[FOSS4G2016] Invitation to contribute to the Scientific Committee and as reviewer (draft)

[Franz-Josef Behr]

Maria pointed out that IJC is not a common acronym.

IJC = International Journal of Cartography, edited by: William 
Cartwright and Anne Ruas,  ISSN 2372-9333 (print), 2372-9341 (online). 
http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=editorialBoard&journalCode=tica20#.Vo0zo1LSv-s

Regards
Franz-Josef


Am 10.01.2016 um 22:24 schrieb Franz-Josef Behr:
> Hi!
>
> Please find below the draft of Pradeep and me "Invitation to 
> contribute to the Scientific Committee and as reviewer".
>
> Any comments until tomorrow (Monday) evening are welcome!
>
> Viele Grüße / Best regards
>
> Franz-Josef
>
>
> The *Geospatial Open Source community* strives together with the*OSGeo 
> Foundation* for excellence in all their endeavours to achieve the 
> highest levels of learned interactions through its FOSS4G conferences. 
> Each conference is a milestone as well as a stepping stone for the 
> FOSS GIS community as well as for the whole world which, with each 
> passing day, realizes that FOSS is the way forward in the post-Kyoto 
> world of *sustainability*.
>
> The annual *FOSS4G conference*, being held in *2016 in Bonn, Germany 
> (24 -- 26 Aug)*, is the largest global gathering focused on open 
> source geospatial software. FOSS4G brings together developers, users, 
> decision-makers and observers from a broad spectrum of organizations 
> and fields of operation. Through six days of workshops, presentations, 
> discussions, and cooperation, FOSS4G participants create effective and 
> relevant geospatial products, standards, and protocols.
>
> To enable FOSS4G to achieve its aims and foster the spirit of openness 
> in geospatial computing, this call is made for all who are  interested 
> in the FOSS4G philosophy to express interest in*becoming part of the 
> Scientific Committee* (SC) of the upcoming FOSS4G conference. 
> Potential topics are listed at the bottom of
>
> The  SC will steer the course of the conference, and will decide on 
> the tracks, the lead speakers, the sessions, the chairs, and of course 
> the presentations that will be made. In addition recommendations for 
> further publication of selected papers in TGIS, IJC, or OSGeo Journal 
> can be given.
>
> Additionally we welcome you and other scientists to express their 
> interest for a key input that sustains the quality of presentations 
> and publications in each FOSS4G, i.e., *reviewing the submissions*!
>
> Please send expressions of interest to participate in the SC and/or 
> reviewers panel to the chairs listed below.
>
> Thank you for your support!
>
> Yours truly,
>
>
> Franz-Josef Behr  and  A.P. Pradeepkumar
> ________________________________________________________________________
> FOSS4G 2016 Academic Track
> http://2014.foss4g.org/ojs/index.php/foss4g2014
>
> Questions & remarks to the Academic Track Chairs:
> Prof. Dr. Franz-Josef Behr - franz-josef.behr at hft-stuttgart.de
> Prof. Dr. A.P. Pradeepkumar - geo.pradeep at gmail.com
>
>
>
> *Topics listed in the Call for Papers*
>
> •    Architectures and frameworks for open source software and data
> •    Business Models for Open Source / Open Data
> •    Data Quality, Software Quality and Service Quality
> •    Community Building
> •    Doing more for less: Assessment of costs and benefits of open 
> source applications and open source business models
> •    Use of Open Data in public administration and services
> •    FOSS and FOSS4G: Is spatial special?
> •    Approaches to combine open and closed software
> •    Teaching Geospatial Sciences with open source solutions
> •    History of Geospatial Open Standards
> •    Open Database Protection
> •    Open Data Resources, Linked Open Data, Open Data Commons, Open 
> Data Best Practices
> •    Open Data Technologies and Interoperability
> •    Cross-border approaches, Political Open Data Support, Licensing 
> Policies
> •    Open Source GIS application use cases, i.e.,  in local and 
> regional administrations, landscape planning, participatory GIS, 
> Location based services, health, energy supply, water, climate change, 
> transportation, agriculture and forestry, disaster management, and 
> retailing/marketing
> •    Implementation and benefits of open standards, needs for further 
> developments in standardization

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