FOSS4G2008 Call for papers

2008-05-13T16:34:06Z

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FOSS4G2008 Communication

2008-05-13T15:58:32Z

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The standard text has been sent to the list at [[Public Relations]] ([http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=Public_Relations&oldid=24302 version of 15:02, 18 April 2008])

== Marketing Events ==

The following is a list of events that should trigger Announcements, please update if there are important once left in the list or if you feel more can be done. The text of announcements is stored on the [[FOSS4G2008_Announcements]] page:

* <strike>First General Announcement: Registration & call for workshops papers (Gavin-04/04/08)</strike>
* <strike>1 week reminder for deadline of submission of workshops and labs of 30 April (Daina 23/04/08 -> Gavin 9/5)</strike>
* 1 Week reminder of dealine for submission of abstracts 5 May (Daina 05/05/08)
* First Call for posters submission (Inge ../../..)
* 1 week reminder of close of poster submission 23/06/08
* Draft Conference Programe (compiled from workshops and labs and abstracts accepted by 17/06/08)
* One month warning of close of Early Bird Registration on June 15 (Daina 15/05/08)
* Second draft of Conference programme (after all notifications.. close to final one)
* 1 week warning of close of close of Early Bird Registration on June 15 (Daina 08/05/08)
* 2 months to go: Call for Conference Registration (29/07/08)
* 1 month to go: Call for Conference Registration (28/08/08)

== E-Mail Marketing ==
* GISSA Chair and Regional Secretaries mail to all GISSA lists
* foss4g-newsletter (Gavin or Paul Scott)
* OSGeo
** africa (Gavin direct)
** discuss (Gavin direct)
**announce (news_item at osgeo dot org)
**conference_dev (Gavin direct)
**edu_discuss (Gavin direct)
**conference-workshops (Gavin direct)
**foss4g2008loc (Gavin direct)
**foss4g2009 (Gavin direct)
*EIS-Africa (request Sonja and Sives)
*AGIRN (request Craig Schwabe)
*GLCN-L (Gavin direct)
*geonetwork-users (Gavin direct)
*sensorweb CSIR list (Gavin direct)
*sdi-africa (Gavin direct)
* postgis-users, Paul Ramsey
* gmt, Paul Ramsey
* freegis-list (Gavin direct)
* local linux user groups
* local java user groups
* geotools-devel, Jody Garnett
* gt2-users-list, Jody Garnett
* udig-devel, Jody Garnett
* geoserver-devel, Jody Garnett
* mapserver-users, Steve Lime
* mapguide-users, Bob Bray
* qgis-user, Gary Sherman / Tim Sutton
* grass-dev and grassuser, Markus Neteler
* osgeo announce, Frank Warmerdam
* gdal-dev, Frank Warmerdam
* worldwind, Chad Zimmerman
* openlayers, Chris Schmidt
* mapbender, Arnulf Christl
* ossim, Mark Lucus
* jump (jump-users and openjump lists), Landon Blake
* gvsig, trying gvsig at gva.es to start
* opengis/geosptatial, Sam Bacharach
* sharpmap?
* mapnik, Artem Pavlenko
* deegree, lan/lon
* geowankers, Allan Doyle
* kamap-users, -dev, Paul Spencer
* mapbuilder-users, -dev, Cameron Shorter
* eogeo, Allan Doyle
* CEOS WGISS lists, Allan Doyle
* NASA ESIP lists, Perry Nacionales
* MapStorer lists, Sebastian Schmitz
* Chameleon lists, Paul Spencer
* Geonetwork lists, Jeroen Ticheler
* osgeo discuss, Tyler Mitchell
* mapserver-west, Tyler Mitchell
* MapWindow announce list, Dan Ames
* ''More Please...''

== Paper Marketing ==

Advertisement: Position IT (GISSA media partner) Mar/Apr Issue
Advertisement: EIS-Africa
Editorial: at least one arcticle in every issue of PositionIT

Placement of Registration form in national journals/magazine (investigating costs for SA)

Postal mailing in SA, Africa & Other states ... past 2007 attendees? (Budget-checking, contributions from LOC on postal address mailing list). (Postal mail wasn't that effective in 2007 - Gavin)

== Web Marketing ==

Placing banner ads one some of the high-traffic open source project sites is a huge source of referrals. The 2007 conference web site received the majority of its referrals from open source web site announcements, with GRASS as the top site.

