[OSGeo-Discuss] Announcement: FOSS4G Europe 2024 in Tartu, Estonia

[Tõnis Kärdi]

The Landscape Geoinformatics Lab of the Department of Geography at 
University of Tartu [1] in cooperation with the Estonian Geoinformatics 
Society (ESTGIS) [2] is excited to be organizing the FOSS4G Europe (Free 
and Open Source Software for Geospatial Europe) conference on 1-7 July 
2024 in Tartu, Estonia.

The FOSS4GE conference is the European branch event of the Open Source 
Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) annual conference. It is the FOSS4G 
European community’s highlight event that brings together developers and 
users of open source geoinformatics software, professionals and policy 
makers, entrepreneurs and investors, the academic community and students.

The conference program lasts a total of 7 days. Workshops will be held 
on 1-2 July to introduce software, learn new tricks in spatial analysis, 
and introduce new spatial data technologies. On 3-5 July, there will be 
conference presentation days, which include both general and academic 
track presentations. In the last days of the event, a community sprint 
will be held, during which open source GIS software will be jointly 
developed/improved. Birds-of-a-feather (BoF) sessions, 
business-to-business (B2B) meeting, and other social and networking 
events are also taking place.

The call for papers (workshops, presentations for general and academic 
track) will be opened on 27 November 2023. We welcome novel and original 
submissions on development, use, and advocacy for FOSS4G - from software 
updates to practical examples, community building, and business 
strategies. Whether you're an experienced FOSS4Ger or a first-time 
presenter, your input is valuable. The FOSS4G community thrives on 
shared experiences and knowledge.

The FOSS4G conference is a great opportunity to meet and network with 
developers and fellow users of QGIS, GeoServer, GRASS GIS, GDAL, etc. 
and other top geodata specialists and entrepreneurs.

If you want to contribute to the event as a volunteer, please let us 
know by filling this [3] form.

We are expecting 250-300 participants from all over Europe and elsewhere 
to attend the conference. The working language of the conference is English.

More information on the conference website [4].

For the latest news follow us on social media: LinkedIn [5], Twitter 
[6], Fosstodon [7]


Looking forward to Your participation,

FOSS4G Europe 2024 Local Organizing Committee


[1] https://landscape-geoinformatics.ut.ee/
[2] https://estgis.ee/en/
[3] https://forms.gle/NigdcfT19AyTPmnn6
[4] https://2024.europe.foss4g.org
[5] https://www.linkedin.com/company/100723032/admin/feed/posts/
[6] https://twitter.com/foss4ge
[7] https://fosstodon.org/@foss4geurope