[OpenGeoscience] Activities at EGU 2018: Call for abstracts / Townhall / Splinter

[Massimiliano Cannata]

As I remember, townhall compete with poster too... And is a bit out of the
'route...

I'm for continuing but we should make it more attractive... Maybe with a
course (attend and drink) rather than just talk...

"How to chose the right license for your code",
"How to scientifically public your code", "why you should release your code
public", etc...

Maxi


Il 08 dic 2017 12:09, Peter Löwe <peter.loewe at gmx.de> ha scritto:

Dear list,

the calls for EGU submissions are open until January 10 2018 (
https://www.egu2018.eu/).

I would like t o draw you attention especially on this session:

ESSI3.1:Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) for Geoinformatics and
Geosciences
Details: http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/session/26511

Further, I would like to ask for feedback whether the committee shall
organize another Townhall event at EGU (evening event) or shall instead go
for a lunch-(splinter)event.
OSGeo Townhalls have been hosted since 2014 (report on last townhall
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/EGU_Townhall_2017).

Townhalls have the disadvantage to compete for attendees, as several
Townhall events happen in parallel in the same timeslot.

The same applies potentially to splinter meetings hosted during lunch, but
during that time of day most of the conference attendees are on the move
anyway.

IMHO the biggest difference between a splinter event for lunch and a
Townhall would be availability of libations (evenings: "free science",
"free software", "(free) beer") instead of hot beverages (coffee/tea).

For an OSGeo-themed evening event we could also schedule a dinner-event
(including libations) to meet with local OSGeo activists, as it was done in
the past years.

Please comment.

best,
Peter

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