[Conference-europe] Conference-Europe Digest, Vol 49, Issue 4 - Marco Minghini anwers

Jáchym jachym at cepicky.ch
Tue Oct 29 11:43:01 PDT 2024


Thank you!







---- On Tue, 29 Oct 2024 07:48:06 +0100 Tõnis Kärdi via Conference-Europe <conference-europe at lists.osgeo.org> wrote ---



Perfect, thanks Marco.

As there have been no other concerns raised, I think we can close the 
discussion and mark our calendars about FOSS4G Europe 2025 going to take 
place in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina 14-20 July 2025!

I'll formulate a note to the OSGeo board about this too.

All the best,
t;

On 27.10.24 17:53, Marco Minghini wrote:
> Dear Tõnis,
> yes, this answered my questions - thanks Marko for the exhaustive 
> explanation.
> 
> I would like just to better clarify the needs for the Academic Track. 
> This may be co-organised again in partnership with ISPRS (the 
> International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing) through the 
> Working Group I chair [1].
> 
> We usually look for a few (1-2) people from the Local Organising Team 
> that can act as Co-chairs (together with me and possibly other 1-2 
> people being Co-chairs in previous editions of the Track). The 
> expectations for these 1-2 persons is that they take a 
> coordination/leadership role and equally share the effort with me and 
> the other Co-chairs: to be fully clear, this implies committing a 
> substantial amount of time and represents a necessary condition for me 
> to engage with ISPRS to organise the Track.
> Similarly, having other local people involved in research and academia 
> would be great as they can act as reviewers.
> 
> As a final clarification, organising the Academic Track with ISPRS is 
> just a proposal (which has worked well in the last few years), but there 
> is no obligation at all to follow this path. So if anyone (including 
> from the local team) has different ideas, these are also very welcome!
> 
> Kind regards,
> Marco
> 
> [1] https://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/icwg-4-3-2/ 
> <https://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/icwg-4-3-2/>
> 
> 
> Il giorno gio 24 ott 2024 alle ore 12:41 Tõnis Kärdi via 
> Conference-Europe <mailto:conference-europe at lists.osgeo.org 
> <mailto:mailto:conference-europe at lists.osgeo.org>> ha scritto:
> 
>     Hey Luca, Marco,
> 
>     does this answer your questions or do you have any further comments or
>     questions on the subject?
> 
>     To the side: I see that I removed the LOC composition question from the
>     call-for-location, and somehow I remember it was for a very solid
>     reason
>     but for the life of me I cannot remember what was it. Will take note to
>     bring it back next time around, as it seems important.
> 
>     All, the discussion period for the FOSS4G Europe 2025 conference is
>     still open until Sunday this week. Please remember that this is a
>     community event and the gathering will be only as good as we all make
>     it. If you have any doubts or ideas what should be thought of
>     beforehand, this is your chance to have your say.
> 
>     all the best,
>     t;
> 
>     On 21.10.24 15:59, Marko Puljić via Conference-Europe wrote:
>      >
>      > Dear Marco,
>      >
>      > Thank you for the questions raised regarding organization of the
>     conference.
>      >
>      > Regarding local team, we in Ecoplan dedicated 4 persons to be
>     fully committed to organization, however if needed few months prior
>     to the conference we can put more hands on the deck. Also, we expect
>     for team to broaden soon. Besford Guri, Tonis Kardi, Astrid Emde,
>     Sidorela Uku, Alexander Koch offered their help as well. This is
>     sure not the whole team, but personally I'm satisfied how spots are
>     filling up.
>      >
>      > This morning, we had first official meeting with University in
>     which we started preparing for organization. Part of the University
>     employees from Faculty of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Mechanical
>     Engineering, Computing and Electrical Engineering and Faculty of
>     architecture, civil engineering and geodesy will be part of Academic
>     track and Program committee.
>      >
>      > Regarding opening and closing ceremonies, theatre is intended
>     only for these events and not for talks during the Conference.
>     Accommodating 400+ participants in one hall is quite challenging in
>     Mostar, so local theatre is only viable option. However, we will be
>     able to use 5+ lecture halls on university with 150+ seats. So our
>     intention for the main conference starting on Wednesday to have
