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QGIS Open Day (2022-03-25)

Welcome to the March QOD session join us in celebrating 20 years of QGIS.

Simply watch the Youtube Livestream and comment on the day, or catch the recording if you can't make the live session.

To keep up to date with QGIS Open Day events, please join the Telegram channel.

Programme overview:

Virtual events will be taking place online (see links below) and in the links shared in the telegram group, all events are live-streamed on YouTube. See the individual event descriptions below for an indication of where to join each event.

QGISOpenDay 25 March 2022

No Name Time Speaker Country Language
1 #BreakTheBiasMap Initiative 10h00 UTC Feye Andal, Arnalie Vicario, Honey Fombuena Philippines English
2 QGIS Open Session: a walk through time and QGIS 13h00 UTC Tim Sutton & Gary Sherman Portugal English
3 Connecting QGIS Users through Virtual Bridges 15h00 UTC Adelcides Varela Cabo Verde, West Africa English

Organisers

No Name Role Contact
1 Amy Session planning and speaker coordination Contact Amy via the Telegram Channel username @Amz
2 Seabilwe Social Media Contact Seabilwe via the Telegram Channel username @Seabilwe
3 Victoria Support Contact Victoria via Telegram Channel username @Victoria Neema
4 Zinzi Publishing platform and workflows Contact Zinzi via the Telegram Channel username @zinzixakayi

Presentations

#BreakTheBiasMap Initiative

Time: 25 March 2022 10h00 UTC.

Duration: ~ 60 mins

Venue: Youtube Live Stream Link, Jitsi Link

Presenters: Feye Andal, Arnalie Vicario, Honey Fombuena

Description: Diversity, inclusion and representation on platforms like OpenStreetMap and other mapping platforms is being campioned by intitatives like #BreaktheBiasMap which advocate for women's representation on mapping platforms respectivly. With International Woman day this month and as woman and minority groups continue to face challenges in society, it is important to discuss how we can change perceptions and challenge the conversation forward to create positive social change. Join us for this unique panel session where the woman of the #BreakTheBiasMap will discuss the issues associated with diversity and mapping and go through how to use GIS platforms to encourage equality and representation.

QGIS Open Session: a walk through time and QGIS

Time: 25 March 2022 13h00 UTC.

Duration: ~ 120 mins

Venue: Youtube Live Stream Link, Jitsi link

Presenters: Tim Sutton & Gary Sherman

Description: A walk through of the most amazing and game changing features added to QGIS each year for the past 20 years. Happy Birthday QGIS!

Connecting QGIS Users through Virtual Bridges

Time: 25 March 2022 15h00 UTC.

Duration: ~ 60 mins

Venue: Youtube Live Stream Link

Presenters: Adelcides Varela - Geographer and GIS Analyst (Cabo Verde, West Africa)

Description: Social Network platforms provide a channel that allows the independent sharing and expansion of multiple topics or initiatives to a broader audience. However, that possibility comes with many challenges, taking a considerable amount of organizational and communication skills, but also time, passion and patience above all. The Facebook/Meta group "QGIS Community - Official Virtual Group" is an example of how to apply this recipe, being one of the most successful experiences to date, with over 50 thousand members across the globe, contributing in it's way to this project we all cherish.

Adding more events

You can do this too! We really encourage others to follow our initiative, using the wiki page link below to organise your plans (just add a section below the last one). You can host virtual meetups in the Jitsi room, plan your next steps to take QGIS further down the road to world domination and much much more. We encourage language and region-specific huddles, documentation improvement sessions, bug fixing, making beautiful maps, and working together to do amazing things with QGIS.

We would really love to see more events offered from our country user groups and broader user base. The content can be at any skill level and in any language you like, and the times can overlap if needed. So please feel free to organise your activities on this wiki page. The QGIS Open Day is also an ideal time to hold virtual country user group meet-ups - please share your activities on the open day schedule, so that even people from outside of your country user group can benefit from your presentations. Contact me (see below) if you need help adding your events to the wiki page.

QGIS Open Day Promotion Materials

You can spread the word! We have prepared the following materials so that you may easily copy and paste the relevant contents to publish on your media platform of choice to let others know about these awesome events.

About QGIS Open Day

Dear QGIS Users

On Friday, 25th March 2022 we will be holding our monthly QGIS Open Day! What is a QGIS Open Day you may be wondering to yourself? It is an initiative to replace the wonderful community meetups we used to hold every six months when times were different. Like our in-person meetings, the event is organised on the principle of self-organisation and community participation.

Programme

Where to watch

Please see the event wiki page at QOD-March-2022 Wiki for all the details of times and links for participation.

Recordings

All the events are recorded and made available to users who couldn't make the live events. Youtube live streams are automatically available for catch-up viewing. Be sure to check back here for updates!

Code of Conduct

Participants are kindly reminded to please read and observe our QGIS Code of Conduct and Diversity Statement to make these events a great experience for everyone!

Please contact me, Amy by email [email protected] or via the Telegram Channel username @Amz if you have any queries or need help setting up events.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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