The following sites need to be approached to do banner placement:
* GRASS (Markus Neteler)
* PostGIS (Paul Ramsey)
* Mapserver (Steve Lime)
* MapWindow (Dan Ames) -
* [[http://www.fossgis.de FOSSGIS]] (Arnulf Christl)
* WhereGroup.com (Arnulf Christl)
* Mapbender (Arnulf Christl)
* GIS Jobs Clearinghouse (Steve Lime)
* GeoNetwork opensource (Jeroen Ticheler)
* http://www.northafrica.de/gis.htm
* http://www.sahims.net/gis/Gis%20Input/GIS_library_Regional.asp
* http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/viewn.asp?id=GIS:N_ncwmpjaltd

The following sites have committed to doing banner placement:
* http://www.eis-africa.org/EIS-Africa/(Sives Govender)
* http://www.agirn.org/agirn/eis_africa.php ((Craig Schwabe)have agreed to market the conference awaiting materail from us -contact Carrin)

And see also [[Public Relations]]

We have requested the graphics designer who designed the FOSS4G2008 logo to assist with ideas for designs of the logos and banners to place on websites of varios open source organisations, GISSA partners and other regional websites. We had a few ideas centered on the main logo. Those with great graphics skills who want to be creative please help and add to the list.

[[Image:LOGO_RGB_web.jpg]]
The FOSS4G2008 logo

[[Image:Web-advert.jpg]]
Resized image of Position IT advert

[[Image:LOGO_RGB_web-edits.jpg ]]

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==Blogosphere==
Please write about FOSS4G2008 in your blog. List any blogs or bloggers that are or should be discussing FOSS4G here:

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FOSS4G2008 Discounts

2008-05-13T15:53:48Z

Wiki-Inetterberg:

Back to [[FOSS4G_2008]]...

Applying discounts: The [http://conference.osgeo.org/index.php/foss4g/2008/about/contact Conference Secretariat] will create a secret list of codes for each discount category and supply the correct code to each registrant where applicable, to be used when registering at the [http://www.foss4g2008.org conference website]

== Presenters ==
* There are no discounts for people who are doing the 25-minute Presentations

== Posters ==
* There are no discounts for people who are presenting Posters

== Panelists and Lighting Talks ==
* There are no discounts for plenary panelists
* There are no discounts for plenary lightning speakers

== Keynote Speakers ==
added by Inge for discussion - this is NB to know up front when approaching keynote speakers.
* Credit for Day Registration for the day of the keynote address.

== Sponsors ==
* Sponsors receive complimentary registrations and discounts to "the Conference" (not Conference + Workshops) as detailed in the [http://conference.osgeo.org/foss4g2008/docs/FOSS4G2008sponsorshipandexhibitorprospectus15Feb08.pdf Sponsorship & Exhibitor Prospectus]
* Sponsors may add workshops to their complimentary registrations using the Workshops Only rate

== Exhibitors ==
* [http://www.foss4g2007.org/exhibition/ Exhibitors] receive a complimentary registration and discounts to "the Conference" (not Conference + Workshops) as detailed in the [http://conference.osgeo.org/foss4g2008/docs/FOSS4G2008sponsorshipandexhibitorprospectus15Feb08.pdf Sponsorship & Exhibitor Prospectus]
* Exhibitors may add workshops to their complimentary registration using the Workshops Only rate

== Workshop Instructors ==
* Workshop instructors receive credit for registration for "the Conference" (not Conference + Workshops)
* If there is more than one instructor, then there will be '''two''' credits available
* Workshop instructors may attend another Workshop, but only as an observer at the back of the classroom (subject to available space)
* The credit is for registration, and does not represent a specific Rand amount
* The credit cannot be divided
* The credit may be transferred to someone else by notifying the [http://conference.osgeo.org/index.php/foss4g/2008/about/contact Conference Secretariat]

