<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="">Hi all<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">FOSS4G is back in Africa after ten years - in Dar es Salaam in August. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">HOT (Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team) has joined the party. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The deadline for presentation and workshop submissions is next Wednesday 21 March.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Hope to see you in Dar in August!<br class=""><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">FOSS4G 2018 <<a href="mailto:foss4gdar@gmail.com" class="">foss4gdar@gmail.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">FOSS4G 2018: Call for Participation!</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">07 March 2018 at 00:39:22 SAST<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><<a href="mailto:gavin@kartoza.com" class="">gavin@kartoza.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><<a href="mailto:foss4gdar@gmail.com" class="">foss4gdar@gmail.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><center style="font-family: Helvetica; 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min-width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="word-break: break-word; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: left; padding: 0px 18px 9px;"><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><div style="text-align: center;" class=""> </div></div><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><span class="mc-toc-title"><span style="font-size: 24px;" class=""><span style="" class=""><strong class="">FOSS4G 2018</strong></span></span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 17px;" class="">March 06, 2018</span><br class=""><br class=""><span style="font-size: 20px;" class=""><strong class="">Call for Participation!</strong><br class=""><br class="">A FOSS4G is a celebration of our global community and that doesn't happen without you! Geospatial technology is transforming our world and FOSS4G is the place for us to share and learn as a community.</span><br class=""><br class=""><span style="font-size: 20px;" class="">As such, we would like to announce that our call for participation for FOSS4G 2018 is out and we invite you to submit!! We're looking for the very best that our community has to offer: From presentations on the latest technical developments, stories on how technology is transforming lives, how-to workshops, and the very best maps - FOSS4G 2018 in Dar es Salaam<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">will be the place<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong>for hearing the very best that our community has to offer.<br class=""><br class="">We are looking for a variety of different types of stories across a broad range of sectors and industries. Our program aims to cover the full breadth and depth of geospatial free and open source software as well as the application of OSGeo and FOSS4G technology. But we're also looking at how our technology is used, accordingly we are also looking for presentations along the following themes:</span></span></div><ul class=""><li style="text-align: left;" class=""><span class="mc-toc-title"><span style="font-size: 20px;" class="">Urban (co-organised by<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://foss4g.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b871212546ebe0a91f640e01f&id=3ff2f4cb45&e=f28e0b06ba" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(43, 170, 223); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Understanding Risk</a>)</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;" class=""><span class="mc-toc-title"><span style="font-size: 20px;" class="">Coastal, Marine and the Environment</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;" class=""><span class="mc-toc-title"><span style="font-size: 20px;" class="">Widening Access and Humanitarian Mapping (co-organised by<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://foss4g.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b871212546ebe0a91f640e01f&id=880e7ddeec&e=f28e0b06ba" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(43, 170, 223); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team</a>)</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;" class=""><span class="mc-toc-title"><span style="font-size: 20px;" class="">Drones/Unmanned Aerial Vehicles</span></span></li></ul><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><span class="mc-toc-title"><span style="font-size: 20px;" class="">For more details on how to submit your paper/presentation please<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://foss4g.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b871212546ebe0a91f640e01f&id=4fb775e9f8&e=f28e0b06ba" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(43, 170, 223); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" class="">click here</a>. The deadline for sending presentations is on March 21.<br class=""><br class="">If you have any questions about the call for papers or the conference in general, please get in touch with us! Visit our<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://foss4g.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b871212546ebe0a91f640e01f&id=d0edf22e89&e=f28e0b06ba" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(43, 170, 223); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Website</a>, <a href="https://foss4g.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b871212546ebe0a91f640e01f&id=4cfdb5193e&e=f28e0b06ba" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(43, 170, 223); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Twitter</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>or email us directly <a href="mailto:foss4gdar@gmail.com?subject=Further%20Info%20at%20FOSS4G%202018%20Please!" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(43, 170, 223); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" class="">foss4gdar@gmail.com</a>.<br class=""><br class="">May the FOSS be with you!</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr class=""><td valign="top" id="templateFooter" style="background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250); 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