[Board] EGU GA 2020: Data Help Desk

Mon Feb 17 08:36:40 PST 2020

Hello Maxi,

great news that it will go to FOSS4G-IT.

So maybe we will get somthing else for the EGU booth.

Astrid

Am 17.02.2020 16:30 schrieb Massimiliano Cannata:
> 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/
>> [1]
>> 
>> 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/
>> [2]
>>>> [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
>> [3] [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
>>> 
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>>> 
>>> Responsabile settore Geomatica
>>> 
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>>> 
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>>> 
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>>> 
>>> Links:
>>> ------
>>> [1]
>> https://copdess.org/data-fairs/2019-data-fair-at-agu-fall-meeting/
>> [2]
>>> [2] https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/session/38173
>> [3]
>>> [3] http://www.supsi.ch/ist [4]
>>> 
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> MASSIMILIANO CANNATA
> 
> Professore SUPSI in ingegneria Geomatica
> 
> Responsabile settore Geomatica
> 
> Istituto scienze della Terra
> 
> Dipartimento ambiente costruzione e design
> 
> Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana
> 
> Campus Trevano, CH - 6952 Canobbio
> 
> Tel. +41 (0)58 666 62 14
> 
> Fax +41 (0)58 666 62 09
> 
> massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch
> 
> www.supsi.ch/ist [4]
> 
> Links:
> ------
> [1]
> https://www.osgeo.org/events/european-geoscience-conference-general-assembly-2020/
> [2] https://copdess.org/data-fairs/2019-data-fair-at-agu-fall-meeting/
> [3] https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/session/38173
> [4] http://www.supsi.ch/ist
> [5] https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board