[Marketing] Fwd: Innovation Fair Exhibit Invitation for the Understanding Risk Conference hosted at the World Bank in Washington, DC, June 1-3, 2010

[Cameron Shorter]

Tyler,
This would be a good conference to have an OSGeo presence at, if we 
already have OSGeo people attending who can man the booth.

I would not want OSGeo to spend any substantial money on this conference 
(bar maybe printing some liveDVDs and fliers). So I suggest our position 
should be:
Yes, we are interested if:
* OSGeo volunteers are already attending and prepared to cover the OSGeo 
booth, or travel expenses or similar are paid to get an OSGeo member to 
the conference
* We are provided with a free booth, or a local partner is prepared to 
cover costs

You may wish to note that OSGeo (here in Australia) is usually offered a 
booth for free, due to the fact that OSGeo is a not-for-profit with very 
little money.

Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote:
> After talking to the coordinator she said they had other plans as 
> well, crisiscamp, code sprint and some more additional things - she 
> thought the interest in open source and geospatial was a good fit for 
> their audience.  I think at this point they only are asking if we'd 
> like to exhibit (for a couple thousand $).
>
> Thoughts on this?
>
> Tyler
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:     Innovation Fair Exhibit Invitation for the Understanding 
> Risk
> Conference hosted at the World Bank in Washington, DC, June 1-3, 2010
> Date:     Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:25:05 -0400
> From:     ztomkova at worldbank.org
> To:     tmitchell at osgeo.org
>
>
>
> Good afternoon -
>
> Thanks so much for your time on the phone! Here is the information I
> mentioned - feel free to contact me with any questions.
>
> Have a great day,
>
> Zuzana
>
>
> The World Bank and its partners would like you to explore the
> opportunity of participating in the */_Understanding Risk_/**_
> Conference_*, which will be held at the World Bank headquarters in
> Washington, DC, in June 2010.
> *
> Participate in the Understanding Risk Innovation Showcase: *Showcase
> your company’s technology alongside the most innovative new technologies
> in the field of disaster risk assessment  at The World Bank.
>
> The attached document includes detailed information about the
> opportunity for companies and institutions to display their innovative
> work related to disaster risk assessment. This exciting opportunity will
> enable you to reach* 400+ field experts from around the world and to
> showcase your work to over 10,000 World Bank employees and guests *who
> will pass through the Main Complex during the Fair.
>
> Please express your interest to us no later than *May 7, 2010. *The
> successful applicants will be notified the week of May 10.
>
> We invite you to review the document attached and look forward to
> hearing from you.
> /
> (See attached file: Booths_UnderstandingRisk_final.pdf)/
>
> More about Understanding Risk: _http://www.understandrisk.org_
> <http://www.understandrisk.org/>
>
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