Version 0.7.0 Sept. 27, 2025
We released a new schedule version! There is a new session, but we've also had to move around quite a few other ones, so please take a close look at the new times. Please note that this is still a draft, we will likely have to move around some more sessions (between time slots and rooms). Also note that the OSM Science talks are not part of this schedule, they're in a separate one. You can find the merged schedule on our website.
We have a new session: “Overpass Turbo goes PostGIS” by Frederik Ramm.
We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:
- “Where are we heading? The current state of OpenStreetMap in numbers.” by Benjamin Herfort (Oct. 3, 2025, 4:30 p.m. → Oct. 4, 2025, 5 p.m.)
- “Lightning Talks I” by SotM Working Group (Oct. 3, 2025, 5 p.m. → Oct. 3, 2025, 4:30 p.m.)
- “Platinum Sponsor Session: From Edits to Impact - TomTom’s Journey with OpenStreetMap Communities” by Kiran Ahire, Hajar ElOuafi (Oct. 3, 2025, 5:15 p.m. → Oct. 3, 2025, 5:20 p.m.)
- “Resilience Starts with a Map: Community-Led OSM Action in Dhaka’s Climate-Vulnerable Settlements” by Faiza Waziha (Oct. 4, 2025, 5 p.m. → Oct. 3, 2025, 5 p.m.)
- “Addressing Participation Gaps in Nepal’s OSM Ecosystem: Strategies for Long-Term Community Retention” by Dibikshya Shrestha (Oct. 4, 2025, 3 p.m. → Oct. 3, 2025, 5:20 p.m.)
Version 0.6.1 Sept. 26, 2025
We released a new schedule version! There is an exciting new online workshop now, but we unfortunately had to cancel the original on-site workshop instead. However, this give remote attendees another opportunity to actively participate in our sessions. Please note that this is still a draft, we will likely have to move around some more sessions (between time slots and rooms). Also note that the OSM Science talks are not part of this schedule, they're in a separate one. You can find the merged schedule on our website.
We have moved a session around: “ORS-Tools - Beginner-friendly Mobility Analysis with OpenStreetMap and openrouteservice in QGIS” by Julian Psotta, Benjamin Herfort, Jakob Schnell, Till Frankenbach (Oct. 3, 2025, noon, Guiting-guiting → Oct. 3, 2025, 4:30 p.m., Online Workshops).
Version 0.6.0 Sept. 23, 2025
We released a new schedule version! Unfortunately, two sessions had to be cancelled, so we've had to move around several other talks in order to fill the gaps that they left. Please note that this is still a draft, we will likely have to move around some more sessions (between time slots and rooms). Also note that the OSM Science talks are not part of this schedule, they're in a separate one. You can find the merged schedule on our website.
We have new sessions!
- “Lightning Talks I” by SotM Working Group
- “Mapping My Way Forward: How OSM and YouthMappers Launched My Career in Geospatial Tech.” by KASOZI DENIS
- “Women Who Map: My Mission to Build Inclusive Mapping Communities in Nepal” by Prativa Thapa
Sadly, we had to cancel sessions:
- “How we got here: three mapper stories” by Walter Mayeku, Bayazid Ahmed, KASOZI DENIS, Prativa Thapa
- “OSM Data for Routing - From Tags to Routing & Mobility Analysis” by Julian Psotta
We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:
- “Platinum Sponsor Session: OSM Data for Two-Wheelers and Safety” by Soh Leng (Oct. 4, 2025, 4:30 p.m., Guiting-guiting → Oct. 3, 2025, 5 p.m., Pulag)
- “Platinum Sponsor Session: From Edits to Impact - TomTom’s Journey with OpenStreetMap Communities” by Kiran Ahire, Hajar ElOuafi (Oct. 4, 2025, 5 p.m., Guiting-guiting → Oct. 3, 2025, 5:15 p.m., Pulag)
- “Why and how to visualize OSM data using pmtiles” by Daniele Santini (Oct. 4, 2025, 3 p.m. → Oct. 5, 2025, noon)
- “It’s complicated” by Minh Nguyễn (Oct. 4, 2025, 2:30 p.m. → Oct. 5, 2025, 11:30 a.m.)
- “Addressing Participation Gaps in Nepal’s OSM Ecosystem: Strategies for Long-Term Community Retention” by Dibikshya Shrestha (Oct. 3, 2025, 5 p.m., Pulag → Oct. 4, 2025, 3 p.m., Mayon)
- “Journey to the Center of the Planet” by Minh Nguyễn (Oct. 3, 2025, 5 p.m. → Oct. 4, 2025, 2:30 p.m.)
Version 0.5.0 Sept. 18, 2025
We released a new schedule version! We've had to switch two sessions, so some times and locations got an update. There are also two new special sessions with presentations from our platinum sponsors. Please note that the OSM Science talks are not part of this schedule, they're in a separate one. You can find the merged schedule on our website.
We have new sessions!
- “Platinum Sponsor Session: OSM Data for Two-Wheelers and Safety” by Soh Leng
- “Platinum Sponsor Session: From Edits to Impact - TomTom’s Journey with OpenStreetMap Communities” by Kiran Ahire, Hajar ElOuafi
We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:
- “Resilience Starts with a Map: Community-Led OSM Action in Dhaka’s Climate-Vulnerable Settlements” by Faiza Waziha (Oct. 4, 2025, 4:30 p.m., Pulag → Oct. 4, 2025, 5 p.m., Mayon)
- “OSM Swiss Style and the new OSM Swiss Base Map” by Stefan Keller (Oct. 4, 2025, 5 p.m., Mayon → Oct. 4, 2025, 4:30 p.m., Pulag)
Version 0.4.0 Sept. 13, 2025
We released a new schedule version! We've had to move around a few sessions in order to fill some gaps in room Pulag, so several times and locations got an update. Please note that the OSM Science talks are not part of this schedule, they're in a separate one.
