First and foremost, I was overjoyed to accept the travel and lodging grant, and attending the conference was a memorable experience. My decision to attend the Inaugural State Of The Map Conference Nigeria 2022 was motivated by a desire to learn new and improved methods for acquiring, managing, interpreting, and analyzing geographic information. As a student studying Geoinformatics and Surveying, I have frequently sorted out strategies that could reduce the occurrence of natural disaster in the country. The search however made me become a volunteer with UniqueMappers Team (UMT) which is under Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). Since joining this community, I have actively been involved in disaster responses in Nigeria in regards to oil spillage, flooding, terrorism, crimes, diseases outbreak. From the conference I was equipped with both the skill to ethically understand geoinformatics and surveying theories and practices, and also with the understanding of advance skills used by modern geoinformatics and surveying practitioners. I also learnt new innovative techniques that could reduce the occurrence of natural disaster, oil spillage, terrorism, crimes, diseases outbreak in the country. I also use the opportunity to interact with great minds from different part of the globe. I volunteered to serve in the in technical department during the conference. I must thank HOT worldwide and the Unique Mappers team for their honest efforts in providing a travel grant for me to attend the SotM conference. My appreciation also extends to the national coordinator, Mr. Victor Sunday, for directing, supervising, and chairing this excellent project Thanks for hosting this year’s SotM conference 2022. Thank you very much Ifeanacho, Daniel Odife GIS Analyst and Tech +2348089322102 Email: ifeanachoodife2@gmail.com