[Foss4g2009] Draft of Call for Abstracts

[Bruce Bannerman]

20 minutes is OK by me.

We may get a few more presentations in.

Bruce Bannerman


On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 09:36 +1100, 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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