[Foss4g2009] Draft Press Release announcing abstracts

[Venka]

Hi Cameron,

Perhaps we can add about poster session in the press
release. I think the poster can be selected from
rank 85 to rank 125

"Community participation in the abstract selection was impressive, with 
over 150 community members selecting 85 general and 40 poster track 
abstracts from the 183 submitted and a further 12 academic abstracts 
selected by 52 academic peers."

Best regards

Venka

Cameron Shorter wrote:
> I've drafted a press release announcing the abstract selection at:
> 
> We should finalise this by tomorrow (Tuesday) so that we can give 
> translators a week to translate it.
> Please provide review comments on the text below, or update the wiki 
> directly.
> 
> 
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Press_Release_21
> 
> 
>  FOSS4G Abstracts announced + Early Bird registration looming
> 
> Sydney, Australia. 20 July 2009. http://2009.foss4g.org
> 
> 
>    Abstracts Announced
> 
> A comprehensive list of presentations has been announced for the 
> international Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial conference, 
> in Sydney, Australia, 20-23 October 2009.
> 
> Abstracts presented by the world's best Developers, Policy Makers, 
> Sponsors and Geospatial Professionals include the latest geospatial 
> applications, standards, government programs, business processes and 
> case studies.
> 
> Topics include mobile platforms, location based applications, crowd 
> sourcing, cloud computing, development, spatial standards, integration 
> of cross-agency data, Spatial Data Infrastructures, Sensor Webs, Web 
> Processing Services, Integration of Open Source and Proprietary Software 
> and more.
> 
> For the full list of quality abstracts, view: 
> http://2009.foss4g.org/presentations/
> 
> Community participation in the abstract selection was impressive, with 
> over 150 community members selected 85 general track abstracts from the 
> 183 submitted and a further 12 academic abstracts selected by 52 
> academic peers.
> 
> 
>    Early Bird Registration
> 
> After getting inspired from the breadth of abstracts, be sure to 
> register for the FOSS4G conference. Early Bird registration closes in 
> less than two weeks, on 31 July, 2009. http://2009.foss4g.org/registration/
> 
> 
>    Upcoming milestones
> 
>    * 31 Jul 2009, *Early bird 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 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Code Sprint
> 
> 
>    [edit
>    
> <http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=FOSS4G_2009_Press_Release_21&action=edit&section=5>] 
> 
>    Media Sponsors
> 
>    * Position Magazine: http://www.positionmag.com.au/
>    * Asian Surveying and Mapping Newsletter: http://www.asmmag.com
>    * Geoconnexions Magazine: http://www.geoconnexion.com/
>    * Directions Magazine: http://directionsmag.com/
>    * GIS Development: http://gisdevelopment.net/
>    * Baliz Media: http://www.BALIZ-MEDIA.com/
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> For more information or to keep informed from the FOSS4G Organising 
> Committee, join our email list or twitter feed at: 
> http://2009.foss4g.org/contacts/
> 
> or contact:
> 
> Cameron Shorter, Chair of the FOSS4G Organising Committee and Geospatial 
> Systems Architect at LISAsoft
> 
> tel  +61-2-8570-5050
> 
> 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
> 
>