We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:
- “HOT 15-year Anniversary” by Geoffrey Kateregga (Oct. 3, 2025, 10 a.m. → Oct. 3, 2025, 10:30 a.m.)
- “Addressing Participation Gaps in Nepal’s OSM Ecosystem: Strategies for Long-Term Community Retention” by Dibikshya Shrestha (Mayon → Pulag)
- “Opening” by SotM Working Group (Oct. 3, 2025, 9 a.m. → Oct. 3, 2025, 9:30 a.m.)
- “Where are we heading? The current state of OpenStreetMap in numbers.” by Benjamin Herfort (Oct. 3, 2025, 5:30 p.m. → Oct. 3, 2025, 4:30 p.m.)
- “ORS-Tools - Beginner-friendly Mobility Analysis with OpenStreetMap and openrouteservice in QGIS” by Julian Psotta, Benjamin Herfort, Jakob Schnell, Till Frankenbach (Oct. 3, 2025, 11:30 a.m. → Oct. 3, 2025, noon)
- “Thinking Beyond the Map” by Ivan Harris Tanyag (Oct. 3, 2025, 11:30 a.m., Mayon → Oct. 3, 2025, noon, Pulag)
- “Journey to the Center of the Planet” by Minh Nguyễn (Oct. 3, 2025, 4:30 p.m. → Oct. 3, 2025, 5 p.m.)
Version 0.3.0 Sept. 2, 2025
We released a new schedule version! Unfortunately, we've had to cancel two sessions. Some sessions also had to be moved around for organizational reasons. Please note that this is still a draft, we will likely have to move around some more sessions (between time slots and rooms), but it should give a good insight into what to expect from SotM 2025. Also note that OSM Science, which is currently planned to take place on Friday, has a separate schedule, so those sessions are not included here.
Sadly, we had to cancel sessions:
- “SotM LATAM: How different from the global SotM it is?” by Juan Arellano Valdivia, Catalina Restrepo Martínez
- “Why settle? Make Every Door do what you want” by Ilya Zverev
We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:
- “Managing Remote Mapping Projects in the HOT Tasking Manager” by Dinar Adiatma (Oct. 4, 2025, 4:30 p.m. → Oct. 4, 2025, 11:30 a.m.)
- “Resilience Starts with a Map: Community-Led OSM Action in Dhaka’s Climate-Vulnerable Settlements” by Faiza Waziha (Oct. 4, 2025, 5:30 p.m. → Oct. 4, 2025, 4:30 p.m.)
- “Local First in a Diverse Democracy: India’s Decentralized Path to Hosting the First Regional SotM” by ark Arjun (Oct. 4, 2025, 4:30 p.m. → Oct. 4, 2025, 5 p.m.)
- “OSM Swiss Style and the new OSM Swiss Base Map” by Stefan Keller (Oct. 4, 2025, 5:30 p.m. → Oct. 4, 2025, 5 p.m.)
- “How to Complete Japan’s Building Mapping in One Year? Strategies for Integrating PLATEAU Data into OSM” by Taichi Furuhashi (Oct. 4, 2025, 5 p.m. → Oct. 4, 2025, 11:30 a.m.)
Version 0.2.0 Aug. 8, 2025
We released a new schedule version! Three separate sessions have been merged into a panel, and we're starting a bit earlier on Friday. Some sessions also had to be moved around for organizational reasons. Please note that this is still a draft, we will likely have to move around some more sessions (between time slots and rooms), but it should already give a good insight into what to expect from SotM 2025. Also note that OSM Science, which is currently planned to take place on Friday, has a separate schedule, so those sessions are not included here.
We have a new session: “How we got here: three mapper stories” by Walter Mayeku, Bayazid Ahmed, KASOZI DENIS, Prativa Thapa.
Sadly, we had to cancel sessions:
- “Navigating the World Through OpenStreetMap: The Story of Bayazid Ahmed” by Bayazid Ahmed
- “Women Who Map: My Mission to Build Inclusive Mapping Communities in Nepal” by Prativa Thapa
- “Mapping My Way Forward: How OSM and YouthMappers Launched My Career in Geospatial Tech.” by KASOZI DENIS
We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:
- “Addressing Participation Gaps in Nepal’s OSM Ecosystem: Strategies for Long-Term Community Retention” by Dibikshya Shrestha (Oct. 3, 2025, 4:30 p.m. → Oct. 3, 2025, 5 p.m.)
- “Opening” by SotM Working Group (Oct. 3, 2025, 9:30 a.m. → Oct. 3, 2025, 9 a.m.)
- “Journey to the Center of the Planet” by Minh Nguyễn (Oct. 3, 2025, 5 p.m. → Oct. 3, 2025, 4:30 p.m.)
Version 0.1.0 July 2, 2025
We released our first schedule! Please note that this is still a draft, we will likely have to move around some sessions (between time slots and rooms), but it should already give a good first insight into what to expect from SotM 2025. Also note that OSM Science, which is currently planned to take place on Friday, has a separate schedule, so those sessions are not included here.