[OSGeo-Discuss] Free GIS Day November 6, 2014 OSGéo - IGEAT (ULB) – Brussels (Belgium)

Sat Sep 13 10:47:07 PDT 2014

Hello Dirk,
Thanks for the feedback. A presentation about OSGeo is indeed planned in
the morning session.
Cheers,
Maë//e

2014-09-13 11:18 GMT+02:00 Dirk Frigne <dirk.frigne at geosparc.com>:

>  Thank you for your information.
> Great to promote Open Source GIS tools, software and Data.
>
> What I miss in the program is a presentation about OSGeo. OSGeo-fr should
> be able to give such a presentation.
> In 15 minutes you can already give a good overview on the organisation and
> the way it is active on a global base.
>
> Just my 2c.
>
> D.
>
>
>
> On 12-09-14 18:38, Maelle Vercauteren wrote:
>
>  Hi Dirk, our event details are below :
>
> BE-OPENGIS-FR
> November 6, 2014
> Université Libre de Bruxelles
>
> The Institute of Environmental Management and Spatial Planning (IGEAT) of
> the Free University of Brussels (ULB) and OSGeo-fr are organising the
> BE-OpenGIS-FR on November 6, 2014 at the ULB.
>
> This day of conferences and practice sessions (in French) is aimed at
> anyone using free and open source GIS tools in their professional life or
> studies. We hope to gather together those scientists, administrations,
> private companies and interested individuals using and/or developing these
> tools, or just being curious about them.
>
> The first part of the day will cover three topics in the form of
> presentations:
>
> 1) State and perspectives of public OpenData in the three Belgian regions
> and in Africa
>
> 2) Presentation of some selected free and open source tools in GIS
> including the possibilities of integrating them into existing proprietary
> infrastructures
>
> 3) Examples of concrete applications using free and open source GIS tools
>
> Presenters come from administrations, private companies and academics
> active in the field.
>
> The second part of the day is dedicated to practical workshops and
> demonstrations on topics such as
>
> - Using QGIS to create your customized, tailor-made application
> - Spatial analysis and cartography with R
> - A toolchain for putting your maps on the Web
> - Advanced spatial analysis with GRASS 7
>
> The aim of the day is to inform and promote, but also to discuss current
> issues and needs as well as reflect on the opportunity of building up a
> community of FOSS-GIS users and contributors in Belgium.
>
> For more information contact Moritz Lennert (moritz.lennert at ulb.ac.be).
> A website will be up and running soon at http://be-opengis.ulb.ac.be/.
>
>
>
> 2014-09-01 20:19 GMT+02:00 Dirk Frigne <dirk.frigne at geosparc.com>:
>
>>  Hi Maelle,
>>
>> Using the name "FOSS4G-Be" is no problem for activities related with the
>> promotion and use of FOSS4G software.
>> In 2013 I organized the OSGeoGhent event [1] and wanted to organize a
>> second version in May this year.
>>
>> The Global FOSS4G conference will start next week in Portland [2], so if
>> you could provide more details later this week about the venue and the
>> right date, we can announce the event on the general assemblee of OSGeo
>> next week.
>>
>> Will the event be in English or in French?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Dirk Frigne
>>
>>
>> [1] http://www.geomajas.org/osgeogent2013
>> [2] https://2014.foss4g.org/
>>
>>
>> On 01-09-14 17:57, Maelle Vercauteren wrote:
>>
>>   Dear,
>>
>> I am contacting you about the potential use of the name “FOSS4G-Be” and
>> about the participation of OSGeo-fr for a future freeGIS day in Belgium
>> (Website and Event):
>>
>> We want to organize a French OSGeo event (the so called FOSS4G-Be) in
>> early November 2014, in relation with the GIS courses and masterclass held
>> at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, IGEAT research Unit:
>> It will be a one day event. There will be a selection of plenary
>> communication related to free SIG use in public or private environment and
>> 2 or 3 practical workshops.
>>
>> This event will cover the following 3 topics:
>>
>> 1) FOSS4G tools/software: Establishment/creation or storage of
>> infrastructure and web sharing of spatial data
>> 2) Data & Services: Presentation on the freely available data and services
>> 3) Applications: use of Open GIS (also with guest speakers from the South)
>>
>>
>> Would you be willing to support us and work together on this project and
>> could we use the name “FOSS4G-Be”?
>>
>> Could the event be co-organized by the ULB and OSGeo-fr?
>> If so, it would be nice to have an OSGeo-fr stand with a representative
>> of the association and of its activities (as well as a plenary presentation
>> if you are interested in).
>>
>>
>> Feel free to contact me if you have questions or if you would like to
>> share your suggestions.
>>
>>
>> Thank you in advance for your reply,
>>
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>  Maë//e
>>
>> --
>> Maëlle VERCAUTEREN DRUBBEL
>> Coordinatrice du stage SIG Libres CUD
>>
>> Université Libre de Bruxelles - IGEAT (CP 130 / 03)
>> Av. F. D. Roosevelt, 50
>> B-1050 Bruxelles
>> Tél.: 02/650.68.14 Fax: 02/650.50.92 Local: DB6.143
>>
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>>
>>
>> ir. Dirk Frigne
>> CEO
>>
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>
> --
> Maëlle VERCAUTEREN DRUBBEL
> Coordinatrice du stage SIG Libres ARES
>
> Université Libre de Bruxelles - IGEAT (CP 130 / 03)
> Av. F. D. Roosevelt, 50
> B-1050 Bruxelles
> Tél.: 02/650.68.14 Fax: 02/650.50.92 Local: DB6.143
>
>
> --
> Yours sincerely,
>
>
> ir. Dirk Frigne
> CEO
>
> Geosparc n.v.
> Brugsesteenweg 587
> B-9030 Ghent
> Tel: +32 9 236 60 18
> GSM: +32 495 508 799
> http://www.geomajas.org http://www.geosparc.com
>
>

-- 
Maëlle VERCAUTEREN DRUBBEL
Coordinatrice du stage SIG Libres ARES

Université Libre de Bruxelles - IGEAT (CP 130 / 03)
Av. F. D. Roosevelt, 50
B-1050 Bruxelles
Tél.: 02/650.68.14 Fax: 02/650.50.92 Local: DB6.143
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