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FOSS4G 2011 Discounts

2011-02-08T18:41:35Z

Wiki-Jamesfee: /* Keynotes */

Back to [[FOSS4G_2011]]...

'''DRAFT - for discussion purposes only'''

== Presenters, Posters, Panelists and Lightning Talks ==
"Early Bird" pricing is designed to help provide substantial discounts to committed conference attendees, including all of these different forms of presenters. Unlike some conferences, presenters are not required to show proof of registration prior to submitting presentation proposals. This allows those who are not selected to present to still have full freedom to choose whether to attend or not.
* No further discounts are available to presenters.

== Sponsors ==
* Platinum - 6 comps
* Gold - 4 comps
* Silver - 2 comps
* Bronze - 1 comp

== Exhibitors ==
* 0 comps for exhibitors?

== Keynotes ==
* How many and for who
* discounts for plenary speakers?

== Workshop Instructors ==
* 1 Full comp for the first presenter
* 1 half comp for the second presenter
* Additional presenters will be required to pay full price.

== Tutorial Instructors ==
* 1 half comp for the first presenter
* 2nd, 3rd, etc. presenter will be required to pay full price

== Local Organising Committee ==
* ~10 comps for active members of the committee

== Workshop Committee ==
*

== Volunteers ==
* 25 comps in budgeted. To cover all volunteers for workshops, presentation rooms and other behind-the-scenes work laid out by the LOC and Volunteer Coordinator.

[[Category:FOSS4G2011]]

FOSS4G 2011 Discounts

2011-02-08T18:38:49Z

Wiki-Jamesfee:

Back to [[FOSS4G_2011]]...

'''DRAFT - for discussion purposes only'''

== Presenters, Posters, Panelists and Lightning Talks ==
"Early Bird" pricing is designed to help provide substantial discounts to committed conference attendees, including all of these different forms of presenters. Unlike some conferences, presenters are not required to show proof of registration prior to submitting presentation proposals. This allows those who are not selected to present to still have full freedom to choose whether to attend or not.
* No further discounts are available to presenters.

== Sponsors ==
* Platinum - 6 comps
* Gold - 4 comps
* Silver - 2 comps
* Bronze - 1 comp

== Exhibitors ==
* 0 comps for exhibitors?

== Keynotes ==
* How many and for who

== Workshop Instructors ==
* ''TENTATIVE:''
** 1 Full comp for the first presenter
** 1 half comp for the second presenter
** Additional presenters will be required to pay full price.

== Tutorial Instructors ==
* ''TENTATIVE:''
** 1 half comp for the first presenter
** 2nd, 3rd, etc. presenter will be required to pay full price

== Local Organising Committee ==
* ~10 comps for active members of the committee

== Workshop Committee ==
*

== Volunteers ==
* 25 comps in budgeted. To cover all volunteers for workshops, presentation rooms and other behind-the-scenes work laid out by the LOC and Volunteer Coordinator.

[[Category:FOSS4G2011]]

LOC conference call Feb 01, 2011

2011-02-08T18:04:56Z

Wiki-Jamesfee: moved LOC conference call Feb 01, 2011 to LOC conference call Feb 1, 2011: Removed the zero so it shows up in the list correctly

#REDIRECT [[LOC conference call Feb 1, 2011]]

LOC conference call Feb 1, 2011

2011-02-08T18:04:56Z

Wiki-Jamesfee: moved LOC conference call Feb 01, 2011 to LOC conference call Feb 1, 2011: Removed the zero so it shows up in the list correctly

= Agenda =

'''Meeting notes in bold'''

'''Attendees:'''

*'''Jeff McKenna'''
*'''Tyler Mitchell'''
*'''Ben Tuttle'''
*'''Rafael Moreno'''
*'''Henry Rosales'''
*'''James Sakamoto'''<br> 

== LOC members and roles ==

*See [[FOSS4G 2011 LOC members and assignments]] for current list

'''No update''' 

== Sponsorship Update (Peter Batty / Tyler Mitchell) ==

*Review of sponsor prospect list and status of those that are likely / confirmed

'''Three new sponsors since last meeting.  1 Silver and 2 Bronze.  Total revenue is now at $82,350 (includes early bird 10% discounts)'''

== Workshops (Ben Tuttle) ==

Ben Tuttle (lead), Jeff McKenna, Chris Helm

*The call for proposals is closing today 
*Proposals are being stored in Google Docs for sharing with the committee<br>

'''Quite a few last minute submissions.  Review process to begin this week.  Tyler to close link on website / James to close form once two re-submissions are received.  Henry checking into the cost of revised specs for laptop rentals.  Propose registration for workshop/tutorials - Workshops - one comp/one 50% discount.  Tutorials - 50% discount off of one registration.  Ben brought up the need for volunteers.  Need to make sure volunteers are multi-day - not just one workshop and a comp for the remainder of the conference.  Henry to discuss volunteer program with Pete.'''

== Academic Track (Rafael Moreno) ==

'''Draft of announcement nearly complete.  Journals for publication have been selected.  Includde Academic Track as part of the general session abstract submission form.  Include additional check boxes for academic sessions and posters.  Also include note that there is a 400 word limit for''' '''academic submissions.  Sessions will be same 25-minute length of general sesions.  How many concurrent sessions for academic track?''' 

