[California] Preliminary Track Schedule for OSGeo Open Source Track at CLSA 2014 Conference

[Hobbs, Jeff]

Landon,

I could probably  cover either Business Case or PostGIS. Leaning more towards PostGIS.

-Jeff





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From: california-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:california-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Landon Blake
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 18:45
To: california at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: [California] Preliminary Track Schedule for OSGeo Open Source Track at CLSA 2014 Conference

The committee that organizes the Annual CLSA Conference is interested in having a half day or full day event on open source GIS at the 2014 Conference. They've asked me to put together some information about our event schedule and the speakers.

I've put up a preliminary event schedule based on a full day event with two tracks here:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/CLSA_2014_Conference_OSGeo_Open_Source_GIS_Track

I've left several open slots. Here are some sample topics that could be plugged into those open slots:

- Python scripting with QGIS.
- The business case for GIS.
- Linear referencing in GIS.
- Introduction to QGIS.
- GIS database concepts with PostGIS.

I'd like to keep the GIS concepts and GIS software parts of the event very simple and easy for beginners. This will have greater appeal for most land surveyors.

The last part of the event on GIS programming can be geared towards more experienced GIS users.

I'd be more than willing to host a short hackfest in Reno on the evening before or after the session.

This is a really great opportunity to get exposure for our organization to a large audience of spatial professionals.

Jeff and Ragi: Let me know where you might like to plug-in to the preliminary event schedule.

Others: Please let me know if you could serve as a speaker. Your registration for the GIS event would be waived, and I think I can get registration for the rest of the 3 or 4 day conference waived as well.

I'm really excited about this opportunity and I hope you can support it with your teaching and speaking.

Landon
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