Osaka 2007

Page for collecting thoughts for Japanese event schedule for Nov 9-10th, 2007 in Osaka.


 * Conference: Kansai Open Source 2007 (en)


 * Theme: Open Source Geospatial - Creative Tools for Creative Cities
 * Organized by: OSGeo.JP（OSGeo-Japan Chapter）
 * Sponsors:
 * Graduate School for Creative Cities, Osaka City University (OCU)
 * Applied Tecnology Co., Ltd
 * Orkney Inc.
 * Autodesk Japan

Tentative Schedule

 * Date:		Nov. 9 2007 (Friday)
 * Session Chair: Venkatesh Raghavan, Osaka City University
 * 13:00-13:45	Lecture 1:（Title）
 * Tyler Mitchell, Executive Director, OSGeo
 * 13:45-14:30	Lecture 2: Greetings from OSGeo.JP
 * Mori Toru Orkney Inc.
 * 14:30-15:00	Break
 * 15:00-15:45	Lecture 3: (Title)	Autodesk Inc.
 * Geoff Zeiss, Autodesk Inc.
 * 15:45-16:30	Lecture 4: (Title)
 * Markus Neteler, FBK-irst, Italy, Board Member OSGeo
 * 16:30-17:00	Break
 * 17:00-17:45	Lecture 5: (Title)
 * Lorenzo Becchi, Omniverdi，Spain, Charter Member OSGeo
 * 18:30-21:30 Ice-breaker
 * Date		Nov. 10 2007 (Saturday)
 * Session Chair:	Kazunori Noda, OSGeo.JP Board Member
 * 13:00-13:30	Lecture 1: OSGeo.JP – Activity Report
 * Kazunori Noda, OSGeo.JP Board Member
 * 13:30-14:00	Lecture 2 (Title)
 * Speaker to be announced, Applied Tecnology Co., Ltd.
 * 14:00-14:30	Lecture 3: OSGeo/FOSS4G Research Activity at OCU
 * Sarawut Ninsawat, Graduate School for Creative Cities, OCU
 * 14:30-14:40	Break
 * 14:40-15:10	Lecture 4: (Title)
 * Koki Iwao, Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
 * 15:10-15:40	Lecture 5: (Title)
 * Speaker to be announced, Orkney Inc.
 * 15:40-16:10	Lecture 5: (Title)
 * Speaker to be announced, Autodesk Japan
 * 16:10-16:20	Break
 * 16:20-16:40	Open Discussion
 * Moderator, Mori Toru, Orkney Inc.

Lightning talk (Morning of 9th Nov. 2007) outline
How long this part?
 * 1) Tyler Mitchell
 * 2) Toru Mori
 * 3) Geoff Zeiss
 * 4) Lorenzo Becchi
 * 5) Markus Neteler

40 min Presentation outline

 * 1) Tyler Mitchell
 * 2) Introduce OSGeo in general
 * 3) Present general structure and history
 * 4) Discuss ideas and sponsorship for local chapters
 * 5) Present mentorship as a means of professional development
 * 6) Toru Mori
 * 7) Geoff Zeiss
 * 8) Lorenzo Becchi
 * 9) European picture
 * 10) Open Format Initiative
 * 11) Web Mapping applications: OpenLayers and PyWPS
 * 12) Markus Neteler (still ideas state)
 * 13) General
 * 14) GRASS Features now and the future
 * 15) will recycle fresh material from Helena's Canada talk
 * 16) Applications (Examples of projects using GRASS/OSGeo software stack with some Urban application in Trento or elsewhere):
 * 17) UXB unexploded bombs risk map (GRASS and machine learning)
 * 18) MITRIS accidents project (GRASS, WebGIS, DB stuff)
 * 19) InterSOS Dafur refugees project (maybe)
 * 20) GRASS in epidemiology with remote sensing:
 * 21) tick-borne encephalitis
 * 22) tiger mosquito spreading (maybe)
 * 23) Technical issues
 * 24) new GRASS book, new OSGeo edu data set
 * 25) translation of GRASS and other GFOSS messages
 * 26) how to join OSGeo projects as programmer
 * 27) To-Do (Venka)
 * 28) Make copies of the FOSS4G2008 Poster for distribution