Bring together the OpenStreetMap community (see "Conference Attendance")
Keep costs low for attendees (supported by sponsorships)
Run a scholarship programme (enabling people to attend who otherwise couldn't)
Further detail
State of the Map aims to be a general, multi-disciplinary conference. We strive to bring together a balanced attendance representing the many groups within OpenStreetMap. We also wish to maintain a balance of themes. To ensure this we regularly collect this information (e.g. as part of our call for proposals, and in our feedback survey).
Conference attendance
Diagram of the three attendance groups.
We strive to attract a people and organisations from all groups. They may cross groups, and may be on a range of professional/paid to hobbyist/volunteer. In no particular order:
Data Contributors
community
public administration
companies
NGOs / aid organisations
Data Users
commercial
non-profit and public service
research/scientific
personal
Core OSM
software developers who work on our shared tools
documenters/teachers
the OSMF working groups
OSMF board (strategy and vision)
Conference themes
We have identified the following themes (topics) and we aim for SotM to include a balanced mix of them.
