[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G North America Announcements

[David William Bitner]

*Greetings!

The planning committee of the 2013 Free and Open Source Software for
Geospatial North America (FOSS4G-NA) conference to be held May 22-24 in
Minneapolis, MN is pleased to make the following announcements which were
recently posted to our website at http://foss4g-na.org.

REGISTRATION
Registration is now open! <https://foss4gna.eventbrite.com/>  Register by
April 1, 2013 to get the Early Bird rate.


KEYNOTES
Two superb keynote presentations
<http://foss4g-na.org/keynote-speakers/>have been confirmed. More
keynotes to be announced soon!

Eric Gundersen, CEO, MapBox.  With big names converting from Google Maps to
MapBox (USA Today, Foursquare, etc.), Eric will be discussing the business
proposition/value of open source geo.

Erek Dyskant, Sr. Analytics Engineer, Democratic National Committee.
Whether you were happy or sad with the outcome of the recent election, they
must have done something right!  Erek talk about how open source solutions
were used to empower tacticians with geospatial data, and describe what
drove the intentional choice of using open source.

CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS
The Call for Presentations <http://foss4g-na.org/call-for-presentations> is
open until February 15, 2013. Do you have something great to show off?  We
are looking for presentations, ignite talks, and panel suggestions.
Submit<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFBocHhBMTY3TUdjZ0RHSkdlTjB0S3c6MA#gid=0>your
abstract soon to be considered for this year’s event. Know of
interesting work others have been doing that you want to hear more about?
Urge them to submit<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFBocHhBMTY3TUdjZ0RHSkdlTjB0S3c6MA#gid=0>an
abstract!

SPONSORSHIP
Help us throw a great event! Information for sponsors is now
available<http://foss4g-na.org/sponsor>.
Of note this year is the Free Sponsor Day. Platinum and Gold level sponsors
will receive a room on the third day of the conference to be able to
present their own track. Admission on this day is free!

GALA
On Thursday, May 23rd we will be having a Gala event at the Mill City
Museum<http://www.millcitymuseum.org/>on the Mississippi River
waterfront. Come to one of the original flour
mills that made Minneapolis the nation’s largest milling center for
decades. Along with dinner and drinks, the entire museum will be open for
exploring.

DIVERSITY
In an effort to foster a diversity of voices the community voting will be
done in a "presenter anonymous" fashion. In other words, you will be voting
for the topic and abstract content, not the potential presenter.  FOSS4G-NA
is dedicated to a harassment-free conference
experience<http://foss4g-na.org/harrassment-policy/>
.

ROOM BLOCK
A limited room block is available at the venue (Marriott City
Center<https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_ei_new&eventID=10414123>
).

CODE SPRINT
There will be a code sprint concurrent with the sponsor day on May 24th.
Registration <https://foss4gna.eventbrite.com/> is free but required for
the code sprint.*
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