[Gdal-dev] FOSS4G 2006 Conference

[Frank Warmerdam]

Folks,

I am including the announcement for the FOSS4G conference
this September.  From my point of view this is *the*
conference for GDAL for the year, and I hope to meeting lots
of folks interested in GDAL/OGR there.   I am not currently
planning to present any workshops but I do hope to do a
presentation or two on GDAL/OGR and related technologies.

I am interested in feedback from the community on what they
would like to see presented and accomplished at the conference.
I would be interested in a BOF (Birds of a Feather) session
or something similar if the community was interested.

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FOSS4G2006, the international conference addressing
geospatial data technologies developed by or of
relevance to the Open  Source community, will be held
September 12-15th, 2006 in Lausanne,  Switzerland. The
conference will bring together all the  Free and Open
Source Software for Geoinformatics (FOSS4G)
communities.  The conference incorporates the OSGIS
Conference, Mapserver User Meeting,  GRASS Users
Conference, Java oriented FOSS4G and EOGEO Workshops
with  the intent to be broadly inclusive.

Lausanne, Switzerland will host  the conference, making
it the first time many of these groups will  meet in
Europe. A committee is working to design a program with
elements  that will interest participants from the
novice to the expert. The  conference strives to build
on the successes and enthusiasm generated  by previous,
related meetings.

Important dates to note (dates are approximate and
subject to change):

   April 15, 2006	Workshop submission deadline

   June 30, 2006		Presentation submission deadline


   April 15, 2006	Final registration opening
			(pre-registration is open)

   June 30, 2006		Early registration deadline

We strongly encourage making your room reservation
early as September is still high season for tourism in
Lausanne.

For more information, registration and/or submit a
contribution, please visit the conference website at
	http://www.foss4g2006.org

Take advantage of the opportunity FOSS4G2006 offers to
network with fellow geospatial data professionals,
renewing old  acquaintances and making new ones. Hope
to see you there!

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