Hi Judit, thanks for asking Lluis is evaluating this issue and we will have soon a Press Releas over the deadline reminder.
lorenzo On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Judit Mays <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > from this email in January I learned that abstract submission deadline > for FOSS4G would be on May 1st, 2010 (see "Upcoming milestones"). Now I > read on the web pages, that the deadline is April 1st. > > Should this change of deadline not be announced more offensively? People > might miss the date otherwise. Or is there no change of plans and the > 1st of May still holds true? > > Cheers, Judit > > > Oscar Fonts schrieb: > > Barcelona, Spain. 15 January 2010. > > > > > > The Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) conference > > is pleased to announce a Call for Workshops and Tutorials for the 2010 > > conference, being held September 6-9, 2010, in Barcelona, Spain. > > > > FOSS4G is the international "gathering of tribes" for open source > > geospatial communities. Users and developers are encouraged to present > > their latest projects and software to demonstrate the power of Open > > Source for system integration through a series of workshop sessions > > and tutorial presentations. Session participants should expect to see > > presentations on both geospatial open source and propriety software > > integration along with pure open source solutions. > > > > > > Workshops > > ---------------- > > > > Workshops are expected to be 3 hour hands-on experiences with > > participants following along with the instructor, working directly > > with the application under discussion. All workshop rooms will be > > equipped with computers to support this vision. A projector will be > > provided for each computer room for use within a workshop. Instructors > > will need to discuss pre-installation requirements with the Conference > > Organising Committee if required. > > > > Workshops are expected to require considerable effort to create, with > > past experience showing that three days of preparation per hour of > > presentation are required to produce a high quality workshop. > > Additionally you will be expected to develop material for attendees to > > take home with them, such as handouts, workbook, CD-ROMs, etc. Due to > > the effort involved in producing and presenting a workshop, > > instructors will receive a single complementary registration to the > > conference for delivering a workshop. > > > > All workshop submissions will be considered, but particular interest > > will be shown in: > > > > * Practical Introduction to FOSS4G software > > * Integrating Open Source > > * Spatial Data Infrastructure > > > > > > Tutorials > > ------------ > > > > Tutorials are 90 minute sessions during the regular presentations > > portion of the conference. Tutorial rooms will not be equipped with > > computers. However, presenters may make use of delegate laptops and > > the FOSS4G LiveDVD. > > > > Preference will be given to hands-on tutorials. > > > > Any hands-on aspects to a tutorial will be the responsibility of the > > presenter and needs to be described in the tutorial description. > > Presenters making use of the LiveDVD will be expected to contribute to > > testing pre-releases to ensure material and software is properly > > installed. To discuss your requirements for LiveDVD, please contact > > the LiveDVD community: > > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc#Contact_Us. > > > > All tutorial submissions will be considered, but particular interest > > will be shown in the following topics: > > > > * Practical Introductions > > * Interoperability > > * Integration > > * Performance tuning > > * SDI services > > * Mobile/phone applications > > > > > > Application form > > ----------------------- > > > > Follow this link to submit your proposals: > > http://intranet.pacifico-meetings.com:8081/abscoweb/Inicio.iface?id=14 > > Please add a 300 word abstract, in plain text format (pasting a text > > with style markup could make the process fail). > > > > The deadline for workshop / tutorial submissions is January 30. > > > > > > FOSS4G 2010 Highlights > > ------------------------------------ > > > > 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 September 6 (afternoon session) and > > 7 (morning session). Tutorials (90 minutes) will be held in standard > > presentation rooms, run concurrently with presentations on 7-9 > > September. > > > > 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. > > > > Academic Track: The academic sessions, with paper publications and > > poster presentations, aims at bringing together researchers, > > developers, users and practitioners carrying out research and > > development in the geospatial and the free and open source fields and > > willing to share original and recent research developments and > > experiences. The academic track will act as an inventory of current > > research topics, with the main objective of promoting cooperative > > research between OSGeo developers and the academia. > > > > 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, netbooks or any other system they care to bring in. > > Community members will assist with any troubles and provide help and > > insight into the software. > > > > Birds of a Feather: Rooms have been set aside for semi-organised > > meetings between like minded groups. Some prominent community > > initiatives started in prior FOSS4G Birds of a Feather sessions. > > > > Code Sprint: The day after the conference is reserved for the Hackers' > > Code Sprint. Hackers will be locked in a basement with lots of > > bandwidth, plugs and coffee. :) > > > > > > Upcoming milestones > > ------------------------------- > > > > 15 Jan 2010, Call for Workshops/Tutorials opens > > 30 Jan 2010, Call for Workshops/Tutorials closes > > 1 Feb 2010, Call for Abstracts opens > > 16 Feb 2010, Notification of acceptance for workshops/tutorials > > 22 Feb 2010, Registration for workshop and tutorials opens > > 1 May 2010, Abstract submission deadline > > 1 Jun 2010, Presenters notified of acceptance for talks > > 15 Jun 2010, Author/Early registration deadline > > Aug 2010, Completed program available > > 6-7 Sep 2010, FOSS4G Workshops > > 7-9 Sep 2010, FOSS4G Presentations and Tutorials > > 10 Sep 2010, FOSS4G Code Sprint > > > > > > > > Please visit our site to subscribe and find more information about > > this conference: > > http://2010.foss4g.org > > > > Or contact Conference Chair for details about this announcement: > > Lorenzo Becchi E-mail: [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >
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