[Foss4g2009] Draft Press Release announcing abstracts

[Cameron Shorter]

I've drafted a press release announcing the abstract selection at:

We should finalise this by tomorrow (Tuesday) so that we can give 
translators a week to translate it.
Please provide review comments on the text below, or update the wiki 
directly.


http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Press_Release_21


  FOSS4G Abstracts announced + Early Bird registration looming

Sydney, Australia. 20 July 2009. http://2009.foss4g.org


    Abstracts Announced

A comprehensive list of presentations has been announced for the 
international Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial conference, 
in Sydney, Australia, 20-23 October 2009.

Abstracts presented by the world's best Developers, Policy Makers, 
Sponsors and Geospatial Professionals include the latest geospatial 
applications, standards, government programs, business processes and 
case studies.

Topics include mobile platforms, location based applications, crowd 
sourcing, cloud computing, development, spatial standards, integration 
of cross-agency data, Spatial Data Infrastructures, Sensor Webs, Web 
Processing Services, Integration of Open Source and Proprietary Software 
and more.

For the full list of quality abstracts, view: 
http://2009.foss4g.org/presentations/

Community participation in the abstract selection was impressive, with 
over 150 community members selected 85 general track abstracts from the 
183 submitted and a further 12 academic abstracts selected by 52 
academic peers.


    Early Bird Registration

After getting inspired from the breadth of abstracts, be sure to 
register for the FOSS4G conference. Early Bird registration closes in 
less than two weeks, on 31 July, 2009. http://2009.foss4g.org/registration/


    Upcoming milestones

    * 31 Jul 2009, *Early bird registration deadline*
    * 14 Sep 2009, *Completed program available on the wiki*
    * 20 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Workshop
    * 21-23 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Presentations and Tutorials
    * 24 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Code Sprint


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    Media Sponsors

    * Position Magazine: http://www.positionmag.com.au/
    * Asian Surveying and Mapping Newsletter: http://www.asmmag.com
    * Geoconnexions Magazine: http://www.geoconnexion.com/
    * Directions Magazine: http://directionsmag.com/
    * GIS Development: http://gisdevelopment.net/
    * Baliz Media: http://www.BALIZ-MEDIA.com/

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For more information or to keep informed from the FOSS4G Organising 
Committee, join our email list or twitter feed at: 
http://2009.foss4g.org/contacts/

or contact:

Cameron Shorter, Chair of the FOSS4G Organising Committee and Geospatial 
Systems Architect at LISAsoft

tel  +61-2-8570-5050

c a m e r o n . s h o r t e r @ l i s a s o f t . c o m


-- 
Cameron Shorter
Geospatial Systems Architect
Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254

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