== Program (James Fee) ==

James Fee (lead), Brian Timoney (newcomer focus), Matt Krusemark (open data focus), Tyler Erickson (govt focus)

*[[FOSS4G 2011 Call for Presentations]]
*Upcoming items: issue call for papers, Feb 1. Will need suitable verbiage on our focus areas as well as web forms etc. Also do we want to ask for submissions for multiple formats, e.g. 5 minute presentations in addition to longer format ones? Panels? One idea from a recent UK conference I attended is to have 5 minute "georants" on more informal / fun / contentious topics in a bar one evening.
*Answer the following question from Adrian Custer on the mailing list:
<blockquote>Some questions below about whether you have settled on an explicit focus for your conference. It seems your choices during your organization work will invariably influence the nature of this conference as mainly either a gathering of free software hackers for fun and cooperation or as a platform for those of us vending our software projects. I wonder how much thinking and conscious decision making you have made on this issue. (''My high level answer: we aim to address needs of both groups'') </blockquote><blockquote>Will there be any limits on talks from the same organization, from the same vendor, or from members of the organizing and selection committees? In particular, how does this work in that sponsors at the $most_precious_metal sponsorship level are already guaranteed one slot? (''My suggestion, let's dioscuss: not hard pre-defined limits but we will review number of papers accepted per company before finalizing the program and may make adjustments if we feel it is appropriate''). </blockquote><blockquote>Does anyone know what the policy has been (if any) in previous years? Also, are talk proposals once again going to be submitted to a popularity vote? In my analysis, that resulted in getting many talks from the well known projects and well known personalities rather than getting a wide distribution of talks favouring the, possibly whacky, smaller projects. All are interesting, of course, but lead to a different flavour for the gathering so I am wondering what you are hoping to produce. (''Yes we plan to do a vote but intend for the final program to be a mix of papers selected by the vote and papers selected by the organizing committee''). </blockquote>
*Keynote speakers ... are we planning to get any "external" keynote speakers (people outside those we would expect to submit abstracts)? If so need to start on getting those identified and signed up now. Examples might include well known figures from the broader open source world, maybe some to address the "open data" theme. Steve Coast would be one candidate there. I might be able to get John Hickenlooper, the Colorado Governor, to do a short welcome address - he is a good speaker and has some geo background. On the open data theme, Tim Berners Lee might be a good if ambitious choice to pursue ... he has been widely credited with pressuring get the UK government to open up its data, including geospatial data. He's known to be a fan of OpenStreetMap too.

'''Abstract submission form almost ready to go live.  Tyler M. to add acaddemic track.  In addition to an auto email to submitter, James S. to receive a copy of the acknowledgement email.'''

== Registration / Pricing (Tyler Mitchell) ==

*Does proposed 2011 pricing need adjustment? Current proposal is $499 for early and $649 for late.
*Need to establish policies for any discounted registration categories (students??), policy for comp registrations, etc (not today but reasonably soon)

'''To be posted by end of this week.'''

== Social Events (Peter / other volunteers?) ==

'''Henry to discuss with Pete.  Right now, three networking social events planned - Tuesday - Wynkoop.  Wednesday - Exhibit Hall and Thursday - gala event.''' 

== Marketing (Matt Ball) ==

'''No update'''

== SotM coordination ==

'''No major news this week.'''

== Future Meetings ==

[[Category:FOSS4G2011]] [[Category:FOSS4G]]

FOSS4G 2011 Call for Presentations

2011-01-27T15:40:11Z

Wiki-Jamesfee: /* Information to Capture through Web Form */

= Web Page Supporting Text =

FOSS4G 2011 Presentation Abstracts

The 2011 Organising Committee would like to welcome all interested participants to submit abstracts for presentations for the Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial conference (FOSS4G), being held in Denver, Colorado September 12-16. FOSS4G offers participants an opportunity to learn from and share your knowledge, experience and ideas with a group of like minded individuals representing a wide array of industries, governments, technologies and nationalities.

Presentations are open to all those interested and will comprise a 30 minute slot which includes hand-over, introductions and 5 minutes for questions. Presentations will be selected which have a strong "Open Geospatial" theme to them. The committee is looking for a mixture of technical and non-technical presentation.

== Format ==

FOSS4G presentations are either 25 minute talks, with a 5 minute question and answer session at the end or 5 minute lightning talks. See the program overview for more information on scheduling.

Presenters are expected to upload a digital copy of their presentation materials (slide shows, papers, etc) to the conference web site prior to the conference.

== Quantity ==

The conference will run presentations in up to seven concurrent tracks, and has room in the schedule for a maximum of 135 presentations and 30 tutorials.

== Topics ==

Presentations should cover aspects of the use or development of open source geospatial software. Some topics of interest for this year are:
* Case Studies
Relate the experiences of you and your organization using open source geospatial. Where do things work well? Poorly? What problems did you solve, and at what cost? What do you recommend for others? Why?
* Benchmarks
Comparisons between pieces of geospatial software. How do features compare? Speed? Ease of use? What do you recommend for others?
* Visualization
Tell about your tips and tricks for effective visualization. How do you present information in a compelling way? 3D? Cartographic tricks? Labelling and naming ideas? Graphs and hybrid map/data combinations?
* Development
What are the new developments in your open source geospatial software product? How does it work, how do people use it, what are the technical issues you are running into?
* Hacks and Mashing
Have you put together something novel or cool this year? What did you stick together, how did it work, show us your gizmo!
* Open Data and Collaboration
What techniques are you using to improve collaboration between organizations and between individuals. Public geodata, collaborative data collection, data sharing, open standards, de facto standards, and more!

