[OSGeo-Edu] Academic Event

[maria.brovelli at diiar-topo.polimi.it]

Personally it is better the first hypothesis in such a way that we can  
find a day (or two days) that better fits for All people interested  
specifically in discussing Edu_Research strategies in EU.
Maria


Def. Quota Lluís Vicens <lluis at sigte.udg.es>:

> Dear all,
>
> I write this email just to clarify some of the ideas that raised up
> since the first email was sent. There are still 4 months for the Spanish
> foss4g meeting (Jornadas de SIG Libre) and now that I'm already immersed
> into the building of the scientific program of the event, and that I
> have time to rearrange things, I would like to know which are your
> plans... Let me explain.
>
> I'm wondering if you expect:
>
> a) A «working meeting» with some of you (those who want to be
> intensively involved on the project), with the clear objective to put
> the basis for an FOSS Edu Meeting in 2013, to define the main ideas and
> lines for a future meeting, to look for funding options, etc... as well
> as some other tasks/activities, or
>
> b) otherwise, are you thinking about a Research & Edu FOSS Meeting as a
> parallel session during the Jornadas de SIG Libre (21st-23rd March) open
> to everybody under a registration fee (as low as possible) to cover the
> conference expenses, sharing the same venue as well as the coffee
> breaks, lunches and dinner with the Spanish FOSS4G. Now, I'm in time to
> organize something like that, to book a room in the Auditorium, to make
> a call for abstracts, a call for tutorials, etc... It could be a nice
> way to share experiences and knowledge among all the attendants... ...
>
> It's just an idea that I want to share with you because if you are
> interested in, we can do it. Just to know your thoughts. ;)
>
> Cheers,
> Lluís
>
>
>
>
>
> El dj 17 de 11 de 2011 a les 18:37 +0000, en/na Jorge Gustavo va
> escriure:
>
>> +1 to be in Girona (and to do some brain stroming/coding/packaging)
>>
>> Jorge
>>
>> Em 17-11-2011 13:33, Ari Jolma escreveu:
>> > On 10/26/2011 01:13 PM, Lluís Vicens wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Otherwise, maybe we can plan a «working meeting» in Girona (March
>> >> 2012) in order to share ideas and experiences and to work together to
>> >> choose a funding program, and start to work to organize a Edu-meeting
>> >> in 2013 (scope, needs, actions, attendants, workshops, ...) and to get
>> >> the real interest for a meeting like that, and to know who really
>> >> wants to be involved... Even without a funding program, universities
>> >> and institutions can be able to send a delegate for one or two days in
>> >> Girona in order to attend a « preparatory working meeting». Then we
>> >> can share and present this project during the Spanish foss4g meeting
>> >> (Jornadas de SIG Libre).
>> >
>> > The link to the Spanish foss4g meeting is
>> >
>> > More info (in Spanish):
>> > http://sigserver4.udg.edu/wiki_jornadas/index.php/Anuncio_3
>> >
>> > The deadline for abstracts is next Monday (21st). I have an idea for an
>> > abstract for a thing that I'd like to present and a student of mine
>> > would also be interested. However, the most important thing would be the
>> > working meeting for OSGeo edu. In addition, I would be very interested
>> > in a workshop/code sprint to look into developing and packaging
>> > edu-oriented materials for the OSGeo live DVD/virtual machine.
>> >
>> > The biggest question is, would we get a reasonable crowd to Girona in
>> > March? Girona is good for us since flights to Barcelona are cheap
>> > (current cheapest prices are 131 euros for the dates of the conference).
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Ari
>> >
>> > --
>> > Professor Ari Jolma
>> > Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
>> > Aalto University
>> > tel: +358 50 347 6463
>> > Email: ari.jolma at aalto.fi
>> > http://geoinformatics.tkk.fi
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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