OpenTechnologyConference Mar2007

=Open Technology Development - Realizing the Vision= Working title. We are currently working with the AFEI to organize a two day conference in Washington DC, 14, 15 March at the Hyatt. The 14th will be focused on the Open Technology Development effort within the federal government. The 15th will focus on open source geospatial capabilities and support for those technologies. The Open Source Geospatial Foundation will guide the planning and agenda for that day.

15 Mar - Open Source Geospatial Software and the Government
The goal this day of the conference is to educate the attending government decision makers and contractors that open source geospatial technologies are mature and supportable. These technologies and open source practices would provide substantial benefits to government programs and projects. The collaborative technology development methodologies employed by open source geospatial projects can be accessed through collaboration with the Open Source Geospatial Foundation.

Potential speakers: Tyler Mitchell Gary Lang Mark Lucas Dave McIlhagga Canadian Government Speaker (DM) Large Data JCTD Al Kelly - Ilabs Jim Long - NGA

Marketing
Why should anyone come? What is the audience?

need some verbiage about that for marketing/targeting purposes