SotM Asia 2026 Osaka

Schedule

Program Schedule

Conference timetable and session lineup.

Day 1

September 6 (Sun)

Mapping Party

OSAKA / KYOTO Mapping Party

Osaka / Kyoto Area

4 tours

  • NANBA Wheelchair Mapping Party
  • Higashi-OSAKA Pokemon Manhall Mapping Party
  • KYOTO "TETSUGAKU-NO-MICHI" Mapping Party
  • YAMAZAKI Japanese Whiskey Mapping Party
Mapathon

Crisis Response Mapathon for Nepal/China

AManTo Cafe

Door Open / Registration

Nakazakichō Hall

Day 1 Opening / Announcements

Nakazakichō Hall

Keynote

Keynote 1

Nakazakichō Hall

30 min

Hiroshi Miura [ OSM Foundation Japan ] - The Invisible Foundation: Fifteen Years of Supporting OSM in Japan [ Japan ]

Lightning Talks

Ignite / Lightning Talk Session

Nakazakichō Hall

5 min x 10 talks

Hinako Terado (Aoyama Gakuin University) - Mapping Party Report: Course 1 | Osaka / Namba [ Japan ]

Akita Motoyoshi (Aoyama Gakuin University) - Mapping Party Report: Course 2 | Kyoto / Philosopher's Walk [ Japan ]

Rito Yamasaki (Aoyama Gakuin University) - Mapping Party Report: Course 3 | Higashi-Osaka / Designed Manholes [ Japan ]

Taichi Furuhashi (Aoyama Gakuin University) - Mapping Party Report: Course 4 | Yamazaki / Whisky Culture [ Japan ]

Kousaku Nakagawa (Aoyama Gakuin University) - Glider Open Atlas [ Japan ]

Brazil Singh (OpenStreetMap Foundation | YouthMappers | Planet Crust | OM Guru) - Who's Watching the AI Agents? Accountability for AI in Open Source Tools [ Bangladesh ]

Rishan Rastogi (Maji Wells) - From Satellites to Saving Lives: Optimizing Community First-Responder Placement in Northern Tanzania [ Singapore ]

Uthayakumar Jerokshini (Eastern University of Sri Lanka) - Enhancing Mapping Efficiency and Data Quality in OSM using AI and Machine Learning [ Sri Lanka ]

Nishon Tandukar / Susma (OSGeo Nepal) - Filling Road Name and Highway Code Gaps in a National HDX Roads Dataset [ Nepal ]

Announcements

Nakazakichō Hall

Day 2

September 7 (Mon)

Day 2 Opening / Announcements

Nakazakichō Hall

Keynote

Keynote 2

Nakazakichō Hall

30 min

Satoru Takagi [ KDDI Corporation ] - What if the Map itself became the Web? [ Japan ]

Break

Coffee Break / Room Transition

Nakazakichō Hall, Salon de AManTo (AManTo Cafe)

Parallel Sessions

General Session Block A / Block B

15 min talks

General Session

Block A

Nakazakichō Hall / 15 min talks

Edoardo Neerhut [ Fotoshi ] - Photography, anchored to place: introducing Fotoshi [ Korea ]

Can Unen, Ash Nagao [ TomTom ] - From Government Open Data to OpenStreetMap: Lessons from the Osaka PLATEAU Building Height Import [ Spain / Japan ]

Isah Abdul-Azeez [ WardenHub ] - From Maps to Decisions: Using OpenStreetMap, Earth Observation, and AI for Climate Intelligence [ Nigeria ]

Jameel Fathima Anaafa [ Eastern University of Sri Lanka ] - Building a Custom Web Mapping Tool using OpenStreetMap Data and Leaflet/C# [ Sri Lanka ]

General Session

Block B

Salon de AManTo / 15 min talks

Honey Fombuena [ HOTOSM/Open Mapping Hub - Asia Pacific ] - Leveraging the OpenStreetMap Sandbox for Community-Led Seagrass Habitat Mapping [ Philippines ]

Rubi Shrestha [ Kathmandu University ] - She Maps. She Leads. [ Nepal ]

S.F. Shamila [ Eastern University, Sri Lanka ] - Either General Talk or Lightning Talk is acceptable [ Sri Lanka ]

Ayush Adhikari [ Tribhuvan University / IOE Pashchimanchal Campus, GESAN ] - Beyond the Numbers: Redesigning Community Engagement [ Nepal / South Asia ]

Lunch

Lunch Break

Nakazakichō Hall, Salon de AManTo (AManTo Cafe), AManTo 2

Keynote

Keynote 3

Nakazakichō Hall

30 min

Nora Anwar, Brandon Liu [ Overture Maps Foundation ] - State of the Overture Maps [ Canada / Taiwan ]

