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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=NL link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D'>Talking about open source as a disruptive model:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D'>a nice article about "how open source disrupted the CMS market:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D'>https://opensource.com/business/15/5/open-source-disrupted-cms-market<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D'>regards, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D'>Gert-Jan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Van:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Discuss [mailto:discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <b>Namens </b>Gert-Jan van der Weijden - Stichting OSGeo.nl<br><b>Verzonden:</b> dinsdag 17 november 2015 22:19<br><b>Aan:</b> 'OSGeo Discussions'<br><b>Onderwerp:</b> [OSGeo-Discuss] geospatial world forum 2016 CallForPapers: theme: disruptive business models<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>hey all, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>I stumbled across the call for papers of the annual "geospatial world forum" (GWF) congress. [1]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>2016's theme is "Where's the money: disruptive business models". <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Subthemes:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>- Where’s the Money? Disruptive Business Models of Geospatial Content<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>- Where’s the Money? Business Opportunities of Location Intelligence<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>- Where’s the Money? System Integration and Solutions Driving the Market<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>- Where’s the Money? Software and Hardware Products: Trends and Direction<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>The congress is to be held in Rotterdam (the Netherlands), 23-26 May 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Deadline for submissions is 30 November (!). That's soon!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>(in 2013 and 2014 the local Dutch Chapter organized an open source track within the GWF congress. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>mixed feeling about that, since it was a demanding organization to co-operate with)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>regards, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Gert-Jan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>[1] <a href="http://www.geospatialworldforum.org/index.html">http://www.geospatialworldforum.org/index.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>