Hi Judit, thanks for asking<br><br>Lluis is evaluating this issue and we will have soon a Press Releas over the deadline reminder.<br><br>lorenzo<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Judit Mays <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mays@lat-lon.de">mays@lat-lon.de</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi,<br>
from this email in January I learned that abstract submission deadline<br>
for FOSS4G would be on May 1st, 2010 (see "Upcoming milestones"). Now I<br>
read on the web pages, that the deadline is April 1st.<br>
<br>
Should this change of deadline not be announced more offensively? People<br>
might miss the date otherwise. Or is there no change of plans and the<br>
1st of May still holds true?<br>
<br>
Cheers, Judit<br>
<br>
<br>
Oscar Fonts schrieb:<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5">> Barcelona, Spain. 15 January 2010.<br>
><br>
><br>
> The Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) conference<br>
> is pleased to announce a Call for Workshops and Tutorials for the 2010<br>
> conference, being held September 6-9, 2010, in Barcelona, Spain.<br>
><br>
> FOSS4G is the international "gathering of tribes" for open source<br>
> geospatial communities. Users and developers are encouraged to present<br>
> their latest projects and software to demonstrate the power of Open<br>
> Source for system integration through a series of workshop sessions<br>
> and tutorial presentations. Session participants should expect to see<br>
> presentations on both geospatial open source and propriety software<br>
> integration along with pure open source solutions.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Workshops<br>
> ----------------<br>
><br>
> Workshops are expected to be 3 hour hands-on experiences with<br>
> participants following along with the instructor, working directly<br>
> with the application under discussion. All workshop rooms will be<br>
> equipped with computers to support this vision. A projector will be<br>
> provided for each computer room for use within a workshop. Instructors<br>
> will need to discuss pre-installation requirements with the Conference<br>
> Organising Committee if required.<br>
><br>
> Workshops are expected to require considerable effort to create, with<br>
> past experience showing that three days of preparation per hour of<br>
> presentation are required to produce a high quality workshop.<br>
> Additionally you will be expected to develop material for attendees to<br>
> take home with them, such as handouts, workbook, CD-ROMs, etc. Due to<br>
> the effort involved in producing and presenting a workshop,<br>
> instructors will receive a single complementary registration to the<br>
> conference for delivering a workshop.<br>
><br>
> All workshop submissions will be considered, but particular interest<br>
> will be shown in:<br>
><br>
> * Practical Introduction to FOSS4G software<br>
> * Integrating Open Source<br>
> * Spatial Data Infrastructure<br>
><br>
><br>
> Tutorials<br>
> ------------<br>
><br>
> Tutorials are 90 minute sessions during the regular presentations<br>
> portion of the conference. Tutorial rooms will not be equipped with<br>
> computers. However, presenters may make use of delegate laptops and<br>
> the FOSS4G LiveDVD.<br>
><br>
> Preference will be given to hands-on tutorials.<br>
><br>
> Any hands-on aspects to a tutorial will be the responsibility of the<br>
> presenter and needs to be described in the tutorial description.<br>
> Presenters making use of the LiveDVD will be expected to contribute to<br>
> testing pre-releases to ensure material and software is properly<br>
> installed. To discuss your requirements for LiveDVD, please contact<br>
> the LiveDVD community:<br>
> <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc#Contact_Us" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc#Contact_Us</a>.<br>
><br>
> All tutorial submissions will be considered, but particular interest<br>
> will be shown in the following topics:<br>
><br>
> * Practical Introductions<br>
> * Interoperability<br>
> * Integration<br>
> * Performance tuning<br>
> * SDI services<br>
> * Mobile/phone applications<br>
><br>
><br>
> Application form<br>
> -----------------------<br>
><br>
> Follow this link to submit your proposals:<br>
> <a href="http://intranet.pacifico-meetings.com:8081/abscoweb/Inicio.iface?id=14" target="_blank">http://intranet.pacifico-meetings.com:8081/abscoweb/Inicio.iface?id=14</a><br>
> Please add a 300 word abstract, in plain text format (pasting a text<br>
> with style markup could make the process fail).<br>
><br>
> The deadline for workshop / tutorial submissions is January 30.<br>
><br>
><br>
> FOSS4G 2010 Highlights<br>
> ------------------------------------<br>
><br>
> Workshops and Tutorials: Workshops and Tutorials allow presenters to<br>
> lead attendees through applications, integration solutions, or other<br>
> topics in an interactive environment. Half-day workshops (3 hours)<br>
> will be held in computer rooms on September 6 (afternoon session) and<br>
> 7 (morning session). Tutorials (90 minutes) will be held in standard<br>
> presentation rooms, run concurrently with presentations on 7-9<br>
> September.<br>
><br>
> Presentations: The meat of the conference are it's presentations.<br>
> Drawing on a huge community of local, regional and international<br>
> experts we will discuss some of the most current and poignant topics<br>
> in the industry today.<br>
><br>
> Academic Track: The academic sessions, with paper publications and<br>
> poster presentations, aims at bringing together researchers,<br>
> developers, users and practitioners carrying out research and<br>
> development in the geospatial and the free and open source fields and<br>
> willing to share original and recent research developments and<br>
> experiences. The academic track will act as an inventory of current<br>
> research topics, with the main objective of promoting cooperative<br>
> research between OSGeo developers and the academia.<br>
><br>
> FOSS4G Live DVD: LiveDVDs, based on the Xubuntu operating system and<br>
> including Geospatial Open Source Software, will be given to all<br>
> delegates. Users can boot a Live DVD on their computer and trial the<br>
> software without installing or effecting the existing system.<br>
> <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc</a><br>
><br>
> Installfest: The Installfest will give delegates the opportunity to<br>
> meet in a common area and install a wide variety of FOSS software on<br>
> their laptops, netbooks or any other system they care to bring in.<br>
> Community members will assist with any troubles and provide help and<br>
> insight into the software.<br>
><br>
> Birds of a Feather: Rooms have been set aside for semi-organised<br>
> meetings between like minded groups. Some prominent community<br>
> initiatives started in prior FOSS4G Birds of a Feather sessions.<br>
><br>
> Code Sprint: The day after the conference is reserved for the Hackers'<br>
> Code Sprint. Hackers will be locked in a basement with lots of<br>
> bandwidth, plugs and coffee. :)<br>
><br>
><br>
> Upcoming milestones<br>
> -------------------------------<br>
><br>
> 15 Jan 2010, Call for Workshops/Tutorials opens<br>
> 30 Jan 2010, Call for Workshops/Tutorials closes<br>
> 1 Feb 2010, Call for Abstracts opens<br>
> 16 Feb 2010, Notification of acceptance for workshops/tutorials<br>
> 22 Feb 2010, Registration for workshop and tutorials opens<br>
> 1 May 2010, Abstract submission deadline<br>
> 1 Jun 2010, Presenters notified of acceptance for talks<br>
> 15 Jun 2010, Author/Early registration deadline<br>
> Aug 2010, Completed program available<br>
> 6-7 Sep 2010, FOSS4G Workshops<br>
> 7-9 Sep 2010, FOSS4G Presentations and Tutorials<br>
> 10 Sep 2010, FOSS4G Code Sprint<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Please visit our site to subscribe and find more information about<br>
> this conference:<br>
> <a href="http://2010.foss4g.org" target="_blank">http://2010.foss4g.org</a><br>
><br>
> Or contact Conference Chair for details about this announcement:<br>
> Lorenzo Becchi E-mail: <a href="mailto:lbecchi@osgeo.org">lbecchi@osgeo.org</a><br>
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