[OSGeo Oceania] [FOSS4G-Oceania] FOSS4G 2023

[Jonah Sullivan]

Thanks for the insider information Adam.

I think we'll do well to have an in-person conference here in Oceania this
year. The Locate Conference <https://locateconference.com/> is planning to
have a big in-person geospatial conference here in Canberra in May: the
first in-person geospatial conference in Australia that I know of.

The past two years have been hybrid online/hubs, which have had varying
degrees of success (as you would expect). The 2021 FOSS4G conference almost
collapsed due to a lack of interest, but Edoardo pulled it together and
delivered some good content and several hub managers rallied their local
areas really well.

The Australian Government still isn't allowing tourist visas or cruise
ships, which is probably going to change sooner rather than later.
Personally, I'm planning a lot of international travel this year, starting
with a trip to Singapore in May <https://iho.int/en/msdiwg13-2022>, and
maybe more trips to Southeast Asia as soon as next month. Hopefully the
ease of travel within Oceania returns to 2019 levels this year, but I'm
sure the governments of several Small Island Developing States will prefer
to keep their citizens safe
<https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/127686462/the-last-tiny-countries-still-without-covid>
longer than the Australian Government.

I'll talk to the OSGeo Oceania Board about the opportunity but the initial
reaction hasn't been positive.

On Fri, 4 Feb 2022, 05:26 Adam Steer, <adam.d.steer at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hei Oceania
>
> In case it has escaped everyone's attention, FOSS4G 2023 does not have
> a home, or any letters of intent to host it yet - so the deadline for
> an expression of interest is likely to be extended [1]
>
> Maybe it's time? hosting the global FOSS4G in Oceania again has been
> discussed as long as I was involved with OO. FOSS4G SotM Oceania shows
> that there is probably enough local interest to carry the event even
> if a lot of people cannot travel from north of the equator - and
> there's a great set of people with experience in running travel grants
> - and there are great local teams in all corners of Oceania.
>
> Just a thought ;). The relevant process is here:
>
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2023_Bid_Process
>
> Hope all is well, with care from the high Arctic..
>
> Adam
>
> [1]
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