27/06/2026 –, Serengeti - 1st Floor Langue: English
Birds of a Feather (BOF) sessions are informal, self-organized driven by the conference attendees. Unlike the main scheduled program, BOF sessions have no fixed speakers, but gather peers with shared interests, and host spontaneous discussions It is the perfect way to network, debate fresh ideas, and collaborate on a personal or niche project during the event. There will be a white board at the conference for interested participants to 'register' their sessions
The State of the Map Africa (SotM Africa) is a bi-annual regional conference that celebrates the culture of open mapping, open data, GIS and its impact across Africa. The first SotM Africa conference was hosted by the OSM community in Uganda in 2017.
This year’s conference in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania will continue to build on the strategy envisioned for OpenStreetMap in Africa as a renewed, strong, and growing network, and as part of the global OpenStreetMap and Open GIS movement