[mapserver-users] FOSS4G Workshop and Tutorial Submission deadline extended until Mar 9

[Mark Leslie]

Sydney, Australia. 2 March 2009.

In response to requests from presenters, the deadline for the FOSS4G 
2009 workshop and tutorial abstract submissions has been extended by one 
week, to Monday 9 March 2009. If you are considering submitting a 
workshop, please notify your intent by emailing the Workshop/Tutorial 
coordinator, Mark Leslie m a r k . l e s l i e AT l i s a s o f t . c o m


   About FOSS4G

FOSS4G, held 20-23 October 2009 in Sydney, Australia, is the 
international "gathering of tribes" for open source geospatial 
communities. The theme for the FOSS4G 2009 conference will be "User 
Driven". Users and developers are encouraged present their latest 
projects and software to demonstrate the power of Open Source for system 
integration through a series of workshop sessions and tutorial 
presentations. Session participants should expect to see presentations 
on both geospatial open source and propriety software integration along 
with pure open source solutions.


   Workshops

Workshops are expected to be a hands-on experience with participants 
following along with the instructor, working directly with the 
application under discussion. All workshop rooms will be equipped with 
computers (two students sharing one system) to support this vision. 
Workshop computers will pre-installed with a basic image containing 
standard packages running in a Windows XP environment. A projector will 
be provided for each computer room for use within a workshop. 
Instructors will need to discuss pre-installation requirements with the 
Conference Organising Committee if required.

Workshops are expected to require considerable effort to create, with 
past experience showing that three days of preparation per hour of 
presentation are required to produce a high quality workshop. 
Additionally you will be expected to develop material for attendees to 
take home with them, such as handouts, workbook, CD-ROMs etc. Due to the 
effort involved in producing and presenting a workshop, instructors will 
receive a single complementary registration to the conference for 
delivering a workshop.

All workshop submissions will be considered, but particular interest 
will be shown in the following topics:

   * Practical Introduction to ____
   * Integrating Open Source
   * Spatial Data Privacy and Security


   Tutorials

Tutorial rooms will not be equipped with computers, however presenters 
may optionally make use of delegate laptops and the FOSS4G LiveDVD.

At least 80% of delegates are expected to be carrying a laptop and 
FOSS4G LiveDVDs will be given to all delegates.

Preference will be given to hands-on tutorials.

Any hands-on aspects to a tutorial will be the responsibility of the 
presenter and needs to be described in the tutorial description. 
Presenters making use of the Live DVD or Climate Change Integration 
Plugfest (CCIP) will be expected to contribute to testing pre-releases 
to ensure material and software is properly installed. To discuss your 
requirements for LiveDVD, please contact the organising committee: 
http://2009.foss4g.org/contacts/.

All tutorial submissions will be considered, but particular interest 
will be shown in the following topics:

   * Practical introductions
   * Interoperability
   * Spatial data accuracy
   * Spatial data privacy
   * Spatial data security
   * System implementation
   * Data migration

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Submission instructions and templates are available at 
http://2009.foss4g.org/workshops/and http://2009.foss4g.org/tutorials/.

The deadline for workshop / tutorial submissions is March 9, 2009