FOSS4G 2014 BirdsOfAFeather

= Introduction = Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions are unstructured timeslots where people can self-organise themselves to discuss topics of interest.

= BoF's at the Oregon Convention Center =

General Information
During the FOSS4G2014 conference in Portland, USA, there will be a number of spaces for people to hold Birds of a Feather sessions.

The 1-hour time blocks outlined below are just general guidelines. Adjust as needed. For reference, an overview of the FOSS4G schedule is available at https://2014.foss4g.org/about/calendar/.

Rooms
We have three rooms each day at the Convention Center: E146, E147, & E148. These rooms are dedicated spaces so BoF to your heart's content! Default room configuration will be long tables arranged a U-shape (although "contents may settle while BoF'ing"). The room capacities stated below are based off of that U configuration. We'll try to have some additional chairs available as well.

Technically the Exhibit Hall has room too. It will be arranged ballroom style with round tables. However, keep in mind it is a large, open, and public space. As such, it can't really be reserved, and is probably not ideal for a formal meeting (i.e. it could be noisy). In a nut shell, use at your own risk.

Capacities

 * Room E146: 36
 * Room E147: 18
 * Room E148: 20

FOSS4G Contact

 * foss4g2014-info@osgeo.org

Friday

 * Note that Friday is a short day

FOSS4G Educators and Geo4all: ICA-OSGeo-ISPRS edu and research network

 * Description: Discuss new developments in FOSS4G education and research infrastructure
 * When/Where: Wednesday September 10 5:00 - 6:00pm E148

Who is coming:
 * Phillip Davis
 * Helena Mitasova
 * Barend Köbben
 * Jeff McKenna
 * Luca Delucchi
 * Markus Neteler
 * Franz-Josef Behr
 * Arnulf Christl

BoF Open Geo for telecoms and utilities

 * Description: What can we do to gain a foothold for Open Geo in the telecoms and utilities markets? A chance to share experiences, and make proposals on ways to take this forward with a view to increasing the presence of FOSS in this sector.


 * When/Where: 5-6 p.m. Room E146 on Wednesday 10th September

Who is coming:
 * Graeme Herbert

WebGL Geospatial

 * Description: The latest WebGL news: browser and mobile support, development tools, adoption across industries, and WebGL 2, followed by discussion of WebGL in open-source geospatial libraries. Come meet others working with WebGL.  Bring interesting discussion and demos.


 * When: Thursday September 11, 4-5pm


 * Where: Room E146

Who is coming:
 * Patrick Cozzi (@pjcozzi, AGI, will demo Cesium)
 * Josh Poley (@CesiumJS, AGI)
 * Vincent Picavet (@vpicavet, Oslandia, coming with demo of 3D stack)
 * Brett Camper (@professorlemeza, Mapzen, can demo our current WebGL vector maps)
 * Éric Lemoine (@erilem, Camptocamp, OpenLayers 3)
 * Andrew Ross (@42aross, LocationTech)
 * Eric Theise (@erictheise)
 * Claude Philipona (@cphilipona, Camptocamp)
 * [Add your name and join us!]

Point Clouds

 * Description: Point clouds, LiDAR, SGM


 * When: Wednesday September 10, 4-5pm


 * Where: Room E147

Who is coming:
 * Howard Butler
 * Patrick Cozzi
 * Markus Neteler
 * Michael Smith

Maptime! BoF

 * Description: Maptime is, rather literally, time for mapmaking. Our mission is to open the doors of cartographic possibility to anyone interested by creating a time and space for collaborative learning, exploration, and map creation using mapping tools and technologies.


 * When: Thursday September 11, 5:00pm-7:00pm


 * Where: Room E146

Who is coming:
 * Alan McConchie (@mappingmashups)
 * Matt Sayler (@mattsayler)
 * Rafa Gutierrez (@geografa)

PostgreSQL BOF

 * Description: What's new with PostgreSQL, discussion of use-cases, problems, PostgreSQL Community. Core team member Josh Berkus will facilitate.


 * When: Wednesday 5pm


 * Where: E147

Who is coming:
 * Josh Berkus

FOSS4G-Europe

 * Description: We would like to have FOSS4G-Europe Road map.


 * When: Wednesday 6pm


 * Where: E146

Who is coming:
 * Jachym Cepicky (@jachymc)
 * Vasile Crăciunescu (@vcraciunescu)
 * Luca Delucchi

''Arnulf Christl is sorry that he cannot come (already committed to other BoF). FYI: The FOSSGIS Germany OSGeo Local Chapter is considering to apply for FOSS4G 2016 and we are interested in learning what the outcome of this meeting is. Some coordination between FOSS4G and FOSS4G-Europe would be helpful in case that FOSS4G comes comes to Europe (as currently planned) in 2016. Feel free to ping us later on...''

GeoNode

 * Description: Future Plans


 * When: Thursday September 11, 5-6pm


 * Where: Room E147

Who is coming:
 * Ariel Nunez
 * Simone Dalmasso
 * Paolo Corti

Mac OS X (and iOS) developers

 * Description: who's building software?


 * When: Thursday September 11, 5-6 pm


 * Where: E148

Who is coming:
 * Hal Mueller

Water Resource Management

 * Description: general discussion for folks working with water quantity/quality data or more generally water resource management


 * When: Thursday, 4-5pm


 * Where: E147

Crowdsourcing GIS data for geodesign and planning using open tools

 * Description: Just want to get a discussion going about using open tools to collect GIS data. The possibility is there to do much better in the realm of map biographies and collective sketching, and open-source GIS tools seem to be a pretty damn good way to go about it.


 * When: 4:00 PM Thusrday, Sept 11


 * Where: Rm 148

Who is coming:
 * Scott Hatcher, Geological Survey of Canada

= BoF's NOT at the Oregon Convention Center =

LocationTech Meetup

 * Description: The LocationTech Birds of a Feather Meetup is a chance to meet members, project developers, entrepreneurs, and other interesting people for an enjoyable evening of good food, drinks, and camraderie.


 * When: 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM (PDT)


 * Where: Spirit of 77, 500 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, OR 97232


 * Please RSVP here

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 * More information on other Birds of a Feather sessions will be added here before the event.
 * See FOSS4G 2009 Birds of a Feather for inspiration!