[Foss4g2009] Program suggestion: keynotes on each morning [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Shoaib.Burq at ga.gov.au]

Here's just another option we could use if required.

Keynotes don't just have to be in the morning. At RailsConf they had the first keynote on the night of the workshops. It actually worked quite well bringing everyone in together the night before the sessions.

In fact they had 2 keynotes on two days; one in the morning and one in the evening. A session sandwich if you like.

At the moment we have BOF on at 4.30PM Wednesday. We could easily move that to a later time like 6.30PM without impacting attendance too much. BOFs tend to be informal anyways and people don't mind staying late for them. And put another keynote there - say 4.30-5.30PM

It's just an idea feel free to shoot it down :)

Shoaib Burq
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-----Original Message-----
From: foss4g2009-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:foss4g2009-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Cameron Shorter
Sent: Wednesday, 11 February 2009 9:50
To: mapbutcher
Cc: Paul Ramsey; foss4g2009
Subject: Re: [Foss4g2009] Program suggestion: keynotes on each morning

Yes Simon and Paul, you are right.
We: start Presentations & Tutorials.

Sorry for the confusion.

mapbutcher wrote:
> Cameron,
>
> I think you meant to write:
>
> 10:45 Wed: start Presentations & Tutorial Sessions
>
> The workshops are scheduled for the Tuesday.
>
> I will adjust program accordingly to create a speaker slot at the
> beginning of each day (wed, thurs, fri)
>
> Simon
>
>
> 2009/2/11 Paul Ramsey <pramsey at opengeo.org <mailto:pramsey at opengeo.org>>
>
>     You can't keynote the workshop day without drastically cutting into
>     teaching time. Also, not all attendees will be around on workshop day.
>
>     P
>
>     On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Cameron Shorter
>     <cameron.shorter at gmail.com <mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     > Simon,
>     >
>     > A conference format which I've seen work well at the West
>     Australian WALIS
>     > conference was to have a keynote speaker on each morning of the
>     conference.
>     > (Gives delegates a good reason to get to the conference on time).
>     >
>     > I think it also helps to make the keynotes more distinguished,
>     by noting
>     > that they will be opening Day X, and I think gives us the chance
>     to add
>     > another keynote.
>     >
>     > So my suggestion would be:
>     > 8:30 - 10:15 Wed: Welcome +  Climate Change Speaker +
>     Integration Showcase
>     > intro (Raj)
>     > 10:45 Wed: start Tutorials/Workshops
>     >
>     > 8:30 Thurs: Keynote 3 - Google speaker?
>     > 8:30 Fri: Keynote 4 - One of the other keynotes that have
>     already been
>     > suggested
>     >
>     >
>     > --
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