[OSGeo-Announce] "Open Geospatial Science & Applications" webinar series launched

[Anne Ghisla]

The ICA-OSGeo Lab Network and MundoGeo are now pleased to inform the
inaugural webinar of  "Open Geospatial Science & Applications" webinar
series on 18th October. The webinars will be open and free to all on
first come register basis.

The first webinar will be on "OSGeo Live for Education" by Jeremy
Morley (University of Nottingham). This first webinar will address the
theme "OSGeo Live for Education". With free registration, this event is
appropriate for all who are interested in knowing more about the
ICA-OSGeo Lab Network and its education activities. In addition to
giving an overview of OSGeo Live, Jeremy will be sharing his
experiences of using the OSGeo Live system for his MSc teaching in GIS
at the University of Nottingham.

OSGeo Live 7.0 features more than fifty open source, standards
compliant geospatial desktop applications, web applications and
frameworks. A complete installation kit and high-quality sample data in
multiple industry standard formats are included. It is composed
entirely of free software, allowing it to be freely distributed,
duplicated and passed around. 
Details at http://live.osgeo.org/en/index.html

Attendees will be able to interact with the speakers by sending their
comments and questions through chat. All attendees of this web seminar
will receive certificates for their participation.

Webinar:       OSGeo Live for Education
Date:    Friday, October 18, 2013
Time:   1:00 PM - 2:00 PM GMT

Reserve your Webinar place now at:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/529291674

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing
information about joining the Webinar.

The schedule of  webinars for this year are:

- Oct 18th, 2013  - OSGeo Live for Education (Jeremy Morley, University
  of Nottingham) 
- Nov 7th, 2013  - Open Geo Science (Patrick Bell et al, British
  Geological Survey)
- Dec 10th, 2013 - Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial
  Applications (FOSS4G): A mature alternative in the geospatial
  technologies arena (Maria Brovelli and Rafael Moreno)

The webinars will also be recorded for the benefit of the wider
community and made available at MundoGeo website and our new "Geo for
All" website that the University of Southampton are now building (to be
launched next week ).

For those of you who are new to OSGeo Live and our ICA-OSGeo Education
initiative Dr. Tuong Thuy Vu did an excellent presentation on "Open
Source Geospatial Software, Education and Research" at Asia Geospatial
Forum in Kuala Lumpur last month which is at

http://prezi.com/hv18xf8_wolq/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy


It is a really good overview especially for those who are new to the
initiative and wish to establish Open Source Geospatial Labs in their
universities to understand what we are doing and join our expanding
network. If you are interested in establishing Open Source Geospatial
lab in your university for expanding your research in OpenGIS, please
email Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk and we will be pleased to work
with you to make it happen.

All are welcome.

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