<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hi all<div><br></div><div>Thanks for digging that up, John - I’d forgotten. </div><div><br></div><div>To expand a little on Cameron’s post, heres my thinking behind proposing a topic around ’human evolution, ethics and open source mapping’. </div><div><br></div><div>After pondering Ed’s question (what do we want from the panel discussion?) for a while, I realised *I* want the panel to engage in a bold exploration of how an open geospatial community can become the foundation for an equitable, sustainable, ethical world which we are happy to hand to the future with a bow on top and a card saying ‘here’s your planet and society which is in better social and ecological state that when we turned up on it’; and ending with a resolve to commit to doing just that.</div><div><br></div><div>This by necessity includes a deep embrace of diversity and inclusion. It also must consider the sustainability of racing to technical solutions (the fallacy of tech inevitability?); and ethical questions (geoprivacy, geo-ethics, data ethics).</div><div><br></div><div>The basis for this line of thinking comes from the idea that mapping and navigation are evolutionary necessities for humans (and many other creatures - consider the Arctic Tern! ).</div><div><br></div><div>Fundamentally, the community we’re representing does more than help out cash strapped departments; or make us feel nice. It (re)creates a system where our naturally altruistic instincts [1] can thrive. It helps us communicate ideas across sociopolitical and geopolitical constructs which can act as barriers. It helps us become better humans. I want a discussion of how this community can carry that torch and help it burn brighter.</div><div><br></div><div>Everyone else may want something different out of the discussion, that’s OK. If we can extract a common thread around what we want out of the panel, perhaps a topic will become self evident.</div><div><br></div><div>In considering a topic, perhaps say *why* it is the most valuable thing we could highlight in the conference for you. I realise not everyone wants cosmic revelations; that’s OK too. We can be as pragmatic or as exploratory as the community sees fit; it’s not the last time we’ll do this :D</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div><br></div><div>Adam</div><div><br></div><div>[1] eg: <a href="https://phys.org/news/2011-09-humans-naturally-cooperative-altruistic-social.html" target="_blank">https://phys.org/news/2011-09-humans-naturally-cooperative-altruistic-social.html</a><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sun, 7 Oct 2018 at 08:14, John Bryant <<a href="mailto:johnwbryant@gmail.com" target="_blank">johnwbryant@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">I recalled that we've done some previous work on panel topics before, and just found <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wz8tJyVhmThjEvpwQ2htt8n1NwmTBJ5bnu827DO0GfU/edit#" target="_blank">this doc</a> that captures some of that work, with a few topic names & descriptions that haven't been raised yet in this thread. Will add the topic names from that previous work here:<div><br></div><div>8. Fostering the next generation of spatial professionals</div><div>9. Emerging applications of spatial</div><div>10. The history of OpenStreetMap in Australia</div><div>11. Sustainability of open source projects and communities - what's required?</div><div><br></div><div><div>All of these could incorporate diversity & inclusion.</div></div><div><br></div><div>So far, topics 6, 7, and 11 are the ones that are jumping out at me. Each could possibly take a little wordsmithing to get *just right*, but I think they address my concerns about audience engagement.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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