[Board] EGU has cancelled the physical General Assembly 2020 in Vienna

[Astrid Emde (OSGeo)]

Hello Peter,

thanks you for the update about EGU.

Great to hear that a virtual event is planned. Please keep us informed 
about it.

All the best and stay healthy

Astrid



Am 20.03.2020 13:14 schrieb Peter Löwe:
> Dear list, (cc: Board)
> 
> I am sorry to inform you that this years EGU General Assembly has been
> cancelled due to the coronavirus issue.
> 
> Details here:
> https://www.egu2020.eu/
> 
> Preparations are under way to have a virtual event instead of the real
> world gathering in Vienna:
> 
> EGU2020: Sharing Geoscience Online will allow abstract authors to
> share presentation materials and open these for live discussion as
> well as participate in a selection of online networking events. We are
> also planning additional activities that will extend into the rest of
> the year and will provide more information about all of these events
> in the coming weeks.
> 
> Because the cancellation, the EGU Lunchbag event
> (https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/EGU_Lunchbag_2020) will be postponed. The
> budget can be used for other OSGeo activities.
> 
> Please note that the new Data Help Desk event might become part of the
> virtual activities during May 3 to 8.
> More news on this event will be shared soon.
> 
> Draft wiki page about the Data Help Desk (which will cover all Open
> Science related topics, including both Open Source and Open Data):
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/EGU_DataHelpDesk_2020
> 
> Best regards,
> Peter
> 
> 
> <peter.loewe at gmx.de>
> 
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Astrid Emde
OSGeo Board Member and OSGeo Secretary
Open Source Geospatial Foundation
https://www.osgeo.org/member/astrid-emde/
astrid_emde at osgeo.org