[UN] UN Workshop in Brindisi

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Dear Jeroen,
thanks for your highlighting the business aspects.

Actually I think (but will find out only there) that UN secretariat intend
to test the adoption of two software (see title of the workshop: GeoSHAPE &
OpenGDS) and to hear from us about our community and way of collaborating.
Incubation for instance could be a good starting point for discussion: how
UN intend to guarantee the openness of a software they intend to adopt?
The other relevant aspect is that OSGeo projects will be presented
(actually they are the pillar which GeoSHAPE is built on) and certainly i
will push for their adoption (in a neutral way with respect to any company
or technology).

So for instance if you have one slide to push the importance of GeoNetwork
or any other OSGeo's project I will be glad to use them.

You are right this workshop is not open to everyone, but it will be my task
to detail any outputs and discussion.

Best,
Maxi

(p.s.: be sure that I will (re)present OSGeo as a whole :-D )


2016-02-24 15:35 GMT+01:00 Jeroen Ticheler <jeroen.ticheler at geocat.net>:

> Thanks Maxi,
> Unfortunately I’m not able to participate to that meeting (and in fact I
> was not invited and am not aware if the meeting is open to others either).
> But from my perspective it would be great if the meeting is the start of
> something beyond a technical or academic exercise. Meaning that UN Peace
> Keeping Operations will work together with the projects of interest and the
> related service providers (read: companies) that deal with providing
> commercial services to clients. I know there is a lot of room for academic
> work, volunteer work etcetera in this context. And I’m sure that Maria and
> you will focus on those aspects, so I can safely ignore that in this email
> and solely focus on the business side of things :-)
> Cheers,
> Jeroen
>
> On 24 feb. 2016, at 15:02, Massimiliano Cannata <
> massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch> wrote:
>
> Dear All,
> i'm writing you to inform that the next 7-11 March 2016 Maria Brovelli and
> Myself were invited to participate in the GeoSHAPE & OpenGDS Workshop for
> UN OpenGIS initiative which aims at developing the use of Free and Open
> Source GIS Software in support of UN Peace Operations.
>
> While Maria will present Geo4All initiative I will present OSGeo and its
> committees, projects and actions.
>
> Anyone willing to contribute with comments, suggestions, notes or inputs
> (slides, link, etc..) is more then welcome.
>
>
> Best,
> Maxi
>
>
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Responsabile settore Geomatica


Istituto scienze della Terra

Dipartimento ambiente costruzione e design

Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana

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