Program

Program Schedule

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  • Preconference: September 22,2017

    • Jointly organised by World Food Program, Kathmandu Living Labs, ICIMOD, Nepal GIS Society and Map Action

    Venue: ICIMOD, Khumaltar, Lalitpur and Park Village Hotel and Resort, Budhanilkantha, Kathmandu


  • Day 1: September 23, 2017
    • 8:00-9:00

      •      Registration + Tea/Coffee/Cookies + Informal Conversation


    • 9:00-10:45

      •     Inaugural Session (Banyan Hall)

          Welcome and Conference Overview: Dr. Nama Raj Budhathoki

          Keynotes:

          Distinguished speakers:


    • 11:00-12:00

      •      State of the Map: Country Presentations (Banyan Hall)


    • 12:00-13:00

      •     Lunch


    • 13:00-14:00

      •      State of the Map: Country Presentations continued (Banyan Hall)


    • 14:00-14:45

      •     Parallel Sessions

          || MAPS.ME: hands-on workshop (Banyan Hall) SlideShare

          || Map Data Integrity (Sakura Hall)

          || Lightning Talks (Kasthamandap Hall)


    • 14:45-15:00

      •     Tea/Coffee/Cookies


    • 15:00-16:00

      •     || Government Panel (Banyan Hall) YouTube


    • 16:00-17:00

      •     Parallel Sessions

          || Nepal Session(Banyan Hall) YouTube

      • Connecting Openness, Nikesh Balami SlideShare
      • Making Kirtipur Visible, Shashish Maharjan SlideShare
      • Drones and OpenStreetMap, Uttam Pudasaini SlideShare
      • Digital Mapping for Disaster Resilience, Sumit Dugar SlideShare
      • Community Participate to Build Disaster Resilience, Yogesh Maharjan SlideShare

          || YouthMappers Session(Sakura Hall) SlideShare

          || Mapbox: Interactive visualization hands-on workshop(Kasthamandap Hall)



  • Day 2: September 24, 2017
    • 8:00-9:00

      •     Registration + Tea/Coffee/Cookies


    • 9:00-11:00

      •      State of the Map: Country Presentations continued (Banyan Hall)


    • 11:00-12:00

      •     Parallel Sessions

          || Presentations: OSM as a Communication Tool (Banyan Hall)

          || OSM Validation: Mapbox hands-on workshop (Sakura Hall)SlideShare

          || Young Mappers Session (Kasthamandap Hall)

      • Monal Bhattarai, Kasthamandap Vidyalaya SlideShare
      • Pratichhya Sharma, Western Regional Campus SlideShare
      • Akanksha Giri, Institute of Crisis Management Studies SlideShare
      • Jasna Budhathoki, Rato Bangala School SlideShare


    • 12:00-13:00

      •     Lunch


    • 13:00-14:30

      •     Parallel Sessions

          || Secondary Cities in Action (Banyan Hall)

          || OSM Data Manipulation hands-on workshop (Sakura Hall) SlideShare

          || Presentations: Tools and Projects around OSM (Kasthamandap Hall)

      • Past Holds the Mirror to the Future, Poornima Badrinath SlideShare
      • Observe: a New Data Collection App, Robert Banick SlideShare
      • Mapping Strategy to Develop OSM Data, Dewi Sulistiongrum SlideShare
      • From Disaster to Development, Bradley Wilson SlideShare


    • 14:30-15:00

      •     Tea/Coffee/Cookies


    • 15:00-16:00

      •     The Future of OSM in Asia and Beyond


    • 16:00-17:00

      •     Nepal Earthquake Session (Banyan Hall)


    • 17:00-17:30

      •     Closing Session: Dr. Nama Raj Budhathoki

          Closing Remarks: Dr. Govind Raj Pokharel YouTube


    • 17:30 Onwards

      •     Mapbox social: (cocktail dinner)



  • Postconference

    •     Hiking