[OSGeo-Conf] Re:FOSS4G Conference Presentations and an academictrack

Thu May 21 05:05:25 EDT 2009

Hi all,

The proceedings discussion is related with the previous one about the
OSGeo 'main' conference strategy. The OSGeo Foss4g strategy includes a
scientific/research discussion on the annual conference? Or the meeting
is more focused on the tribes and the business?

Fortunately, there are already so many business initiatives around the
OSGeo tools, but it is quite dangerous to transform the main conference
in a fair to sell services around OSS. We must have all the participants
involved in the open source process.

FOSS4G 2009 was a good starting point. They started an academic track,
and they selected a known local publication to include selected papers.
Serena Coetzee organized the reviewing process, in which I was involved.

This year, more than an ISBN (which means nothing), we need a good
journal to published some selected papers. We don't have much time, but
I think we could talk with Springer to have the FOSS4G proceedings
published in the Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography series
http://www.springer.com/series/7418

As I said in the beginning, it is a strategic option: either we do have
an academic track or not. But if we choose to have one, we should make
it seriously.

Regards,

Jorge Gustavo
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Qui, 2009-05-21 às 06:57 +1000, Cameron Shorter escreveu:
> What is involved in getting ISBN publication for FOSS4G conference papers?
> 
> Chris, Linlin, Abbas,
> Is this something that the University of NSW or University of Melbourne 
> could facilitate?
> 
> Paul Ramsey wrote:
> > Beyond the logistics of this (which I think Gavin has explained
> > nicely), there is a big benefit in having published proceedings for
> > our academic attendees, who need that bibliographical credit to get
> > things like funding to attend, and so on. Having an academic track and
> > publicizing it and making sure people know they'll get a
> > bibliographical credit in an ISBN publication is important for a chunk
> > of attendees.
> >
> > P.
> >
> > On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Cameron Shorter
> > <cameron.shorter at lisasoft.com> wrote:
> >   
> >> conference_dev,
> >>
> >> Questions from Harley who is coordinating the selection of presentations.
> >> Answers about prior experience welcomed.
> >>
> >> Harley Prowse wrote:
> >>     
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Will we require presenters to provide a written version of their
> >>> presentations for a CD or some kinds of published proceedings?  Has this
> >>> been done in the past for FOSS4G?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> The implications are:
> >>>
> >>> 1)      Letting everyone know
> >>>
> >>> 2)      A standard will need to be developed
> >>>
> >>> 3)      Cost of publishing
> >>>
> >>> 4)      Getting the full presentation submitted in time to prepare CD etc
> >>> in time for Conference
> >>>
> >>> 5)      Time to put it all together etc
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Harley
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> *Harley Prowse*
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