== Lab Instructors ==
* [http://www.foss4g2007.org/labs/ Lab] instructors receive credit for 50% registration for "the Conference" (not Conference + Workshops)
* If there is more than one instructor, then there will be '''two''' credits available
* Lab instructors are not allowed to attend Workshops as an observer
* The credit is for 50% registration, and does not represent a specific Rand amount
* The credit cannot be divided
* The credit may be transferred to someone else by notifying the [http://conference.osgeo.org/index.php/foss4g/2008/about/contact Conference Secretariat]

== Local Organising Committee (LOC), incl OSGeo reps ==
(not OSGeo or GISSA Conference Committee)
* LOC core members receive credit for registration for "the Conference" (not Conference + Workshops)
* The credit is for registration, and does not represent a specific Rand amount
* The credit cannot be divided
* Conference committee members may add workshops to their complimentary registrations using the Workshops Only rate
* Qualification as a contributing member of the LOC is on the recommendation of the Conference Chair.

== Workshop Committee ==
* Workshop committee members receive credit for registration for "the Conference" (not Conference + Workshops)
* The credit is for registration, and does not represent a specific Rand amount
* The credit cannot be divided
* If the member is also part of the Conference Committee, they do not receive a second credit
* Workshop committee members may add workshops to their complimentary registrations using the Workshops Only rate
* Qualification as a contributing member of the workshop committee is on the recommendation of the Workshop Coordinator.

== Volunteers ==
Below is the 2007 policy - Russell please edit as this develops for 2008 (and then remove this line)
* Volunteers agree to work one full day (possibly broken up into two "shifts" that may fall on different days) to receive credit
* Volunteers receive credit for registration for "the Conference" (not Conference + Workshops)
* The credit is for registration, and does not represent a specific dollar amount
* The credit cannot be divided
* The credit cannot be transferred
* Students from South African post-secondary educational institutions will receive first preference for volunteer slots
* Volunteers can be recommended to the Volunteer coordinator by the Conference Committee
* Only as many volunteers as are needed will be accepted

==Other Discount Categories==
Below are items proposed by [[User:gfleming]] for discussion and approval by the LOC. They will be fixed latest 30 April.
* Practising school teachers (show proof) 50% discount, applicable to Conference and Day rates. Workshops full price.
* University and other tertiary institution students (show proof) 50% discount, applicable to Conference and Day rates. Workshops full price. This category only opens in June? depending on available space.

==Grants and other financial support==
At present there is no budget for financial support other than the discounts listed above. If we get sufficient or targeted financial support to cover grants we will put out announcements to that effect. In the meantime, if you are a student or member of an NGO or otherwise need financial support to get to FOSS4G2008, please seek support from your usual sources. You are welcome to edit this paragraph to list agencies that offer this sort of support.

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FOSS4G2008 Discounts

2008-05-13T15:50:52Z

Wiki-Inetterberg:

Back to [[FOSS4G_2008]]...

Applying discounts: The [http://conference.osgeo.org/index.php/foss4g/2008/about/contact Conference Secretariat] will create a secret list of codes for each discount category and supply the correct code to each registrant where applicable, to be used when registering at the [www.foss4g2008.org conference website]

== Presenters ==
* There are no discounts for people who are doing the 25-minute Presentations

== Posters ==
* There are no discounts for people who are presenting Posters

== Panelists and Lighting Talks ==
* There are no discounts for plenary panelists
* There are no discounts for plenary lightning speakers

== Keynote Speakers ==
added by Inge for discussion - this is NB to know up front when approaching keynote speakers.
* Credit for Day Registration for the day of the keynote address.