Parallel Sessions

General Session Block C / Lightning Talk Block 1

General talks and 5 min lightning talks

General Session

Block C

Nakazakichō Hall / 15 min talks

Honey Fombuena [ Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team ] - HOTOSM/Open Mapping Hub - Asia Pacific [ Philippines ]

Dongha Hwang [ OpenStreetMap Korea ] - OSM Tile Service without Security Facilities in South Korea [ Korea ]

Brazil Singh [ OpenStreetMap Foundation ] - Who Pays for the Map? Funding the Infrastructure Behind OpenStreetMap [ Bangladesh ]

Arnalie Vicario [ UN Global Service Centre - UN Maps Programme ] - UN Global Service Centre - UN Maps Programme [ United Nations ]

Subhash Dulla [ OSM India ] - From OpenStreetMap to Touch: Creating 3D Printed Tactile Maps [ India ]

Lightning Talk

Block 1

Salon de AManTo / 5 min talks

Oral explanation of the Lightning Talk session by the chair

Yuto Watanabe [ Aoyama Gakuin University ] - Where Solar Meets Hazard: Mapping Flood and Landslide Exposure in Sagamihara City [ Japan ]

A.K.F. Nifla [ YouthMappers - Eastern University, Sri Lanka ] - Empowering University Students through YouthMappers: The Experience of Eastern University, Sri Lanka [ Sri Lanka ]

Reara Kato [ Aoyama Gakuin University ] - Developing a WebGIS for Beginner Rental Boat Navigation Using OpenStreetMap [ Japan ]

Himari Nonaka [ Aoyama Gakuin University ] - Creating a Web Map for Live Concert Venues Using GIS [ Japan ]

Prativa Thapa [ Kathmandu University ] - Mapping with Purpose: Leadership and Engineering Through OSM [ Nepal ]

Minato Tanabe [ Aoyama Gakuin University ] - Differences in the location where the municipality name is displayed [ Japan ]

Lokendra Yadav [ Kathmandu University ] - Mapping with Purpose: Leadership and Engineering Through OSM [ Nepal ]

Tomoya Aiko [ Aoyama Gakuin University ] - How Snow Changes Walking Route Choice: Mapping the Influence of Road Heating and Underground Spaces in Sapporo [ Japan ]

Fuka Okamura [ Aoyama Gakuin University ] - Graduating from 'Just Going With the Flow': History-Based Techniques in HOT Tasking Manager and My Own Failure Stories [ Japan ]

Break

Coffee Break / Networking

Nakazakichō Hall

Pre-recorded online talk

Dennis Raylin Chen [ OpenStreetMap Taiwan ] - Vibe the Way of Making JOSM Scripting (Jython) Works [ Taiwan ]

Lightning Talks

Lightning Talk Block 2

5 min talks

Lightning Talk

Block 2

Nakazakichō Hall / 5 min talks

Oral explanation of the Lightning Talk session by the chair

Kinya Inoue [ OpenStreetMap Japan ] - State of the Map Fukushima [ Japan ]

Ameen Fathima Rifsha [ Eastern University ] - Community Mapping and Academic Applications of OpenStreetMap: Geospatial Learning and Local Development in Sri Lanka [ Sri Lanka ]

Fathima Minha [ Eastern University ] - Youth-Led Mapping for Climate Resilient in Sri Lanka [ Sri Lanka ]

Mohammad Ali Aathika Banu [ Eastern University ] - Empowering Students through OpenStreetMap: A Case Study of Eastern University YouthMappers Chapter [ Sri Lanka ]

Dibikshya Shrestha [ Kathmandu Metropolitan City/OSGEO Nepal/OSM Guru ] - OSGEO Nepal's Contribution to Open Data [ Nepal ]

Seunghee Cho [ TomTom ] - South Korea OSM Community - Gather, together [ South Korea ]

Federica Gaspari [ Politecnico di Milano ] - Ten Years of PoliMappers: Lessons from a Student-Led Open Mapping Community [ Italy ]

Kanoko Fujiwara [ Aoyama Gakuin University ] - Mapping for everyone: Mapping Experience in Namba [ Japan ]

Mohammed Ameen Fathima Amal [ South Eastern University of Sri Lanka ] - GeoAI and Open Mapping: Accelerating Rapid Disaster Response for Vulnerable Communities [ Sri Lanka ]

Subhash Dulla [ OSM India Community ] - Cogniscape: Bridging Infrastructure and Mapping Gaps for Accessible Navigation with OpenStreetMap [ India ]

Noman Bin Hossain [ Global Guru ] - OSM Experience Share in last 3 year [ Bangladesh ]

Tomoya Aiko [ Aoyama Gakuin University ] - How Snow Changes Walking Route Choice: Mapping the Influence of Road Heating and Underground Spaces in Sapporo [ Japan ]

Closing

Nakazakichō Hall