[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2009: One week extension to Workshops and Tutorial abstract submissions
Jeff McKenna
jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
Mon Mar 2 08:01:51 PST 2009
Cameron Shorter wrote:
> Sydney, Australia. 2 March 2009.
>
> In response to requests from presenters, the deadline for the FOSS4G
> 2009 workshop and tutorial abstract submissions has been extended by one
> week, to Monday 9 March 2009. If you are considering submitting a
> workshop, please notify your intent by emailing the Workshop/Tutorial
> coordinator, Mark Leslie m a r k . l e s l i e AT l i s a s o f t . c o m
>
>
> About FOSS4G
>
> FOSS4G, held 20-23 October 2009 in Sydney, Australia, is the
> international "gathering of tribes" for open source geospatial
> communities. The theme for the FOSS4G 2009 conference will be "User
> Driven". Users and developers are encouraged present their latest
> projects and software to demonstrate the power of Open Source for system
> integration through a series of workshop sessions and tutorial
> presentations. Session participants should expect to see presentations
> on both geospatial open source and propriety software integration along
> with pure open source solutions.
>
>
> Workshops
>
> Workshops are expected to be a hands-on experience with participants
> following along with the instructor, working directly with the
> application under discussion. All workshop rooms will be equipped with
> computers (two students sharing one system) to support this vision.
> Workshop computers will pre-installed with a basic image containing
> standard packages running in a Windows XP environment. A projector will
> be provided for each computer room for use within a workshop.
> Instructors will need to discuss pre-installation requirements with the
> Conference Organising 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 complementary registration to the conference for
> delivering a workshop.
>
> All workshop submissions will be considered, but particular interest
> will be shown in the following topics:
>
> * Practical Introduction to ____
> * Integrating Open Source
> * Spatial Data Privacy and Security
>
>
> Tutorials
>
> Tutorial rooms will not be equipped with computers, however presenters
> may optionally make use of delegate laptops and the FOSS4G LiveDVD.
>
> At least 80% of delegates are expected to be carrying a laptop and
> FOSS4G LiveDVDs will be given to all delegates.
>
> 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 Live DVD or Climate Change Integration
> Plugfest (CCIP) 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 organising committee:
> http://2009.foss4g.org/contacts/.
>
> All tutorial submissions will be considered, but particular interest
> will be shown in the following topics:
>
> * Practical introductions
> * Interoperability
> * Spatial data accuracy
> * Spatial data privacy
> * Spatial data security
> * System implementation
> * Data migration
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Submission instructions and templates are available at
> http://2009.foss4g.org/workshops/ and http://2009.foss4g.org/tutorials/.
>
> The deadline for workshop / tutorial submissions is March 2, 2009.
>
>
> FOSS4G 2009 Highlights
>
> *The Climate Change Integration Plugfest (CCIP)*: FOSS4G will launch the
> OGC's Climate Change Integration Plugfest (CCIP), which demonstrates
> standards based interoperability between Open Source and Proprietary
> geospatial applications. It consists of a server with multiple virtual
> machines, each installed with geospatial applications offering standards
> based web services. All web services will demonstrate a common dataset,
> and will be accessed by a range of geospatial client applications
> installed on client computers.
> http://external.opengis.org/twiki_public/bin/view/ClimateChallenge2009/WebHome
>
>
> Presenters are encouraged (but not mandated) to make use of scenarios
> and on-site data from the Climate Change Integration Plugfest (CCIP).
> This is especially important as demand for access to data over the
> internet is expected to be high, and Australia has notoriously slow
> connections to the outside world.
>
> *FOSS4G Live DVD*: LiveDVDs, based on the Xubuntu operating system and
> including Geospatial Open Source Software, will be given to all
> delegates. Users can boot a Live DVD on their computer and trial the
> software without installing or effecting the existing system.
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc
>
> *Installfest*: The Installfest will give delegates the opportunity to
> meet in a common area and install a wide variety of FOSS software on
> their laptops, EEPC or any other system they care to bring in. Community
> members will be around to assist with any troubles and provide help and
> insight into the software. The install fest will take place after
> workshops on the first day.
>
> *Workshops and Tutorials*: Workshops and Tutorials allow presenters to
> lead attendees through applications, integration solutions, or other
> topics in an interactive environment. Half-day workshops (3 hours) will
> be held in computer rooms on the first day. Tutorials (90 minutes) will
> be held in standard presentation rooms, run concurrently with
> presentations during the third and fourth days.
>
> *Presentations*: The meat of the conference are it's presentations.
> Drawing on a huge community of local, regional and international experts
> we will discuss some of the most current and poignant topics in the
> industry today.
>
> *Birds of a Feather*: Rooms have been set aside for semi-organised
> meetings between like minded groups. Some prominant community
> initiatives started in prior FOSS4G Birds of a Feather sessions.
>
> *Code Sprint*: The weekend after FOSS4G is reserved for the Hackers'
> Code Sprint. Hackers will be locked in a basement with lots of
> bandwidth, pizzas and coke. (Well, maybe something better than that, but
> we don't want to spoil the mystical hacker image by describing it any
> differently.)
>
>
> Upcoming milestones
>
> * 2 Feb 2009, *Call for Workshops/Tutorials opens*
> * 9 Mar 2009, Call for Workshops/Tutorials closes
> * 9 Mar 2009, *Call for Abstracts opens*
> * 30 Mar 2009, Notification of acceptance for workshops/tutorials
> * 13 Apr 2009, *Registration for conference and tutorials opens*
> * 1 Jun 2009, Abstract submission deadline
> * 13 Jul 2009, Presenters notified of acceptance for talks
> * 31 Jul 2009, *Author/Early registration deadline*
> * 14 Sep 2009, *Completed program available on the wiki*
> * 20 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Workshop
> * 21-23 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Presentations and Tutorials
> * 24-25 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Code Sprint
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> For information about this announcement, contact:
>
> FOSS4G Organising Committee:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009#Contact_Us
>
> or,
>
> Cameron Shorter, Chair of the FOSS4G Organising Committee and Geospatial
> Systems Architect at LISAsoft
>
> tel +61-8570-5050
>
> c a m e r o n . s h o r t e r @ l i s a s o f t . c o m
>
> Press Release at:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Press_Release_6
>
If you have any questions regarding workshops etc. I recommend all
presenters join the [conference-workshops] mailing list for further
contact (join at
http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference-workshops).
-jeff
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Jeff McKenna
FOSS4G Consulting and Training Services
http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/
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