[Gfoss] Open Source GIS Conference 2012 - The Netherlands

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Ven 11 Maggio 2012 11:46:46 CEST


chissa' mai, a qualcuno potrebbe interessare questa notizia: i nostri
confratelli Olandesi ci invitano alla loro conferenza annuale

ciao Sandro


On Fri, 11 May 2012 02:27:52 -0700, Paul Meems wrote:
> Hi,
>
> From Monday, June 25 until Thursday, 28 June 2012 the Open Source GIS
> conference will be held at VanHall-Larenstein University of Applied
> Sciences, Velp, The Netherlands.
> This conference is organized by the MapWindow GIS, DotSpatial,
> SharpMap and OSGeo.nl communities in partnership with Alumni
> association VVA-Larenstein.
> The purpose of the 4-day conference is to highlight significant
> aspects of Open Source GIS. The conference will appeal to developers,
> users, students and educators.
> More info: http://www.mapwindow.org/conference/2012/index.php
>
> The first 3 days will have a strong international character as
> developers and users from around the world gather to share 
> experiences
> and demonstrate the latest applications.
> Each morning will start with a keynote and continue with several
> presentations. These presentations are about Open Source GIS and Open
> Data in the broadest sense possible. There will be presentations 
> about
> MapWinGIS and the SOBEK model, on SharpMap, OpenLayers, 
> Geostatistics,
> QGIS, OpenStreetMap, etc.
> After lunch (included), workshops will be held.
> More info: 
> http://www.mapwindow.org/conference/2012/abstracts-overview.php
>
> Map contest
> A map contest will be held. The winner will be revealed on Thursday
> during the Network Drink /social hour. Take your best maps and go for
> glory.
> The maps may be made with any software package (open source or not).
> More info: http://www.mapwindow.org/conference/2012/map_contest.php
>
> Open Xchange
> On Thursday 28 June in the auditorium of Larenstein (a freely
> accessible location) there will be an exhibition of companies. 
> Various
> Geo companies and institutions (large and small, Open Source or not)
> will present themselves. You can also present your company,
> organization or product at this exhibition. This is a great
> opportunity for you to present yourselves to students, users and
> developers for a participation fee of just € 400.
> More info: http://www.mapwindow.org/conference/2012/xchange.php
>
> Posters
> There are several posters to promote the conference. We want to ask
> you to print one or more of them and distribute them in your
> university, company and/or to your contacts.
> The posters can be downloaded here:
>http://www.mapwindow.org/conference/2012/promotions/poster3-ENG.pdf
>http://www.mapwindow.org/conference/2012/promotions/poster3-NL.pdf
>
> Live stream
> A large part of the conference will be recorded by H2Video. The video
> recordings will be freely available after the conference. We are also
> considering offering the conference as a live stream.
> Using the live stream you can participate in the conference via the
> Internet. We have made a short questionnaire of 4 questions about the
> need for a live stream. We ask you to fill it in if you are 
> interested
> in this service.
> The questionnaire can be found at 
> http://www.thesistools.com/web/?id=249460
>
> Sponsoring
> The conference is financially dependent upon the entry fees and
> sponsorship. With the money we receive, we organize not only the
> conference but also provide scholarships to specific individuals who
> are important in the Open Source GIS community who do not have the
> financial means to come to the conference.
> Go to the sponsor page
> (http://www.mapwindow.org/conference/2012/sponsors.php) for more
> information on opportunities to sponsor us.
>
> Registration
> The cost structure for this conference is kept low due to
> volunteerism and donations of time and resources from our partners.
> Please bring your guests! Families of participants are welcome to the
> register as guests and join the conference BBQ.
> The registration starts at €200 for student and €300 for 
> non-students.
> The registration page can be found at
> http://www.mapwindow.org/conference/2012/register.php
>
> Other conferences
> In the summer more GIS conferences are held in Europe.
> You might consider going to one of those as well:
> • 4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CARTOGRAPHY & GIS, Bulgaria:
> http://cartography-gis.com/4thConference/Index.html
>
> More info
> If you want more information, you can contact me.
> Would you like to give a presentation or workshop? Please submit your
> abstract as soon as possible
> on http://www.mapwindow.org/conference/2012/abstract.php
> Feel free to forward this message to a friend or colleague who you
> think might be interested.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul Meems
> Project manager 'Open Source GIS Conference 2012'


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