[FOSS4G2017] Another (possibly) fun idea

[Andy Anderson]

The program committee is always open to suggestions for topics and, as importantly, speakers that can address them, whether for individual presentations or for panels! We may then follow up to see what can be arranged.

You can send your suggestions to any member right now, including myself and Paul, but I’ll see about getting a form put up on the conference Web site to make that easier.

— Andy

On Sep 15, 2016, at 2:44 PM, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:

> There was a great unplanned debate at a FOSS4G Europe between Ivan and Peter Baumann on stage, on a thorny issue, but after they hugged, and it was fascinating to hear and see, the passion, the knowledge, it was exactly what the industry was wondering at the time, really on topic.  I can think of some great thorny issues, that would definitely be entertaining to hear.  Getting the 2 right people might be tricky though.  But I agree with you, as someone who's been sitting on the panel and also sitting in the audience for panels, as I'm sure Paul you too have done both, that normal panels are quite boring.  So I like your thinking!
> 
> -jeff
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> On 2016-09-15 2:47 PM, Paul Wickman wrote:
>> In light of getting more “fun” events going, what do folks think about
>> the idea of a friendly debate between two folks on some particularly
>> thorny issue in GIS?  I’m thinking of something along the lines of the
>> NPR show, “intelligence squared
>> <http://www.intelligencesquaredus.org/about-iq2>”   This could be set up
>> as a twist on the longer panel sessions.
>> 
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>> -Paul
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