Hi Peter, This is a fantastic idea which I hope comes to pass.
I will offer any support I can, although being based in Galway, I'm not sure how much use I'll be. Dave On 17 Dec 2014 20:18, "Peter Mooney" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello OpenStreetMap IE, > > My name is Dr. Peter Mooney and I am a Research Fellow at the Irish > Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Computer Science, > Maynooth University, Ireland. Apologies for cross posting of this message. > > I have been carrying out research on or with OSM for many years now. Just > recently I was a co-author on the first ever edited volume academic book on > OpenStreetMap ( > > http://www.springer.com/earth+sciences+and+geography/geographical+information+systems/book/978-3-319-14279-1 > ) > > I am writing to the Irish OpenStreetMap talk pages to let you all know that > I am leading a group which will officially bid to host FOSS4G 2016 (Free > and Open > Source Software for Geomatics). As you may already know this is one of the > largest geospatial conferences held annually. The aim for attendance at > FOSS4G 2016 is 1,000 delegates. I believe that members of OpenStreetMap in > Ireland will find many like minded people at the conference from all over > the world. There will certainly be lots of OSM people at FOSS4G conferences > and meetups. The 2014 > version of the conference has just passed (https://2014.foss4g.org/) in > the > USA. The 2016 conference must take place in Europe. There is likely to be > rival bids from Bonn and Lausanne. > > We have to submit a 2-page letter of intend by January 9th 2015. If this > makes it past the initial evaluation we will be invited to submit a full > proposal by late February. The results will be posted by end of March 2015 > by OSGeo. > > Below I've copied the email I posted yesterday to the OSGeo mailing list to > announce that a bid would be forthcoming from Ireland. > > http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2014-December/thread.html > > This is a massive undertaking. I would be delighted to chat with people > from OpenStreetMap Ireland if you are interested in getting involved in the > LOC. Or perhaps your > company or SME are interested? Or you might want to know more about FOSS4G. > In general I would really like to have the support of OpenStreetMap Ireland > in FOSS4G. > > I'll keep this mailing list informed (low-traffic) of our success/failure > over the next couple of months. I look forward to hearing from anyone who > is interested in volunteering for the LOC. > > Thanks for reading and please drop me an email if you're interested in > hearing more. > > Best wishes, > > Peter > > > =================== > Copy of OSGeo email > > I am delighted to announce to the subscribers of this list that I am > leading a local organizing committee (LOC) which intends to bid for the > hosting of FOSS4G 2016 in Dublin Ireland. I have been working for over a > decade on GIS, Open Data, public access to environmental information and > open source software. > > I have gathered an experienced, knowledgeable and enthusiastic (LOC) who > are very eager to work with the OSGeo and FOSS4G committees in hosting this > conference in Ireland in 2016. Dublin is European headquarters for many > major ICT, financial, manufacturing and pharmaceutical companies. These > companies will be engaged as sponsors, delegates and members of the LOC. > The major drives on open data and public access to geospatial information > amongst governmental organisations in Ireland will also be a driver for the > conference. > > Our chosen venue is the iconic Convention Centre, Dublin (CCD). The CCD is > located right in the heart of Ireland's capital city and just 20 minutes > from Dublin International Airport. The CCD is on the banks of the River > Liffey and served by Dublin's tram system. The CCD has hosted conference > events with up to 4,500 delegates. The facilities provided by the CCD make > it one of the finest such venues internationally. In addition to CCD we > shall be partnering with local universities and other partners to deliver > FOSS4G 2016. > > We shall be officially submitting our Letter of Intent well before the > deadline in January 2015. We are very excited by the challenge and the > opportunity of bringing this truly outstanding geospatial conference event > to Dublin in 2016. We wanted to let the OSGeo commmunity know that there is > lots of planning work going on in Ireland at the moment preparing for our > bid. > > We will work very hard to ensure that FOSS4G celebrates it's 10th Birthday > in 2016 in style in one of the friendliest and open cities in the world. > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ie mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie > _______________________________________________ Talk-ie mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie
