GeoEvenement2007

=GeoEvenement 2007=
 * Link to the guideline : http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Event_Management
 * Booth owner : Yves Jacolin

What the event is
see http://www.ortech.fr/geo-evenement/index.php (Fr) for more information.

Geoevenement is the french geomatics tradeshows. If offers booth, thematics conferences and Birds of a feather. This years, more than 35 companies will get a booth whose 10 from opensource community ! Camptocamp, Waynasoft, Makine Corpus, ...

The conference thematics are:
 * 1 million gps sent in France in 2006: what does it mean?
 * From spatial data insfrastructure to geoportail: process and issues.
 * How use GIS tools with modelisation and simulation tools?
 * Geographic information handle by urbanism.
 * To a new parcel referentiel?
 * How does we can appropiate opensource technologies?

Where and when
The GeoEvenement tradeshow will take place in Paris, from 3th to 5th Arpril 2007

How will our participation help OSGeo
The main purpose of this event is to give informations about OSGeo's missions and project, and about futur francophone local chapter.
 * About OSGeo:
 * spreading the Open Source message in general
 * publicizing OsGeo projects
 * explains OSGeo missions,
 * About francophone local chapter:
 * information about the local chapter creation, where we are in the creation process, what we need to do next, which help we need, ...
 * meet people interesting in contributing in a BoF,
 * meet people interesting in contributing in a BoF,

What funding
We estimate the budget of the booth between 1500 and 2000$, depending on the budget asked by the Open Source village organizer.

What we need:
 * paying booth fees
 * brochure about OSGeo
 * brochure about projects
 * poster (?)
 * T-shirt (?)
 * Information about OSGeo structure and organisation (to be writing in the francophone local chapter wiki)

Planning
This part will be fill as soon as sponsorship will be accepted by Viscom. The OSGeo booth will take place in the opensource village which will gather more than 7 french opensource companies.

Find other volunteers to help out
Volunteers :
 * Yves Jacolin
 * Marie Silvestre
 * Hervé Halbout
 * Thomas Gratier
 * Vincent Picavet
 * François Van der Biest

More information will come later

What opportunities for speakers are available
We plan to do:
 * conference: the 5th of april, in the morning
 * Open Source Village will propose some conference, two will be about OSGeo (fondation and LC for the firts, and Projects for the second)
 * panels and booth in the opensource village.
 * bof: the 4th of april, 14h00 in the GéoCafé

BOF/interest group session

 * bof will take place the 4th of april at 14h00 in the GeoCafé.
 * topic:
 * Place of the francophone LC in the french geomatics community
 * How does fr LC can be organized?
 * What can be the place ofr companies inside the fr LC?
 * Off meetings at the end of the tradeshow, time will be publish during the tradseshow.
 * Off meetings at the end of the tradeshow, time will be publish during the tradseshow.

After the Event
Synthesis will come soon.