FOSS4G2006

The wiki is only for organizers. Please see also FOSS4G2006 website.

= Workshop Sessions (Tuesday am/pm + Wednesday pm) =

Rooms
Each room will have a "local admin" to help workshop givers to prepare.

FOSS4G2006 LiveCD.

Some links.


 * LiveCD GIS oriented : List
 * List of GIS LiveCDs
 * Mandriva based : FOSS4G Toolkit CD --> Hum, it's not a LiveCD !!
 * Knoppix based : GIS Knoppix
 * LiveCD for GRASS Workshops

= Conference Sessions (Wednesday/Thursday/Friday) =

Timetable
See here

Session chairs URGENT
Missions for session chairs :
 * Timing management in session
 * Presentation of the speakers and conference
 * Animation of session : questions

Contribution level Timetable

Proposition :

Thursday, 14th AM
 * Session 1 : T. Kradilis
 * Session 2 : D. Morissette
 * Session 3 : J. Westervelt
 * Session 4 : A. Doyle
 * Session 5 : T. Mitchell
 * Session 6 : S. Lime
 * Session 7 : S. Bayarri
 * Session 8 : M. Kanevski

Thursday, 14th PM
 * Session 1 : T. Bowden
 * Session 2 : J. Liebermann
 * Session 3 : M. Neteler
 * Session 4 : A. Doyle
 * Session 5 : T. Mitchell
 * Session 6 : S. Erle
 * Session 7 : C. Holmes
 * Session 8 : R. Singh

Friday, 15th AM
 * Session 9 : A. Turner & J. Walsh
 * Session 10 : D. Mcilhagga
 * Session 11 : F. Warmerdam
 * Session 12 : H. Mitasova
 * Session 13 : H.-J. Stark
 * Session 14 : F. Golay
 * Session 15 : M. Ciolli
 * Session 16 : T. Mitchell

= BOFs / DEMOs / Lightning Talks =

BOFs
What is a BOF ?
 * A meeting in which a topic of specific interest is discussed.

When are BOFs scheduled ?
 * eh oui quand ça ? just after conferences ?

How to set up a BOF ?
 * ask directly conference@foss4g2006.org (no more submission through InDiCo)
 * what duration do you plan ?
 * who are the chairs ?
 * how many participants do you expect ?

Some BOFs :

See the list of BoF already submitted.

DEMOs
What is a demo ?
 * Large space available with table and seets to show a demo on your PC (wifi connexion available)

When ?
 * Demo fest is scheduled on Wednesday afternoon in parallel of workshops.
 * Nonetheless, space will be available during the whole conference for on-the-fly demos.

Some demos : Submitted through InDiCo :
 * space for a couple GeoServer/GeoTools projects (cholmes@openplans.org)
 * A web based GIS solution to capturing everyday "fuzzy" geography. 	Mr. WATERS, Tim
 * Native, standalone Image Map Server project based on UMN Mapserver as possible ArcIMS replacement 	Mr. ALBARELLO, Andreas
 * GeoTracing	Mr. VAN DEN BROECKE, Just
 * Geospatial Virtual Appliance - MapSnack	Dr. SUMBERA, Stanislav
 * The Application of MapServer/MapScript to Map and Depict Murals in the City of Winnipeg	BRUCE, Bob
 * EduCal 2	Mr. LEAHY, Michael Mr. NATHAN, Engler Dr. HALL, Brent
 * Spatial Statistics in C# using Open Source Tools	Mr. LEAHY, Michael
 * EO1 GeoBliki - OGC Sensor Web Enabled Data Node	Mr. CAPPELAERE, Patrice
 * CampusMapper - a light-weight internet mapping tool using MySQL, Tomcat and SVG	Mr. KöBBEN, Barend
 * FIONA - SDI with PostgreSQL/PostGIS, GeoServer, UMN MapServer and Mapbender	Ms. EMDE, Astrid
 * Mapbender - an introduction to the Mapbender project	Ms. EMDE, Astrid
 * Native, standalone Image Map Server project based on UMN Mapserver as possible ArcIMS replacement	Mr. ALBARELLO, Andreas
 * Flash Mapping Applications Utilizing Open Source Web Services: Two Examples	Mr. CRAWFORD, Stephen
 * A web based GIS solution to capturing everyday "fuzzy" geography.	Mr. WATERS, Tim
 * Enabling Users to Produce personalized Geodata	Mr. TURNER, Andrew
 * uDig Demo	Mr. GARNETT, Jody

Lightning Talks (LT)
What ?
 * A Lightning Talk is a 5-minute presentation on any topic of interest to the FOSS4G communities.
 * Lightning Talks will be presented back to back with strict enforcement of the 5-minute time limit.

When ?
 * Scheduled for opening plenary.

Propositions :

(synchronize with The Economic Case for Open Public Geodata 	Mr. ERLE, Schuyler)
 * 1) GIS and the Neogeographer by Mr. ERLE, Schuyler
 * 2) Growing GRASS by Mr. NETELER, Markus
 * 3) OpenSource Web Mapping Update by Mr. LIME, Stephen
 * 4) FOSS4G in the Java world by Mr. GARNETT, Jody
 * 5) OSGeo's Public Geospatial Data Project by Ms. WALSH, Jo

= Opening and Closing Plenary Activities =
 * Keynote: Gary Lang (topic?)
 * Keynote: Frank Warmerdam (topic? OSGeo related, but to be non-conflicting with Gary)
 * Sol Katz Award
 * Lightening talks (discussed earlier) are scheduled for opening plenary.
 * Developer round table? Other special events?

Panel discussions
Topic : Global Impact: extending the reach of open source geospatial technologies

Moderator : Tyler Mitchell, confirmed

Participants :
 * Jim Westervelt
 * Schuyler Erle, confirmed
 * Frank Warmerdam, confirmed
 * Paul Ramsey
 * David McIlhagga, confirmed
 * Michael Tiemann, confirmed
 * Jo Walsh
 * Arnulf Christl
 * Toru Mori
 * Ravi Kumar
 * Jean-Philippe Amstein (for geodata pane)
 * Jan-Oliver Wagner
 * Markus Neteler (if Jo/Jan/.. not available)

= IRC chat and logs = Please join us :
 * irc://irc.freenode.net/foss4g2006
 * IRC Logs: http://logs.qgis.org/foss4g2006/

Agenda :
 * Foss4g2006_irc_20060612

= More documents = Here : conference Documents & files
 * Local committe todo list Foss4g2006 ToDoList