<p>Sydney, Australia. 22 August 2009. <a href="http://2009.foss4g.org/" class="external free" title="http://2009.foss4g.org" rel="nofollow">http://2009.foss4g.org</a>
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<p>An early draft of the FOSS4G program has been released in
response to some delegates wishing to book flights and
accommodation early. While there may still be some minor changes to the program, we
are not anticipating many presentations to move from one day to another.
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<p>Details at: <a href="http://2009.foss4g.org/schedule/" class="external free" title="http://2009.foss4g.org/schedule/" rel="nofollow">http://2009.foss4g.org/schedule/</a>
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<h2> <span class="mw-headline"> About FOSS4G </span></h2>
<p>FOSS4G is the international Free and Open Source Software for
Geospatial conference, which comes to Sydney, Australia, 20-23 October
2009. FOSS4G offers presentations, workshops, demos, an install-fest,
and a code sprint. It is presented by the world's best Developers,
Policy Makers, Sponsors and Geospatial Professionals and includes 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.
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<h2> <span class="mw-headline"> Upcoming milestones </span></h2>
<ul><li> 14 Sep 2009, Final program available
</li><li> 21 Sep 2009, Poster Submission closes
</li><li> 20 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Workshop
</li><li> 21-23 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Presentations and Tutorials
</li><li> 24 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Code Sprint
</li></ul>
<h2> <span class="mw-headline"> Media Sponsors </span></h2>
<ul><li> Position Magazine: <a href="http://www.positionmag.com.au/" class="external free" title="http://www.positionmag.com.au/" rel="nofollow">http://www.positionmag.com.au/</a>
</li><li> Asian Surveying and Mapping Newsletter: <a href="http://www.asmmag.com/" class="external free" title="http://www.asmmag.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.asmmag.com</a>
</li><li> Geoconnexions Magazine: <a href="http://www.geoconnexion.com/" class="external free" title="http://www.geoconnexion.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.geoconnexion.com/</a>
</li><li> Directions Magazine: <a href="http://directionsmag.com/" class="external free" title="http://directionsmag.com/" rel="nofollow">http://directionsmag.com/</a>
</li><li> GIS Development: <a href="http://gisdevelopment.net/" class="external free" title="http://gisdevelopment.net/" rel="nofollow">http://gisdevelopment.net/</a>
</li><li> Baliz Media: <a href="http://www.baliz-media.com/" class="external free" title="http://www.BALIZ-MEDIA.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.BALIZ-MEDIA.com/</a>
</li></ul>
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