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Folks, <br>
following up from the FOSS4G 2016 conference in Bonn where "Land
Information" was one of the four key topics this CfP from the World
Bank may be of special interest to us.
<p>I have personally attended the last three editions of this
conference. Land Information is obviously all about geospatial and
location but the community is widely unaware of the potential of
geospatial software and even less so about Open Source. There are
only a handful of software vendors in the domain and practically
no Open Source providers. <br>
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<p>In his keynote at FOSS4G Klaus Deininger (Lead Economist at the
Development Research Group of the World Bank) specifically asked
for support from the Open Source Geospatial Community to support
the Land Information Domain with technical know-how (see the <a
href="http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/misc/openstreetmap/FOSS4G-2016/foss4g-2016-1574-keynote_vi_--hd.mp4">video
of his presentation</a>). If we (from the Open Source community
in general) manage to get in a dozen of talks then we may even get
a separate conference thread. Software tools from the FOSS4G
domain like QGIS, PostGIS, OpenLayers, etc. already permeate many
projects but are oftentimes not sustainable because of a lack of
service providers and direct contact to the communities. This
domain has basically been waiting for us. <br>
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<p> Please note that the deadline for abstracts is approaching fast!
See below for details: <br>
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<p>The <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.worldbank.org/en/events/2016/08/22/land-and-poverty-conference-2017-responsible-land-governance-towards-an-evidence-based-approach">2017
World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty</a> will be held
from <strong>March 20 to 24, 2017</strong> in Washington D.C.
under the theme of <em>Responsible Land Governance: Towards an
Evidence-Based Approach</em><strong>. </strong>
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<p><strong>Reminder call for paper abstracts </strong>
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<p>Please note the deadline for individual paper abstract
submission is <strong>Midnight October 31, 2016 (Eastern
Standard Time). </strong>Please check the <a
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href="http://www.worldbank.org/en/events/2016/08/22/land-and-poverty-conference-2017-responsible-land-governance-towards-an-evidence-based-approach#2">conference
website</a> for more information on conference themes,
submission instructions and review process.
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<p><strong>Call for lightning talk proposals: innovation day on
March 23</strong>
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<p>The conference is partnering with the <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.opengeospatial.org/">Open
Geospatial Consortium</a> to organize the 'Innovation Day'
("lightning talks" presenting use cases, followed by hands-on
demonstrations). Please submit proposal for a lightning talk
through the<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.worldbank.org/en/events/2016/08/22/land-and-poverty-conference-2017-responsible-land-governance-towards-an-evidence-based-approach#6">
conference website</a> (see also priority themes, <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/614341475264834515/Lightning-Talk-Submission-Guidelines-2017.pdf">submission
instructions</a> and review process).
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<p><strong>Call for MasterClass proposals: learning &
knowledge sharing day on March 24</strong>
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<p>The knowledge sharing and learning day (March 24) is an
opportunity for presenting and discussing cutting edge tools,
research approaches, and methodologies during focused 90 min
sessions. Please submit proposal for a MasterClass through the
conference website (please view the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/660221475264836609/MasterClass-Submission-Guidelines-2017.pdf">submission
guidelines</a>).
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<p><strong>Early bird registration</strong>
</p>
<p>We encourage you to take advantage of the <em>early bird
registration rate of $250</em>, which will expire on December
15, 2016. <br>
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The conference brings together technical experts, government
representatives, academia, CSO and industry from all over the
world. <br>
<p>We very much look forward to your abstracts and meeting you at
the conference.
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<p>Best regards,<br>
Land Conference Team <br>
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<p>-- <br>
Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.conftool.com/landandpoverty2017">http://www.worldbank.org/landconference2017<br>
https://www.conftool.com/landandpoverty2017</a>
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