[Ica-osgeo-labs] [FOSS4G 2016] Invitation to become member of the Scientific Committee and for review

[till.adams at fossgis.de]

Suchith,

could you with that please also distribute the general call for 
submissions for FOSS4G 2016 we've published yesterday via the 
OSGeo-discuss list?

You find the general text (covering call for AT, general call for 
paper, call for workshops and posters) here:
http://2016.foss4g.org/home.html#breaking-news

Thanks!

Till


Am 2016-01-22 12:00, schrieb Suchith Anand:
> Dear Franz-Josef, Pradeep,
>
>  Thanks for your efforts for organising the Academic / Scientific
> Track of the FOSS4G conference, Bonn . The Academic Track for FOSS4G
> has now expanded (thanks to efforts of you and Barend) and now well
> established. We will send this CfP through various channels and i am
> sure there will be strong participation. I also request colleagues to
> volunteer for the Scientific Committee to please inform the AT Chairs
> asap .
>
>  Pradeep - thanks for working to establish ICA-OSGeo-ISPRS lab in
> Kerala University which will be the first OSGeo lab in Kerala. I am
> from Kerala and I did my Pre-degree in Kerala University, so it is
> good to hear this. Venka and Thuy Vu (our Asia chairs) will be 
> pleased
> to provide any guidance you need.
>
>  Best wishes,
>
>  Suchith
>
> -------------------------
>
> FROM: ica-osgeo-labs [ica-osgeo-labs-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] on
> behalf of Franz-Josef Behr [franz-josef.behr at hft-stuttgart.de]
>  SENT: Friday, January 22, 2016 9:14 AM
>  TO: ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org
>  CC: geo.pradeep at keralauniversity.ac.in
>  SUBJECT: [Ica-osgeo-labs] [FOSS4G 2016] Invitation to become member
> of the Scientific Committee and for review
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
>  this year I am (co-) chairing again the Academic / Scientific Track
> of the FOSS4G conference [1]. While Barend is contributing this time
> as member of the Scientific Committee I am collaborating with Pradeep
> from Kerala University with whom I already organized several
> scientific events before. Pradeep is also on the way of establishing 
> a
> Ica-osgeo-lab at Kerala University in 2016.
>
>  For the Academic / Scientific Track of FOSS4G 2016, being held in in
> Bonn, Germany (24 -- 26 Aug), we are looking for colleagues to set up
> a SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE (SC) coupled with the local Programme
> Committee.
>
>  Our 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.
>
>  The deadline for paper submission is March 21th 2016. Hence our main
> work will start afterwards.
>
>  And, of course, we need support regarding the dissemination of the
> _Call for Papers _[2]. I attach the CfP document for _further
> distribution_.
>
>  Please send your expression of interest to participate in the SC
> and/or reviewers panel to Pradeep and me using this email address:
>
>  academictrack at foss4g2016.org [1]
>
>  My hope is that we can move together the idea of Openess in
> Geospatial IT, data, education, and standards significantly forward 
> by
> intensified integration of academia in the context of FOSS4G.
>
>  Best regards - Franz-Josef
>
>  [1] http://2016.foss4g.org/ [2]
>  [2] http://2016.foss4g.org/programme.html#scientific-track [3]
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