FOSS4G Europe 2015 BirdsOfAFeather

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

General Information
During the FOSS4G Europe 2015 conference in Como, Italy, 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 http://europe.foss4g.org/2015/Program.

Rooms
We have available the three rooms of the conference (VS9, V08, V2.12) from 8 am up to 8 pm. Therefore the BOFs can be there when there are not sessions.

Capacities

 * Room VS9: 236
 * Room V08: 98
 * Room V2.12: 93

FOSS4G Contact

 * conference-europe(at)lists.osgeo.org

FOSS4G 2016 Planning BOF

 * Description: Planning for the 2016 conference that will be held in Bonn, Germany
 * When/Where: Wednesday 15th of July, 13h-14h, Room V08
 * Topics:
 * Marketing & PR activities (Gert-Jan)
 * Sponsorship (Arnulf) (Do we need Media sponsors?)
 * FOSS4G-E 2016? (Till, @all)
 * Timetable (Till)
 * Relation FOSSGIS <-> OSGEO (Till, Jeff)
 * Academic Track (FJ)

Who is coming:
 * Jeff McKenna
 * Till Adams
 * Arnulf Christl
 * Gert-Jan van der Weijden
 * Franz-Josef Behr
 * Sanghee Shin
 * Astrid Emde
 * Peter Löwe
 * Dirk Frigne - sorry; missed it ...
 * Jachym Cepicky
 * Dimitris Kotzinos

GeoForAll BOF

 * Description: Discussions about open education. Sharing within the OSGeo, ICA, and ISPRS communities. http://www.geoforall.org/
 * When/Where: Thursday 16th of July, 08:00-09:00, Room VS9
 * More info: Agenda

Who is coming:
 * Jeff McKenna
 * Phillip Davis
 * Arnulf Christl
 * Lene Fischer
 * Charlie Schweik
 * Zoltan Siki
 * BarendKobben
 * Dimitris Kotzinos
 * Ela Wołoszyńska-Wiśniewska
 * Helena Mitasova
 * Martin Landa
 * Ivan Minčík
 * Daria Svidzinska
 * Vaclav Petras
 * Franz-Josef Behr
 * Antoni Perez-Navarro
 * Anne aka aghisla
 * Georg Gartner
 * Luca Delucchi
 * Ron Fortunato
 * Maria Brovelli
 * Suchith Anand (attending by Skype - sanand1976)
 * Dirk Frigne
 * Mario Miler
 * Massimo Di Stefano

GeoForAll BOF 2

 * Description: Open session to plan our collective activities after reflecting on the conference experiences.
 * When/Where: Friday July 17th, 12:00-13:00 Room 3.6
 * More info: Agenda

Who is coming:
 * Charlie Schweik
 * BarendKobben
 * Dimitris Kotzinos
 * Ela Wołoszyńska-Wiśniewska
 * Helena Mitasova
 * Daria Svidzinska
 * Antoni Perez-Navarro
 * Luca Delucchi
 * Suchith Anand (attending by skype - sanand1976)
 * Massimo Di Stefano

OSM editing time

 * Description: Insert into OSM data collected during OSM Mapping Party
 * When/Where: Thursday 16th of July, 13:00-14:00 Room V08
 * More info: OpenStreetMap wiki page

Who is coming:


 * Luca Delucchi
 * Peter Mooney

European Geoscience Union (EGU) Interest Group BoF

 * Description: A meeting place for OSGeo people interested in EGU/AGU. Discussion: OSGeo related research/activities in the EGU Divisions, stakeholders, current links between OSGeo and EGU/AGU, how to move on


 * When/Where: Thursday 16th of July,, 13:00-14:00 hours, room VS9
 * Agenda

Who is coming:
 * Peter Löwe
 * Jeff McKenna
 * Massimiiano Cannata
 * Margherita Di Leo

OSGeo Europe BOF

 * Description: Follow up of the conversation started at FOSS4G Europe 2014 about Osgeo Europe / OSGeo Membership / OSGeo Industry
 * When/Where: Thursday 16th of July, 18:00-19:15 hours, room VS9
 * More info: Agenda

Who is coming:
 * Dirk Frigne
 * Kari Salovaara
 * Jeff McKenna
 * Oliver May
 * Gert-Jan van der Weijden
 * Markus Neteler
 * Jáchym Čepický
 * Till Adams
 * Dimitris Kotzinos
 * Peter Löwe

OSGeo Certification

 * Description: Follow up of the conversation started at the GeoForAll meeting on Tuesdy morning.
 * When/Where: Thursday 16th of July, 13:00-14:00 hours, room V2.12

Who is coming:
 * Franz-Josef Behr
 * Tanzeel Khan

Your BOF Name Here

 * Description:
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Who is coming:


 * See FOSS4G 2009 Birds of a Feather for inspiration!