I help people contribute knowledge, learn technical skills, and exchange ideas across academic
and community settings. This record brings together community mapping in Bangladesh,
invited speaking and facilitation, student project judging, and selected delegations.
Contributions in facilitation, student development, community knowledge, and policy dialogue.
Individual events and professional participation are recorded in the timeline below.
Facilitator & Moderator
CUNY International Student Success Conference
Alumni Panel: Real Stories, Real Success
The City University of New YorkJohn Jay College of Criminal Justice · New York, NY
Facilitated and moderated the “Real Stories, Real Success” alumni panel, bringing
together CUNY alumni and higher-education professionals to discuss international student experiences,
academic and professional pathways, career development, challenges, and lessons learned.
Panelists
Gavin Ireland — Director of International Student Affairs, Kingsborough Community College
Ian James — Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, CUNY
Laura A. Rodríguez O’Dwyer — Freelance Translator; Secretary, Board of the New York Circle of Translators
Salimatou Doumbouya — Former CUNY Student Trustee and Former Chairperson, University Student Senate
Served as an invited judge for HackKnight 2026, a student hackathon at John Jay College
of Criminal Justice. Reviewed project submissions and contributed to the final judging process.
As a Regional Expert Reviewer for Google Map Maker and an executive member of Mapping Bangladesh,
I organized mapping events and taught contributors how to add and review local geographic information.
MapUps brought community members together to improve the representation of familiar places on Google Maps.
Contemporary event records identify me as Avijit Roy Kabyo.
Organizing: hosted MapUps at North South University and BRAC University, and the
Experts’ MapUp in Dhaka in 2013. Google sponsored the NSU event.
Teaching & speaking: served as an invited speaker and mapping instructor at Bangladesh’s first Google MapUp
in Rangpur () and delivered invited talks,
including “Making Maps for your Project, Quickly & Easily” at GBG Dhaka’s
11th Meetup on .
Public outreach: discussed Google Maps and the Mapping Bangladesh community
on ATN News’ Young Nite.
Selected as a delegate through One To World, I participated in the Climate Change roundtable
at the 71st Student Conference on U.S. Affairs. The conference brought civilian student delegates
and West Point cadets together to examine domestic and foreign policy challenges.
I contributed to drafting and presenting the roundtable’s policy recommendations,
working with fellow delegates to translate discussion of climate change into a shared policy proposal.
Community leadership, invited contributions, selected programs, and professional participation,
in reverse chronological order. Event records and recordings are linked where available.
Microsoft Windows & Surface invited experience, Brooklyn, NY
Invited guest[Event photo]
HackKnight 2026, John Jay College, New York [Details]Invited judge[Event photo]
CUNY International Student Success Conference, John Jay College, New York [Details]Facilitator and moderator, alumni panel[Event photo]
Microsoft AI Tour, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York City
Attendee[Event photo]
2025
24th Annual CUNY IT Conference, John Jay College
Attendee
BSidesNYC 0x05, John Jay College [Event page (opens in a new tab)]Sponsor representative on behalf of John Jay College’s Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity (D4CS) department[Event photo]
2024
23rd Annual CUNY IT Conference, John Jay College
Attendee
2023
22nd Annual CUNY IT Conference, John Jay College
Attendee
2019
71st Student Conference on U.S. Affairs (SCUSA 71), U.S. Military Academy, West Point
Selected delegate; drafted and presented Climate Change roundtable recommendations[Event photo]
2018
Google Crowdsource Community Global Meet-up, Google Hyderabad, India
Selected community participant[Event photo]
2017
Google Local Guides Meetup & Geo Walk, Google NYC, 111 Eighth Avenue, New York
Invited guest; program included a Google NYC tour, meeting Google Maps engineers, sharing feedback with the Local Guides team, and a geo walk around Chelsea[Event photo]
2016
Google Top Contributor Meetup, Mountain View, CA
Invited participant, Google Top Contributor program; travel and accommodation supported by Google[Event photo]
2015
Google Cloud Platform Next — New York, Manhattan Center, New York City
Attendee
Google SEARCH Summit, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Selected Map Maker delegate; presented Bangladesh’s mapping progress; fully funded by Google, including visa processing, round-trip travel, and accommodation
GBG Dhaka 11th Meetup, Dhaka [Program (opens in a new tab)]Invited talk, “Making Maps for your Project, Quickly & Easily”
MapUp @ United International University, Dhaka
Mapping instructor
Regional MapUp Dhaka @ North South University, Dhaka [Event page (opens in a new tab)]Lead organizer of Bangladesh’s second Google MapUp; 100+ participants; event sponsored by Google
Bangladesh Smartphone Expo, Dhaka
Led the Mapping Bangladesh community booth
2012
MapUp Rangpur, Rangpur
Invited speaker and mapping instructor at Bangladesh’s first Google MapUp
