FOSS4G 2022 general tracks

Youth Mappers documentary's premiere
2022-08-22, 15:30–17:30 (Europe/Rome), University Auditorium B

YouthMappers is a global movement of university students addressing development challenges and community resilience using public geospatial tools and data. Meet the student leaders effecting change in their communities across the globe and follow the work of a student-led project in Sierra Leone supporting rural electrification for expanded electricity access. Hear the voices of YouthMappers members who have not only built their mapping skills through YouthMappers but have grown as global citizens. This short documentary tells their stories and will be screened for the first time in Florence on 22 August at 3:30pm in Auditorium A of the University complex in Viale Morgagni.

Outline programme

  • 3:30 pm setup / preparations to begin
  • 3:45 pm About YouthMappers (Solis, Zeballos, Stokes)
  • 4:00 pm Film Showing
  • 4:30 pm Panelists of YouthMappers
  • 5:00 pm Launch of the Book on SDGs
  • 5:15 pm adjourn
  • 5:30 pm all take down is finished / group is departed