INSPIRE conference 2013

Coordination of activities of OSGeo projects at INSPIRE Conference

Links

 * Conference page

Deadlines

 * March 15, 2013: Deadline for submitting paper and workshops proposals (extension given from March 1)
 * March 29 2013: Deadline for submitting poster proposals
 * June 7 2013: Enroll in speakers list

Workshop: Ping-Pong match OSGeo & INSPIRE
This workshop will be run in an open round style (like a mini-barcamp). The workshop aims at attracting the most diverse group of people to improve cross domain communication which is one of the most important aspects required to really get INSPIRE implemented. The aim is to get developers and project leads from OSGeo and professionals involved with INSPIRE around one table and shed light on each other's world.

From the conference website:

''Pre-conference workshops will take place on the 23/24 June. Each workshop or tutorial may be proposed for a single 90-minute session. A typical conference participant may register for up to four 90-minute workshops or tutorials during the workshop day. All workshops and tutorials will be open to all conference participants at no additional cost, however a daily fee will be charged for those attending workshops only.''

Initiators

 * 1) Jachym Cepicky: OSGeo Board of directors, Help Service - Remote Sensing, Benesov, Czech Republic,
 * 2) Maria A. Brovelli: Politecnico di Milano, Campus Como, Italy
 * 3) Margherita Di Leo: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES), Ispra (VA), Italy
 * 4) Angelos Tzotsos: Remote Sensing Laboratory, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
 * 5) Markus Schneider: Occam Labs, Bonn, Germany
 * 6) Jeroen Ticheler, Jose García: GeoCat, The Netherlands
 * 7) Simone Giannecchini, Andrea Aime: GeoSolutions, Italy
 * 8) Paolo Cavallini: Faunalia, Italy
 * 9) Nicola Giuliani: Trilogis, Italy
 * 10) Stephan Meissl: EOX IT Services GmbH, Austria
 * 11) Stephan Meissl: Jacobs University, Germany
 * 12) add your  affiliation, City, Country

Abstract
The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) is a non-profit international organization created in early 2006 to support and promote the collaborative development of geospatial open source software (GFOSS). The foundation provides financial, organizational and legal support to the GFOSS community. It serves as an independent legal entity to which community members can contribute code, funding etc, secure in the knowledge that their contributions will be maintained for public benefit, as well as an outreach and advocacy organization for the GFOSS community providing a common forum and shared infrastructure for improving cross-project collaboration. The foundation's projects are all freely available and usable under an OSI-certified open source license. Short presentations will be given in the first part (60min) of the workshop, in which lead developers will relate their projects to INSPIRE, pointing out the relevant capabilities as well as the issues deriving from the current version of the directive. The second part (30 minutes) will be dedicated to a round table between the developers and the members of the INSPIRE Technical Committee. Expected number of speakers is 15-20. Main audience is composed of geospatial open source developers, users, and Members of the JRC INSPIRE Technical Committee.

The following topics will guide through the dialog:
 * 1) complexity of INSPIRE technical guidance and OGC standards
 * 2) links between INSPIRE specs and national standards
 * 3) communication channels between OSGeo and INSPIRE
 * 4) setting up wiki pages (multilingual) to make INSPIRE documentation more readable
 * 5) how to test and validate INSPIRE compliance
 * 6) how to change/simplify INSPIRE technical guidance in practice
 * 7) how to contribute to INSPIRE maintenance
 * 8) automation of INSPIRE adoption through support in the various software packages
 * 9) how an implicit support for INSPIRE in any software will give a boost to the adoption of the directive even outside EU

Notes on Workshop Description and Goals
The session will involve short presentation (lightning talks) with a follow-up dialog, potentially in sub groups. Participants should bring a computer, tablet or smartphone to the workshop to be able to participate in Wiis, mailing lists, web sites, Twittter, and so on.''

Duration 90 minutes
 * The round table aims at improving the communication around INSPIRE
 * 25 expected participants
 * 45 minutes of short presentations: 3 minutes / 3 slides each stating:
 * Where do I come from, what is my role!
 * What I want or have to do!
 * What are the blockers preventing me from getting it done!
 * 45 minutes round table dialog on the raised issues
 * Possible topics:
 * complexity of INSPIRE technical guidance and OGC standards
 * potential mismatch between INSPIRE specs and national standards
 * optimization of communication channels between OSGeo and INSPIRE
 * setting up a tracking system for INSPIRE implementations
 * setting up Wiki pages (multilingual) to make INSPIRE documentation more readable
 * how to test and validate INSPIRE conformance
 * how to change/simplify INSPIRE technical guidance in practice
 * how to contribute to INSPIRE Maintenance Presentation by Vanda Nunes de Lima
 * automation of INSPIRE adoption through support in the various software packages

Notes on Intended Audience and any Required Skills or Interests

 * Data providers who have to implement INSPIRE
 * Open Source Software developers
 * Businesses providing support for Open Source software
 * Academia
 * INSPIRE Representatives (Who is that exactly? If nobody shows up we will finally know that this role has not been implemented)

Actively participating in the workshop in Florence
If you are on this list please make sure that you are really coming:
 * Arnulf Christl from metaspatial, Germany (Chair, presenter)
 * Simone Giannecchini from Italy (Presenter)
 * Jeroen Ticheler (Presenter)
 * Markus Schneider (Presenter)
 * Jachym Cepicky (planning to participate)
 * Dimitris Kotzinos (planning to participate)
 * Nicola Giuliani (planning to participate)
 * Heikki Doeleman (not yet confirmed)
 * Margherita Di Leo (not yet confirmed)
 * Jose Garcia (not yet confirmed)
 * Please add your name here