[OSGeo-Discuss] [location-iwg] 2015 North American conference

[Jody Garnett]

The travel restrictions offer quite a strong direction don't they? Do we
have anyone who can speak about the previous FOSS4G-NA event?
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Jody

Jody Garnett


On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 8:02 AM, Andrew Ross <andrew.ross at eclipse.org> wrote:

>  Hello Everyone,
>
> Please excuse the cross post between OSGeo's discuss & conference_dev
> lists as well as LocationTech's discussion list. I'm hoping to enable
> inclusive discussion about an idea.
>
> Bit of background, this coming May (19-21), LocationTech Summit is
> co-hosted with Location Intelligence in Washington D.C.<http://www.locationintelligence.net/>.
> Travel restrictions for Federal Government employees for instance meant
> holding this in D.C. was important in 2014.
>
> We have started planning for 2015, and I wanted to reach out and see if an
> idea might be of interest to the greater community.
>
> The idea is to co-host LocationTech Summit, FOSS4G North America, and
> EclipseCon next year in the spring.
>
> For those that haven't been:
>
>    - EclipseCon is a great  developer conference & covers topics that I
>    feel may be a really nice complement such as Science, Internet of Things,
>    Automotive, Software development best practice, and more. While there are
>    some awesome talks in the area, it's not just about the IDE. :-)
>    - FOSS4G NA is the regional sibling of FOSS4G Global, also a great
>    developer conference, and focused on geospatial technologies. It is a must
>    attend event if you're into web mapping or looking for open source GIS
>    solutions.
>    - LocationTech Summit is new (first one this May), similar to FOSS4G
>    however perhaps has a stronger focus on high performance geoprocessing
>    technologies and new technologies like GeoGit for instance.
>     - My feeble attempt at contrast aside, I think these last two will
>    see a lot of the same speakers & audience.
>
> A few thoughts:
>
>    - We believe a combined event could likely be done to prioritize
>    camaraderie which is so important for open source projects & community.
>    i.e. avoid anyone feeling lost in a huge event.
>    - We feel the mutual outreach to people across communities would be
>    really useful, interesting, and spark wonderful ideas we can't predict.
>    - The logistical work can be done by full time conference organizers
>    who organize EclipseCon each year. The program is up to the communities to
>    set.
>    - For those seeking suppliers, partners, & customers, this should make
>    for more opportunities.
>     - Profit sharing with significant participating groups is doable.
>    We're glad to help figure out a fair and amicable solution.
>     - Ensuring each group are well served is a priority of course. We
>    think this combined event might attract people who might not otherwise come
>    to any of them. But we'll have to try and see.
>
> Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions? Is this a good idea? Interested?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Andrew
>
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