<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>In case you missed it...</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>On behalf of OSGeo North America, we’d like to invite you to attend<br>the Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial - North America<br>(FOSS4G-NA) conference being held from April 10-12, 2012 at the Walter<br>E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. This event will<br>serve as a regional follow-up to last September’s highly successful<br>international FOSS4G 2011 conference in Denver, Colorado, focusing on<br>the North American open source geospatial community.<br><br>The conference will be organized around three tracks:<br>- open source technology best practices and tips;<br>- deployment case studies; and<br>- emerging ideas and trends in open source.<br><br>The call for abstracts is open now and can be submitted here:<br><a href="http://foss4g-na.org/abstract-submission/">http://foss4g-na.org/abstract-submission/</a> . We have space for about<br>50 presentations and 20 Ignite sessions, so get your submissions in!<br>In addition, Michael Byrne, CIO of the Federal Communications<br>Commission (FCC) will be delivering a keynote address, with more<br>speakers to be announced soon.<br><br>Paul Ramsey (me!), Conference Chair of the 2007 FOSS4G conference,<br>will be reprising his role, along with an experienced committee from<br>the North America chapter of OSGeo to back him.<br><br>We have an open call for sponsorship, which can include exhibition<br>space; for more information please visit<br><a href="http://foss4g-na.org/sponsorship/">http://foss4g-na.org/sponsorship/</a>. The event already has strong<br>support from the community, with a growing set of sponsors that<br>includes OpenGeo, Radiant Blue, AppGeo, and Spatialytics.<br><br>For more information, please visit our site at <a href="http://foss4g-na.org/">http://foss4g-na.org/</a>.<br><br>Space is limited to 300 attendees only, so you should sign up today to<br>ensure that you can be a part of this exciting event!<br><a href="http://foss4g-na.org/registration/">http://foss4g-na.org/registration/</a><br><br>Related Links:<br><a href="http://foss4g-na.org/">http://foss4g-na.org/</a> FOSS4G North America 2012 Conference - Washington, DC<br><a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/North_America_Regional/">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/North_America_Regional/</a> OSGeo North America Chapter<br><a href="http://www.osgeo.org/">http://www.osgeo.org/</a> Open Source Geospatial Foundation<br><a href="http://2012.foss4g.org/">http://2012.foss4g.org</a> FOSS4G 2012 - Beijing, China<br>_______________________________________________<br>Discuss mailing list</body></html>