[Foss4g2009] Draft of Call for Abstracts

[Mark Leslie]

I'm happy with Harley's suggestion, though I may try to reword it into a 
topic of it's own instead of within Case Studies.  That might give it 
stronger emphasis, but the right words aren't coming to me yet.

I disagree with a 20 minute talking time.  As someone who tends to rush 
to fit within my time slot, I'd be very unhappy losing 20% of my time 
and I think having 5 minutes to twiddle thumbs between presentations 
ruins the flow of the event.

But this brings us to the larger question of how we're going to organise 
presentation slides and what support we will have at the podium for 
presenters.  Does anyone know offhand what was done in previous years? 
At WALIS presenters were required to test their presentation on the 
laptop before their presentation slot, and all presentations for a block 
were there waiting.  No setup and few problems.  I have no problem 
making this a requirement, and we should be insisting (if we can insist 
on anything) that presentation slides are provided before the conference 
starts.

There's also the question of who will be running the presentation 
streams.  Will we grab a volunteer to introduce presenters and make sure 
they finish on time, or will we ask one of the presenters to do it?  Not 
something we need a decision on quickly, but something worth some thought.

Mark Leslie
Geospatial Software Architect
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Cameron Shorter wrote:
> +1 to Harley's suggestions.
> 
> Also, I suggest that we adjust the time per presentation from: 25 mins + 
> 5 mins Questions to: 20 mins + 5 mins questions, leaving 5 mins for 
> settup and to allow a buffer to handle any technical glitches or 
> presentation over-runs.
> 
> Harley Prowse wrote:
>> Thanks Mark.
>>
>> Here I go again on my pet topic for the presentations.  I'd really like
>> to emphasise the need for a good selection of non-technical
>> presentations as well as the technical ones (which I am sure we will
>> get).  To that end, how about a few minor changes as per below...
>>
>> Presentations are open to all those interested and will provide 25
>> minutes of talk time with 5 minutes for question and answer sessions at
>> the end. All selected presentations will cover the use or development of
>> open source geospatial software.  <insert> The committee is looking for
>> a mixture of technical and non-technical presentations.
>>
>> Case Studies: Share your experiences using open source geospatial. What
>> problems were you attempting to solve? How successful were you and at
>> what cost? What can others learn from your experience? <insert> How did
>> you sell the Open Source concept to management? What was the Return on
>> Investment?
>>
>> Harley Prowse
>> www.gbs.co.nz
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: foss4g2009-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>> [mailto:foss4g2009-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Mark Leslie
>> Sent: 3 March 2009 5:00 p.m.
>> To: foss4g2009
>> Subject: [Foss4g2009] Draft of Call for Abstracts
>>
>> I've put together a draft of the Call for Abstracts for review and
>> comment.
>>
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Press_Release_7
>>
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> 
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