== Sponsors ==
* Sponsors receive complimentary registrations and discounts to "the Conference" (not Conference + Workshops) as detailed in the [http://conference.osgeo.org/foss4g2008/docs/FOSS4G2008sponsorshipandexhibitorprospectus15Feb08.pdf Sponsorship & Exhibitor Prospectus]
* Sponsors may add workshops to their complimentary registrations using the Workshops Only rate

== Exhibitors ==
* [http://www.foss4g2007.org/exhibition/ Exhibitors] receive a complimentary registration and discounts to "the Conference" (not Conference + Workshops) as detailed in the [http://conference.osgeo.org/foss4g2008/docs/FOSS4G2008sponsorshipandexhibitorprospectus15Feb08.pdf Sponsorship & Exhibitor Prospectus]
* Exhibitors may add workshops to their complimentary registration using the Workshops Only rate

== Workshop Instructors ==
* Workshop instructors receive credit for registration for "the Conference" (not Conference + Workshops)
* If there is more than one instructor, then there will be '''two''' credits available
* Workshop instructors may attend another Workshop, but only as an observer at the back of the classroom (subject to available space)
* The credit is for registration, and does not represent a specific Rand amount
* The credit cannot be divided
* The credit may be transferred to someone else by notifying the [http://conference.osgeo.org/index.php/foss4g/2008/about/contact Conference Secretariat]

== Lab Instructors ==
* [http://www.foss4g2007.org/labs/ Lab] instructors receive credit for 50% registration for "the Conference" (not Conference + Workshops)
* If there is more than one instructor, then there will be '''two''' credits available
* Lab instructors are not allowed to attend Workshops as an observer
* The credit is for 50% registration, and does not represent a specific Rand amount
* The credit cannot be divided
* The credit may be transferred to someone else by notifying the [http://conference.osgeo.org/index.php/foss4g/2008/about/contact Conference Secretariat]

== Local Organising Committee (LOC), incl OSGeo reps ==
(not OSGeo or GISSA Conference Committee)
* LOC core members receive credit for registration for "the Conference" (not Conference + Workshops)
* The credit is for registration, and does not represent a specific Rand amount
* The credit cannot be divided
* Conference committee members may add workshops to their complimentary registrations using the Workshops Only rate
* Qualification as a contributing member of the LOC is on the recommendation of the Conference Chair.

== Workshop Committee ==
* Workshop committee members receive credit for registration for "the Conference" (not Conference + Workshops)
* The credit is for registration, and does not represent a specific Rand amount
* The credit cannot be divided
* If the member is also part of the Conference Committee, they do not receive a second credit
* Workshop committee members may add workshops to their complimentary registrations using the Workshops Only rate
* Qualification as a contributing member of the workshop committee is on the recommendation of the Workshop Coordinator.

== Volunteers ==
Below is the 2007 policy - Russell please edit as this develops for 2008 (and then remove this line)
* Volunteers agree to work one full day (possibly broken up into two "shifts" that may fall on different days) to receive credit
* Volunteers receive credit for registration for "the Conference" (not Conference + Workshops)
* The credit is for registration, and does not represent a specific dollar amount
* The credit cannot be divided
* The credit cannot be transferred
* Students from South African post-secondary educational institutions will receive first preference for volunteer slots
* Volunteers can be recommended to the Volunteer coordinator by the Conference Committee
* Only as many volunteers as are needed will be accepted

==Other Discount Categories==
Below are items proposed by [[User:gfleming]] for discussion and approval by the LOC. They will be fixed latest 30 April.
* Practising school teachers (show proof) 50% discount, applicable to Conference and Day rates. Workshops full price.
* University and other tertiary institution students (show proof) 50% discount, applicable to Conference and Day rates. Workshops full price. This category only opens in June? depending on available space.

==Grants and other financial support==
At present there is no budget for financial support other than the discounts listed above. If we get sufficient or targeted financial support to cover grants we will put out announcements to that effect. In the meantime, if you are a student or member of an NGO or otherwise need financial support to get to FOSS4G2008, please seek support from your usual sources. You are welcome to edit this paragraph to list agencies that offer this sort of support.

