[Board] should we be present with the board at the European > Geoscience Union General Assembly 3.-8.May 2020 Vienna > (Astrid Emde (OSGeo))

[Jody Garnett]

There is also the regional OSGeo-eu which should be better positioned to
attend?

On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 2:46 AM Till Adams <till.adams at fossgis.de> wrote:

> Hi Peter, @board,
>
> I like the ideas Peter put on the table. But I wonder if it is important
> that these presentations (in whatever form) be given by a board member
> or a member of the community?
>
> Ann Hitchcock posted the call on the OSGeo discussion list yesterday, so
> maybe that OSGeo people will hand in some talks anyway.
>
> @Peter, do you think it's a better signal if a representative from the
> board is present?
>
> Just asking.
>
> Till
>
>
> Am 09.01.20 um 10:31 schrieb "Peter Löwe":
> > Hi Board, Astrid, Maxi,
> >
> > allow me to give a short update about latest news from EGU (European
> Geoscience Union) and the upcoming deadline for submissions for the annual
> General Assembly in Vienna (in short: there may be interesting alternatives
> for the Board to submitting a scientific abstract).
> >
> > OSGeo has had a bridgehead at every annual EGU conference since 2012,
> starting with Splinter sessions (comparable to birds of a feather
> meetings), which eveolved into evening events (Townhalls) and was one of
> the drivers to create the Open Geoscience Committee, which is currently
> headed by Maxi Cannata and myself. Maxi and I are long term regulars at the
> EGU conference and have established good working relations with the EGU
> Division of Earth and Space Science Informatics, and also its
> twin-organisation AGU (Americn Geophysical Union). We're also trying to
> organise annual get togethers with the local OSGeo communities every year
> in Vienna.
> >
> > One outcome of the efforts of the Open Geoscience Committee was the
> signing of a an MOU between AGU and OSGeo in 2018 (
> https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/osgeo-and-agu-sign-a-memorandum-of-understanding/).
> EGU doesn't do MOUs (yet).
> >
> > Both the annual EGU and AGU GA events are massive events. EGU GA draws
> about 17.000 people in May in Vienna, AGU draws about 30.000 people in
> December in San Francisco.
> >
> > Over 50% of the conference participants at each events are Early Career
> Scientists, so reach out efforts regarding FOSS and Open Science can have a
> lot of impact.
> >
> > However, as the conferences are massive events, there is always a
> whirlwind/overload of scientific talks, with a lot of sessions happening in
> parallel. The current deadline for January 15 is (just) for scientific
> presentations. If the Board decides submit an abstract for a scientific
> presentation, like for the session about FOSS (ESSI Free and Open Source
> Software (FOSS) for Earth and Space Science), the best outcome would be a
> 10 minute presentation (one of over 5000 oral presentations (based on 2019
> EGU conference statistics), or second-best either one of the over ten
> thousand poster- or PICO-presentations (quick online presentation).
> >
> > There are alternatives. The annual OSgGo event (Townhall/Lunchbag) is
> not part of or competing with the scientific sessions, since its a side
> event: Last year there were "just" 388 side events, which makes it easier
> for conference participants to attend.
> >
> > AGU|EGU just responded yesterday regarding a request from the Open
> Geoscience Committee, regarding the committees 2020 budget and options to
> improve the OSgeo footprint in AGU|EGU.
> >
> > In a nutshell, this years EGu will have a helpdesk/"Ask me
> anything"-format (in parallel to the scientific programme), called "Data
> Fair". This concept has been field-tested at the last two AGU events and is
> now being adapted for Europe. The idea is to provide support and reduce
> anxieties about the values of Open Science / FAIR, including FOSS
> (communities, tools, licences).
> >
> > IMHO:
> > 0) We should push both for scientific presentations, side events AND
> helpdesk activities.
> > 1) The programme for this Data (and Software!) Fair ist still under
> develeopment and independent from the January 15 deadline. AFAIK there were
> presentations at AGU as part of the Data Fair there.
> > 2) OSGeo could reach out to AGU|EGU to become an active partner in the
> EGU "Fair", including talks by OSGeo board members, ask-a-guru support, for
> OSGeo-projects, etc.
> >
> > I'm currently waiting for more feedback from EGU/ESSI and ESIP (
> https://www.esipfed.org/) about how they want to wing the Data Fair and
> will report back to the Open Geoscience Committee and the Board.
> >
> > Best,
> > Peter
> >
> >
> > <peter.loewe at gmx.de>
> >
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