I sincerely thank God and do appreciate everyone for the success of the Inaugural State of the Map Nigeria Conference 2022, which held in the garden city of Port Harcourt, 1st -2nd Dec.2022 at the Institute of Petroleum Studies ,University of Port Harcourt. Thanks to all members of the general and Port Harcourt LOC . Thanks to HOT unSummit World Tour program for Sponsoring SotM Nigeria 2022 as one of the destinations of our travel grantees. With HOT unSummit program and WNAH support, 2 international travel grantees and 14 Local travel grantees attended the conference. 👌. Special thanks to our sponsors and technical supporters -TCK Podcast-Uk,The Chicoco Radio and CMaps, Port Harcourt Nigeria ,University of Port Harcourt, University of Nigeria,University of Lagos, Federal School of Surveys,Oyo, TomTom . Mapilary and NASRDA. The conference was supported by 8 keynote Speakers and 2 training workshop . 2 international partners -TomTom and Mapilary provided technical support. 🙌. The Director General of National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) of Nigeria Dr. Halilu Shaba was heavily represented !!! Special thanks to Dr .Wokoma D.C Wokoma former Federal Commissioner and DG of National Population Commission,Nigeria for a great support to the conference.
Special thanks to Janet Chapman of Crowd2Map Tanzania, Associate Prof Nnabugwu Uluocha of University of Lagos,Geography Department, Dr, Ibrahima Cisse of WNAH-HOT, Prof Alexander Zipf of GIScience Research Group Heidelberg University. Dr. Uchechi S.Anaduaka of Unique Mappers Network,Nigeria and Dr. Raphael Ndukwu of Geoinformatics and Surveying department,University of Nigeria for their keynote presentations. Thanks to the Academic track committee: Prof Joel E. Umeuduji of Geography and Environmental Management,University of Port Harcourt and Dr. Raphael Ndukwu of University of Nigeria. The conference was also supported in attendance by dignitaries from the University of Port Harcourt , the Dean of the Faculty of Social Science -Prof Johnson Nna, The Former HOD Geography and Environmental Management,,University of Port Harcourt, Prof Godly Otto -Economics Dept and the Immediate Past President of University of Port Harcourt Women Association-Dr. Ezinneka Okodudu . This 2-day hybrid conference had about 136 online and onsite registered participants and 22 speakers. The conference was an exciting launching pad for subsequent SotM Nigeria conferences 👌 Watch out for the date of SotM Nigeria 2023 coming up soon 👏👌🇳🇬🇳🇬
We heartily congratulate the OSMites in Nigeria ,the Unique Mappers Network for taking this giant stride to host successfully the Inaugural State of the Map Nigeria Conference 2022 Cheers - Victor N.Sunday SotM Nigeria Conference Chair https://stateofthemapnigeria.com/# https://twitter.com/sotmnigeria