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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Free and Open Source Geospatial 2008, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Cape Town</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">South Africa</st1:country-region></st1:place>.
September 29 - Oct 3 2008, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>incorporating</span></i>
GISSA 2008. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENSION! 23 May<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Due to demand, the Where 2.0 conference starting on our
previous deadline and a website glitch with the original cut-off date, we are
pleased to announce the EXTENSION of the deadline for Paper, Presentation and
Poster abstracts AND the deadline for Workshop proposals to the *** <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>23 MAY ***</span></b>. Go to <a
href="http://www.foss4g2008.org/" title="http://www.foss4g2008.org/">http://www.foss4g2008.org</a>
and click on 'Call for Papers'.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>You can also view the Call for Papers at: <a
href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2008_Call_for_papers"
title="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2008_Call_for_papers">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2008_Call_for_papers</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>and the Call for Workshop proposals at: <a
href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2008_Call_for_workshops"
title="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2008_Call_for_workshops">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2008_Call_for_workshops</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks to those of you who have submitted so far. As of 14
May we already have an exciting selection of Workshops and Labs (32), Academic
Papers (50), Presentations (85) and Posters (10). The previous <a
href="http://conference.osgeo.org/index.php/foss4g/2008/announcement/view/6"
title="http://conference.osgeo.org/index.php/foss4g/2008/announcement/view/6">Announcement</a>
gave you a taste of the Workshops. As far as papers and presentations go, a
small sampling gives us ‘An Integrated Water Resource Decision Support
System built from OSS tools’, ‘Characterisation of tsunami affected
areas using remote sensing and GIS’, ‘Modus Operandi of a FOSS GIS
project in India’, ‘Challenges in GIS education and
training’, ‘Using Python and wxWidgets to build custom GIS
applications’, ‘Using KML and Google Earth to interact with SA
water resource data’, ‘Easing Transition to Open Source Geo-Spatial
Data Manipulation in GML’, ‘A Free GIS Book’,
‘Open-source based market information systems - one option for Developing
Nations’,’ A year of full-speed FOSS- winning the hearts, minds,
and business case’, ‘Senegalese land register modernization through
OpenSource software’, ‘BeeGis: digital field mapping that just
works’,’ The use of FOSS GIS in Integrated GIS in Local Government
in South Africa’,’ GIS in the Geography Curriculum: Teacher
Training’.’ Topology support in FOSS4G solutions’,
‘TerraLib as an Open Source Platform for Public Health
Applications’,’ Google Earth Powered by MapGuide Open
Source’,’ GDAL/OGR Project Status Report’ and this list goes
on.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Remember: Early-bird registration now closes on <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>20th</span></b> June and hotel specials will be
released soon after, so register soon!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Submit your abstract or proposal soon. Come and have a bash
in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Cape Town</st1:City></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Gavin Fleming <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>FOSS4G 2008 Conference
Chair<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>www.foss4g2008.org</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>PS: Please distribute this notice widely, blog about FOSS4G 2008, add a
banner to your website, add FOSS4G2008 to your website calendar...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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