= Information to Capture through Web Form =

*Author/presenter name (co-presenter, if any)
*Company name
*Complete address, phone, email, website, twitter
*Location (Lat/Long)
*Presentation title
*Topic category
**case studies
**benchmarks
**visualization
**development
**hacks
**open data and collaboration
**poster
**other
*Type
**25min presentation
**lightning talk (5 min)
*Brief presenter biography (no more than a paragraph)
*Abstract (300 words or less)
*Permission for FOSS4G2011 to use/reuse/publish presentations slides
*Permission for FOSS4G2011 to video tape and distribute presentation

[[Category:FOSS4G2011]] [[Category:FOSS4G]]

FOSS4G 2011 Call for Presentations

2011-01-26T18:29:01Z

Wiki-Jamesfee: /* Information to Capture through Web Form */

FOSS4G 2011 Call for Presentations

2011-01-26T17:38:08Z

Wiki-Jamesfee: /* Information to Capture through Web Form */

= Web Page Supporting Text =

FOSS4G 2011 Presentation Abstracts

The 2011 Organising Committee would like to welcome all interested participants to submit abstracts for presentations for the Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial conference (FOSS4G), being held in Denver, Colorado September 12-16. FOSS4G offers participants an opportunity to learn from and share your knowledge, experience and ideas with a group of like minded individuals representing a wide array of industries, governments, technologies and nationalities.

Presentations are open to all those interested and will comprise a 30 minute slot which includes hand-over, introductions and 5 minutes for questions. Presentations will be selected which have a strong "Open Geospatial" theme to them. The committee is looking for a mixture of technical and non-technical presentation.

== Format ==

FOSS4G presentations are either 25 minute talks, with a 5 minute question and answer session at the end or 5 minute lightning talks. See the program overview for more information on scheduling.

Presenters are expected to upload a digital copy of their presentation materials (slide shows, papers, etc) to the conference web site prior to the conference.

== Quantity ==

The conference will run presentations in up to seven concurrent tracks, and has room in the schedule for a maximum of 135 presentations and 30 tutorials.

== Topics ==

Presentations should cover aspects of the use or development of open source geospatial software. Some topics of interest for this year are:
* Case Studies
Relate the experiences of you and your organization using open source geospatial. Where do things work well? Poorly? What problems did you solve, and at what cost? What do you recommend for others? Why?
* Benchmarks
Comparisons between pieces of geospatial software. How do features compare? Speed? Ease of use? What do you recommend for others?
* Visualization
Tell about your tips and tricks for effective visualization. How do you present information in a compelling way? 3D? Cartographic tricks? Labelling and naming ideas? Graphs and hybrid map/data combinations?
* Development
What are the new developments in your open source geospatial software product? How does it work, how do people use it, what are the technical issues you are running into?
* Hacks and Mashing
Have you put together something novel or cool this year? What did you stick together, how did it work, show us your gizmo!
* Open Data and Collaboration
What techniques are you using to improve collaboration between organizations and between individuals. Public geodata, collaborative data collection, data sharing, open standards, de facto standards, and more!

= Information to Capture through Web Form =

*Author/presenter name(s)
*Company name
*Complete address, phone, email, website, twitter
*Location (Lat/Long)
*Presentation title
*Topic category
**case studies
**benchmarks
**visualization
**development
**hacks
**open data and collaboration
**poster
**other
*Type
**25min presentation
**lightning talk (5 min)
*Brief presenter biography (no more than a paragraph)
*Abstract (300 words or less)
*Permission for FOSS4G2011 to use/reuse/publish presentations slides

[[Category:FOSS4G2011]] [[Category:FOSS4G]]

FOSS4G 2011 Call for Presentations

2011-01-26T15:45:07Z

Wiki-Jamesfee: /* Information to Capture through Web Form */

= Web Page Supporting Text =

FOSS4G 2011 Presentation Abstracts

The 2011 Organising Committee would like to welcome all interested participants to submit abstracts for presentations for the Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial conference (FOSS4G), being held in Denver, Colorado September 12-16. FOSS4G offers participants an opportunity to learn from and share your knowledge, experience and ideas with a group of like minded individuals representing a wide array of industries, governments, technologies and nationalities.

Presentations are open to all those interested and will comprise a 30 minute slot which includes hand-over, introductions and 5 minutes for questions. Presentations will be selected which have a strong "Open Geospatial" theme to them. The committee is looking for a mixture of technical and non-technical presentation.

== Format ==

FOSS4G presentations are either 25 minute talks, with a 5 minute question and answer session at the end or 5 minute lightning talks. See the program overview for more information on scheduling.

Presenters are expected to upload a digital copy of their presentation materials (slide shows, papers, etc) to the conference web site prior to the conference.

== Quantity ==

The conference will run presentations in up to seven concurrent tracks, and has room in the schedule for a maximum of 135 presentations and 30 tutorials.

== Topics ==

Presentations should cover aspects of the use or development of open source geospatial software. Some topics of interest for this year are:
* Case Studies
Relate the experiences of you and your organization using open source geospatial. Where do things work well? Poorly? What problems did you solve, and at what cost? What do you recommend for others? Why?
* Benchmarks
Comparisons between pieces of geospatial software. How do features compare? Speed? Ease of use? What do you recommend for others?
* Visualization
Tell about your tips and tricks for effective visualization. How do you present information in a compelling way? 3D? Cartographic tricks? Labelling and naming ideas? Graphs and hybrid map/data combinations?
* Development
What are the new developments in your open source geospatial software product? How does it work, how do people use it, what are the technical issues you are running into?
* Hacks and Mashing
Have you put together something novel or cool this year? What did you stick together, how did it work, show us your gizmo!
* Open Data and Collaboration
What techniques are you using to improve collaboration between organizations and between individuals. Public geodata, collaborative data collection, data sharing, open standards, de facto standards, and more!

