<b id="internal-source-marker_0.04713515914045274" style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Georgia;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">May 22-24, 2013</span><br>

<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Georgia;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FOSS4G North America 2013</span><br><a href="http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/mspcc-minneapolis-marriott-city-center/"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Marriott City Center</span></a><br>

<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Georgia;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Minneapolis, MN - USA</span><br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Georgia;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>

<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Georgia;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Today the 2013 FOSS4G North America Conference Committee announced that the </span><a href="http://foss4g-na.org/"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,85,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2013 FOSS4G North America Conference</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Georgia;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (FOSS4G-NA) will take place May 22-24 at the </span><a href="http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/mspcc-minneapolis-marriott-city-center/"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Marriott City Center</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Georgia;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> in Minneapolis, MN.  FOSS4G brings together public and private-sector stakeholders, innovators and developers who are at the forefront of free and open source software for geospatial applications.</span><br>

<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Georgia;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Georgia;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FOSS4G-NA 2013 will offer a broad program to discuss and build tools to help solve some of the world's most pressing problems and business needs.   Notably, 2013 marks the 10 year anniversary of the first MapServer Users Meeting in Minnesota, the immediate predecessor of the FOSS4G Conference Series.</span><br>

<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Georgia;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Georgia;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FOSS4G-NA 2013 follows on the success of the 2012 conference held in Washington, DC.  This regional event complements the larger </span><a href="http://www.foss4g.org/"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,85,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FOSS4G</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Georgia;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> International Conference, the leading global conference organized by OSGeo focusing on Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial. The </span><a href="http://2013.foss4g.org/"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,85,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2013 FOSS4G International Conference</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Georgia;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  </span><a href="http://2013.foss4g.org/"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">i</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Georgia;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">s currently scheduled for September 17-21 in Nottingham, UK.</span><br>

<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Georgia;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br><h3 dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:Georgia;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sponsorship</span></h3>

<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Georgia;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Exhibition and Sponsorship information will be made available shortly. If you're interested in exhibiting or sponsoring please email sponsors [at] foss4g-na [dot] org for more information.</span><br>

<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Georgia;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br><h3 dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:Georgia;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Related Links</span></h3>

<br><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="http://foss4g-na.org/"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,85,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://foss4g-na.org/</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Georgia;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> FOSS4G North America</span></li>

<li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="http://foss4g.org/"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,85,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://foss4g.org/</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Georgia;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> FOSS4G International Conference</span></li>

<li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="http://osgeo.org/"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,85,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://osgeo.org/</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Georgia;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Open Source Geospatial Foundation</span></li>

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