[Board] EGU GA 2020: Data Help Desk

Mon Feb 17 07:30:27 PST 2020

Hello Astrid,
indeed I still have the roll-up.

Probably will be problematic to keep with low-cost flight but I'll se what
I can do...

I will bring it tomorrow at FOSS4G-IT ;-)

Maxi

Il giorno dom 16 feb 2020 alle ore 19:39 Astrid Emde (OSGeo) <
astrid_emde at osgeo.org> ha scritto:

> Hello Peter,
>
> this is great news and give lots of exporsure for OSGeo at the event.
>
> You could add this information to the event page and we could promote it
> via twitter
>
> https://www.osgeo.org/events/european-geoscience-conference-general-assembly-2020/
>
> A wiki page or a ticket for organization is fine.
>
> I can send you lot of material for the event. @Massimo - do you still
> have a rollup? Or shall we produce a new one? Maybe Peter you could get
> in contact with the marketing committee too.
>
> Astrid
>
>
> Am 14.02.2020 15:39 schrieb Massimiliano Cannata:
> > Thank you for the information and congratulation for the great work (I
> > wasn't able to attend, sorry).
> >
> > I fully support this action and hope for a positive feedback from
> > OSGeo Board.
> >
> > I will help as much as I can during EGU since I will be there.
> >
> > Best,
> > Maxi
> >
> > Il giorno ven 14 feb 2020 alle ore 14:37 "Peter Löwe"
> > <peter.loewe at gmx.de> ha scritto:
> >
> >> Dear Board,
> >> I’m reporting on the latest development regarding the new Data
> >> Help Desk (DHD) at the EGU General Assembly 2020 in Vienna and ask
> >> for your feedback and support.
> >>
> >> Yesterday the DHD effort 2020 had its kickoff in a telco, with
> >> stakeholders from AGU, EGU, ENVRI, ESIP, GEANT and OSGeo (yours
> >> truly).
> >>
> >> This project will allow us to raise awareness about OSGeo and do
> >> reach out to early career scientitsts at EGU (16.000 attendees
> >> expected, over 50% of the early career scientists) on a completely
> >> new level (compared to earlier EGU-related efforts).
> >>
> >> While it’s called a Data Help Desk, it’s about Open Science,
> >> which includes Open Data, but also Open Source.
> >>
> >> As an example, this is the agenda of the DHD at AGU 2019:
> >> https://copdess.org/data-fairs/2019-data-fair-at-agu-fall-meeting/
> >> [1]
> >>
> >> The Data Help Desk will be based in a (small) booth in a prime spot
> >> within the exhibition space of the conference.
> >>
> >> For those who have attended EGU before: The booth will be just
> >> opposite of the big EGU installation in the basement level (where
> >> complimentary conference postcards can be dropped of, EGU swag is
> >> sold, next to the mineral exhibition, near the photo competition).
> >>
> >> Due to conference-related deadlines, the concept for the booth
> >> needs to be developed rapidly, within the next two weeks.
> >>
> >> The booth will be occupied for the whole conference (five days) by
> >> volunteers from various communities (-> opportunity for OGeo folks
> >> attending EGU) which will answer questions, serve as a switchboard
> >> to connect to experts, give presentations, etc.
> >>
> >> We can use this in several ways, based on already existing OSGeo
> >> handouts and presentations.
> >> Even if the DHD booth will only be staffed with OSGeo activists
> >> infrequently, other staff can also hand out OSGeo-related gear or
> >> show high level presentations about OSGeo live.
> >>
> >> I propose to set up a dedicated wiki-page for this, to gather ideas
> >> and links to documents, files, etc.
> >>
> >> The Open GeoScience 2020 budget includes about 2500 USD for
> >> EGU-related activities. The OSGeo Lunchbag event
> >> (https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/session/38173 [2])
> >> which has to be covered by this budget is expected to cost less than
> >> 1.200 USD. So sufficient funding remains for Data Helpdesk related
> >> efforts, like giveaways or OSGeo Live thumbdrives / DVDs /
> >> postcards, etc.
> >>
> >> For now, the DHD organizers at AGU/EGU have requested me to report
> >> this to the OSGeo Board and to ask whether this course of action is
> >> supported by the OSGeo Board (we have a MOU with AGU, but not EGU).
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >> Peter
> >>
> >> <peter.loewe at gmx.de>
> >
> > --
> >
> > MASSIMILIANO CANNATA
> >
> > Professore SUPSI in ingegneria Geomatica
> >
> > Responsabile settore Geomatica
> >
> > Istituto scienze della Terra
> >
> > Dipartimento ambiente costruzione e design
> >
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> >
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> >
> > Tel. +41 (0)58 666 62 14
> >
> > Fax +41 (0)58 666 62 09
> >
> > massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch
> >
> > www.supsi.ch/ist [3]
> >
> > Links:
> > ------
> > [1] https://copdess.org/data-fairs/2019-data-fair-at-agu-fall-meeting/
> > [2] https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/session/38173
> > [3] http://www.supsi.ch/ist
> >
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Responsabile settore Geomatica

Istituto scienze della Terra

Dipartimento ambiente costruzione e design

Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana

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