[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G North America Conference coming April 10-12

[Volker Mische]

Hi all,

as many of you probably know, I was strongly against having a North
American FOSS4G, as it might draw the attention away from the
international one, and I vaporise the yearly gathering of the
(developer) tribe.

But I love the solution having it limited to 300 people. Great idea, I
hope it'll be a great conference. Good luck!

Cheers,
  Volker

On 01/23/2012 09:26 PM, Paul Ramsey wrote:
> On behalf of OSGeo North America, we’d like to invite you to attend
> the Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial - North America
> (FOSS4G-NA) conference being held from April 10-12, 2012 at the Walter
> E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.  This event will
> serve as a regional follow-up to last September’s highly successful
> international FOSS4G 2011 conference in Denver, Colorado, focusing on
> the North American open source geospatial community.
> 
> The conference will be organized around three tracks:
> - open source technology best practices and tips;
> - deployment case studies; and
> - emerging ideas and trends in open source.
> 
> The call for abstracts is open now and can be submitted here:
> http://foss4g-na.org/abstract-submission/ .  We have space for about
> 50 presentations and 20 Ignite sessions, so get your submissions in!
> In addition, Michael Byrne, CIO of the Federal Communications
> Commission (FCC) will be delivering a keynote address, with more
> speakers to be announced soon.
> 
> Paul Ramsey (me!), Conference Chair of the 2007 FOSS4G conference,
> will be reprising his role, along with an experienced committee from
> the North America chapter of OSGeo to back him.
> 
> We have an open call for sponsorship, which can include exhibition
> space; for more information please visit
> http://foss4g-na.org/sponsorship/.  The event already has strong
> support from the community, with a growing set of sponsors that
> includes OpenGeo, Radiant Blue, AppGeo, and Spatialytics.
> 
> For more information, please visit our site at http://foss4g-na.org/.
> 
> Space is limited to 300 attendees only, so you should sign up today to
> ensure that you can be a part of this exciting event!
> http://foss4g-na.org/registration/
> 
> Related Links:
> http://foss4g-na.org/  FOSS4G North America 2012 Conference - Washington, DC
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/North_America_Regional/ OSGeo North America Chapter
> http://www.osgeo.org/ Open Source Geospatial Foundation
> http://2012.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2012 - Beijing, China
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