From tmitchell at osgeo.org Fri Jun 10 21:15:22 2011 From: tmitchell at osgeo.org (Tyler Mitchell) Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 21:15:22 -0700 Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] FOSS4G 2012 Call for Hosting Message-ID: <94BEC714-B42F-4A07-96B3-BC9BCC4F78DB@osgeo.org> The OSGeo Conference Committee is happy to announce the call for hosting the FOSS4G 2012 event. With the excitement building for the upcoming event in Denver, and after such a wonderful event in Barcelona last year, OSGeo again plans on making the 2012 event *the* geospatial conference of the year. Please see the following page for the actual request for hosting document, as well as upcoming important dates: http://www.osgeo.org/conference/rfp/ If you have any questions regarding the 2012 call for hosting, feel free to send an email to the conference-dev mailing list (subscribe at http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev). Thank you. -- OSGeo Conference Committee _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss at lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss From tmitchell at osgeo.org Wed Jun 15 09:34:41 2011 From: tmitchell at osgeo.org (Tyler Mitchell) Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:34:41 -0700 Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] FOSS4G Open Source Geospatial Conference Unveils Program Content Message-ID: <4EC12F7E-3841-4BC5-AFFC-AF7CE17611D1@osgeo.org> FOSS4G Open Source Geospatial Conference Unveils Program Content A Broad Range of Topics Are Addressed in More Than 140 Presentations DENVER, June 15, 2011 -- The Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) conference has just announced the lineup of presentations that features more than 140 individual talks with noted plenary speakers. FOSS4G is the premier international conference focused on open source geospatial software. The selection of presentations was very competitive, with 300 submissions for roughly 150 session slots. The five-day event includes two days of workshops followed by three days of sessions that cover a broad range of technical topics, tool-specific tutorials, application case studies, lightning talks, panel discussions and overviews. The breadth of content address a full range of technical expertise, applications, regional interests, and business purposes. Among the program highlights regarding the use of open source software are: A full-day introduction to geospatial open source with case studies and business cases Workshops and tutorials on popular open source geospatial tools such as PostGIS, GRASS, GeoServer, GeoNode, MapFish, Geomajas, Spatial Wiki, GeoTools, etc. Workshops and sessions organized by educators for educators Sessions regarding open spatial data and spatial data infrastructure directives Timely sessions addressing such applications as mapping the BP oil spill, monitoring flood waters, and responding to the earthquake in Japan Several sessions of five-minute lightning talks Plenary speakers and topics for the event include: Michael Byrne, Geospatial Information Officer of the Federal Communications Commission, talking about the National Broadband Map, which is based on an open source software stack, and implements some innovative ideas regarding open data Peter Ter Haar, Director of Products at Ordnance Survey, the national mapping agency of Great Britain, speaking about their experience with open data initiatives and open source software Steve Coast, founder of OpenStreetMap, talking about the past, present and (mainly) future of this wiki-style collaborative geospatial data creation phenomenon Paul Ramsey, a team member of OpenGeo and founder of the PostGIS spatial database discussing different open source business models A panel on "Open x 4" that will discuss various aspects of openness for open source, open data, open street mapping, and open standards The event has strong support from major sponsors that include Esri, Google, OpenGeo, MapQuest, Newmont, RadiantBlue, and Safe Software. Additional support at the bronze level include AppGeo, Azavea, Camptocamp, EOX, GeoCat, GeoIQ, GeoSolutions, Korem, MapGears, Metaspatial, Oracle Spatial, SkyGone, Spatial Networks, Spatialytics and Terrestris. You can view the full program at http://2011.foss4g.org/program/session-schedule. The deadline for early registration, with the cheapest price, is June 30. 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. 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