= Information to Capture through Web Form =

*Author/presenter name(s)
*Company name
*Complete address, phone, email, website, twitter
*Location (Lat/Long)
*Presentation title (15 characters)
*Topic category
**case studies
**benchmarks
**visualization
**development
**hacks
**open data and collaboration
*Type
**25min presentation
**lightning talk
*Brief presenter biography (no more than a paragraph)
*Abstract (300 words or less)
*Permission for FOSS4G2011 to use/reuse/publish presentations slides

[[Category:FOSS4G2011]] [[Category:FOSS4G]]

FOSS4G 2011 Call for Presentations

2011-01-25T18:18:37Z

Wiki-Jamesfee: /* Quantity */

= Web Page Supporting Text =

FOSS4G 2011 Presentation Abstracts

The 2011 Organising Committee would like to welcome all interested participants to submit abstracts for presentations for the Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial conference (FOSS4G), being held in Denver, Colorado September 12-16. FOSS4G offers participants an opportunity to learn from and share your knowledge, experience and ideas with a group of like minded individuals representing a wide array of industries, governments, technologies and nationalities.

Presentations are open to all those interested and will comprise a 30 minute slot which includes hand-over, introductions and 5 minutes for questions. Presentations will be selected which have a strong "Open Geospatial" theme to them. The committee is looking for a mixture of technical and non-technical presentation.

== Format ==

FOSS4G presentations are either 25 minute talks, with a 5 minute question and answer session at the end or 5 minute lightning talks. See the program overview for more information on scheduling.

Presenters are expected to upload a digital copy of their presentation materials (slide shows, papers, etc) to the conference web site prior to the conference.

== Quantity ==

The conference will run presentations in up to seven concurrent tracks, and has room in the schedule for a maximum of 135 presentations and 30 tutorials.

== Topics ==

Presentations should cover aspects of the use or development of open source geospatial software. Some topics of interest for this year are:
* Case Studies
Relate the experiences of you and your organization using open source geospatial. Where do things work well? Poorly? What problems did you solve, and at what cost? What do you recommend for others? Why?
* Benchmarks
Comparisons between pieces of geospatial software. How do features compare? Speed? Ease of use? What do you recommend for others?
* Visualization
Tell about your tips and tricks for effective visualization. How do you present information in a compelling way? 3D? Cartographic tricks? Labelling and naming ideas? Graphs and hybrid map/data combinations?
* Development
What are the new developments in your open source geospatial software product? How does it work, how do people use it, what are the technical issues you are running into?
* Hacks and Mashing
Have you put together something novel or cool this year? What did you stick together, how did it work, show us your gizmo!
* Open Data and Collaboration
What techniques are you using to improve collaboration between organizations and between individuals. Public geodata, collaborative data collection, data sharing, open standards, de facto standards, and more!

= Information to Capture through Web Form =

*Author/presenter name(s)
*Presentation title (15 characters)
*Topic category (case studies, benchmarks, visualization, development, hacks, open data and collaboration)
*Type (lightning talk, 25 min talk, etc)
*Company name
*Complete address, phone, email, website, twitter
*Brief presenter biography (no more than a paragraph)
*Abstract (300 words or less)
*Permission for FOSS4G2011 to use/reuse/publish presentations slides
*Location (Lat/Long)

[[Category:FOSS4G2011]] [[Category:FOSS4G]]

LOC conference call Jan 25, 2011

2011-01-25T18:10:13Z

Wiki-Jamesfee: /* Program (James Fee) */

= Agenda =

''' Meeting notes in bold

'''Attendees:

* ''' Peter Batty
* ''' Tyler Erickson
* ''' James Fee
* ''' Jeff McKenna
* ''' Tyler Mitchell
* ''' Henry Rosales
* ''' James Sakamoto
* ''' Ben Tuttle

== LOC members and roles ==

* See [[FOSS4G 2011 LOC members and assignments]] for current list

''' Peter still needs to chase down a few people and confirm if they are in or out of the LOC

== Sponsorship Update (Peter Batty / Tyler Mitchell) ==

* Review of sponsor prospect list and status of those that are likely / confirmed

'''One new Bronze since last week, camptocamp.

== Workshops (Ben Tuttle) ==

Ben Tuttle (lead), Jeff McKenna, Chris Helm

*The call for proposals is open
*Proposals are being stored in Google Docs for sharing with the committee
*Starting the process to determine the venue capacity

#How many workshops can we hold?
#How many people can each workshop hold?
#Computer Logistics?
#other?

*Need to prepare for proposal review process in the coming weeks.

''' There have been four proposals received so far. We anticipate that most submissions will come in just before the deadline.

== Academic Track (Rafael Moreno) ==

''' Rafael has been making good progress getting people engaged on this on the separate FOSS4G academic list

== Program (James Fee) ==

James Fee (lead), Brian Timoney (newcomer focus), Matt Krusemark (open data focus), Tyler Erickson (govt focus)

*[[FOSS4G 2011 Call for Presentations]]
*Upcoming items: issue call for papers, Feb 1. Will need suitable verbiage on our focus areas as well as web forms etc. Also do we want to ask for submissions for multiple formats, e.g. 5 minute presentations in addition to longer format ones? Panels? One idea from a recent UK conference I attended is to have 5 minute "georants" on more informal / fun / contentious topics in a bar one evening.
*Answer the following question from Adrian Custer on the mailing list:
<blockquote>Some questions below about whether you have settled on an explicit focus for your conference. It seems your choices during your organization work will invariably influence the nature of this conference as mainly either a gathering of free software hackers for fun and cooperation or as a platform for those of us vending our software projects. I wonder how much thinking and conscious decision making you have made on this issue. (''My high level answer: we aim to address needs of both groups'') </blockquote><blockquote>Will there be any limits on talks from the same organization, from the same vendor, or from members of the organizing and selection committees? In particular, how does this work in that sponsors at the $most_precious_metal sponsorship level are already guaranteed one slot? (''My suggestion, let's dioscuss: not hard pre-defined limits but we will review number of papers accepted per company before finalizing the program and may make adjustments if we feel it is appropriate''). </blockquote><blockquote>Does anyone know what the policy has been (if any) in previous years? Also, are talk proposals once again going to be submitted to a popularity vote? In my analysis, that resulted in getting many talks from the well known projects and well known personalities rather than getting a wide distribution of talks favouring the, possibly whacky, smaller projects. All are interesting, of course, but lead to a different flavour for the gathering so I am wondering what you are hoping to produce. (''Yes we plan to do a vote but intend for the final program to be a mix of papers selected by the vote and papers selected by the organizing committee''). </blockquote>
*Keynote speakers ... are we planning to get any "external" keynote speakers (people outside those we would expect to submit abstracts)? If so need to start on getting those identified and signed up now. Examples might include well known figures from the broader open source world, maybe some to address the "open data" theme. Steve Coast would be one candidate there. I might be able to get John Hickenlooper, the Colorado Governor, to do a short welcome address - he is a good speaker and has some geo background. On the open data theme, Tim Berners Lee might be a good if ambitious choice to pursue ... he has been widely credited with pressuring get the UK government to open up its data, including geospatial data. He's known to be a fan of OpenStreetMap too.

