[Ica-osgeo-labs] [OSGeo-Discuss] Short report on OpenGIS-Moscow

Wed Dec 2 06:37:42 PST 2015

Suchith,

many thanks for all your efforts ;-).

I am really keen on seeing you in Bonn next year!

Wait for anything you deliver,

thanks again, Till

Am 2015-12-02 14:04, schrieb Suchith Anand:
> Hi Till,
>
> The studentship program is excellent idea . Thanks for this. I have
> send this info to my contacts, and i hope you get good response. I
> will also look out for any funding programs which can be useful and
> inform you. I remember for FOSS4G Europe 2015 Como , Maria and Marco
> arranged a COST VGI training school coinciding with the conference,
> which enable many students/early carer researchers to participate .
>
> Also it is important that we plan OSGeo student awards for 2016
> building upon our ideas at FOSS4G Seoul where we had  excellent
> student  competitions
> 
> http://2015.foss4g.org/winners-of-osgeo-student-awards-for-foss4g-2015-seoul/
>  and i hope there will be more excellent papers from students
> submitted for Bonn conference also.
>
> Let us all work on Building Bridges :)
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
> ________________________________________
> From: ica-osgeo-labs [ica-osgeo-labs-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] on
> behalf of till.adams at fossgis.de [till.adams at fossgis.de]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2015 11:58 AM
> To: ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org; Jeff McKenna
> Subject: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] [OSGeo-Discuss] Short report on 
> OpenGIS-Moscow
>
> Hi Jeff, @list,
>
> many thanks from me as well for this report.
>
> I talk as a representative of the upcoming global FOSS4G in 2016 in
> Bonn. For me all that shows again, that our plan to get attendance 
> costs
> for everybody as low as possible is the right strategy (I had few
> requests of complaining companies, that our sponsorship packages are
> higher than they were in the past years). In the end a FOSS4G - 
> whatever
> size or regional/global focus it has - is in the first instance an 
> event
> for the attending people (of course there are also many other 
> interests
> such as business, science, networking and so on).
>
> Saying that, I'd like to open another building lot for Bonn's FOSS4G
> 2016 (and also for upcoming events as well!) and perhaps this 
> platform
> is the right one to start with.
>
> The question is:
> What can we do *more*, to sponsor students and also people from 
> poorer
> countries attendance on a FOSS4G? As Jeff knows, I talked to Sanghee
> about that in Seoul, but my hope is, that we can do more than just
> having a donation account, where other attendees can spent money.
>
> I wonder if there are any international funding programs (we care for
> the national ones anyway) known from anybody out there, where we (or
> better potential attendees) can apply for? Also, one important point 
> to
> note is, that just cutting attendance costs for these group(s) is not
> the appropriate solution, as on the one side our costs remain (high) 
> and
> also attendance fees are only part of the attendance costs.
> When we have a clearer view on our incomes, we can do something on 
> that
> side as well and we also can care for cheaper accommodations, but we
> can't cut prices for travel e.g..
>
> What we already have planned is our "studentship & helper program"
> where we want to set up a group of students, with a 50/50 deal: 50% 
> work
> for us on-site (registration, information, session-room helper) and 
> 50%
> free participation on the conference, also including the gala event. 
> But
> this addresses only to a number of let's say 30-40 students (not sure
> about the exact required number yet). But, BTW - everybody reading 
> this
> can spread this word and indicate students to that opportunity. Just 
> let
> them send an email to "info at foss4g2016.org".
>
> So if anybody reading this has an idea bothering any of the thoughts
> above, feel free contacting me!
>
>
> So far, Till
>
>
>
>
> Am 2015-12-02 10:45, schrieb Suchith Anand:
>> Hi Jeff,
>>
>> Thanks for sharing these updates on OpenGIS-Moscow. I am sure this
>> event will help more universities in Russia  to establish dedicated
>> Open Source Geospatial Labs for expanding geoeducation opportunities
>> and share Geo4All ideas and principles.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Suchith
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Discuss [discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] on behalf of Jeff
>> McKenna [jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com]
>> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2015 9:32 PM
>> To: osgeo
>> Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Short report on OpenGIS-Moscow
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> Last week I had the opportunity to attend the OpenGIS conference in
>> Moscow, Russia (http://gisconf.ru).  The venue was really nice, the
>> huge
>> headquarters of @mail.ru Group (http://mail.ru), Moscow's largest
>> hi-tech company (2000 employees I believe), who in fact just
>> purchased
>> an OpenStreetMap-based mapping application, MAPS.ME 
>> (http://maps.me).
>>
>> Much of the credit for the event must go to Maxim, the chair, and 
>> his
>> company NextGIS (http://nextgis.ru/), who sponsored and dedicated so
>> much effort; the entire organizing committee deserves much praise,
>> and
>> you likely will recognize many of them from past FOSS4G events
>> (http://gisconf.ru/organizers).
>>
>> Roughly 415 attendees for the second OpenGIS event (the first was
>> held
>> in 2012, with around 100 attendees) which is just excellent.  This
>> was a
>> free event, meaning no admission charge, and attendees paid for 
>> their
>> lunches in the local cafeteria.  There were 2 tracks, one for FOSS4G
>> software and the other for OpenStreetMap; OSM is very active here,
>> and
>> many will be aware of the locally-developed "OsmAnd" application.
>>
>> The topics and talks were cutting-edge, this was a very 
>> knowledgeable
>> group, and very interested in the OSGeo foundation.  There was quite
>> a
>> buzz at the event, and I saw packed workshop "master classes" for
>> GRASS,
>> QGIS, and other core projects, and everyone was very energetic.
>> There
>> were many talks that mentioned their involvement in GeoForAll as
>> well, I
>> couldn't be more impressed with their enthusiasm and passion for 
>> Open
>> Source geo.
>>
>> Also of note is that like many other countries/municipalities across
>> the
>> globe, their prime minister has signed a law that requires 
>> government
>> agencies to use Open Source software, which must be in place by
>> January
>> 2016, so there is a huge interested in FOSS.
>>
>> Many will also be interested to hear that there is already talk of 
>> an
>> event for next year, in beautiful St. Petersburg.  So mark your
>> calendars!  You don't want to miss that event.
>>
>> It was a special trip, I met so many vibrant energetic community
>> leaders.  And oh yes, because of this event a new OSGeo local 
>> chapter
>> is
>> forming there, which is great!!!  Thank you to Maxim, Nikolai, the
>> OSGeo
>> Board, and everyone at the OpenGIS event for making this such a
>> special
>> trip.
>>
>> You can see many pictures of the event here:
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/trolleway/sets/72157659104643414
>>
>>
>> -jeff
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jeff McKenna
>> President, OSGeo
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jeff_McKenna
>>
>>
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