This event is being hosted on Zoom, and we have expanded the number of seats available. If you signed up for the waitlist, please check your email for an invitation to register for a ticket.

“And while maps may be missing from digital platforms and social networks, we are still here.” - David Garcia, 2020

Maps and digital data have played crucial roles in humanitarian aid eg. disaster response. Although it is of best interest to help local communities through generating data and features on the map, humanitarian actors and mappers should take note that we are not only mapping features (houses, roads, waterways, etc), but also mapping the land, oceans, and communities who live and are stewards of that space. With this webinar, we want to examine and discuss this balance (community digital information), decolonizing open data and open mapping, and representation and power in humanitarian mapping, among others.

We invite you to contribute questions that we will ask the speakers. Please share your ideas by Friday, 19 February.

There are two sessions so that people in every time zone can attend. You are welcome to attend either or both of them. You must register to attend. You will receive an email a couple of days before the event with a Zoom link to attend.

Speakers:

06:00 UTC Session

• Immaculata Mwanja, @imma_mwanja, OpenMap Development Tanzania
• David Garcia, @mapmakerdavid, Ministry of Mapping / OSM Philippines
• Tasauf A Baki Billah, @Tsf1980, iMMAP / OSM Bangladesh
• Moderator: Celina Agaton, @CelinaAgaton, MapPH

16:00 UTC Session

• Willy Franck Sob, @WillyFranck_SOB, Consultant at the World Bank / OSM Cameroun
• Trudy Hope, @TrudyHopeB, Trudigital Technologies & HOT Board
• Selene Yang, @la_geofeminista, Geochicas
• Moderator: Heather Leson, @HeatherLeson, IFRC