>     opening ceremony and plenary sessions at 9:00 to 9:30, have 30 min
>     coffee break to have enough time for people to transfer to
>     University and have their coffee, and then resume for following 3
>     days on University. On Friday, after last coffee break at 15:30
>     closing ceremony will be held in the theatre once again. Keep in
>     mind that this is only 5min walk.
>      >
>      > Also I would like to point out that we would be really grateful
>     for your help for academic track co-organization. Of course,
>     professors and assistants from aforementioned faculties will
>     participate.
>      >
>      > Best regards
>      >
>      >
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>      >     1. Re: FOSS4GE 2025 proposal from Mostar (BA) (Marco Minghini)
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>      > Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 21:28:31 +0200
>      > From: Marco Minghini <mailto:marco.minghini86 at gmail.com
>     <mailto:mailto:marco.minghini86 at gmail.com>>
>      > To: Luca Delucchi <mailto:lucadeluge at gmail.com
>     <mailto:mailto:lucadeluge at gmail.com>>
>      > Cc: T?nis K?rdi <mailto:tonis.kardi at gmail.com
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>      > Subject: Re: [Conference-europe] FOSS4GE 2025 proposal from Mostar
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>      > Dear T?nis, all,
>      > thanks for sharing the proposal. Happy to see interest from
>     Mostar to host our European conference!
>      >
>      > In general I am fully supportive and already looking forward to
>     another great conference in a beautiful place.
>      > However, I think some aspects of the proposals should be better
>     described:
>      >
>      > - Luca rightly mentioned the absence of info about the Local
>     Organising Committee, which is key to make the conference a success.
>     Some info on the people would be necessary already at this stage, at
>     least to know who would be the Chair, who would be in the main team
>     and if/what experience they have.
>      > - I am not very convinced by the opening and closing ceremonies
>     in a theatre located 500 metres away from the university, where the
>     parallel sessions happen. 500 metres is quite a distance and this
>     may impact the overall organisation (times, location of sponsors,
>     coffee breaks, etc.).
>      > Also, the proposal mentions the opening and closing sessions
>     only, but also the plenary sessions with keynote speakers are
>     sessions that in principle all participants will attend. Perhaps a
>     theatre room at the university (like those shown in Figures 12 and
>     13) may be enough?
>      >
>      > I can in principle offer again my availability to co-organise the
>     Academic Track in partnership with the International Society for
>     Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS), and I'm sure I can count
>     on the support and contribution of many other European colleagues.
>     However, as done in the past few years, full support and commitment
>     from some (academic) members of the local committee would be needed.
>     To me, this is a necessary condition to start the whole process.
>     Some feedback from the local team on this would be welcome.
>      >
>      > Happy to continue the discussion.
>      > All the best,
>      > Marco
>      >
>      >
>      > Il giorno gio 17 ott 2024 alle ore 08:11 Luca Delucchi via
>     Conference-Europe <mailto:conference-europe at lists.osgeo.org
>     <mailto:mailto:conference-europe at lists.osgeo.org>> ha scritto:
>      >
>      >>
>      >>
>      >> On Sat, 12 Oct 2024 at 11:41, T?nis K?rdi via Conference-Europe <
>      >> mailto:conference-europe at lists.osgeo.org
>     <mailto:mailto:conference-europe at lists.osgeo.org>> wrote:
>      >>>
>      >>> Hey,
>      >>>
>      >>
>      >> Hi Tonis,
>      >>
>      >>
>      >>> after some issues with getting the proposal file across, there is
>      >>> interest to host FOSS4G Europe 2025 in the beautiful city of
>     Mostar,
>      >>> Bosnia and Herzegovina (see [1])
>      >>>
>      >>> I propose we have an open discussion on this for the next two weeks
>      >>> (ending Sunday 27.10). This should serve the purpose of maybe
>      >>> fine-tuning the aspects of the organization that have not been
>      >>> described in the proposal.
>      >>
>      >> I have some doubts about the local conference committee, in the
>      >> proposal there is written nothing about it, it spoke just about a
>      >> ecoplan company/association
>      >>
>      >> Best
>      >> Luca
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