[OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G for Africa

[Karel Charvat]

Dear Franz Josef,

The length of workshop depends on amount of papers. In any case, if we will
be able to presented more papers, I will discussed with IST Africa
organisers about necessary capacity.

In any case any comments and suggestions are welcome

Karel

 

 

From: Dr. Franz-Josef Behr [mailto:franz-josef.behr at hft-stuttgart.de] 
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 2:46 PM
To: Karel Charvat
Cc: 'conference'; 'Jachym Cepicky'; 'Arnulf Christl'
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G for Africa

 

Dear Karel,

I was alread in contact to JKUAT in Nairobi to organize such an event (Dr.
Moses Murimi Ngigi).  JKUAT has its own conference center.

I am also in contact with Evans Ikua. He is Liaison Person for East Africa
at Free & Open Source Software Foundation for Africa.

With AGSE 2012 / FOSS4G-SEA we did a similar approach as you suggested.
However we had two days decdicated to OS, filled with keynotes,
presentations, and a number of workshops finally with founding an OSGeo
Malaysian local chapter. IMHO a half day might be too short.

In any case I offer my contribution.

Franz-Josef

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Am 28.07.2012 11:45, schrieb Karel Charvat:

Hi,

I would like suggest such idea, how to promote OSGeo and FOSS  GIS products
in Africa. I think, that there is interest for FOSS GIS products in many
African countries and  there are used different products. But due financial
problems it is difficult for African colleagues to participate on FOSS4G
events.

Also there will be probably to organise separate FOSS4G Africa event.

I would like suggest to organise FOSS4G related workshop inside of existing
event. I would like suggest to use IST Africs
(http://www.ist-africa.org/home/ ) conference and organise half or one day
FOSS4G Africa workshop inside of this event. There exist possibilities for
such workshop officially, but due my good relation with organisation of this
event, I can discuss eventually some more place. All it depends on potential
presenters. Usually audience of this conference is from 300 - 500
participants, 60 - 70 % from Africa. The audience is from politicians,
researchers, but also companies. So such event could well promote FOSS GIS
in Africa. 

If there will be common agreement and wiliness of some speakers to come for
this event, I am ready to start work on it. In principle due the fact, that
this will be inside of existing event, it will not require any cost except
work of me and my colleagues to put program together, what we are able to
do.

The participation fee is comparable with other events, there is discount for
presenters.

So send me your opinion about this and eventual names of people, who will be
interested to go there.

 

Conference is organised every year in first middle of May 

Regards

Karel

 



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