''' Some discussion about topics, which James commented hadn't changed in the past few years. We agreed it was okay to mix these up a bit. We need to add open data as a topic, and explain a bit more about what we're looking for there.

== Registration / Pricing (Tyler Mitchell) ==

* Does proposed 2011 pricing need adjustment? Current proposal is $499 for early and $649 for late.
* Need to establish policies for any discounted registration categories (students??), policy for comp registrations, etc (not today but reasonably soon)

'''Peter, Tyler and Henry will follow up on that.

== Social Events (Peter / other volunteers?) ==

'''Peter has made initial contact with the Wynkoop Brewing Company, Henry has requested information from several venues for the gala dinner.

== Marketing (Matt Ball) ==

'''Matt is in India this week but has begun work on various topics, including media sponsorship, how we do press releases, etc

== Website (Who owns ??) ==

* Currently hosted on squarespace - seems fine so far for basic content, reasonable control over design etc. Only $20 a month including hosting and all editing tools
* Need to look soon at requirements for doing a nice job of an online conference program, need to evaluate whether squarespace is up to this

'''Peter and Tyler still looking for someone to pick this up. Tyler has asked a marketing company he has worked with previously to provide a quote for marketing / identity items (posters, flyers, etc).

== SotM coordination ==

'''No major news this week.

== Future Meetings ==

[[Category:FOSS4G2011]]
[[Category:FOSS4G]]

FOSS4G 2011 Call for Presentations

2011-01-25T04:12:08Z

Wiki-Jamesfee:

= Web Page Supporting Text =

FOSS4G 2011 Presentation Abstracts

The 2011 Organising Committee would like to welcome all interested participants to submit abstracts for presentations for the Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial conference (FOSS4G), being held in Denver, Colorado September 12-16. FOSS4G offers participants an opportunity to learn from and share your knowledge, experience and ideas with a group of like minded individuals representing a wide array of industries, governments, technologies and nationalities.

Presentations are open to all those interested and will comprise a 30 minute slot which includes hand-over, introductions and 5 minutes for questions. Presentations will be selected which have a strong "Open Geospatial" theme to them. The committee is looking for a mixture of technical and non-technical presentation.

== Format ==

FOSS4G presentations are either 25 minute talks, with a 5 minute question and answer session at the end or 5 minute lightning talks. See the program overview for more information on scheduling.

Presenters are expected to upload a digital copy of their presentation materials (slide shows, papers, etc) to the conference web site prior to the conference.

== Quantity ==

The conference will run presentations in up to five concurrent tracks, and has room in the schedule for a maximum of 120 presentations.

== Topics ==

Presentations should cover aspects of the use or development of open source geospatial software. Some topics of interest for this year are:
* Case Studies
Relate the experiences of you and your organization using open source geospatial. Where do things work well? Poorly? What problems did you solve, and at what cost? What do you recommend for others? Why?
* Benchmarks
Comparisons between pieces of geospatial software. How do features compare? Speed? Ease of use? What do you recommend for others?
* Visualization
Tell about your tips and tricks for effective visualization. How do you present information in a compelling way? 3D? Cartographic tricks? Labelling and naming ideas? Graphs and hybrid map/data combinations?
* Development
What are the new developments in your open source geospatial software product? How does it work, how do people use it, what are the technical issues you are running into?
* Hacks and Mashing
Have you put together something novel or cool this year? What did you stick together, how did it work, show us your gizmo!
* Open Data and Collaboration
What techniques are you using to improve collaboration between organizations and between individuals. Public geodata, collaborative data collection, data sharing, open standards, de facto standards, and more!

= Information to Capture through Web Form =

*Author/presenter name(s)
*Presentation title (15 characters)
*Topic category (case studies, benchmarks, visualization, development, hacks, open data and collaboration)
*Type (lightning talk, 25 min talk, etc)
*Company name
*Complete address, phone, email, website, twitter
*Brief presenter biography (no more than a paragraph)
*Abstract (300 words or less)
*Permission for FOSS4G2011 to use/reuse/publish presentations slides
*Location (Lat/Long)

[[Category:FOSS4G2011]] [[Category:FOSS4G]]

FOSS4G 2011 Call for Papers

2011-01-25T04:07:59Z

Wiki-Jamesfee: moved FOSS4G 2011 Call for Papers to FOSS4G 2011 Call for Presentations: Bad title

#REDIRECT [[FOSS4G 2011 Call for Presentations]]

FOSS4G 2011 Call for Presentations

2011-01-25T04:07:59Z

Wiki-Jamesfee: moved FOSS4G 2011 Call for Papers to FOSS4G 2011 Call for Presentations: Bad title

= Press Release =

TBD

= Web Page Supporting Text =

== Format ==

FOSS4G presentations are either 25 minute talks, with a 5 minute question and answer session at the end or 5 minute lightning talks. See the program overview for more information on scheduling.

