[Workshops] Call for Workshops/Tutorials

[Jeff McKenna]

Hello everyone on the workshop mailing list,

The FOSS4G 2011 workshop committee is happy to announce that the call 
for workshops/tutorials is now open.  The deadline to submit is January 
30th.

description: http://2011.foss4g.org/workshops/
submit: http://www.gitaservices.org/websites/gita2011/index.php?p=32

This year's workshop committee will be led by Ben Tuttle, and will also 
include Chris Helm and myself.  Please continue to use this workshop 
mailing list for any questions or discussions throughout the process.

The official press release follows.  Thanks.

-Workshop Committee 2011



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Denver, CO, USA. 14 January 2011. The Free and Open Source Software for 
Geospatial (FOSS4G) conference is pleased to announce the Call for 
Workshops and Tutorials for the 2011 conference, being held September 12 
- 16, 2011, in Denver, CO, USA. FOSS4G is the premier international 
conference focused on open source geospatial software. Users and 
developers are encouraged to present their latest projects and software 
to demonstrate the power of open source geospatial solutions through a 
series of workshop sessions and tutorial presentations. Sessions may 
cover systems that are solely open source, or a combination of open and 
closed source solutions.

Workshops
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Workshops are 3 hour hands-on experiences with participants following 
along with the instructor, working directly with the application under 
discussion. All workshop rooms will be equipped a projector, and with 
computers for participants to use. Instructors will need to discuss 
pre-installation requirements with the Conference Organizing Committee 
if required.

Workshops are expected to require considerable effort to create, with 
past experience showing that three days of preparation per hour of 
presentation are required to produce a high quality workshop. 
Additionally you will be expected to develop material for attendees to 
take home with them, such as handouts, workbook, CD-ROMs, etc. Due to 
the effort involved in producing and presenting a workshop, instructors 
will receive a single complimentary registration to the conference for 
delivering a workshop.

Tutorials
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Tutorials are 90 minute sessions during the regular presentations 
portion of the conference. Tutorial rooms will not be equipped with 
computers. However, presenters may make use of delegate laptops and the 
FOSS4G LiveDVD. Preference will be given to hands-on tutorials. Any 
hands-on aspects to a tutorial will be the responsibility of the 
presenter and needs to be described in the tutorial description. 
Presenters making use of the LiveDVD will be expected to contribute to 
testing pre-releases to ensure material and software is properly 
installed. To discuss your requirements for LiveDVD, please contact the 
LiveDVD community: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc#Contact_Us

Topics of Interest
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All submissions will be considered, but particular interest will be 
shown in the following topics:

     * Practical Introductions to FOSS4G software
     * Interoperability / Spatial Data Infrastructure
     * Integration between open and closed source solutions
     * Free and open geospatial data
     * Performance tuning

Application form
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Follow this link to submit your proposals: 
http://2011.foss4g.org/workshops Please add a 300 word abstract, in 
plain text format (pasting a text with style markup could make the 
process fail). The deadline for workshop / tutorial submissions is 
January 30.

Communication
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All workshop and tutorial applicants are encouraged to use the workshop 
mailing list to ask questions to the workshop committee: 
http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference-workshops

General FOSS4G 2011 questions and discussion should occur on the main 
conference mailing list: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2011