<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 15pt 15pt 15pt 7.1pt; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; line-height: 15pt;"><font face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont" class="">Hi all</font></p><div class="">I am forwarding this email on behalf of Maria Brovelli, Academic chair for the upcoming FOSS4G 2018 conference in Dar Es Salaam. The conference dates are as follows:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div>27, 28 AUGUST 2018 : WORKSHOPS<br class="">29, 30, 31 AUGUST 2018 : THREE DAY MAIN CONFERENCE<br class="">1, 2 SEPTEMBER 2018 : CODE SPRINTS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">(Note that the next QGIS User Meeting will be held in conjunction with the conference, probably before the event, we will confirm the arrangements soon).<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you are working in an academic context, note that the call for academic papers is closing in 2 days - see Maria’s message below for details:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class="">The deadline for submitting abstracts to the Academic Track of FOSS4G 2018 (<a href="http://2018.foss4g.org/" class="">http://2018.foss4g.org/</a>) is approaching (15 February 2018!)<br class=""><br class=""><p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 15pt 15pt 15pt 7.1pt; font-size: 16px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; text-align: justify; line-height: 15pt;"><span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;" class="">At this first step you have to submit an <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" class="">abstract</span></span><span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" class=""> written in English comprising 500</span><span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Cambria Math", serif, serif, EmojiFont; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" class="">‐</span><span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" class="">800 words</span> and containing sufficient details for evaluation (including the approach, results, concepts, reasons why it should be considered and why it would be interesting for the audience).</span></p><p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 15pt 15pt 15pt 7.1pt; font-size: 16px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; text-align: justify; line-height: 15pt;"><span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;" class="">The contributions are accepted on the abstract blind review process. Submitted abstracts will be refereed for quality, originality and relevance by the Scientific Committee. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;" class="">Authors will receive feedback and suggestions for improvement to their papers to be submitted in a second step for publication in the <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" class="">International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing</span> (listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)).</span></p><p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 15pt 15pt 15pt 7.1pt; font-size: 16px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; text-align: justify; line-height: 15pt;"><span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;" class="">For submitting your abstract go to <a href="http://2018.foss4g.org/call-for-papers.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" id="LPlnk701394" previewremoved="true" class="">http://2018.foss4g.org/call-for-papers.html</a>and follow the instructions. </span><br class=""></p><p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 15pt 15pt 15pt 7.1pt; font-size: 16px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; text-align: justify; line-height: 15pt;"><span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;" class="">We are looking forward to receiving your contribution and see you in Dar!</span></p><p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 15pt 15pt 15pt 7.1pt; font-size: 16px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; text-align: justify; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Maria and Ally Hassan on behalf of the Local Organising Committee.</span></p><p class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 3.75pt 0cm 0.0001pt 7.1pt; font-size: 16px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><b class=""><span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;" class="">IMPORTANT DATES</span></b></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 22.7pt; font-size: 16px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; line-height: 18.4px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;" class="">Abstract Submission deadline is </span><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 17.6333px; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class="">15 February 2018</span></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 22.7pt; font-size: 16px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; line-height: 18.4px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;" class="">Abstract acceptance notice is </span><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 17.6333px; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class="">15 March 2018</span></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 22.7pt; font-size: 16px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; line-height: 18.4px;" class=""><span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;" class="">Early Bird Registration closes <b class="">15 May 2018</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 22.7pt; font-size: 16px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; line-height: 18.4px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;" class="">Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by<span class="x_x_apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 17.6333px; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class="">30 April 2018</span></b></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 17.6333px; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class=""><br class=""></span></b></div><br style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class="">Regards</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class="">Tim</div></div><div class="">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; line-height: normal; text-align: center;" class=""><span>—</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; line-height: normal; text-align: center;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><img apple-inline="yes" id="01570490-6A21-441A-B2FB-56E5C59FCA7A" src="cid:1A5DF6DE-E302-4C28-BFBD-29663CBF1351" class=""></span><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><b class="">Tim Sutton</b></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><b class="">Co-founder:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Kartoza</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><b class="">Project chair:</b><span style="font-weight: normal;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://QGIS.org" class="">QGIS.org</a></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">Visit <a href="http://kartoza.com/" class=""><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(71, 135, 255);" class="">http://kartoza.com</span></a> to find out about open source:</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">Desktop GIS programming services</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">Geospatial web development</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; 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margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">Consulting Services</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><b class="">Skype</b>: timlinux </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><b class="">IRC:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>timlinux on #qgis at <a href="http://freenode.net" class="">freenode.net</a></div>
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