Presenters are expected to upload a digital copy of their presentation materials (slide shows, papers, etc) to the conference web site prior to the conference.

== Quantity ==

The conference will run presentations in up to five concurrent tracks, and has room in the schedule for a maximum of 120 presentations.

== Topics ==

Presentations should cover aspects of the use or development of open source geospatial software. Some topics of interest for this year are:
* Case Studies
Relate the experiences of you and your organization using open source geospatial. Where do things work well? Poorly? What problems did you solve, and at what cost? What do you recommend for others? Why?
* Benchmarks
Comparisons between pieces of geospatial software. How do features compare? Speed? Ease of use? What do you recommend for others?
* Visualization
Tell about your tips and tricks for effective visualization. How do you present information in a compelling way? 3D? Cartographic tricks? Labelling and naming ideas? Graphs and hybrid map/data combinations?
* Development
What are the new developments in your open source geospatial software product? How does it work, how do people use it, what are the technical issues you are running into?
* Hacks and Mashing
Have you put together something novel or cool this year? What did you stick together, how did it work, show us your gizmo!
* Open Data and Collaboration
What techniques are you using to improve collaboration between organizations and between individuals. Public geodata, collaborative data collection, data sharing, open standards, de facto standards, and more!

= Information to Capture through Web Form =

*Author/presenter name(s)
*Presentation title (15 characters)
*Topic category (case studies, benchmarks, visualization, development, hacks, open data and collaboration)
*Type (lightning talk, 25 min talk, etc)
*Company name
*Complete address, phone, email, website, twitter
*Brief presenter biography (no more than a paragraph)
*Abstract (300 words or less)
*Permission for FOSS4G2011 to use/reuse/publish presentations slides
*Location (Lat/Long)

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FOSS4G 2011 Call for Presentations

2011-01-25T04:04:53Z

Wiki-Jamesfee: /* Information to Capture through Web Form */

FOSS4G 2011 Call for Presentations

2011-01-25T04:03:21Z

Wiki-Jamesfee: /* Information to Capture through Web Form */

= Press Release =

TBD

= Web Page Supporting Text =

== Format ==

FOSS4G presentations are either 25 minute talks, with a 5 minute question and answer session at the end or 5 minute lightning talks. See the program overview for more information on scheduling.

Presenters are expected to upload a digital copy of their presentation materials (slide shows, papers, etc) to the conference web site prior to the conference.

== Quantity ==

The conference will run presentations in up to five concurrent tracks, and has room in the schedule for a maximum of 120 presentations.

== Topics ==

Presentations should cover aspects of the use or development of open source geospatial software. Some topics of interest for this year are:
* Case Studies
Relate the experiences of you and your organization using open source geospatial. Where do things work well? Poorly? What problems did you solve, and at what cost? What do you recommend for others? Why?
* Benchmarks
Comparisons between pieces of geospatial software. How do features compare? Speed? Ease of use? What do you recommend for others?
* Visualization
Tell about your tips and tricks for effective visualization. How do you present information in a compelling way? 3D? Cartographic tricks? Labelling and naming ideas? Graphs and hybrid map/data combinations?
* Development
What are the new developments in your open source geospatial software product? How does it work, how do people use it, what are the technical issues you are running into?
* Hacks and Mashing
Have you put together something novel or cool this year? What did you stick together, how did it work, show us your gizmo!
* Open Data and Collaboration
What techniques are you using to improve collaboration between organizations and between individuals. Public geodata, collaborative data collection, data sharing, open standards, de facto standards, and more!

= Information to Capture through Web Form =

*Author/presenter name(s)
*Presentation title (15 characters)
*Topic category (case studies, benchmarks, visualization, development, hacks, open data and collaboration)
*Type (lightning talk, 30 min talk, etc)
*Company name
*Complete address, phone, email, website, twitter
*Brief presenter biography (no more than a paragraph)
*Abstract (300 words or less)
*Permission for FOSS4G2011 to use/reuse/publish presentations slides
*Location (Lat/Long)

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FOSS4G 2011 Call for Presentations

2011-01-25T04:00:05Z

Wiki-Jamesfee: /* Topics */

= Press Release =

TBD

= Web Page Supporting Text =

== Format ==

FOSS4G presentations are either 25 minute talks, with a 5 minute question and answer session at the end or 5 minute lightning talks. See the program overview for more information on scheduling.

Presenters are expected to upload a digital copy of their presentation materials (slide shows, papers, etc) to the conference web site prior to the conference.

== Quantity ==

The conference will run presentations in up to five concurrent tracks, and has room in the schedule for a maximum of 120 presentations.

== Topics ==

Presentations should cover aspects of the use or development of open source geospatial software. Some topics of interest for this year are:
* Case Studies
Relate the experiences of you and your organization using open source geospatial. Where do things work well? Poorly? What problems did you solve, and at what cost? What do you recommend for others? Why?
* Benchmarks
Comparisons between pieces of geospatial software. How do features compare? Speed? Ease of use? What do you recommend for others?
* Visualization
Tell about your tips and tricks for effective visualization. How do you present information in a compelling way? 3D? Cartographic tricks? Labelling and naming ideas? Graphs and hybrid map/data combinations?
* Development
What are the new developments in your open source geospatial software product? How does it work, how do people use it, what are the technical issues you are running into?
* Hacks and Mashing
Have you put together something novel or cool this year? What did you stick together, how did it work, show us your gizmo!
* Open Data and Collaboration
What techniques are you using to improve collaboration between organizations and between individuals. Public geodata, collaborative data collection, data sharing, open standards, de facto standards, and more!

