<div class="gmail_quote">fyi<br><br>Bruce<br><br><br>
&gt; -----Original Message-----<br>
&gt; From: <a href="mailto:foss4g2009-announce-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">foss4g2009-announce-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
&gt; [mailto:<a href="mailto:foss4g2009-announce-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">foss4g2009-announce-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>] On<br>
&gt; Behalf Of Cameron Shorter<br>
&gt; Sent: Wednesday, 23 September 2009 8:57 PM<br>
&gt; To: <a href="mailto:foss4g2009-announce@lists.osgeo.org">foss4g2009-announce@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
&gt; Cc: Stephen Lead<br>
&gt; Subject: [FOSS4G 2009 Announce] Rush on Geospatial Open<br>
&gt; Source Workshops at FOSS4G<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Sydney, Australia. 23 September 2009. <a href="http://2009.foss4g.org" target="_blank">http://2009.foss4g.org</a><br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Many FOSS4G workshops are close to full, with one workshop<br>
&gt; already at capacity. <a href="http://2009.foss4g.org/workshops/" target="_blank">http://2009.foss4g.org/workshops/</a> People<br>
&gt; wanting to learn about Geospatial Standards, Geospatial Open<br>
&gt; Source Software and Business Cases should sign up soon to<br>
&gt; avoid disappointment.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Also, in Open Source tradition, there is a breadth of other<br>
&gt; exciting activities to sign up for:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;     * Wed evening: Ignite Spatial &lt;<a href="http://www.ignitespatial.com/" target="_blank">http://www.ignitespatial.com/</a>&gt; - 5<br>
&gt;       minute talks about anything spatial. Requires pre-registration<br>
&gt;     * Birds of a Feather<br>
&gt;       &lt;<a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_BirdsOfAFeather" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_BirdsOfAFeather</a>&gt; -<br>
&gt;       register a discussion topic<br>
&gt;     * Live DVD<br>
&gt; &lt;<a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Live_DVD" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Live_DVD</a>&gt; - beta<br>
&gt;       version is ready to test<br>
&gt;     * Saturday afterwards: Code Sprint<br>
&gt;       &lt;<a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Code_Sprint" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Code_Sprint</a>&gt;<br>
&gt;     * Demonstration Theatre<br>
&gt;       &lt;<a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Demonstration_Theatre" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Demonstration_Theatre</a>&gt;<br>
&gt;       still a few slots free<br>
&gt;     * InstallFest<br>
&gt; &lt;<a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_InstallFest" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_InstallFest</a>&gt; -<br>
&gt;       sign up if you will be there<br>
&gt;     * OSGeo Annual Meeting<br>
&gt;       &lt;<a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Annual_General_Meeting_2009" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Annual_General_Meeting_2009</a>&gt;<br>
&gt;     * Volunteers &lt;<a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Volunteers" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Volunteers</a>&gt; -<br>
&gt;       do you have a space set of hands that can be put to good use<br>
&gt;     * Benchmarking 2009<br>
&gt; &lt;<a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Benchmarking_2009" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Benchmarking_2009</a>&gt; -<br>
&gt;       the famous WMS shootout<br>
&gt;     * Posters &lt;<a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Posters" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Posters</a>&gt;<br>
&gt;     * Monday: FME User meeting<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; &lt;<a href="http://www.safe.com/aboutus/events/australia2009/registration.php" target="_blank">http://www.safe.com/aboutus/events/australia2009/registration.php</a>&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;     About FOSS4G<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; FOSS4G is the international Free and Open Source Software for<br>
&gt; Geospatial conference, which comes to Sydney, Australia,<br>
&gt; 20-23 October 2009. FOSS4G offers presentations, workshops,<br>
&gt; demos, an install-fest, and a code sprint. It is presented by<br>
&gt; the world&#39;s best Developers, Policy Makers, Sponsors and<br>
&gt; Geospatial Professionals and includes the latest geospatial<br>
&gt; applications, standards, government programs, business<br>
&gt; processes and case studies. Topics include mobile platforms,<br>
&gt; location based applications, crowd sourcing, cloud computing,<br>
&gt; development, spatial standards, integration of cross-agency<br>
&gt; data, Spatial Data Infrastructures, Sensor Webs, Web<br>
&gt; Processing Services, Integration of Open Source and<br>
&gt; Proprietary Software and more.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;     Media Sponsors<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;     * Position Magazine: <a href="http://www.positionmag.com.au/" target="_blank">http://www.positionmag.com.au/</a><br>
&gt;     * Asian Surveying and Mapping Newsletter: <a href="http://www.asmmag.com" target="_blank">http://www.asmmag.com</a><br>
&gt;     * Geoconnexions Magazine: <a href="http://www.geoconnexion.com/" target="_blank">http://www.geoconnexion.com/</a><br>
&gt;     * Directions Magazine: <a href="http://directionsmag.com/" target="_blank">http://directionsmag.com/</a><br>
&gt;     * GIS Development: <a href="http://gisdevelopment.net/" target="_blank">http://gisdevelopment.net/</a><br>
&gt;     * Baliz Media: <a href="http://www.BALIZ-MEDIA.com/" target="_blank">http://www.BALIZ-MEDIA.com/</a><br>
&gt;<br>
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&gt;<br>
&gt; --<br>
&gt; Cameron Shorter<br>
&gt; FOSS4G Chair<br>
&gt; Geospatial Systems Architect<br>
&gt; Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050<br>
&gt; Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Think Globally, Fix Locally<br>
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