State of the Map/Planning/Keynote speakers

The keynote is the main starting talk of the conference (before dividing into tracks), given by someone who would be considered a main person within OSM or a special guest. Should be someone who can boldly make a statement on what the big OSM subjects of the last 12 months are and what is the next big thing for OSM and the OSMF.

Places to look

• OSMF Board Member
• Board member of the local chapter hosting the conference
• Working Group lead, for the WG that is a top/hot topic currently
•  ???

Past Speakers

• 2018 - Kate Chapman(OSMF Board Chair) and Heather Leson(OSMF Board), "OpenStreetMap—Now and into the Future"
  • 2018 Academic Track, the first talk could e considered a keynote.
• 2017 - Arun Ganesh, "Map man of India" gave a talk titled "Connecting the dots" (slides)
• 2016 - Ambassador Allan Mustard, US Ambassador to Turkmenistan (video) shared stories of him coming to OSM, recruiting more mappers/users, and the importance/benefit of OSM.
• 2014 - no talk presented/introduced as a keynote?
• 2013 - Steve Coast, Chairman Emeritus of OSMF "The revolution that is OSM"
• 2012 - Steve Coast, Chairman Emeritus of OSMF "Welcome Keynote"
• 2011 - Steve Coast, Chairman of OSMF (slides) "Mapping the future". (Keynote started Day 2, A welcome from the host Campus Chancellor was given on Day 1)
• 2010 - no talk presented as keynote, but Steve's Day 2 talk wrongly links to his SotM US keynote
• 2009 - Steve Coast, Chairman of OSMF Intro to OSM
• 2008 - not labelled as a keynote but Dr Robert Barr, Manchester University began with The MegaGalactic Super Visible StreetSign Company
• 2007 - Steve Coast, "This Mapping Stuff Could Really Take Off"