= Information to Capture through Web Form =

*Author/presenter name(s)
*Presentation title (15 characters)
*Topic category (case studies, benchmarks, visualization, development, hacks, collaboration)
*Type (lightning talk, 30 min talk, etc)
*Company name
*Complete address, phone, email, website, twitter
*Brief presenter biography (no more than a paragraph)
*Abstract (300 words or less)
*Permission for FOSS4G2011 to use/reuse/publish presentations slides
*Location (Lat/Long)

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LOC conference call Jan 19, 2011

2011-01-20T15:59:08Z

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= Agenda =

'''Attendees:

== LOC members and roles ==

* See [[FOSS4G 2011 LOC members and assignments]] for current list

== Sponsorship Update (Peter Batty / Tyler Mitchell) ==

* Review of sponsor prospect list and status of those that are likely / confirmed

== Workshops (Ben Tuttle) ==

Ben Tuttle (lead), Jeff McKenna, Chris Helm

*The call for proposals is open
*Proposals are being stored in Google Docs for sharing with the committee
*Starting the process to determine the venue capacity

#How many workshops can we hold?
#How many people can each workshop hold?
#other?

*Need to prepare for proposal review process in the coming weeks.

== Academic Track (Rafael Moreno) ==

== Program (James Fee) ==

James Fee (lead), Brian Timoney (newcomer focus), Matt Krusemark (open data focus), Tyler Erickson (govt focus)

*[[FOSS4G 2011 Call for Papers]]
*Upcoming items: issue call for papers, Feb 1. Will need suitable verbiage on our focus areas as well as web forms etc. Also do we want to ask for submissions for multiple formats, e.g. 5 minute presentations in addition to longer format ones? Panels? One idea from a recent UK conference I attended is to have 5 minute "georants" on more informal / fun / contentious topics in a bar one evening.
*Answer the following question from Adrian Custer on the mailing list:
<blockquote>Some questions below about whether you have settled on an explicit focus for your conference. It seems your choices during your organization work will invariably influence the nature of this conference as mainly either a gathering of free software hackers for fun and cooperation or as a platform for those of us vending our software projects. I wonder how much thinking and conscious decision making you have made on this issue. (''My high level answer: we aim to address needs of both groups'') </blockquote><blockquote>Will there be any limits on talks from the same organization, from the same vendor, or from members of the organizing and selection committees? In particular, how does this work in that sponsors at the $most_precious_metal sponsorship level are already guaranteed one slot? (''My suggestion, let's dioscuss: not hard pre-defined limits but we will review number of papers accepted per company before finalizing the program and may make adjustments if we feel it is appropriate''). </blockquote><blockquote>Does anyone know what the policy has been (if any) in previous years? Also, are talk proposals once again going to be submitted to a popularity vote? In my analysis, that resulted in getting many talks from the well known projects and well known personalities rather than getting a wide distribution of talks favouring the, possibly whacky, smaller projects. All are interesting, of course, but lead to a different flavour for the gathering so I am wondering what you are hoping to produce. (''Yes we plan to do a vote but intend for the final program to be a mix of papers selected by the vote and papers selected by the organizing committee''). </blockquote>
*Keynote speakers ... are we planning to get any "external" keynote speakers (people outside those we would expect to submit abstracts)? If so need to start on getting those identified and signed up now. Examples might include well known figures from the broader open source world, maybe some to address the "open data" theme. Steve Coast would be one candidate there. I might be able to get John Hickenlooper, the Colorado Governor, to do a short welcome address - he is a good speaker and has some geo background. On the open data theme, Tim Berners Lee might be a good if ambitious choice to pursue ... he has been widely credited with pressuring get the UK government to open up its data, including geospatial data. He's known to be a fan of OpenStreetMap too.

== Registration / Pricing (Tyler Mitchell) ==

* Does proposed 2011 pricing need adjustment? Current budget proposal is $*** for early and $*** for late.
* Is the timing shown on the timeline right ... really should have at least the provisional program available a little way ahead of early registration deadline
* Need to establish policies for any discounted registration categories (students??), policy for comp registrations, etc (not today but reasonably soon)

'''Peter, Tyler and Henry will follow up on that.

== Social Events (Peter / other volunteers?) ==

== Marketing (Matt Ball) ==

== Website (Who owns ??) ==

* Currently hosted on squarespace - seems fine so far for basic content, reasonable control over design etc. Only $20 a month including hosting and all editing tools
* Need to look soon at requirements for doing a nice job of an online conference program, need to evaluate whether squarespace is up to this

== SotM coordination ==

== Future Meetings ==

* Discussion about using a broader mailing list for our discussions (not foss4g 2011 private)

[[Category:FOSS4G2011]]
[[Category:FOSS4G]]

FOSS4G 2011 Call for Presentations

2011-01-14T20:59:25Z

Wiki-Jamesfee: /* Format */

= Press Release =

TBD

= Web Page Supporting Text =

== Format ==

FOSS4G presentations are either 25 minute talks, with a 5 minute question and answer session at the end or 5 minute lightning talks. See the program overview for more information on scheduling.

Presenters are expected to upload a digital copy of their presentation materials (slide shows, papers, etc) to the conference web site prior to the conference.

== Quantity ==

The conference will run presentations in up to five concurrent tracks, and has room in the schedule for a maximum of 120 presentations.

== Topics ==

Presentations should cover aspects of the use or development of open source geospatial software. Some topics of interest for this year are:
* Case Studies
Relate the experiences of you and your organization using open source geospatial. Where do things work well? Poorly? What problems did you solve, and at what cost? What do you recommend for others? Why?
* Benchmarks
Comparisons between pieces of geospatial software. How do features compare? Speed? Ease of use? What do you recommend for others?
* Visualization
Tell about your tips and tricks for effective visualization. How do you present information in a compelling way? 3D? Cartographic tricks? Labelling and naming ideas? Graphs and hybrid map/data combinations?
* Development
What are the new developments in your open source geospatial software product? How does it work, how do people use it, what are the technical issues you are running into?
* Hacks and Mashing
Have you put together something novel or cool this year? What did you stick together, how did it work, show us your gizmo!
* Collaboration
What techniques are you using to improve collaboration between organizations and between individuals. Public geodata, collaborative data collection, data sharing, open standards, de facto standards, and more!

