[OSGeo-Discuss] Reminder: CfP Geospatial devroom @FOSDEM; Deadline is TOMORROW!

[Johan Van de Wauw]

Hi all,

A quick reminder that the Call for papers for the geospatial devroom
@FOSDEM has it's deadline tomorrow.

For those still hasitating to come: Already a lot of interesting talks
have been submitted, from geospatial algorithms to well known tools
(postgresql, grass), from building GPS hardware to shiny new
javascript libraries and more!

If you are short on time now, feel free to submit only a title now,
you can still update the abstract later on, but then we can already
start creating a balanced schedule.

Regards,

Johan


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Johan Van de Wauw <johan.vandewauw at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 9:39 AM
Subject: Call For papers Geospatial devroom @FOSDEM
To: OSGeo Discussions <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>


Please forward!

FOSDEM[1] is a free open source event bringing together about 5000
developers in Brussels, Belgium. The goal is to provide open source
software developers and communities a place to meet at. The next
edition will take place the weekend 31/1 -> 1/2/2015. This year for
the first time there will be a geospatial devroom on Sunday 1/2/2015!

Geospatial technology becomes more and more part of mainstream IT. The
idea is to bring together people with different backgrounds to better
explain and understand the opportunities Geospatial can offer. This
devroom will host topics explaining the state of the art of geospatial
technology, and how it can be used amongst other projects.

The geospatial devroom is the place to talk about open, geo-related
data and software and their ecosystem. This includes standards and
tools, e.g. for spatial databases, and online mapping, geospatial
services, used for collecting, storing, delivering, analysing, and
visualizing puposes. Typical topics that will be covered are:

Web and desktop GIS applications
Interoperable geospatial web services and specifications
Collection of data using sensors/drones/satellites
Open hardware for geospatial applications
Geo-analytic algorithms/libraries
Geospatial extensions for classical databases (indexes, operations)
Dedicated databases

HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR TALK PROPOSAL

Are you thrilled to present your work to other open source developers?
Would you like to run a discussion? Any other ideas? Please submit
your proposal at the Pentabarf event planning tool at:

https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM15

When submitting your talk in Pentabarf, make sure to select the
'Geospatial devroom' as  'Track'. Please specify in the notes if you
prefer for your presentation a short timeslot (lightning talks ~10
minutes) or a long timeslot (20 minutes presentation + discussion).

The DEADLINE for submissions is **1st December 2014**

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch
with the organisers of the devroom at fosdem-geospatial at gisky.be!

Johan Van de Wauw
Margherita Di Leo
Astrid Emde
Anne Ghisla
Julien Fastré
Martin Hammitzsch
Andy Petrella
Dirk Frigne
Gael Musquet

[1] http://www.fosdem.org