[Spanish] Fwd: Reach budgets of price sensitive organisations at the FOSS4G conference

Tue Apr 7 10:25:39 EDT 2009

Cameron Shorter, que coordina el FOSS4G2009, ha pedido que le demos
máxima difusión al siguiente correo.

tltr: básicamente es un correo para buscar patrocinadores, incluye la
lista de precios y una pequeña descripción de las actividades
principales del FOSS4G2009.

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OSGeo Community Leaders, Local Chapters, and Translaters,

This limited press release is going out today to potential FOSS4G sponsors.

If you know an organisation, maybe your own, who may be interested in
raising their organisation's profile at FOSS4G, could you please pass
on this press release to them.

http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Press_Release_9

Sydney, Australia. 7 April 2009.

Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) is becoming
increasingly entrenched in mainstream ICT (Information and
Communication Technology). The FOSS4G 2009 conference,
http://2009.foss4g.org/, in Sydney, Australian 20-23 October 2009, is
a unique event gathering a global community for an intensive and
exciting week of activity. Now more than ever there is a need for
organisations and business to think strategically. FOSS4G software can
help your organisation or business become agile in our challenging
economic times.

Your market is seeking to address their traditional problem spaces in
new and innovative ways by looking at FOSS4G to assist them realise
value and return on their investments. At a time when organisations
are thinking carefully about their investment in IT, how are you
addressing your client’s needs? Are you adapting?

Companies and organisations are looking at alternative technologies
and service models, looking at ways to integrate their existing
Geospatial technology with FOSS4G options. FOSS4G 2009 presents an
opportunity for you to demonstrate your adaptability to meet these new
demands, show your client base how your solutions can integrate into
theirs, come face to face with the people behind the growing force of
FOSS4G and reach new and emerging markets.

Is FOSS4G a new area of interest for your company? If so FOSS4G 2009
provides an opportunity to gain an overview and understanding of the
'state of free and open source Geospatial technology'. Sign up for
workshops and receive high quality training at incredibly competitive
rates! Share your experiences and see firsthand how your competitors
and clients are developing, implementing and using FOSS4G to underpin
their business.

Don’t miss the opportunity to present your company. FOSS4G conferences
have historically attracted delegates from spatial departments in
Government and Defence sectors, and from national programs like
Europe's INSPIRE project and 2009 is already attracting a lot of
interest from Australia and the Asia/Pacific region, from projects
like Australia's National Collaborative Research Infrastructure
Strategy (NCRIS). http://ncris.innovation.gov.au

*If you think FOSS4G 2009 is just for technologists then think
again........this is where your business needs to be in 2009!*

FOSS4G delegates will start registering online from mid April. If you
intend to maximise your marketing, then now is the time to purchase
one of the sponsorship packages and get your logo onto the FOSS4G
website. With exhibits starting from just $2, 500 AUD and sponsorships
starting from just $300 AUD it is an incredibly cost effective way of
getting your name in front of an international audience at a world
renowned venue. Small companies will be happy to hear about a new
Bronze sponsorship level, for only $AU1, 000, (approx $US720).

  Sponsorship at a glance

Cost AU$ (incl GST)

Premier (Name badges)   $AU50,000
Platinum (Luncheon)     $AU32,000
Gold    $AU15,000
Silver  $AU6,000
Bronze  $AU1,000
Program Book    $AU4,000
Conference Dinner       $AU4,000
Charging Station        $AU4,000
Satchel         $AU4,000
Climate Challenge Integration Plugfest (CCIP) Sponsor   $AU4,000
Session         $AU2,000
Code Sprint     $AU2,000
Tutorial        $AU2,000
Writing Pens    $AU2,000
Writing Pads    $AU2,000
Satchel Insert  $AU500
Program Book Advertising From   $AU300
Exhibition From         $AU2500

The full FOSS4G sponsorship prospectus including purchasing details
can be downloaded from:
http://2009.foss4g.org/downloads/FOSS4G_Sponsorship_Exhibition_Document.pdf