= Information to Capture through Web Form =

*Author/presenter name(s)
*Presentation title (15 characters)
*Topic category (case studies, benchmarks, visualization, development, hacks, collaboration)
*Type (lightning talk, 30 min talk, etc)
*Company name
*Complete address, phone, email, website, twitter
*Brief presenter biography (no more than a paragraph)
*Abstract (300 words or less)
*Permission for FOSS4G2011 to use/reuse/publish presentations slides
*Location (Lat/Long)

[[Category:FOSS4G2011]] [[Category:FOSS4G]]

FOSS4G 2011 Call for Presentations

2011-01-14T20:58:25Z

Wiki-Jamesfee: /* Web Page Supporting Text */

= Press Release =

TBD

= Web Page Supporting Text =

== Format ==

FOSS4G presentations are 25 minute talks, with a 5 minute question and answer session at the end. Presentations are grouped into sets of three, to form 90 minute blocks, with coffee breaks separating the blocks. See the program overview for more information on scheduling.
Presenters are expected to upload a digital copy of their presentation materials (slide shows, papers, etc) to the conference web site prior to the conference.

== Quantity ==

The conference will run presentations in up to five concurrent tracks, and has room in the schedule for a maximum of 120 presentations.

== Topics ==

Presentations should cover aspects of the use or development of open source geospatial software. Some topics of interest for this year are:
* Case Studies
Relate the experiences of you and your organization using open source geospatial. Where do things work well? Poorly? What problems did you solve, and at what cost? What do you recommend for others? Why?
* Benchmarks
Comparisons between pieces of geospatial software. How do features compare? Speed? Ease of use? What do you recommend for others?
* Visualization
Tell about your tips and tricks for effective visualization. How do you present information in a compelling way? 3D? Cartographic tricks? Labelling and naming ideas? Graphs and hybrid map/data combinations?
* Development
What are the new developments in your open source geospatial software product? How does it work, how do people use it, what are the technical issues you are running into?
* Hacks and Mashing
Have you put together something novel or cool this year? What did you stick together, how did it work, show us your gizmo!
* Collaboration
What techniques are you using to improve collaboration between organizations and between individuals. Public geodata, collaborative data collection, data sharing, open standards, de facto standards, and more!

= Information to Capture through Web Form =

*Author/presenter name(s)
*Presentation title (15 characters)
*Topic category (case studies, benchmarks, visualization, development, hacks, collaboration)
*Type (lightning talk, 30 min talk, etc)
*Company name
*Complete address, phone, email, website, twitter
*Brief presenter biography (no more than a paragraph)
*Abstract (300 words or less)
*Permission for FOSS4G2011 to use/reuse/publish presentations slides
*Location (Lat/Long)

[[Category:FOSS4G2011]] [[Category:FOSS4G]]

FOSS4G 2011 Call for Presentations

2011-01-14T20:54:02Z

Wiki-Jamesfee: /* Press Release */

= Press Release =

TBD

= Web Page Supporting Text =

TBA

= Information to Capture through Web Form =

*Author/presenter name(s)
*Presentation title (15 characters)
*Topic category (case studies, benchmarks, visualization, development, hacks, collaboration)
*Type (lightning talk, 30 min talk, etc)
*Company name
*Complete address, phone, email, website, twitter
*Brief presenter biography (no more than a paragraph)
*Abstract (300 words or less)
*Permission for FOSS4G2011 to use/reuse/publish presentations slides
*Location (Lat/Long)

[[Category:FOSS4G2011]] [[Category:FOSS4G]]

FOSS4G 2011 Call for Presentations

2011-01-14T16:32:58Z

Wiki-Jamesfee:

= Press Release =

TBA

= Web Page Supporting Text =

TBA

= Information to Capture through Web Form =

*Author/presenter name(s)
*Presentation title (15 characters)
*Topic category (case studies, benchmarks, visualization, development, hacks, collaboration)
*Type (lightning talk, 30 min talk, etc)
*Company name
*Complete address, phone, email, website, twitter
*Brief presenter biography (no more than a paragraph)
*Abstract (300 words or less)
*Permission for FOSS4G2011 to use/reuse/publish presentations slides
*Location (Lat/Long)

[[Category:FOSS4G2011]] [[Category:FOSS4G]]

FOSS4G 2011 Call for Presentations

2011-01-14T16:11:22Z

Wiki-Jamesfee:

= Information to Capture through Web Form =

*Author/presenter name(s)
*Presentation title (15 characters)
*Topic category (case studies, benchmarks, visualization, development, hacks, collaboration)
*Type (lightning talk, 30 min talk, etc)
*Company name
*Complete address, phone, email, website, twitter
*Brief presenter biography (no more than a paragraph)
*Abstract (300 words or less)
*Permission for FOSS4G2011 to use/reuse/publish presentations slides
*Location (Lat/Long)

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FOSS4G 2011 Call for Presentations

2011-01-14T16:09:21Z

Wiki-Jamesfee: Started Call for Papers Webpage

= Information to Capture through Web Form =

*Author/presenter name(s)
*Presentation title (15 characters)
*Topic category (case studies, benchmarks, visualization, development, hacks, collaboration)
*Type (lightning talk, 30 min talk, etc)
*Company name
*Complete address, phone, email, website
*Brief presenter biography (no more than a paragraph)
*Abstract (500 words or less)

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