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FOSS4G2008 Call for papers

2008-05-13T14:44:28Z

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==Call for Papers==
We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the 2008 Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) conference, incorporating 'GISSA 2008', being held from 29 September to 3 October, in beautiful Cape Town, South Africa. For more information, please see the FOSS4G 2008 site: [http://www.foss4g2008.org]

This conference gathers developers and users of open source geospatial software from around the world to discuss new directions, exciting implementations, and growing business opportunities in the field of open source, mixed and propriety geospatial software. FOSS4G is presented annually by the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo). The local host for FOSS4G2008 is the Geo-Information Society of South Africa, GISSA. FOSS4G 2008 incorporates 'GISSA 2008'. While Free and Open Source GIS is our focus, you are also welcome to submit papers for the 'applied' topics that use proprietary or mixed GIS. We want to encourage exposure, debate and understanding among FOSS and proprietary communities. Talks will be marked clearly on the programme as FOSS / Proprietary / Mixed / Peer Reviewed.
===Topics which must have a FOSS component or perspective are:===
*New FOSS GIS developments
*Interoperability and standards - OGC, GEOSS
*Web processing services, Sensor Web enablement and the like
*Using FOSS with proprietary software
*Making the transition to FOSS GIS
*FOSS GIS support and training
*FOSS GIS business models
*FOSS GIS implementation and deployment
*Open data, open content, open architectures, open everything!
*Case studies of open source implementations
*Improving FOSS GIS cartography and map production
*Use Case driven FOSS GIS development and improving the user experience
*FOSS GIS Internationalisation and Localisation
===Topics for applications, methodologies or theoretical geospatial work are not limited to a FOSS perspective:===
*Sustainable development and the MDGs (Millennium Development Goals)
*Disaster management
*Health
*Energy
*Water
*Climate change
*Weather
*Ecosystem management
*Agriculture
*Biodiversity
*Land reform
*Education
*Government
*Local economic development, poverty alleviation
*Participatory GIS
*Semantic Web and ontologies in GIS
*Location based services, logistics, routing
*2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa
*NGOs, CBOs (Community-based organisations) and community development workers
*Mining, exploration, beneficiation
*Spatial economics
*Military
*Land information and administration (cadastre, address data, etc.)
===Academic Papers Track===
This year we are thrilled to announce the first academic track for peer-reviewed papers. The date for submission of abstracts to the academic track is 12 May 2008. Abstracts have to be 500-600 words in length and will be reviewed by the Program Committee of the academic track of FOSS4G 2008. ''Abstracts will be judged on the basis of significance, relevance, correctness, originality, and clarity.'' If your abstract is accepted for the academic track, you have to submit a full paper by 18 August 2008 for inclusion in the proceedings. The Programme Committee will compile a short list of high quality papers addressing substantial research questions. Authors of these papers will be invited to submit a revised paper in response to reviewer comments and suggestions for inclusion in the [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_comp.html South African Computer Journal].

===Presentation Track===
The date of submission for abstracts of 500-600 words to the presentation track is the 12 May 2008. The abstracts submitted to this track will be chosen by an open community process. If your abstract is accepted for the presentation track then you will be required to submit your presentation by 18 August 2008 for inclusion in the CD proceedings.
===Important Dates===
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!Presentations
!Peer reviewed papers for the academic track
|-
|Submission of abstracts
|12 May 2008
|12 May 2008
|-
|Notification of acceptance
|17 June 2008
|-
|Submission of presentations / papers
|18 August 2008
|18 August 2008
|-
|FOSS4G2008 Conference
|29 September – 3 October 2008
|-
|}

===General Information===
All FOSS4G 2008 papers/presentations take the form of 25 minute talks, with 5 minute question and answer sessions at the end. Anyone can submit a presentation or paper and take part in the conference as a presenter.
Author guidelines for the formatting of the paper or presentation will be made available online on the conference website.
Please note that your paper or presentation will only be included in the proceedings once your registration to the conference has been received in full.
We are making use of an online submission facility. Please visit the website to submit your paper. Submit early, submit often!
For more information, see the FOSS4G 2008 site: http://www.foss4g2008.org
===Guidelines for Authors===
In order to keep things simple, for both you the Authors and us the Technical Programme Committee, we have decided to keep the Authors Guidelines for both the Presentations and the Academic Papers the same. You can download a pdf version of the Authors Guideline [[Media:FOSS4G2008_AuthorGuidelines.pdf | here]].

===Guidelines for Poster Presentations===
The Authors Guidelines for the Poster Presentations will be posted shortly.

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