It is with great excitement that we present to you the Organizing Committee of the SotM LATAM 2024 which will take place in Belem, Brazil, from December 6 to 8 of this year.

This volunteer committee has, among others, the functions that the SotM Working Group assumes in the global SotM, that is, mainly:

• seeking a host location,
• arranging sponsorship,
• organising the detail of the conference,
• promoting the conference, and
• running the conference.

This committee is made up of those who, at the last AbreLatam 2023 in Montevideo, Uruguay, had the initial idea of holding the SotM Latam together with the FOSS4G 2024 that was announced at said event. Other map enthusiasts have been joining this initial group, contributing different visions and perspectives that we are sure will enrich SOTM LATAM 2024.

Member	Representation	Position	Role
Raphael de Assis	UMBRAOSM	President	Local committee
Roberto de Andrade	UMBRAOSM	Secretary	Local committee
Vitor George	Brazil Community	Member	IT
Anderson Toniazo	Brazil Community	Member	Academic committee
Rodrigo Smarzaro	Youthmappers UFV	Member	Local committee
Tatiana Pará	OsGeo Brasil	Member	FOSS4G, Local committee
Selene Yang	Geochicas	Member	Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
Juan Ángel Barajas	Youthmappers LATAM	Member	Programming committee
Juan Arellano	OSM LATAM	Member	Comunication

We will soon be announcing the formation of the other work committees: Local committee, IT/Communications committee, Programming committee and Academic committee.