Found this on another email list: > If you attend just one GIS conference in 2008, make it FOSS4G 2008! It > promises to be the highlight of your year. > > The 2008 Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) > conference, incorporating GISSA 2008, is on the horizon. > > WHERE: Cape Town, South Africa, at the Cape Town International > Convention Centre. Cape Town is one of the Top 5 worldwide tourist and > conference destinations. > > WHEN: Monday 29 September to Friday 3 October. Extend your stay with a > holiday in beautiful South Africa and make the trip even more > worthwhile. > > Theme: "Open Source Geospatial: An Option for Developing Nations" > > FOSS4G is presented annually by the Open Source Geospatial Foundation > (OSGeo) and in 2007 gathered 700 developers and users of open source > geospatial software as well as managers and decision makers from around > the world to discuss new directions, exciting implementations, and > growing business opportunities in the field of open source geospatial > software. > > Incorporation of GISSA 2008 this year opens FOSS4G to a wider field of > GIS practitioners and decision makers. GISSA is the GeoInformation > Society of South Africa and we want all players from South Africa to > join their peers from around the world at this international event. Come > and present your work, learn about Open Source GIS and participate in > the FOSS-Proprietary debate. > > South Africa's recent adoption of a National Open Source Policy in > Government and the introduction of GIS into our school syllabus this > year make FOSS4G an especially important conference for South Africa and > other countries in a similar position. > > Major features include Hands-on Workshops and Labs, Presentations and > Academic Papers, a live Demo Theatre, large exhibition hall, Outreach > activities, Technical visits and a great social programme including a > gala dinner at Moyo in Stellenbosch. > > Visit the website http://www.foss4g2008.org to find out more. Register > or submit an Abstract or Workshop Proposal. This year there will be an > Academic Track in addition to non-peer-reviewed presentations, catering > for a wide range of topics. > > Autodesk and Google have already come on board as sponsors. If your > organisation is interested in supporting the conference or exhibiting, > please download the Prospectus from the website. > > Please circulate this widely. > > I'm looking forward to seeing you in Cape Town! > > Gavin Fleming > FOSS4G 2008 Conference Chair > www.foss4g2008.org > >
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