[GRASS5] FOSS4G2006 conference: September 12-15th, 2006 in Lausanne, Switzerland

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FOSS4G2006, the international conference addressing 
geospatial data technologies developed by or of
relevance to the Open  Source community, will be held
September 12-15th, 2006 in Lausanne, Switzerland. The
conference will bring together all the Free and Open
Source Software for Geoinformatics (FOSS4G)
communities.  The conference incorporates the OSGIS
Conference, Mapserver User Meeting,  GRASS Users
Conference, Java oriented FOSS4G and EOGEO Workshops
with  the intent to be broadly inclusive. 

Lausanne, Switzerland will host  the conference, making
it the first time many of these groups will  meet in
Europe. A committee is working to design a program with
elements  that will interest participants from the
novice to the expert. The  conference strives to build
on the successes and enthusiasm generated  by previous,
related meetings. 
 
Important dates to note (dates are approximate and
subject to change):
 
  April 15, 2006	Workshop submission deadline

  June 30, 2006		Presentation submission deadline


  April 15, 2006	Final registration opening 
			(pre-registration is open)

  June 30, 2006		Early registration deadline

We strongly encourage making your room reservation
early as September is still high season for tourism in
Lausanne.

For more information, registration and/or submit a
contribution, please visit the conference website at 
	http://www.foss4g2006.org 
 
Take advantage of the opportunity FOSS4G2006 offers to
 network with fellow geospatial data professionals,
renewing old  acquaintances and making new ones. Hope
to see you there!