[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G "Themes"

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi Jo,

Yes, I think a good conference theme is useful, both for participants, presenters and the conference organizers to help focus the conceptualization and programming of the conference. A good theme should really help to shape the conference and give people handles they can use when targeting their presentations and workshops, as well as focussing pre-conference collaborations.

I purposely said theme and not themes. Although two themes may still work well, having ten themes kind of defeats the purpose if you ask me. 

Cheers,
Jeroen

On 14 mei 2012, at 14:40, Jo Cook wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> A question really to previous FOSS4G organisers- did you think about having a theme for the event, or did you just stick with the "Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial" tag-line and leave it at that? Do people think that conference themes are useful/beneficial? Do they help with coming up with clearly defined tracks for papers?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Jo
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