[Fwd: [Foss4g2009] Draft Press Release, FOSS4G Call for workshops]

Sun Feb 1 19:25:26 EST 2009

This does read better.  I've applied the changes to the wiki.

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Doug White wrote:
> Cameron,
> 
> I few suggestions inline, I have shuffled the workshop and tutorial 
> details more towards the top and tried to group them together.
> Hope this helps?
> 
>> ---------------------------- Original Message 
>> ----------------------------
>> Subject: [Foss4g2009] Draft Press Release, FOSS4G Call for workshops
>> From:    "Cameron Shorter" <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
>> Date:    Sat, January 31, 2009 11:12 pm
>> To:      "foss4g2009" <foss4g2009 at lists.osgeo.org>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>>
>>
>> Finished my first cut at the "Call for Workshops" press release, which
>> also outlines the highlights for 2009's FOSS4G. I've covered a lot here.
>> I'm hoping to get some hefty reviewing on this, including what is being
>> proposed as well as how I'm saying it.
>>
>> Please insert review comments into an email response.
>>
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Press_Release_5
>>
>> ----
>>
>>
>>   FOSS4G 2009 Call for Workshops and Tutorials
>>
>> Sydney, Australia. 2 February 2009.
>>
>> The Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) conference is
>> pleased to announce a Call for Workshops and Tutorials for the 2009
>> conference, being held 20-23 October, 2009 in Sydney, Australia.
>>
>> FOSS4G is the international "gathering of tribes" for open source
>> geospatial communities, where developers and users show off their latest
>> software and projects. 2009's theme of "User Driven" highlights the
>> power of Open Source to integrate with existing systems. As such, expect
>> to see presentations about Proprietary products integrating with
>> Geospatial Open Source, as well as Pure Open Source presentations.
>>
>>   
> FOSS4G is the international "gathering of tribes" for open source 
> geospatial communities. The theme for the FOSS4G 2009 conference will be 
> "User Driven".  Users and developers are encouraged present their latest 
> projects and software to demonstrate the power of Open Source for system 
> integration through a series of workshop sessions and tutorial 
> presentations.  Session participants should expect to see presentations 
> on both geospatial open source and propriety software integration along 
> with pure open source solutions.
> 
> -- Moved the following paragraphs around a bit...
> 
>> Workshop and Tutorial sessions allow presenters to
>> lead attendees through applications, integration solutions, or other
>> topics in an interactive environment. Half-day workshops (3 hours) will
>> be held in computer rooms on the first day.
>>   
> Workshop Information
> 
> Workshop sessions provide a forum for presenters to lead attendees 
> through applications, integration solutions, or other topics in an 
> interactive environment. These half-day (3 hour) sessions will be held 
> in computer rooms on the first day of the conference and are expected to 
> provide a practical hands-on experience for participants that follow 
> along with the instructor.
> All workshop rooms will be equipped with computers (two students sharing 
> one system) to support this vision.
> Workshop computers will pre-installed with a basic image containing 
> standard packages running in a Windows XP environment. Instructors will 
> need to discuss pre-installation requirements with the Conference 
> Organising Committee if required. _A projector will be provided for each 
> computer room for use within a workshop.
> _
> 
> All workshop and tutorial submissions will be considered, but particular 
> interest will be shown in the following topics:
> 
>    * Practical Introduction to ____
>    * Integrating Geospatial Open Source with ____
>    * Geospatial Data
>    * Spatial Data Privacy and Security
> 
>> Workshops are expected to require considerable effort to create, with
>> past experience showing that three days of preparation per hour of
>> presentation are required to produce a high quality workshop.
>> Additionally you will be expected to develop material for attendees to
>> take home with them, such as handouts, workbook, CD-ROMs etc.
>>   
> Tutorial Information
> 
>> Tutorials (90 minutes) will
>> be held in standard presentation rooms, running concurrently with
>> presentations during the third and fourth days.
>> Tutorial rooms *will not* be equipped with computers, however presenters
>> may optionally make use of delegate laptops and the FOSS4G LiveDVD.
