As Bangladesh hosts “State of the Map Asia 2019”,i got a chance to participate this international conference.This is the first time that SotMA held in Bangladesh.

I participated this conference as a volunteer.A number of abroad participants came and as i was a volunteer i got scope to talk with them.

A lot of sessions were arranged at different pavilions,i also attended some sessions.Every session contained constructive views.

As many international organisations,communities and humanitarian activists were present there and share their experiences and views about OpenStreetMap,Open Source technology,ICT based Open Data Platform and Open Data ecosystem,i gathered knowledge about different IT based purposes.

There were lightning talk session only for five minutes where every speaker talked about such a perspective that can inspire or motivate you.

As SotMA is the biggest conference for the mappers and mapping enthusiastic people,it helps to build up relation among Mappers, GIS experts,Researchers and academical institutions. I am also a mapper, so i wanted to introduce some mappers of other region and talked with them about their ideas and views about OSM, this could possible participating SotMA 2019.

My First Experience at SotMA 2019 really mind-blowing.I introduced with some new faces and shared thoughts and ideas about different issues. I also told them about our nation,our culture,customs,tradition, our historical places and events.They felt happy hearing me about my country and they also shared with me about their nation,culture, tradition and so on.Actually this annual gathering Of SotMA,is the way of build up International Brotherhood. I really feel proud to be a participant of this International Conference SotMA 2019.