[FOSS4G2016] Sessions planning: 2 session rooms on 23rd of August

[Suchith Anand]

Hi Till, 

Thanks for this info. Ela is fully in charge of organising Geo4All/OSGeo education workshops at FOSS4G 2016, so i am sure she will be in touch with LOC and education community on the details in due course.I think it is great opportunity to expand OSGeo education activities to wider audience. Thanks Ela for taking this on.

Best wishes,

Suchith


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From: till.adams at fossgis.de [till.adams at fossgis.de]
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 10:32 AM
To: foss4g2016 at lists.osgeo.org
Cc: suchith.anand at nottingham.ac.uk
Subject: Re: [FOSS4G2016] Sessions planning: 2 session rooms on 23rd of August

Hi Ela, Volker and Christian,

just for you to know: We also have access to two session rooms (for
approx. 25 persons each) on 23rd of August (day before core conference
starts) in another place, which might be used for Geo4All/Education
workshops.
We can get this rooms for free, so we would have to care for some
coffee and a snack for midday only.
I think, if you/Geo4All wants to make sth. that day in these two rooms,
you/Geo4All (and/or the academic committee) should overtake the
organisation for this.
I can assist for any local stuff.

I already talked to Suchith from Geo4All about this possibility - just
to keep that in mind and please keep Suchith up to date!

Till



Am 2015-10-21 11:21, schrieb Volker Mische:
> Hi Christian,
>
> thanks for replying. I was thinking about a different thing, though I
> might be the only one.
>
> There will surely be an academic track with it's own proper selection
> etc.
>
> I was thinking if there could also be general talks about education
> in
> the general problem. So it won't be about results from research, but
> rather about FOSS4G in education in general. It could be things like
> cases studies about switching to open source, or analysis of what's
> still needed in regards to open source. Or about ideas how open
> source
> could play a bigger role.
>
> Not sure if that makes sense. If not, I'm happy to have an academic
> track only.
>
> Cheers,
>   Volker
>
>
> On 10/21/2015 11:14 AM, Christian Willmes wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just want to give my two cents about the academic track. I would
>> prefer an actual academic or education (or may it be called
>> GeoForAll)
>> track. Meaning, that we would have an actual track in the program,
>> at
>> least clearly marked in the program schedule overview, preferably
>> one
>> this way declared marked column, and maybe even with a dedicated
>> location (session room). In Portland I found it quite confusing to
>> see
>> which presentations are part of the academic track. This way this
>> would
>> be really simple.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Christian
>>
>> Am 21.10.2015 um 11:01 schrieb Volker Mische:
>>> Hi Ela,
>>>
>>> On 10/21/2015 09:02 AM, Elżbieta Wołoszyńska-Wiśniewska wrote:
>>>> Dear LOC,
>>>>
>>>> While planning sessions and workshops, please don't forget these
>>>> dedicated to FOSS4G education. Some time ago we were discussing
>>>> the
>>>> possibility to have education pointed out as a special topic in a
>>>> general track.
>>>>
>>>> Please let me know when the proper time comes to move on with this
>>>> topic.
>>> the time is now.
>>>
>>> What did you have in mind in regards to having a special track.
>>> Would
>>> that be sessions from people from the education community? Or would
>>> we
>>> just have a special focus during the general program selection on
>>> education (that would be my preference)?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>    Volker
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