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

Mon Oct 26 00:31:39 PDT 2015

Hi Ela,

that's great to hear! Thanks for joining.

Cheers,
  Volker

On 10/24/2015 10:19 PM, Elżbieta Wołoszyńska-Wiśniewska wrote:
> Hi Volker,
> 
> I'm happy to hear that we have common vision for education at FOSS4G
> 2016 :-) I would be honoured to join the programme committe - you have
> my support if needed.*
> *
> 
> Best,
> 
> Ela
> 
>> Dnia 21 październik 2015 o 20:30 Volker Mische
>> <volker.mische at gmail.com> napisał(a):
>>
>>
>> Hi Ela,
>>
>> On 10/21/2015 05:57 PM, Elżbieta Wołoszyńska-Wiśniewska wrote:
>> > +1 for Volker's idea to put education into a general track. During the
>> > general program selection you can decide on a group of presentations
>> > focused on education and then put them together in the agenda (in
>> > one/two sessions) so people interested could easily find them.
>> >
>> > Volker, is that in line with your idea? :-)*
>>
>> yes, that would have been my idea. Someone who has a good understanding
>> of which talks might be interesting in this regard (you e.g. :) would
>> join the programmme committe an will help selecting the talks.
>>
>> My plan is to give the slots (3 talks in a row) some kind of topic.
>> Those would be then be "education".
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Volker
>>
>>
>> > *Concering pre-conf workshop - I will come back to you as soon as get
>> > information from the Education community.*
>> >
>> > *Ela*
>> >
>> >
>> > *
>> > W dniu 2015-10-21 o 12:09, Suchith Anand pisze:
>> >> Barend and Franz-Josef have been doing excellent work with the
>> >> Academic Track from FOSS4G Nottingham time and i am pleased to see
>> >> their continiuning efforts for Bonn as well :)
>> >>
>> >> Ela will in due course consult our OSGeo Education community and get
>> >> back to you on the details of the workshops planned.
>> >>
>> >> Suchith
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >> *From:* Christian Willmes [c.willmes at uni-koeln.de]
>> >> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 21, 2015 11:03 AM
>> >> *To:* Suchith Anand; foss4g2016 at lists.osgeo.org
>> >> *Subject:* Re: [FOSS4G2016] Sessions planning: 2 session rooms on 23rd
>> >> of August
>> >>
>> >> Ah now I see, thanks! I was thinking about the conference academic
>> track.
>> >> The original request was only about the pre-conf workshops.
>> >> Sorry for the noise from my side.
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >> Christian
>> >>
>> >> Am 21.10.2015 um 11:58 schrieb Suchith Anand:
>> >>> Ela is only organising the Education workshops NOT Scientific Track
>> >>> of Academic papers
>> >>>
>> >>> So the info on Scientific track etc should be same as before
>> >>>
>> >>> *Chair of scientific track*
>> >>>
>> >>> * Franz-Josef Behr, Barend Köbben, A.P. Pradeepkumar
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Suchith
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >>> *From:* FOSS4G2016 [foss4g2016-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] on behalf of
>> >>> Christian Willmes [c.willmes at uni-koeln.de]
>> >>> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 21, 2015 10:54 AM
>> >>> *To:* foss4g2016 at lists.osgeo.org
>> >>> *Subject:* Re: [FOSS4G2016] Sessions planning: 2 session rooms on
>> >>> 23rd of August
>> >>>
>> >>> Hi,
>> >>>
>> >>> in this case, the wiki should be updated.
>> >>>
>> >>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2016_Teams
>> >>>
>> >>> Right now it says:
>> >>>
>> >>> * *Chair of scientific track*
>> >>> o Franz-Josef Behr, Barend Köbben, A.P. Pradeepkumar
>> >>>
>> >>> Regards,
>> >>> Christian
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Am 21.10.2015 um 11:39 schrieb 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
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> ________________________________________
>> >>>> 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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