Re: FOSS4G 2007 Call for Workshops

Just for your info, there will be a German FOSSGIS conference
on 13-15 March 2007 in Berlin. Abstract deadline Feb 16. May be
an occassion for European FOSS4G folks to stick heads together
for contribs to the September FOSS4G event.

More info at:
http://www.fossgis.de/wiki/index.php/Main_Page (mostly in German).

Btw. I never heard the term Neogeography before (nor Novelgeography),
but I realised we are deep into that...

GL

Paul Ramsey wrote:

>
> Folks, here's an announcement for the upcoming (in September) FOSS4G 
> conference! Paul
>
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>
> The FOSS4G (Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial) conference 
> is pleased to announce the Call for Workshops for the 2007 conference, 
> being held September 24-27 in beautiful Victoria, British Columbia, 
> Canada.
>
> FOSS4G is the premier conference for the open source geospatial 
> community, providing a place for developers, users, and people new to 
> open source geospatial to get a full-immersion experience in both 
> established and leading edge geospatial technologies.
>
> This is your chance to showcase your favorite application, integration 
> solution, or other topic. You will use your superior classroom skills 
> to lead a group of attendees through your chosen topic in either a 
> half-day or ninety minute lab or classroom format. Half-day workshops 
> will be delivered on Monday, September 24 (the Workshops day), while 
> the ninety minute workshops will run concurrently with the 
> presentations during the remainder of the conference.
>
> While we are open to workshops on a wide range of topics, we strongly 
> encourage workshop submissions on the following topics:
>
>   * Practical Introduction to ___________
>   * Interoperability
>   * NeoGeography and NovelGeography
>   * Using a Software Stack
>   * 3D Worlds
>
> In the tradition of previous FOSS4G events, we expect that the 
> majority of workshops will be "hands on", with participants seated in 
> front of computers and able to follow along with the instructor, 
> working directly with the software and applications under discussion.
>
> Be prepared to spend considerable effort in creating your workshop. 
> Past experience has shown that a high quality workshop requires about 
> three days of preparation for each hour of presentation time. As part 
> of this preparation you will be expected to develop material for 
> attendees to take away with them, such as handouts, a 'workbook', 
> CDROM, etc.
>
> In recognition of this effort, workshop presenters will receive a 
> reduction in the price of conference registration:
>
>   * free registration for delivering a half-day workshop
>   * half-price registration for delivering a 90-minute workshop
>
> Because of limited space, you may want to consider submitting two 
> versions of your topic, one for each length format.
>
> Please visit the workshops page on our website to download the 
> submission templates and instructions for sending them in:
>
> http://www.foss4g2007.org/workshops.html
>
> The deadline for workshop submissions is February 28, 2007. Submit 
> early, submit often!
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