[Foss4g2009] Website workshop / tutorial content update

[Mark Leslie]

I've attached some revised words for the workshop and tutorial pages.  I 
dare to dream that this will be the final revision.  I have also noticed 
that the link to /submission at the bottom of both pages is broken.  I 
believe it should link to /submissions/.
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Mark Leslie
Geospatial Software Architect
LISAsoft

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FOSS4G 2009 Workshops

<h2>Workshops</h2>

We are pleased to offer you the chance to showcase your skills by helping to teach eager attendees in the use of your favourite application, integration solution, technology or other topic in an interactive, hands-on environment.

Ten half-day workshops (3 hours in duration) will be held on the first day of the conference, October 20th. All workshop submissions will be considered, but particular interest will be shown in the following topics:
    * Practical introductions
    * Interoperability
    * Spatial data accuracy
    * Spatial data privacy
    * Data migration
    * System implementation
    * Data security

<h2>Guidelines for workshop submissions</h2>

Workshops are expected to be a hands-on experience with participants following along with the instructor, working directly with the software under discussion. All workshops will be equipped with computers (two students sharing one system) to support this vision. Workshop computers will be pre-installed with a basic image containing standard software packages running in a Windows XP environment.  A standard FOSS4G LiveDVD will be provided to all conference participants.  The use of this or another LiveCD/DVD or other replacement operating system is possible but will be undertaken at the risk of the presenter.  To discuss your needs for either the workshop computer set-up or Live DVD, please contact the organising committee: http://2009.foss4g.org/contacts/.

Workshops are also 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. Due to the effort involved in producing and presenting a workshop, presenters will receive a single free registration to the conference for delivering a workshop.  Should the conference exceed attendance expectations a second conference pass may be provided for secondary instructors.

Presenters are encouraged to make use of scenarios and on-site data from the Climate Change Integration Plugfest (CCIP) if appropriate.  This is especially critical as demand for access to data over the internet is expected to be very high, and Australia has notoriously slow connections to the outside world.  Contact details for  the CCIP are available at http://external.opengis.org/twiki_public/bin/view/ClimateChallenge2009/WebHome. 

<h2>Submitting a Workshop</h2>

For details on the submission process click here

Download the workshop submission template in <a href="whereever.dot">MS Office format</a> or <a href="whereever.ott">Open Document format</a>.

To create a workshop submission click here.

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FOSS4G 2009 Tutorials

<h2>Tutorials</h2>

24 90 minute tutorials will be held on Thursday October 22 and Friday October 23. All tutorial submissions will be considered, but particular interest will be shown in the following topics:

    * Practical introductions
    * Interoperability
    * Spatial data accuracy
    * Spatial data privacy
    * Data migration
    * System implementation
    * Data security

<h2>Guidelines for tutorials submissions</h2>

Tutorials offer you the opportunity to share your knowledge and passion for your favorite application, intregration solutions, technology or other topic in bite-sized pieces.

Tutorial rooms will not be equipped with computers so any hands-on aspects are the responsibility of the presenter and must be stated; the tutorial may recommend participants to bring their own laptop. Most laptops can be expected to be running some version of the Windows operating system.  Preference will be given to hands-on tutorials.

FOSS4G LiveDVDs, based on the Xubuntu operating system, will be available at the conference and supplied to all attendees. These may be used in the Tutorials, or installation of software packages provided by the presenter may be part of the tutorial. Any presenter that is to make use of the LiveDVD is expected to test their tutorial against it during its production to ensure it will meet your needs.  To discuss your requirements for  LiveDVD, please contact the organising committee: http://2009.foss4g.org/contacts/. 

Presenters are encouraged to make use of scenarios and on-site data from the Climate Change Integration Plugfest (CCIP) if appropriate.  This is especially critical as demand for access to data over the internet is expected to be very high, and Australia has notoriously slow connections to the outside world.  Contact details for  the CCIP are available at http://external.opengis.org/twiki_public/bin/view/ClimateChallenge2009/WebHome. 

<h2>Submitting a Tutorial</h2>

For details on the submission process click here

Download the tutorial submission template in <a href="whereever.dot">MS Office Format</a> or <a href="whereever.ott">Open Document Format</a>.

To create a tutorial submission click here