[Foss4g2009] Draft of Call for Abstracts

[Doug White]

Hi Harley

I strongly agree. While it is great to get the techo's together for 
workshops and tutorials. The presentations provide an avenue for 
business i.e. management to gain a better understanding of how they may 
leverage open source software.

Doug White.

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-----
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> [mailto:foss4g2009-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Mark Leslie
> Sent: 3 March 2009 5:00 p.m.
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> 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
>
>