[Ica-osgeo-labs] [Board] Fwd: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open GIS! Conference, Moscow, Russia, Nov 21-22

Sat Oct 10 08:20:49 PDT 2015

Hi Suchith and all,

I'm attending the conference and going to introduce GeoForAll to the
Russian-speaking community at the Education track. So if anyone from the
network will be there too and willing to join the talk - just let me know.
10 окт. 2015 г. 11:17 AM пользователь "Suchith Anand" <
Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk> написал:

> This is a good idea. It will be great if Jeff or Venka are able to attend
> and present OSGeo.
>
>
> Also may i request our colleagues at The Siberian State University of
> Geosystems and Technologies (SSUGT) Open Geospatial Lab  to be there to
> share their experiences at this conference. The SSUGT Open Geospatial Lab
> is the central and only node in Russian Federation. We hope more
> universities in Russia will start establishing OSGeo labs to help expand
> more education opportunities there.
>
>
> http://sgugit.ru/en/collaboration/international-cooperation/siberian-opensource-geospatial-lab/
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
> PS: Two weeks back i attended SASIG 2015 in Lisbon to give keynote and it
> was a great opportunity to get discussions started for establishing a
> dedicated OSGeo lab in Portugal. Thanks to the SASIG organisors for funding
> my travel which enabled me to attend the conference.
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Board [board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] on behalf of Jeff McKenna [
> jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 09, 2015 6:01 PM
> To: board at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [Board] Fwd: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open GIS! Conference, Moscow,
> Russia, Nov 21-22
>
> Hi Arnulf,
>
> Maxim has sent me a direct message about this.  I will see if I can make
> it work and get back to you here.  Venka and I have been speaking of
> such a visit to Moscow and the community there (several attended
> FOSS4G-Seoul), and maybe this is the good reason to do so in November.
> I will look into visa requirements though first.
>
> PS. I attended the first QGIS Users meeting in Denmark last year as a
> keynote, I agree that such a representation goes a long long way.
>
> -jeff
>
>
>
>
>
> On 2015-10-09 11:55 AM, Arnulf Christl wrote:
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> > Folks,
> > this falls like dead center in our mission and in my opinion is worth
> > some investment. Would OSGeo consider funding a high level
> > representative to give a presentation there?
> >
> > I am sure that someone from the board, a committee or a PSC from a
> > software project could be interested and available.
> >
> > Have fun,
> > Arnulf
> >
> >
> > PS:
> > Two weeks ago I attended the Denmark QGIS user meeting (they could fund
> > my travel) to give a talk about how to "build" a community / or rather
> > how to help it emerge. For me it seemed overkill to ship a person around
> > for a 45 minute talk and half an hour Q&A but all confirmed that it was
> > really helpful. To us lots of this "Open Source community" stuff is
> > obvious, but it is really, really helpful for those who have not yet
> > attended a FOSS4G etc. And it seems that speaking in person still does
> > make a difference.
> >
> >
> > - -------- Forwarded Message --------
> > Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss]  Open GIS! Conference, Moscow, Russia, Nov 21-2
> > 2
> > Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 18:37:38 +0300
> > From: Maxim Dubinin <sim at gis-lab.info>
> > Reply-To: Maxim Dubinin <sim at gis-lab.info>
> > To: osgeo Discussions <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>
> > CC: info at gisconf.ru
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > We're excited  to  announce  that  we're running Open GIS'2015 this
> > November 21-22 (Sunday, Saturday) in Moscow, Russia  (45 days left)
> >
> > First  Open  GIS  conference  happened  in  2012  and brought together
> > diverse crowd of 250 people from  150  organizations. We had about 50
> > presentations  and 12 workshops. This year we expect at least the same
> > numbers  or  more. We  hope  this will be a very positive, diverse and
> > active event.
> >
> > This  conference  is  grassroots  and  organized by members of Russian
> > GIS-Lab  and  OpenStreetMap communities (think FOSSGIS, but completely
> > informal). Attendance and workshops are free.
> >
> > Though  this is a national event, English-speaking presenters are very
> > welcome.   We   already   have  few  presentations  and workshops from
> > people  from  abroad (for example from Victor Olaya). We can guarantee
> > lots  of  attention  and  challenging  questions. If  you're with a
> > company this might be a major 'undeveloped market' for your products.
> >
> > Please  let me know if you'd like to come. You will most probably will
> > require  a  visa,  but  there  is  plenty  of  time  to  get one. Your
> > participation   is   critical  for  building  stronger  ties  between
> > technically  apt,  but  isolated  user&developer  community  here  and
> > outside open source geospatial world.
> >
> > We're  also  looking  for  sponsors,  primarily  to  cover  travel for
> > international visitors and may be students.
> >
> > Hope to see you in Moscow.
> >
> > Maxim Dubinin
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