HOT unSummit humanitarian sessions

Room: HOT unSummit Sessions - Room 102

Friday, 14:30
Duration: 90 minutes


Friday, 16:30
Duration: 90 minutes


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This birds of a feather session is dedicated to humanitarian topics, and will be provided to you by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) as part of their unSummit event series.


Community Talks

  • Using open-source tools to profile 17 informal settlements in Hoima and Lira cities in Uganda – Solomon Kica (Uganda)
  • The Dzaleka Mapping Project – Zola Manyungwa (Malawi)
  • YouthMapPHers: Filipino YouthMappers Growth and Distribution – Feye Andal (Philippines)
  • Open mapping ecosystem of the YouthMappers community in LATAM – Maya Lovo
  • One year of YouthMapper@Uniba – Rosa Colacicco

Humanitarian OSM Talks

  • Community Mapping to Improve Flood Preparedness in Nigeria – Taiwo Ogunwumi (Nigeria)
  • “WASM” - Use of OSM to improve access to water and sanitation facilities in informal settlements – Maria Gorret Nabuwembo (Uganda)
  • COVID-19 Control - Mapping Uganda Border Points – Ronald (Uganda)
  • Mapping for Community Resilience Towards Poor Solid Waste Management (a case study of Bwaise slum) – Henry Sseruwagi (Uganda)
  • Leveraging the Use of OSM Data in Solid Waste Management and Planning - A case study of Zanzibar, Tanzania – Hawa Adinani (Tanzania)
  • Opendata leaks: how OpenStreetMap saves water – Eric d’Avout d’Auerstaedt

Data Quality and Tech Talks

  • Creating Data that Matters – Richard Hinton, Maxwell Owusu (Youthmappers)
  • Introducing Galaxy - OpenStreetMap (OSM) Data Outputs Platform – Ramya Ragupathy (HOT)

Open slots for humanitarian BoFs