Jeff, is there a list of workshops and tutorials received? How do I know if you got any proposal?
Thanks Alex Borrell Mexico On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Jeff McKenna <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com > wrote: > Just a quick update that we haven't received many abstracts for > workshops or tutorials yet, and the deadline is the 30th. So please > head to the online form to submit: http://2011.foss4g.org/workshops > > Also, an important note is that if your workshop submission is not > accepted as a workshop, it will be considered for as a tutorial instead. > > -Workshop Committee 2011 > > > > ********** > Denver, CO, USA. 14 January 2011. The Free and Open Source Software for > Geospatial (FOSS4G) conference is pleased to announce the Call for > Workshops and Tutorials for the 2011 conference, being held September 12 > - 16, 2011, in Denver, CO, USA. FOSS4G is the premier international > conference focused on open source geospatial software. Users and > developers are encouraged to present their latest projects and software > to demonstrate the power of open source geospatial solutions through a > series of workshop sessions and tutorial presentations. Sessions may > cover systems that are solely open source, or a combination of open and > closed source solutions. > > Workshops > --------- > > Workshops are 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 a projector, and with > computers for participants to use. Instructors will need to discuss > pre-installation requirements with the Conference Organizing 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 complimentary registration to the conference for > delivering a workshop. > > 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 > > Topics of Interest > ------------------ > > All submissions will be considered, but particular interest will be > shown in the following topics: > > * Practical Introductions to FOSS4G software > * Interoperability / Spatial Data Infrastructure > * Integration between open and closed source solutions > * Free and open geospatial data > * Performance tuning > > Application form > ---------------- > > Follow this link to submit your proposals: > http://2011.foss4g.org/workshops 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. > > Communication > ------------- > > All workshop and tutorial applicants are encouraged to use the workshop > mailing list to ask questions to the workshop committee: > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference-workshops > > General FOSS4G 2011 questions and discussion should occur on the main > conference mailing list: > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2011 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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