[OSGeo-Edu] Meeting of ICA-OSGeo labs in Europe at FOSS4G-EU and Academic Track CfP

[SERGIO ACOSTA Y LARA]

2 cents are 2 cents "even" in South America (don't forget about that :))
Sergio
(proudly from South America)

----- Mensaje original -----
De: "Stefan Steiniger" <sstein at geo.uzh.ch>
Para: "edu discuss" <edu_discuss at lists.osgeo.org>, ica-opensource at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Enviados: Martes, 18 de Marzo 2014 12:25:05
Asunto: Re: [OSGeo-Edu] Meeting of ICA-OSGeo labs in Europe at FOSS4G-EU and Academic Track CfP

Hi all,

thanks for the announcement.

However, I am having a comment and/or a question: So we have now another 
Foss4g-EU conference with a focus on research - what I understand from 
the text below. OGRS (3rd conference on the topic) is doing the same, 
also this year. So, isn't that a bit counter productive to make 2 FOSGIS 
conferences in Europe with a science focus in the same year? I.e. it 
would be better join efforts.

my 2 cents (from South America, though)
stefan

Am 18.03.14 06:21, schrieb Suchith Anand:
> Dear All,
>
> This year we will have the first European Conference of FOSS4G. The
> Conference will take place in Bremen, July 15 - 17, 2014 at the Jacobs
> University. This year's conference is under the motto *"Independent
> Innovation for INSPIRE and Big Data".* More details at
> http://www.foss4g-e.org/
>
> We want to highlight you two topics that could be of interest:
>
> 1) The Academic Track (deadlines: for abstract submission: 15 April
> 2014; for full paper submission: 22 April 2014) chaired by Prof. Maria
> Brovelli and Prof.Peter Baumann. FOSS4G-Europe invites original research
> contributions on all aspects of open-source geo software and its
> application, and particularly encourage submissions focusing on the
> special topics INSPIRE and Big Data. All types of papers are welcome,
> such as on results achieved, case studies, work in progress, and demos.
> We discourage, however, mere presentations of technology or use cases
> without properly justifying originality against the scientific state of
> the art and particular outcomes of the work. All submissions will be
> assessed by the Program Committee on their overall quality (such as
> originality and clarity) and relevance.
>
> In collaboration with the following high-ranking journals, outstanding
> contributions will be published in a special issue of high-impact
> journals; we have made arrangement with the following journals:
>
> •             Applied Geomatics
>
> •             European Journal of Remote Sensing
>
> •             International Journal of Spatial Data Infrastructures Research
>
> Details at
> http://kahlua.eecs.jacobs-university.de/~foss4g-europe/?q=academic-track
>
> 2) The general meeting of EU Labs of the *"Geo For All"* Network (for
> discussing about EU Horizon 2020 projects, COST Actions and other common
> initiatives ) chaired by Prof. Maria Brovelli and which will take place
> during the conference. It is also an opportunity for new labs to know
> more about the initiative and join.
>
> Though country wise USA has the largest number of ICA-OSGeo labs as of
> now , region wise Europe is the biggest growth area for the ICA-OSGeo
> labs (over 25 labs now established and in track for establishing 50
> research labs in Europe by the end of this year) .
>
> We hope to see there many of you there for discussions and to better
> coordinate our activities and developments at the European level.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
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