[OSGeo-Discuss] 33rd IGC Oslo - some general comments

[Tyler Mitchell]

Thanks for clarifying Henning, glad to see you are on the list :)

Tyler

On 23-Aug-06, at 3:19 AM, Henning Lorenz wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I'm glad that the discussion about activities at the 33rd IGC in Oslo
> started a lively discussion. A missunderstanding is that abstracts are
> requested now:
>
> The first circular has been distributed during the last few month with
> the message "Participate in planning the programme!". No abstracts are
> expected yet, but proposals for sessions and other activities.
> The deadline for proposals is the 31 august. A second circular in the
> beginning of next year will then announce the scientific programme and
> ask for abstract submissions. And why the plan 2 years ahead? Well, a
> conference for 8000 expected people and masses of excursions and
> activities can't be planned over a weekend - and here's the chance to
> give input to the programme for everyone!
>
> In the proposal text which Markus put on the wiki I tried to put  
> forward
> the importance of free and open source geospacial software for all
> geoscientists. Many are interested already, and even more don't  
> know yet
> that they actually are :). So we should try to submit a proposal which
> will attract all these people.
>
> To Paolos and Markus' comments:
> Yes, an Antarctic and Arctic Tectonic map is going to be produced for
> the conference. The coordination of the Arctic map is here in Uppsala
> and I'm involved myself.
> And to the conference fees - other large international conferences, as
> EUG and the GSA are more expensive, at least when you compare the  
> duration.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Henning
>
>
>
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> Henning Lorenz
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