FOSS4G 2013 BirdsOfAFeather

= Introduction = During the FOSS4G2013 conference in Nottingham, UK, there will be a number of spaces for people to hold Birds of a Feather sessions.

Birds of a Feather sessions are unstructured timeslots where people can self organise themselves to discuss topics of interest.

Organising Contact

 * Ian Edwards

Timeslots Available
We'll update this page soon with details of the sessions slots available.

= BOF sessions =

Education and ICA-OSGeo Labs meeting
The aim is to update latest developments in the education efforts and progress update on the ICA-OSGeo Labs network and update members on future plans


 * When - Friday 20th September at 09:00 -10:00 (Venue- Marquee)

Specific topics:


 * Current updates -Suchith
 * Updates on bid opportunities focusing on H2020(All)
 * Updates on relevant training opportunities (All)
 * Webinar series plans - (All)
 * Curriculum discussion - (All)
 * ELOGeo update - Suchith, Jeremy
 * Responsibilities (moving forward (subcommittee chairs))

OSGeo Local Chapter meetup

 * We'll have a table / space for each local chapter
 * Existing members can hang out, and new people can find out about their local chapter
 * Consider bringing something local to decorate your space - a small table-top flag, cloth or just leaflets describing your chapter
 * Contact Ian Edwards or update your chapter details below to take part

Who is coming:
 * OSGeo:UK. (chapter contact: Ian Edwards)
 * Dutch Language Chapter OSGEO.nl. (chapter contact: Barend Köbben)
 * German Language Chapter FOSSGIS e.V.. (chapter contact: Marco Lechner)
 * Korean Language Chapter OSGeo Korean Chapter. (chapter contact:Sanghee Shin)
 * Spanish Language Chapter (chapter contact: María Arias, coordination)

More information on other Birds of a Feather sessions will be added here before the event

Join a Software Foundation
You owe it to your project, your users and yourself. Discussion and Q & A with OSGeo Incubation (and LocationTech?).

Who is coming:
 * Jody Garnett
 * You!

See FOSS4G 2009 Birds of a Feather for inspiration!