE JESUS G-SIG Timor-Leste, OSM Community
REMÍGIO VAN EYS CHILAULE, Co-founder, #MapeandoMeuBairro
JAVIER TERAN CASTRO, Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX)
MICHAEL SIMIYU MAKOKHA, FAO Somalia
MOUSTAPHA MOUTARI GOGÉ, CAGIDEV-COM

SESSION 9:

12:00 - 2:00PM (UTC -4) - Session in Spanish/ Sesión en Español

LEONARDO JIMÉNEZ, РОМОТЕ
LISA REINERS, Clear Global
ALEJANDRA LIMIDO & AYELÉN CORREO, Proyecto Open Mapping for All (OM4A)
ALINNE MARTINEZ, UNDRR Youth Network
IGOR DA MATA & CARLOS EDUARDO RIBEIRO, Canoa de Tolda

SESSION 10:

1:00-3:00 PM (UTC-5)

CHRIS BURNS, GeoCenter, USAID
SANTIAGO ROBLES ROMERO, National Secretariat for Risk Management - Ecuador
KERSTEN JAUER, Deputy Director, UN Secretary-General’s Office
SOLOMON KICA, MapRI
SOPHIA CHEN, Canadian Red Cross
SEEMA IYER, UNHCR - UN Refugee Agency

SESSION 11:

2:00 - 4:00PM (UTC -6)

YAW ANOKWA, ODK
LILA ALEJANDRA GASCA, Hogan Lovells
NICK CAIN, Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
ANTIDIUS KAWAMALA, ROOTGIS and OSM Foundation
LUIS BETTENCOURT, University of Chicago
YVES JAQUES, UNICEF

SESSION 12:

2:00 - 4:00PM (UTC -8)

QUINCY MORGAN, OpenStreetMap US
HEATHER PORTER, Rauch Family Foundation
TAICHI FURUHASHI, Dronebird, Japan Flying Labs
MALIA BACHESTA ELEY, Salesforce
SANCHAYEETA ADHIKARI, California State University
CHARLIE MCGRADY, Overture Maps
MARENA SMITH & TOM LEE, MapBox

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