FOSS4G 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 2015 conference in Seoul, South Korea, there will be a number of spaces for people to hold Birds of a Feather sessions.

For reference, an overview of the FOSS4G schedule is available at http://2015.foss4g.org/programme/presentations/.

Rooms
We have available 5 rooms, that includes the grand ballroom (also used for plenary talks). The rooms will be available during lunch(12:20~13:20) and directly after the end of the talks, for 1 hour, on Day1 (Wednesday) and Day 2 (Thursday).

Capacities

 * Grand Ballroom B: 400
 * Room 9: 150
 * Room 10: 50
 * Room 11: 50
 * Room 12: 50

FOSS4G Contact

 * foss4g2015(at)lists.osgeo.org

OSGeo Diversity BOF

 * Description: Discuss how to make sure that everyone in our community is safe and respected, and accepting to cultural differences.
 * When/Where: Wednesday 17:40-18:30, GrandBallroom B.

Who is coming:
 * Jeff McKenna
 * Jachym Cepicky

Crowdsourcing BOF

 * Description: How to adapt to VGI and crowdsourcing data. Semantics. Interoperability. CKAN? Metadata? Formats? OGC deprecated? Tools for visualising and managing
 * When/Where: Wednesday 17:40-18:30, Room 9

Who is coming:
 * María Arias de Reyna
 * Maria Brovelli
 * Add your name

Geo4All BOF

 * Description: BOF for anyone interested to be a part of Geo4All Initiative
 * When/Where: Wednesday 12:20-13:20, Room 10

Who is coming:
 * Venkatesh_Raghavan
 * Jeff McKenna
 * Anthony Robinson
 * Nimalika Fernando
 * Luca Delucchi
 * Maria Brovelli
 * Add your name

GeoServer / GeoTools BOF

 * Description: BOF for anyone interested OSGeo projects GeoServer and GeoTools
 * When/Where: Wednesday 17:40-18:30, Room 10

Who is coming:
 * Jody Garnett
 * Add your name

GeoNode Developers/Users BOF

 * Description: BOF For all users and developers of GeoNode and related projects
 * When/where: Thursday Lunch Room 8

Who is coming:


 * Jeffrey Johnson


 * See FOSS4G 2009 Birds of a Feather for inspiration!