>>
>> At least 80% of delegates are expected to be carrying a laptop and
>> FOSS4G LiveDVDs will be given to all delegates.
>>
>> Preference will be given to hands-on tutorials.
>>
>> Any hands-on aspects to a tutorial will be the responsibility of the
>> presenter and needs to be described in the tutorial description.
>> Presenters making use of the Live DVD or CCIP will be expected to
>> contribute to testing pre-releases to ensure material and software is
>> properly installed.
>>
>> To discuss your needs for the workshop computer configuration or
>> LiveDVD, please contact the organising committee as per
>> http://2009.foss4g.org/contacts/.
> Submission instructions and templates are available at
> http://2009.foss4g.org/workshops/ and http://2009.foss4g.org/tutorials/.
> 
> The deadline for workshop / tutorial submissions is March 2, 2009.
> 
>> *The Climate Change Integration Plugfest (CCIP)*: FOSS4G will launch the
>> OGC's Climate Change Integration Plugfest (CCIP), which demonstrates
>> standards based interoperability between Open Source and Proprietary
>> geospatial applications. It consists of a server with multiple virtual
>> machines, each installed with geospatial applications offering standards
>> based web services. All web services will demonstrate a common dataset,
>> and will be accessed by a range of geospatial client applications
>> installed on client computers.
>> http://external.opengis.org/twiki_public/bin/view/ClimateChallenge2009/WebHome 
>>
>>
>> Presenters are encouraged (but not mandated) to make use of scenarios
>> and onsite data from the Climate Change Integration Plugfest (CCIP).
>> This is especially important as demand for access to data over the
>> internet is expected to be high, and Australia has notoriously slow
>> connections to the outside world.
>>   *FOSS4G Live DVD*: LiveDVDs, based on the Xubuntu operating system, and
>> including Geospatial Open Source Software, will be given to all
>> delegates. Users can boot a Live DVD on their computer and trial the
>> software without installing or effecting the existing system. The DVD
>> will be a great marketing tool, and can be incorporated into Tutorials.
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc
>>   
> 
> FOSS4G 2009 Highlights
>> *Installfest*: After workshops on the first day, delegates will have the
>> opportunity to mingle with presenters, test their LiveDVD, and iron out
>> any laptop glitches before Tutorials in the following days.
>>
>> *Presentations*:
>>
>> *Birds of a Feather*: Rooms have been set aside for semi-organised
>> meetings between like minded groups. Some prominant community
>> initiatives started in prior FOSS4G Birds of a Feather sessions.
>>
>> *Code Sprint*: The weekend after FOSS4G is reserved for the Hackers'
>> Code Sprint. Hackers will be locked in a basement with lots of
>> bandwidth, pizzas and coke. (Well, maybe something better than that, but
>> we don't want to spoil the mystical hacker image by describing it any
>> differently.)
>>
>> Sweeteners
>>
>> Due to the effort involved in producing and presenting a workshop,
>> instructors will receive a single complementary registration to the
>> conference for delivering a workshop. Presenters for tutorials will not
>> be provided complementary registration.
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>     Upcoming milestones
>>
>>     * 2 Feb 2009, *Call for Workshops/Tutorials opens*
>>     * 2 Mar 2009, Call for Workshops/Tutorials closes
>>     * 9 Mar 2009, *Call for Abstracts opens*
>>     * 30 Mar 2009, Notification of acceptance for workshops/tutorials
>>     * 13 Apr 2009, *Registration for conference and tutorials opens*
>>     * 1 Jun 2009, Abstract submission deadline
>>     * 13 Jul 2009, Presenters notified of acceptance for talks
>>     * 31 Jul 2009, *Author/Early registration deadline*
>>     * 14 Sep 2009, *Completed program available on the wiki*
>>     * 20 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Workshop
>>     * 21-23 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Presentations and Tutorials
>>     * 24-25 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Code Sprint
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> For information about this announcement, contact:
>>
>> FOSS4G Organising Committee:
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009#Contact_Us
>>
>> or,
>>
>> Cameron Shorter, Chair of the FOSS4G Organising Committee and Geospatial
>> Systems Architect at LISAsoft
>>
>> tel +61-8570-5050
>>
>> c a m e r o n . s h o r t e r @ l i s a s o f t . c o m
>>   
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