[Geo4All] Workshop Invitation - To Open Source Geo community

Sun Apr 1 19:24:05 PDT 2018

Hi everyone,
The organizers of the conference below are looking for someone to organize a FOSS4G track in this conference.
Anyone can do it?

Please contact the organizers:
Mohamed Sarwat [msarwat at asu.edu<mailto:msarwat at asu.edu>]
FARNOUSH.BANAEI-KASHANI at UCDENVER.EDU<mailto:FARNOUSH.BANAEI-KASHANI at UCDENVER.EDU>
ehoel at esri.com<mailto:ehoel at esri.com>
jckrumm at microsoft.com<mailto:jckrumm at microsoft.com>

Thank you all
Rafael

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Rafael Moreno, Ph.D.
Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences
University of Colorado Denver
Office: North Classroom 3524, Auraria Campus
Campus Box 172
1200 Larimer Street NC 3524
Denver, CO 80204
Phone: 303-315-7556
Fax 303-556-6197
Website: https://clas.ucdenver.edu/directory/faculty-staff/Rafael-Moreno

From: Mohamed Sarwat [mailto:msarwat at asu.edu]
Sent: Sunday, April 1, 2018 2:05 PM
To: Banaei-kashani, Farnoush <FARNOUSH.BANAEI-KASHANI at UCDENVER.EDU>
Cc: John Krumm <jckrumm at microsoft.com>; Moreno-sanchez, Rafael <Rafael.Moreno at ucdenver.edu>; ehoel at esri.com
Subject: Re: Workshop Invitation - Open Source Geo

Hi Rafael,

We would like to welcome your ideas to propose a workshop theme for ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2019. I believe a workshop that covers open source geospatial SW is a great idea. i am personally very excited about that; Let me know how we can be of any help. As a start, please take a look at the call for workshop proposals (given below):

Cheers,

26th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems
(ACM SIGSPATIAL 2018)
Call for Workshop Proposals
November6, 2018
Seattle, Washington, USA
The ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM SIGSPATIAL) traditionally holds one-day co-located workshops on the day immediately preceding the first day of the conference. The workshops have proven to be very vibrant events, providing focused environment for exchanging ideas and experiences, and they attract a significant majority of the regular conference attendees. ACM SIGSPATIAL 2018 aims to continue this practice and invites submissions of proposals for workshops. The proposals should be submitted as pdf-format attachment to an email sent to the workshops chairs Mohamed Sarwat (msarwat at asu.edu<mailto:msarwat at asu.edu>) and John Krumm (jckrumm at microsoft.com<mailto:jckrumm at microsoft.com>) by May 1, 2018.
The expected duration of a workshop is one half day or one full day, and all the accepted workshops will take place on November 6th, 2018 at the main conference venue.
The proceedings of the workshops are expected to be published jointly with the conference proceedings and will appear in the ACM Digital Library. Workshops will benefit from the registration process of ACM SIGSPATIAL 2018. All workshops will have a common continental breakfast and common morning and afternoon coffee breaks. The workshops focus on particular aspects of the field and are intended to enhance the conference experience for those attending the ACM SIGSPATIAL Conference. The conference sets the registration fees for the workshops, which are the same for each workshop and are set at a minimum level to recover costs of room rental, refreshments, and AV. No complimentary registration is provided to workshop organizers nor keynote speakers nor any other persons affiliated with the workshops. If workshop organizers wish to have invited speakers, any additional financial support must come from funds that are raised by the workshop organizers. Workshops are encouraged to recognize their best papers or presentations with awards, which can be announced at the conference banquet.
When composing the actual call for papers, workshop organizers are advised to explicitly mention that one author per accepted workshop contribution (paper, poster, demo) is required to register for the workshop and the conference, as well as attend the workshop to present the accepted work. Otherwise, the accepted submission will not appear in the ACM Digital Library version of the workshop proceedings. Each workshop proposal must contain information deemed pertinent by the organizer(s) which, at the minimum, should include the following:
· Workshop title
· Short description of the topic and the format of the workshop
· Explanation of why the workshop is a good match with ACM SIGSPATIAL 2018.
· Names and contact information of the workshop organizer(s)
· Names of the members of the program committee (at least 50% must be already known and confirmed at the time of the proposal)
· Expected number of participants
· A written confirmation from all organizers that they will register and attend the workshop, upon acceptance
The decision about acceptance/rejection of workshop proposals will be made by the Workshop Chairs in consultation with the SIGSPATIAL Executive Committee and the General Chairs, taking into account the venue capacity as well as viability.
Evaluation criteria include overall quality and the fit with respect to the expected ACM SIGSPATIAL 2018 program. Note that proposals are especially encouraged on emerging topics that are relevant to spatial information systems and algorithms. Notification regarding acceptance of particular workshop proposals is expected to be sent out by June 1, 2018.
The organizers of successful workshops will be responsible for their own review process. Publicity will be handled jointly with the workshop organizers being responsible for the creation of a workshop website. The local arrangements chairs require that all workshops adhere to a specific general timetable to facilitate catering. Workshop organizers must inform the Workshop Chairs of the numbers of submissions and acceptances as soon as these numbers become available. Because of limited meeting room space, workshops with fewer than 20 expected registrants might be reduced to a half-day format, at the discretion of the conference organizers. All proposers and organizers of accepted workshops must also register for the workshop or the workshop will be cancelled.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Proposal Submission Deadline: May 1, 2018
Send the proposal (PDF, no more than 3 pages) to Workshops Chairs:
· Mohamed Sarwat (msarwat at asu.edu<mailto:msarwat at asu.edu>)
· John Krumm (jckrumm at microsoft.com<mailto:jckrumm at microsoft.com>)
Notification of Acceptance: June 1, 2018

On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 9:10 AM, Banaei-kashani, Farnoush <FARNOUSH.BANAEI-KASHANI at ucdenver.edu<mailto:FARNOUSH.BANAEI-KASHANI at ucdenver.edu>> wrote:
Dear John and Mohamed,

I would like to introduce Prof. Rafael Moreno-Sanchez, a colleague of mine who serves on the advisory board of Geoforall, runs a very active Geoforall lab at UC Denver, and is a key member of the OSGeo community, among other communities that work in the area of open data/source/education/ … .

I have discussed with Rafael the possibility of involving his community to hold a workshop in the area of open source geo at SIGSPATIAL 2018. He has kindly offered to communicate this opportunity to his colleagues in the open-source geo community. It would be great if you could send your call for workshop proposals to Rafael, addressing his community. Please note that in this community the term “session” is used to refer to what we call “workshop”.

Thanks for your consideration.

Best
+Farnoush

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Mohamed Sarwat, Assistant Professor of Computer Science & Engineering
Data Systems Lab<https://www.datasyslab.net>, Arizona State University<http://www.asu.edu>, Tempe, AZ
Follow on Twitter: @MoSarwat<https://twitter.com/MoSarwat>
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