I even think, we should support this financially, if possible. I think at least for convering the costs of the booth, as well as maybe travel costs for the advocates?
J 2014-10-04 7:23 GMT+02:00 Cameron Shorter <[email protected]>: > +1 for setting up a presence at GWF. > > Some ideas for an OSGeo / OSGeo-Live presence at: > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc#Including_OSGeo-Live_at_your_event > Potential local presenters/advocates at: > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate > > > On 3/10/2014 5:15 pm, Paul van Genuchten wrote: >> >> Hi, this year Inspire and GWF joined forces in organising a combined >> conference 25-29 may 2014 in Lisbon >> http://www.geospatialworldforum.org. In previous years of GWF we used to >> organize an OSGeo track (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, not sure about Geneva). >> Should some of us put some energy in setting up such a track for the >> coming conference, or alternatives like a booth/strategic partner? >> >> So why do GWF and INSPIRE hang out together? I have no clue... But it >> might be a combination of I know INSPIRE wants to share their concepts >> globally (they have some initiatives in Latin America), they might have >> seen GWF as a facilitator. Another reason might be that organizing such >> a big event is quite a challenge for local universities that did this in >> recent years. Hooking up with a commercial organisation like GWF can >> facilitate continuation of the event. For GWF I see a benefit of having >> a big audience increase, with meaningful items to discuss. >> >> As organizer of 2013 osgeo track at GWF my evaluation back then was not >> all that positive. It certainly was good people saw the osgeo logo on >> the program, but I doubted if the conference had a proper audience for >> osgeo-message. However, now with combined INSPIRE community, the >> atmosphere should be quite different. >> >> Would be good to hear your thoughts on this. And see if we can set up >> some great OSGeo presence at the conference. >> >> Note (for those interested) the dead-line for abstract submission is >> january first 2015. >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > -- > Cameron Shorter, > Software and Data Solutions Manager > LISAsoft > Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf, > 26 - 32 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont NSW 2009 > > P +61 2 9009 5000, W www.lisasoft.com, F +61 2 9009 5099 > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Jachym Cepicky e-mail: jachym.cepicky gmail com URL: http://les-ejk.cz GPG: http://les-ejk.cz/pgp/JachymCepicky.pgp Give your code freedom with PyWPS - http://pywps.wald.intevation.org _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
