[Foss4g2009] Re: 25 word description of foss4g for ACS

[Cameron Shorter]

Bruce, 25 words is much harder write.
I have it down to 24 words plus a description line. Can you please see 
if this is ok:

Witness Geospatial trends shaping today’s IT industry: mobile platforms, 
crowd sourcing, clouds, standards, open source and Spatial Data 
Infrastructures, at a huge international conference.

*20-23 October 2009, Sydney. http://2009.foss4g.org.*


It is available with header and footer (including logo) at:
https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/2009/documents/propaganda/articles/What 
is FOSS4G - 25 words.doc

Bruce Bannerman wrote:
> Sorry Cameron,
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> As per my last, 25 words.
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Cameron Shorter [mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com] 
>> Sent: Tuesday, 7 July 2009 9:08 AM
>> To: Bruce Bannerman; Ross Johnson; foss4g2009
>> Subject: 250 word description of foss4g for ACS
>>
>> Bruce,
>> I've written a 250 word description about FOSS4G for the 
>> Australian Computer Society.
>> Available at:
>> https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/2009/documents/propaganda/a
>> rticles/What
>> is FOSS4G - CIO Network.doc
>>
>> Can you please review, and assuming it is ok, forward onto 
>> your ACS contact.
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>>     FOSS4G 2009 - Witness the Geospatial trends shaping 
>> today's IT industry
>>
>> *20-23 October, 2009 in Sydney, Australia. http://2009.foss4g.org *
>>
>> The international conference for Free and Open Source 
>> Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) will showcase the 
>> technologies, standards, case studies and geospatial trends 
>> up-heaving today's IT industry.
>>
>> The past 5 years has seen an explosion of location based 
>> applications, driven through ubiquitous mobile platforms, 
>> extensive access of no-cost maps and data, crowd sourcing, 
>> development and uptake of solid spatial standards, 
>> integration of cross-agency data through Spatial Data 
>> Infrastructures, development and commercialisation of 
>> Geospatial Open Source software, cloud computing and more.
>>
>> At FOSS4G you will see the best international Developers, 
>> Policy Makers, Sponsors, Decision Makers and Geospatial 
>> Professionals show off the latest geospatial applications, 
>> standards, government programs, business processes and case studies.
>>
>> It will be a compelling event for anyone who needs to know 
>> how Geospatial technologies are shaping tomorrow's IT landscape.
>>
>>
>>     Highlights from FOSS4G 2009 include:
>>
>> *Presentations*: Insightful and honest presentations from the world's 
>> best in the Geospatial field.
>>
>> *Workshops and Tutorials:* Interactive and hands-on walkthroughs of 
>> Geospatial Open Source Software.
>>
>> *The Climate Change Integration Plugfest (CCIP):* A demonstration of 
>> standards based interoperability between Open Source and Proprietary 
>> geospatial applications based on a Climate Change Scenario.
>>
>> *Birds of a Feather:* Semi-organised meetings between 
>> like-minded groups.
>>
>> *Installfest:* Unstructured period where community members will be 
>> helping delegates install a wide variety of FOSS software on 
>> delegates' 
>> laptops.
>>
>> *Code Sprint*: Weekend after FOSS4G: Passionate programmers + pizza + 
>> caffeine + whiteboards + wireless = great software advancements.
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Cameron Shorter
>> Geospatial Systems Architect
>> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
>> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
>>
>> Think Globally, Fix Locally
>> Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source
>> http://www.lisasoft.com
>>
>>     


-- 
Cameron Shorter
Geospatial Systems Architect
Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254

Think Globally, Fix Locally
Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source
http://www.lisasoft.com