[Foss4g2010] FOSS4G 2010 Call for Abstract
Cameron Shorter
cameron.shorter at gmail.com
Tue Feb 2 19:14:50 EST 2010
I've emailed Australian/New Zealand local chapter and the LiveDVD email
lists.
Lorenzo Becchi wrote:
>
> FOSS4G 2010 Press Release #4
>
> Please, spread this Press Release to the mailing lists you are
> responsible for.
>
> We will appreciate if you can confirm witch mailing lists has been
> targeted.
>
> thanks
>
> Lorenzo
>
> -----------------------------------------
>
> Subject: FOSS4G 2010 Call for Abstract
>
>
> We are pleased to announce the Call for Abstract for the FOSS4G (Free
> and Open Source Software for Geospatial) 2010 conference, being held
> September 6-9, in beautiful Barcelona, Spain.
>
> Held annually, FOSS4G is the premier conference for the open source
> geospatial community, providing a full-immersion experience in
> established and leading edge geospatial technologies for developers,
> users, and people new to open source geospatial.
>
> http://2010.foss4g.org
>
> FOSS4G 2010 presentations are 25 minute talks, with 5 minute question
> and answer sessions at the end. Presentations cover the use or
> development of open source geospatial software. Anyone can can submit
> a presentation proposal and take part in the conference as a presenter.
>
> Some topics of interest for this year are:
>
> * Case Studies: Relate the experiences of you and your
> organization using open source geospatial. Where do things work
> well? Poorly? What problems did you solve, and at what cost?
> What do you recommend for others? Why?
> * Benchmarks: Comparisons between pieces of geospatial software.
> How do features compare? Speed? Ease of use? What do you
> recommend for others?
> * Visualization: Tell about your tips and tricks for effective
> visualization. How do you present information in a compelling
> way? 3D? Cartographic tricks? Labelling and naming ideas? Graphs
> and hybrid map/data combinations?
> * Development: What are the new developments in your open source
> geospatial software product? How does it work, how do people use
> it, what are the technical issues you are running into?
> * Hacks and Mashing: Have you put together something novel or cool
> this year? What did you stick together, how did it work, show us
> your gizmo!
> * Collaboration: What techniques are you using to improve
> collaboration between organizations and between individuals.
> Public geodata, collaborative data collection, data sharing,
> open standards, de facto standards, and more!
>
> If you have an open source geospatial story to tell, we want to hear it!
>
> For more information, see the FOSS4G site:
>
> http://2010.foss4g.org/presentations.php
>
> The deadline for abstract submissions is April 1, 2010. Submit early,
> submit often!
>
>
> Academic Track
>
> The FOSS4G 2010 academic track aims to bringing together researchers,
> developers, users and practitioners carrying out research and
> development in the geospatial and the free and open source fields and
> willing to share original and recent research developments and
> experiences.
>
> The academic track will act as an inventory of current research
> topics, but the major goal is to promote cooperative research between
> OSGeo developers and the academia. The academic track is the right
> forum to highlight the most important research challenges and trends
> in the domain, and let them became the basis for an informal OSGeo
> research agenda. It will foster interdisciplinary discussions in all
> aspects of the geospatial and free and open source domains. It will be
> organized in a way to promote networking between the participants, to
> initiate and favour discussions regarding cutting-edge technologies in
> the field, to exchange research ideas and to promote international
> collaboration.
>
>
> Submission guidelines
>
> All submissions to the academic track must be original unpublished
> work written in English. Papers should not exceed the 6000 words
> limit. Formatting guidelines will be available soon. Submitted papers
> will be thoroughly reviewed by three members of the international
> scientific committee and refereed for their quality, originality and
> relevance.
>
>
> Submission deadline (full paper for the academic track) - May,
> 31th, 2010
>
>
> upcoming milestones
>
> * 15 Jan 2010, Call for Workshops/Tutorials opens
> * 30 Jan 2010, Call for Workshops/Tutorials closes
> * 1 Feb 2010, Call for Abstracts opens
> * 16 Feb 2010, Notification of acceptance for workshops/tutorials
> * 22 Feb 2010, Registration for workshop and tutorials opens
> * 1 Apr 2010, Abstract submission deadline
> * 1 May 2010, Presenters notified of acceptance for talks
> * 15 Jun 2010, Author/Early registration deadline
> * 15 Jul 2010 Full article submission deadline
> * Aug 2010, Completed program available
> * 6-7 Sep 2010, FOSS4G Workshops
> * 7-9 Sep 2010, FOSS4G Presentations and Tutorials
> * 10 Sep 2010, FOSS4G Code Sprint
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> _______________________________________________
> Foss4g2010 mailing list
> Foss4g2010 at lists.osgeo.org
> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2010
>
--
Cameron Shorter
Geospatial Systems Architect
Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
Think Globally, Fix Locally
Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source
http://www.lisasoft.com
More information about the Foss4g2010
mailing list