[Pywps-devel] FOSS4G 2007 Call for Workshops

Lorenzo Becchi lorenzo at ominiverdi.com
Wed Feb 7 15:59:33 CET 2007


Jachym, surely me and Luca will be pleased to come with you and present 
something cool.
Hope to post something soon.

ciao
Lorenzo




Jáchym Čepický wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> thank you for this information, Ominoverde.
> 
> I just wanted to note, that it is not sure, I will come to Canada. So,
> if someone in the list would like to present PyWPS and her/his work,
> go ahead
> 
> Jachym
> 
> 2007/2/5, Lorenzo Becchi <lorenzo at ominiverdi.com>:
>> The FOSS4G (Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial) conference is
>> pleased to announce the Call for Workshops for the 2007 conference,
>> being held September 24-27 in beautiful Victoria, British Columbia,
>> Canada.
>>
>> FOSS4G is the premier conference for the open source geospatial
>> community, providing a place for developers, users, and people new to
>> open source geospatial to get a full-immersion experience in both
>> established and leading edge geospatial technologies.
>>
>> This is your chance to showcase your favorite application, integration
>> solution, or other topic. You will use your superior classroom skills to
>> lead a group of attendees through your chosen topic in either a half-day
>> or ninety minute lab or classroom format. Half-day workshops will be
>> delivered on Monday, September 24 (the Workshops day), while the ninety
>> minute workshops will run concurrently with the presentations during the
>> remainder of the conference.
>>
>> While we are open to workshops on a wide range of topics, we strongly
>> encourage workshop submissions on the following topics:
>>
>> Practical Introduction to ___________
>> Interoperability
>> NeoGeography and NovelGeography
>> Using a Software Stack
>> 3D Worlds
>> In the tradition of previous FOSS4G events, we expect that the majority
>> of workshops will be "hands on", with participants seated in front of
>> computers and able to follow along with the instructor, working directly
>> with the software and applications under discussion.
>>
>> Be prepared to spend considerable effort in creating your workshop.
>> Past experience has shown that a high quality workshop requires about
>> three days of preparation for each hour of presentation time. As part of
>> this preparation you will be expected to develop material for attendees
>> to take away with them, such as handouts, a 'workbook', CDROM, etc.
>>
>> In recognition of this effort, workshop presenters will receive a
>> reduction in the price of conference registration:
>>
>> free registration for delivering a half-day workshop
>> half-price registration for delivering a 90-minute workshop
>> Because of limited space, you may want to consider submitting two
>> versions of your topic, one for each length format.
>>
>> Please visit the workshops page on our website to download the
>> submission templates and instructions for sending them in:
>>
>> http://www.foss4g2007.org/workshops.html
>>
>> The deadline for workshop submissions is February 28, 2007. Submit
>> early, submit often!
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