[FOSS4G2016] Sessions planning: 2 session rooms on 23rd of August

[till.adams at fossgis.de]

Hi all,

these are all great ideas, but I'd really like to have Franz-Josef 
involved in this discussion... ;-)

Till


Am 2015-10-21 16:57, schrieb Elżbieta Wołoszyńska-Wiśniewska:
> +1 for Volker's idea to put education into a general track. During
> the general program selection you can decide on a group of
> presentations focused on education and then put them together in the
> agenda (in one/two sessions) so people interested could easily find
> them.
>
>  Volker, is that in line with your idea? :-)
>
>  Concering pre-conf workshop - I will come back to you as soon as get
> information from the Education community.
>
>  Ela
>
>   
>
> W dniu 2015-10-21 o 12:09, Suchith Anand pisze:
>
>> Barend and Franz-Josef have been doing excellent work with the
>> Academic Track from FOSS4G Nottingham time and i am pleased to see
>> their continiuning efforts for Bonn as well :)
>>
>> Ela will in due course consult our OSGeo Education community and get
>> back to you on the details of the workshops planned.  
>>
>> Suchith
>>
>> -------------------------
>>
>> FROM: Christian Willmes [c.willmes at uni-koeln.de [5]]
>> SENT: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 11:03 AM
>> TO: Suchith Anand; foss4g2016 at lists.osgeo.org [6]
>> SUBJECT: Re: [FOSS4G2016] Sessions planning: 2 session rooms on
>> 23rd of August
>>
>> Ah now I see, thanks! I was thinking about the conference academic
>> track.
>> The original request was only about the pre-conf workshops.
>> Sorry for the noise from my side.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Christian
>>
>> Am 21.10.2015 um 11:58 schrieb Suchith Anand:
>>
>>> Ela is only organising the  Education  workshops NOT Scientific
>>> Track of Academic papers
>>>
>>> So the info on Scientific track etc should be same as before
>>>
>>> CHAIR OF SCIENTIFIC TRACK
>>>
>>> * Franz-Josef Behr, Barend Köbben, A.P. Pradeepkumar
>>>
>>> Suchith
>>>
>>> -------------------------
>>>
>>> FROM: FOSS4G2016 [foss4g2016-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [1]] on
>>> behalf of Christian Willmes [c.willmes at uni-koeln.de [2]]
>>> SENT: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 10:54 AM
>>> TO: foss4g2016 at lists.osgeo.org [3]
>>> SUBJECT: Re: [FOSS4G2016] Sessions planning: 2 session rooms on
>>> 23rd of August
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> in this case, the wiki should be updated.
>>>
>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2016_Teams [4]
>>>
>>> Right now it says:
>>>
>>> * CHAIR OF SCIENTIFIC TRACK
>>>
>>> * Franz-Josef Behr, Barend Köbben, A.P. Pradeepkumar
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Christian
>>>
>>> Am 21.10.2015 um 11:39 schrieb Suchith Anand:
>>>
>>>> Hi Till,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for this info. Ela is fully in charge of organising
>>>> Geo4All/OSGeo education workshops at FOSS4G 2016, so i am sure
>>>> she will be in touch with LOC and education community on the
>>>> details in due course.I think it is great opportunity to expand
>>>> OSGeo education activities to wider audience. Thanks Ela for
>>>> taking this on.
>>>>
>>>> Best wishes,
>>>>
>>>> Suchith
>>>>
>>>> ________________________________________
>>>> From: till.adams at fossgis.de [till.adams at fossgis.de]
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 10:32 AM
>>>> To: foss4g2016 at lists.osgeo.org
>>>> Cc: suchith.anand at nottingham.ac.uk
>>>> Subject: Re: [FOSS4G2016] Sessions planning: 2 session rooms on
>>>> 23rd of August
>>>>
>>>> Hi Ela, Volker and Christian,
>>>>
>>>> just for you to know: We also have access to two session rooms
>>>> (for
>>>> approx. 25 persons each) on 23rd of August (day before core
>>>> conference
>>>> starts) in another place, which might be used for
>>>> Geo4All/Education
>>>> workshops.
>>>> We can get this rooms for free, so we would have to care for
>>>> some
>>>> coffee and a snack for midday only.
>>>> I think, if you/Geo4All wants to make sth. that day in these two
>>>> rooms,
>>>> you/Geo4All (and/or the academic committee) should overtake the
>>>> organisation for this.
>>>> I can assist for any local stuff.
>>>>
>>>> I already talked to Suchith from Geo4All about this possibility
>>>> - just
>>>> to keep that in mind and please keep Suchith up to date!
>>>>
>>>> Till
>>>>
>>>> Am 2015-10-21 11:21, schrieb Volker Mische:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Christian,
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks for replying. I was thinking about a different thing,
>>>>> though I
>>>>> might be the only one.
>>>>>
>>>>> There will surely be an academic track with it's own proper
>>>>> selection
>>>>> etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> I was thinking if there could also be general talks about
>>>>> education
>>>>> in
>>>>> the general problem. So it won't be about results from
>>>>> research, but
>>>>> rather about FOSS4G in education in general. It could be
>>>>> things like
>>>>> cases studies about switching to open source, or analysis of
>>>>> what's
>>>>> still needed in regards to open source. Or about ideas how
>>>>> open
>>>>> source
>>>>> could play a bigger role.
>>>>>
>>>>> Not sure if that makes sense. If not, I'm happy to have an
>>>>> academic
>>>>> track only.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Volker
>>>>>
>>>>> On 10/21/2015 11:14 AM, Christian Willmes wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I just want to give my two cents about the academic track. I
>>>>>> would
>>>>>> prefer an actual academic or education (or may it be called
>>>>>> GeoForAll)
>>>>>> track. Meaning, that we would have an actual track in the
>>>>>> program,
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> least clearly marked in the program schedule overview,
>>>>>> preferably
>>>>>> one
>>>>>> this way declared marked column, and maybe even with a
>>>>>> dedicated
>>>>>> location (session room). In Portland I found it quite
>>>>>> confusing to
>>>>>> see
>>>>>> which presentations are part of the academic track. This way
>>>>>> this
>>>>>> would
>>>>>> be really simple.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> Christian
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Am 21.10.2015 um 11:01 schrieb Volker Mische:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Ela,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 10/21/2015 09:02 AM, Elżbieta
>>>>>>> Wołoszyńska-Wiśniewska wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Dear LOC,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> While planning sessions and workshops, please don't
>>>>>>>> forget these
>>>>>>>> dedicated to FOSS4G education. Some time ago we were
>>>>>>>> discussing
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> possibility to have education pointed out as a special
>>>>>>>> topic in a
>>>>>>>> general track.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Please let me know when the proper time comes to move on
>>>>>>>> with this
>>>>>>>> topic.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> the time is now.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What did you have in mind in regards to having a special
>>>>>>> track.
>>>>>>> Would
>>>>>>> that be sessions from people from the education community?
>>>>>>> Or would
>>>>>>> we
>>>>>>> just have a special focus during the general program
>>>>>>> selection on
>>>>>>> education (that would be my preference)?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>> Volker
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