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

[Michael Gould]

Franz-Josef:  overall I think it looks good, but I wonder about the term
Scientific Committee. Is this to be the committee which runs the Academic
Track (only)? Because the overall conference would normally have a
Programme Committee (PC) rather than a SC.  (many of the papers at GIS
events are NOT scientific, and that's ok)

cheers
Michael Gould



2016-01-10 22:24 GMT+01:00 Franz-Josef Behr <
franz-josef.behr at hft-stuttgart.de>:

> 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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>
>
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