[OSGeo Africa] 2011 FOSS4G Call for Papers

[Gavin]

The call for presentations for FOSS4G 2011 in Denver is now open.  The
full announcement follows:


Open Source Geospatial Conference Calls for Speakers
Education for All Levels of Ability and Experience

DENVER, Feb. 22, 2011 -- The Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial 
(FOSS4G) conference is reaching out to speakers interested in presenting at the 
2011 conference that will be held Sept. 12 - 16 in Denver, CO, USA. FOSS4G is 
the premier international conference focused on open source geospatial 
software. The open source geospatial toolset is mature with enterprise-class 
deployments across the globe at all levels of enterprise for a wide variety of 
applications.

Users and developers are encouraged to present their latest projects and 
software development work to demonstrate the power of open source geospatial 
solutions. The organizers are looking for a good mix of content for all levels 
of ability and experience with open source. In addition to high-caliber 
sessions for developers, there are plans for several workshops and sessions 
that will welcome non-technical decision makers to the power, capability and 
compelling business case for open source geospatial software.

Presentation topics will include case studies of open source applications, 
benchmarks of performance between different components, visualization tips and 
tricks, and new tool developments, hacks and mashups. In addition to the core 
focus on free and open source software, this year’s conference will also 
feature a major focus on free and open data. Content may cover systems that are 
solely open source or a combination of open and closed source solutions.

Sessions will run in seven concurrent tracks with space for around 135 
presentations in both a regular program and an academic program. Presentations 
will either fill 30-minute slots with time for questions or 5-minute lightning 
talks. Proposals can be submitted online at http://2011.foss4g.org/program/.

There is pent up demand in the North American market for this content given the 
growth in open source geospatial solutions and the fact that this is the first 
time this international event will return to a North American venue in four 
years. “With the current strong interest in open source geospatial solutions, 
we anticipate an attendance of around a thousand people” said Peter Batty, 
conference committee chair and vice president of geospatial technology at 
Ubisense, Inc. “We have a great venue and an experienced organizing team, and 
believe this will be one of the premier geospatial events of 2011.”

This year’s FOSS4G event is also adjacent to State of the Map, the annual 
international conference focused on OpenStreetMap, the wiki-style creator and 
provider of free geographic data that has recently garnered corporate support 
from both MapQuest and Microsoft. The ability to attend both events with one 
trip to Denver in September makes for a great opportunity to learn about the 
latest developments in the geospatial industry.

The event already has strong support, with major sponsors that include Esri, 
Google, OpenGeo, MapQuest, Newmont and Safe Software. Bronze sponsors include 
CamptoCamp, EOX, GeoCat, GeoIQ, GeoSolutions, Korem, MapGears, Metaspatial, 
Oracle Spatial, Spatial Networks and Terrestris. You can view an updated list 
of sponsors at http://2011.foss4g.org/sponsors.

About FOSS4G
FOSS4G is the global conference focused on Free and Open Source Software for 
Geospatial that is organized by the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) 
with support from an all-volunteer organizing committee and professional 
conference management from the Geospatial Information Technology Association 
(GITA). The 2011 FOSS4G event in Denver marks the first North American event in 
four years, with the prior three events taking place in Barcelona, Sydney and 
Cape Town.

SOURCE FOSS4G Organizing Committee

RELATED LINKS:
http://2011.foss4g.org/ FOSS4G Denver 2011
http://www.osgeo.org/ Open Source Geospatial Foundation
http://stateofthemap.org/ State of the Map Conference
http://www.gita.org/ Geospatial Information Technology Association

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