FOSS4G-Asia-2018

Pages related to the FOSS4G-Asia 2018 Call for hosting.

= Rotation =

The committee decided unanimously that FOSS4G-Asia will be organized as a bi-annual (every two years) counting form last FOSS4G-Asia that was organized in Hyderabad in January 2017. It was also decided that the next and future FOSS4G-Asia event will be organized between November-January period.

= Selection Committee =


 * Dr. Tuong Thuy Vu, University of Nottingham, Malaysia
 * Mr. Ravi Vundavalli, Secretary, OSGeo-India
 * Dr. Sarawut NINSAWAT, AIT
 * Mr. Gérald Fenoy, GeoLabs SARL
 * Dr. Ho Dinh Duan, Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology
 * Mr. Martin Isenburg, rapidlasso GmbH
 * Mr. Daniel Kastl, Georepublic
 * Prof. Xianfeng Song, University of Chinese Academy of Science
 * Venkatesh Raghavan, Osaka City University

= Bids =

The following groups have submitted bids to host:


 * University of Burdwan, India
 * cover letter: https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/regional/asia/2018/Covering%20Letter%20to%20FOSS4G%20Asia%202018%20Secretariate%20by%20GSS%2030042017..pdf
 * expression of interest
 * tourist attractions
 * KSIS (Korea Spatial Information Society) and OSGeo Korean Chapter
 * email
 * letter of intent
 * OSGeo Japan Chapter
 * email
 * University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
 * letter

= Bids Proceeding to Proposal Phase =

LoI submitted by Korea and Sri Lanka mentioned early 2018 as possible dates and both the proposers have agreed to consider change of dates to late 2018 (Nov-Dec) 2018, in keeping with the bi-annual schedule.

The selection committee also decide not to consider India as a venue for FOSS4G-Asia 2018 as the India was the venue for the FOSS4G-Asia 2017 also.

Considering the above, the Selection committee has shortlisted Japan, Korea and Sri Lanka as possible venue/host.