Jeff, is there a list of workshops and tutorials received? How do I know<br>if you got any proposal?<br><br>Thanks<br>Alex Borrell<br>Mexico<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Jeff McKenna <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com">jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Just a quick update that we haven't received many abstracts for<br>
workshops or tutorials yet, and the deadline is the 30th. So please<br>
head to the online form to submit: <a href="http://2011.foss4g.org/workshops" target="_blank">http://2011.foss4g.org/workshops</a><br>
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Also, an important note is that if your workshop submission is not<br>
accepted as a workshop, it will be considered for as a tutorial instead.<br>
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-Workshop Committee 2011<br>
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Denver, CO, USA. 14 January 2011. The Free and Open Source Software for<br>
Geospatial (FOSS4G) conference is pleased to announce the Call for<br>
Workshops and Tutorials for the 2011 conference, being held September 12<br>
- 16, 2011, in Denver, CO, USA. FOSS4G is the premier international<br>
conference focused on open source geospatial software. Users and<br>
developers are encouraged to present their latest projects and software<br>
to demonstrate the power of open source geospatial solutions through a<br>
series of workshop sessions and tutorial presentations. Sessions may<br>
cover systems that are solely open source, or a combination of open and<br>
closed source solutions.<br>
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Workshops<br>
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Workshops are 3 hour hands-on experiences with participants following<br>
along with the instructor, working directly with the application under<br>
discussion. All workshop rooms will be equipped a projector, and with<br>
computers for participants to use. Instructors will need to discuss<br>
pre-installation requirements with the Conference Organizing Committee<br>
if required.<br>
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Workshops are expected to require considerable effort to create, with<br>
past experience showing that three days of preparation per hour of<br>
presentation are required to produce a high quality workshop.<br>
Additionally you will be expected to develop material for attendees to<br>
take home with them, such as handouts, workbook, CD-ROMs, etc. Due to<br>
the effort involved in producing and presenting a workshop, instructors<br>
will receive a single complimentary registration to the conference for<br>
delivering a workshop.<br>
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Tutorials<br>
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Tutorials are 90 minute sessions during the regular presentations<br>
portion of the conference. Tutorial rooms will not be equipped with<br>
computers. However, presenters may make use of delegate laptops and the<br>
FOSS4G LiveDVD. Preference will be given to hands-on tutorials. Any<br>
hands-on aspects to a tutorial will be the responsibility of the<br>
presenter and needs to be described in the tutorial description.<br>
Presenters making use of the LiveDVD will be expected to contribute to<br>
testing pre-releases to ensure material and software is properly<br>
installed. To discuss your requirements for LiveDVD, please contact the<br>
LiveDVD community: <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc#Contact_Us" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc#Contact_Us</a><br>
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Topics of Interest<br>
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All submissions will be considered, but particular interest will be<br>
shown in the following topics:<br>
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* Practical Introductions to FOSS4G software<br>
* Interoperability / Spatial Data Infrastructure<br>
* Integration between open and closed source solutions<br>
* Free and open geospatial data<br>
* Performance tuning<br>
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Application form<br>
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Follow this link to submit your proposals:<br>
<a href="http://2011.foss4g.org/workshops" target="_blank">http://2011.foss4g.org/workshops</a> Please add a 300 word abstract, in<br>
plain text format (pasting a text with style markup could make the<br>
process fail). The deadline for workshop / tutorial submissions is<br>
January 30.<br>
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Communication<br>
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All workshop and tutorial applicants are encouraged to use the workshop<br>
mailing list to ask questions to the workshop committee:<br>
<a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference-workshops" target="_blank">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference-workshops</a><br>
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General FOSS4G 2011 questions and discussion should occur on the main<br>
conference mailing list: <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2011" target="_blank">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2011</a><br>
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