[Foss4g2009] FOSS4G and Ignite Spatial

[Stephen Lead]

Hi everyone,

I've only just heard about FOSS4G and signed up to the mailing lists. I've
been working in GIS for the past 10 years in Australia and the UK, mainly
using (not very free or open source) proprietary software. I'm currently
contracting at the NSW Department of Lands in a GIS role.

I run an event in Sydney called Ignite
Spatial<http://www.ignitespatial.com/>- it's a presentation evening
for GIS and mapping folks with a "lightning
talks" format, where each presenter gets exactly 5 minutes to give their
presentation.

To get an idea of Ignite Spatial, check ou the presentations
here<http://www.ignitespatial.com/?page_id=13>- some good examples are
Chris O'Dell, Diana Mounter or Richard Lane. I also
run Ignite Sydney, where presenters can speak about any topic they like.
There's a great presentation
here<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UYZtjQICiM&feature=channel_page%20>which
talks about Lean programming - this gives a good idea of the
possibilities of the Ignite format.

Do you think that FOSS4G would be interested in doing a tie-in, and running
an Ignite Spatial event one evening during your conference?

One option would be to run it on the first night of conference as a
welcoming party, and have some of your speakers give a 5 minute overview of
their presentations. This would allow people to decide which presentations
to attend.

Another option is simply to run it on one of the evenings as an open event
whereby any of the attendees is able to give a presentation on something
Spatial.

Entrance would be free to anyone who wishes to attend. We would expect
around 150 of "our" people to attend, so if FOSS4G attendees were also
coming we'd need a bigger venue - is this something that FOSS4G could
organise at the convention centre?

I'm also interested in helping out with stage managing some of the workshops
or sessions in the conference, if this is of interest to you.

Cheers,
Steve

0410 638 348
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