[Europe] OSGeo Europe - topic talks?

Thu Apr 12 09:47:39 PDT 2018

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On 12-04-18 16:21, Till Adams wrote:
> Regarding the topic talks it is absolutely important, that
> 
> 1. people, that handed in a "regular" talk are not put into topic talks
> without asking them (personally I would favour the format from Bonn:
> people who actualy run the tt are responsible for the speakers)
> 
> 2. topic talks must be visible in the programme
> 
> Both did not happen last year - with the result, that in both topic
> talks (where someone put my regular talks in ;-)) just a few people
> appeared.
> 
> Just my 2 cents.
> 
> Till
> 
> 
> 
> Am 12.04.2018 um 16:11 schrieb Dirk Frigne:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> FOSS4G Europe 2018 is approaching. It is the place to exchange
>> information and bring volunteers from several countries together.
>> It is also a good opportunity to discuss what we want to do and organise
>> as a community. Face2face and online. Time to find out what OSGeo means
>> for you as an organisation. The good thing is, you can contribute to
>> that process.
>>
>> Since FOSS4G Bonn we introduced 'Topic' talks to bring certain topics
>> into the picture. We want to continue this interesting forum on the next
>> FOSS4G Europe conference.
>>
>> We already addressed some interesting topics during some previous mail
>> communication[1]:
>> These topics only become final if we can add a name of a volunteer
>> behind them who want to address this topic during a topic talk.
>> The list may be appended, changed, etc...
>> Feel free to put your name behind a topic or suggest someone we should ask.
>>
>> - relation and actions towards OGC
>> - relation and actions towards ESA
>> - relations and actions towards Copernicus
>> - relations and actions towards INSPIRE
>> - How can we manage the OSGeo Europe Local Chapter website
>> - relationship with the outside OSGeo world in Europe - vision and
>> action plan
>> - OSGeo (Europe) and Open Sciencec (Europe)
>>
>> You can find this list on the wiki[2], so you can put your name behind a
>> Topic if you want/can volunteer as leader. You can also put your name
>> below a topic if you are interested in the topic, but not able to lead
>> it. This will give us an idea if a topic is on topic of our focus...
>>
>> Thanks in advance for contributing.
>>
>> Dirk
>> [1] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/europe/2018-April/000161.html
>> [2] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Europe#Tradeshows_and_events
>>
>>
>> On 09-04-18 22:14, Jachym Cepicky wrote:
>>> Hi Dirk,
>>>
>>> the topics you mentioned are well structured for me. if we could cover
>>> them, we would be able to cover significant part of Europe's spatial agenda
>>>
>>> I would suggest, if we have someone, who could prepare invited talk for
>>> the forum, that would be great
>>>
>>> and as natural follow-ups, BOF session could be planned
>>>
>>> but we need to find some leaders, who are into the topic
>>>
>>> J
>>>
>>> čt 22. 3. 2018 v 17:25 odesílatel Luís Moreira de Sousa
>>> <luis.de.sousa at protonmail.ch <mailto:luis.de.sousa at protonmail.ch>> napsal:
>>>
>>>     Dear Dirk, dear all,
>>>
>>>     I think we could have a single talk at FOSS4G-Europe outlining an
>>>     agenda and setting up some ideas on how to execute it. This would
>>>     work mainly to round up the community around us.
>>>
>>>     In a BOF I would see a more practical discussion on how to get the
>>>     ball rolling and eventually extend our membership.
>>>
>>>     Cheers.
>>>
>>>
>>>     --
>>>
>>>     Luís Moreira de Sousa
>>>
>>>     Bowlespark 8
>>>
>>>     6701 DN Wageningen
>>>
>>>     The Netherlands
>>>
>>>     Phone: +31 628 544 755
>>>
>>>     Email: luis.de.sousa at protonmail.ch <mailto:luis.de.sousa at protonmail.ch>
>>>
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>>>
>>>     URL: https://ldesousa.github.io
>>>
>>>     ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
>>>
>>>     On March 22, 2018 10:31 AM, Dirk Frigne <dirk at osgeo.org
>>>     <mailto:dirk at osgeo.org>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     > 
>>>     >
>>>     > Dear list,
>>>     >
>>>     > As Luis suggested, we should plan some more discussions about some hot
>>>     >
>>>     > topics on the FOSS4G Europe conference in Portugal in July.
>>>     >
>>>     > Should we have some formal topic talks as in Paris, or just a BOF
>>>     session?
>>>     >
>>>     > Some idea's to discuss:
>>>     >
>>>     > -   How can OSGeo become better organised to respond on OGC
>>>     opportunities.
>>>     > -   What do we expect from partnerships with ESA, EU projects such as
>>>     >
>>>     >     Copernicus
>>>     >
>>>     > -   How can OSGeo Europe help with H2020 projects, think about some
>>>     >
>>>     >     guidelines, ...
>>>     >
>>>     > -   Are we going to attend other conferences as OSGeo, such as the
>>>     INSPIRE
>>>     >
>>>     >     conference, who can represent OSGeo, What would be our main
>>>     message?
>>>     >
>>>     > -   who volunteers to prepare some of these topics?
>>>     >
>>>     >     Looking forward to more topics to put on the agenda. In case of an
>>>     >
>>>     >     overloaded agenda, we will prioritise and focus on the
>>>     'important' ones.
>>>     >
>>>     >     G
>>>     >
>>>     >     --
>>>     >
>>>     >     Dirk
>>>     >
>>>     >     OSGeo Europe
>>>     >
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Dirk
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