  FOSS4G 2009 Highlights

*The Climate Challenge Integration Plugfest (CCIP)*: FOSS4G will
launch the OGC's Climate Challenge Integration Plugfest (CCIP), which
demonstrates standards based interoperability between Open Source and
Proprietary geospatial applications. It consists of a server with
multiple virtual machines, each installed with geospatial applications
offering standards based web services. All web services will
demonstrate a common dataset, and will be accessed by a range of
geospatial client applications installed on client computers.
http://external.opengis.org/twiki_public/bin/view/ClimateChallenge2009/WebHome

Presenters are encouraged (but not mandated) to make use of scenarios
and on-site data from the Climate Challenge Integration Plugfest
(CCIP). This is especially important as demand for access to data over
the internet is expected to be high, and Australia has notoriously
slow connections to the outside world.

*FOSS4G Live DVD*: LiveDVDs, based on the Xubuntu operating system and
including Geospatial Open Source Software, will be given to all
delegates. Users can boot a Live DVD on their computer and trial the
software without installing or effecting the existing system.
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc

*Installfest*: The Installfest will give delegates the opportunity to
meet in a common area and install a wide variety of FOSS software on
their laptops, EE PC or any other system they care to bring in.
Community members will be around to assist with any troubles and
provide help and insight into the software. The install fest will take
place after workshops on the first day.

*Workshops and Tutorials*: Workshops and Tutorials allow presenters to
lead attendees through applications, integration solutions, or other
topics in an interactive environment. Half-day workshops (3 hours)
will be held in computer rooms on the first day. Tutorials (90
minutes) will be held in standard presentation rooms, run concurrently
with presentations during the third and fourth days.

*Presentations*: The meat of the conference are it's presentations.
Drawing on a huge community of local, regional and international
experts we will discuss some of the most current and poignant topics
in the industry today.

*Demo Theatre*: During lunch and coffee breaks the demonstration
theatre will be showcasing live software. These short demonstrations
from sponsors, open source projects and the user community show what
is possible with open source today.

*Birds of a Feather*: Rooms have been set aside for semi-organised
meetings between like minded groups. Some prominant community
initiatives started in prior FOSS4G Birds of a Feather sessions.

*Code Sprint*: The weekend after FOSS4G is reserved for the Hackers'
Code Sprint. Hackers will be locked in a basement with lots of
bandwidth, pizzas and coke. (Well, maybe something better than that,
but we don't want to spoil the mystical hacker image by describing it
any differently.)

  Upcoming milestones

  * 20 Apr 2009, *Registration for conference and workshops opens*
  * 1 Jun 2009, Abstract submission deadline
  * 13 Jul 2009, Presenters notified of acceptance for talks
  * 31 Jul 2009, *Author/Early registration deadline*
  * 14 Sep 2009, *Completed program available on the wiki*
  * 20 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Workshop
  * 21-23 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Presentations and Tutorials
  * 24-25 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Code Sprint

  Media Sponsors

  * Position Magazine: http://www.positionmag.com.au/
  * Asian Surveying and Mapping Newsletter: http://www.asmmag.com
  * Geoconnexions Magazine: http://www.geoconnexion.com/
  * Directions Magazine: http://directionsmag.com/

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For information about this announcement, contact:

Kirsty O'Brien

Sponsorship and Exhibition Executive

Tel: +61(2) 9265 0776

foss4g2009 en tourhosts.com.au

or,

Cameron Shorter, Chair of the FOSS4G Organising Committee and
Geospatial Systems Architect at LISAsoft

tel +61-8570-5050

c a m e r o n . s h o r t e r @ l i s a s o f t . c o m

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Cameron Shorter
Geospatial Systems Architect
Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254

Think Globally, Fix Locally
Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source
http://www.lisasoft.com

-- 
Pedro-Juan Ferrer Matoses
Ingeniero en Geodesia y Cartografía
Valencia (España)