[Board] FOSS4G 2015 Europe Invited Speech

[Jeff McKenna]

Hi Maria,

Please accept my offer as an invited speaker to FOSS4G-Como. (I will pay 
my own way)

As I mentioned to you on Skype, I have already started on ideas for my talk.

See you soon in beautiful Como! :)

ciao

-jeff



On 2015-02-01 7:24 AM, Maria Antonia Brovelli wrote:
> Dear Members of the Board
>
> as you know I'm organizing the 2015 Europe Conference of FOSS4G  in Como.
>
> The registration fees that we (the organizing Committee) decided to
> propose are very low: (50 euro for students, 100 for all the other
> participants). Collecting sponsors is difficult and therefore the only
> thing that I can do is to reduce the costs.
>
> I want to have high level invited speakers and I'm collecting some
> distinguished names (coming on the basis of simply friendship with me):
>
> Alessadro Annoni (JRC; INSPIRE; GEOSS)
>
> KI-Juone Li (Korea --> link to FOSS4G International, OGC)
>
> Georg Gartner (ICA)
>
> Chen Jun (ISPRS) or the General Secretary of ISPRS
>
> I asked Jeff if he can be here presenting the mission and vision of
> OSGeo in Europe (and in the world) for next years, but I clarified that
> I'm not able to support his travel or his stay here. In case this will
> be no possible, for economic reason that I understand perfectly (me too
> I have very often difficulties in attending conferences here and there
> in the world) I kindly ask you who is the person I can mention on the
> website of the Conference that will present OSGeo in such an occasion.
> There are members of the Board living in Europe: for them costs are
> definitely less.
> Please consider that I'm NOT asking the registration to invited speakers
> and definitely, if I saved money, I would reimburse part of their cost.
> But at the moment I'm not able to ensure this.
> Many thanks and have a nice sunday.
> Maria
> *
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> Politecnico di Milano
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